Aphex Twin – Rhubarb
(Or whatever it is called).
It’s on Selected works volume II
This piece of music deserves the labelling of genius. There’s no Bass, Kick drum, hi-hats, vocals. ..
Just bare strings programmed in an order to create such over-whelming emotion. That’s where the genius comes in... The Lay person will not appreciate this or even have the patience to realise its impact, just like the masses who thought Mozart was a lunatic all those years ago.
How can I compare Richard D James to Mozart? Easy...
Just listen to this with an open mind, let it take control, don’t over-concentrate.
It’s about balance and patience.
The weighted strings, rising emotion, then the killer punch...
5 mins 55 seconds
Gets me every time

I had purchased this album through a track i'd heard on Solid Steel back in 1994 (called 'Rhubarb')....An emotionally simple track which transcends the mind to an almost spiritual being. Like the other reviewers, i agree the album was a tad hard to listen to in parts back in 94..but now I really feel this LP/CD.This was a time when ambience was at it's height & Aphex hit the right notes,but sadly the album wasn't well received then.But now it has a deserved place in the classics.I had purchased both CD & coloured Vinyl,because the vinyl had a track that's not featured on the CD...Anyway,an emotional, mindbending rollercoaster...call it your'Being Aphex Twin' to your 'Malkovich' of music!!!

Nice colored vinyl beautiful quiet listening experience with an absolute crap pressing!! Warps vinyl was a bit dodgy in quality about this time. Noisy pressings and the like.
great record for those isolationist moments we all have.

Yes, I've read an interview in which Richard says that he has learned to produce while he is sleeping in the studio (!). So it was possible for him to record this great sounds he's dreaming at the moment before forgetting it when he wakes up again. I don't know how that works, but this excellent album is surely a proof for it. Listening sounds and melodies for your unconsciousness. Superb. But I don't understand really why there is a brown coloured picture of the cover on this site. I have one (no. 2479/10000) with a grey one. Are there different out there of it?

Another groundbreaking album from Aphex. Bought it when it came out (have the limited brown coloured vinyl which comes with four aphex twin stickers) and listened to it all the way through completely astounded at what I was hearing. If you could record the soundtrack to your dreams when you're asleep then this would probably be the result.