Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album '1996

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[3:37] 01. Aphex Twin - 4
[2:15] 02. Aphex Twin - Cornish Acid
[3:05] 03. Aphex Twin - Peek 82454201
[3:49] 04. Aphex Twin - Fingerbib
[2:33] 05. Aphex Twin - Carn Marth
[4:04] 06. Aphex Twin - To Cure A Weakling Child
[2:02] 07. Aphex Twin - Goon Gumpas
[3:05] 08. Aphex Twin - Yellow Calx
[4:53] 09. Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song
[3:34] 10. Aphex Twin - Logan Rock Witch

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
Total length: 00:32:51
Main artist: Aphex Twin
Label: Warp Records
Genre: IDM, Drum n Bass, Experimental, Acid
(c) 1996 Warp Records

Perhaps inspired by the experimental drumnbass being created by Squarepusher (a
recent signee to his Rephlex label), Richard D. James third major-label album as
Aphex Twin was his first to work with jungle -- though, to his credit, he had
released the breakbeat EP Hangable Auto Bulb almost a year earlier.
Contemporaries Orbital and Underworld were beginning to incorporate moderate use
of drumnbass in their work as well, but this album was more extreme than
virtually all jungle being made at the time. The beats are jackhammer quick and
even more jarring considering what is -- for the most part -- laid over the top:
the same fragile, slow-moving melodies that characterized Aphex Twins earlier
ambient works. Most overtly disturbing is Milkman, the first straight-ahead
vocal track from Aphex Twin; the song is a child-like ode that gradually
deteriorates into a bizarre fantasy concerning the milkmans wife. With all the
Aphex Twins curious idiosyncracies, though, Richard D. James Album is a very
listenable record and a worthy follow-up to I Care Because You Do. [The American
issue features the English EP Girl/Boy.]
© John Bush /TiVo



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