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Ross on 2001-11-04 03:08 [#00048359]



did you write this review for amazon.co.uk? :

Bliss....heavenly bliss......!!!!
No artist under the sun as diverse and progressive as the
only genius left in music: Sir Aphex Twin...
Even though this album isn't totally revolutionary on the
scale of
what Aphex usually does, it is by far the greatest
electronic album well, since "Richard D.James/Come To
Daddy", only Plaid comes close in my opinion ( well, in
terms of beauty anyways)...
But Richard shows the music world again how he effortlessly
he makes music....
Drukqs is the work of a schizophrenic genius gone insane ,
who yearns for times of youth and innocence....
Every possible human emotion is felt here...
From anger to contentment....to total sadness.....feeling
scared....
Fear, loathing, chaos and fragmentation and randomness is
how he describes the times we're living in ( in the abstract
ofcourse)...
No artist reads his times in such a multitude of ways as
Richard D.James...
Why this 'man' isnt knighted into sainthood is beyond me..
The music world should be so lucky to have Richard amidst
them,
since he makes everyone else almost seem one dimensional in
terms of musical ability...(save that for David Bowie)..
Beautiful,avant-garde -Erik Satie/John Cage style piano
pieces are thrown all over the album, amidst the
straight-techno/drill n bass etc...etc.. pieces which makes
this album by far the most musical diverse album by any
artist released these past few years....
I'm not going to name all of my favorite track names, but
I'll give you a few..... Gwely Mermans, Kasson Daslef, Avril
14 etc....etc... the list goes on...
The naysayers will eat their words in years from now, as
this album is already a classic, trust me....you will not
get a better album by anyone else for a long, long time...
And remember........Aphex always has tricks up his
sleeve......to those of you who think that he's had
it.......trust me...he will fool you if you think this
now!!!!

--i figured you did since you referenced bowie as usual :)
heh


 

PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-11-04 13:52 [#00048404]



Yup, and I know I went a little overboard on there but thats
also because this would be read by more 'mainstream' people
, thats all.
And ofcourse I do think he's the greatest...er..er..
How are ya Ross?Still living in Langley?
Btw, they still dont have Drukqs at HMV or Virgin Records
until the 13th of this month.
Ofcourse ya can get it at ZULU Records on 4th , just in case
ya were looking....


 

Gonzola from stockholm on 2001-11-04 15:07 [#00048409]



it's a good review
i like that you brought up how he reads his times...i really
think so to and it seems like not to many reviewers have
seen that.

.PEACE


 

Ross on 2001-11-04 20:38 [#00048452]



I'm still living in langley yep, i'll have to start saving
up for drukqs since i have no money at all right
now..thinking of trying to get a job again soon, but im not
too sure..i'm going to see tori this thursday, how are
things with you?


 

PostModernVancouver from Downtown Vancouver on 2001-11-04 22:10 [#00048472]



Thx....I'm doin good here, on this lovely erm ...rainy
sunday with my LANGLEY girlfriend , and checking the MB for
a sec..
Have u heard Drukqs as of yet?



 

Ross on 2001-11-05 23:50 [#00048859]



ive heard most of it, i enjoy it..though at first i didnt
really like it at all honestly


 

Gonzola from stockholm on 2001-11-06 22:04 [#00049208]



yea it takes a while before you get into it. those kind of
albums are often the ones i end up loving


 


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