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excellent album. probably my favourite aphex above all. i ended up learning some of the piano tracks back in the day... that was pushing 5 years ago people. |
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:| that track is effin PERFECT as it is, you fool! i wish it was longer though, but not slowed down. |
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a question ends with a question mark. |
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retirement!? god no! i hope he releases tunes til he's like in his 90's or until he dies. or if he stops releasing stuff he'd come clean and put to rest all of the rumors and what not and reveal which projects he's worked on in the past and put to rest all the rumors. unlikely but a fan can dream i guess. |
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I find myself listening to Drukqs more than any other RDJ release these days. Sure, I was in love with the RDJ album when it was released, but I reckon Drukqs is still fresh. I love everything on the album: "Mt. Saint Michel...," "Ziggomatic 17," "Bbydhyonchord," the piano pieces, the concréte style "Gwarek2," and the lovely "Btoum-Roumada" and "Plenty Harmonium." |
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Disapeared completely after this album? You are nuts! How can you say that? I notice you mention how much time it took to make. Do you like the way it sounds or marvel at the amount of work it would have took? Analord 10 wouldn't have been heard, for one. A masterpiece. You are cray elusive. You never have enough afx. (I wrote this without reading thecrimsonguard's post) we must be kindred spirits. |
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no im sorry Pigster I cant recommend anything that even come close to this album :) in this style....and by the way I got the same album as u ;) with Mangle etc :) but I also love the real deal with those lovely piano tracks!!!! Best electronic music album EVER in this style, hands DOWN!!! |
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this is the last release where you'll find rdj putting effort into his music. |
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yeah, drukqs, best electronic ever! people have said a single CD would have been much better, that is what pigster is on about, the best 10 tracks on a 55 minute CD. It works great like that, opening with vordhosbn and closing with "thankyou for your attention, bye" on the last track which is ziggomatic 17. bon appetite:) |
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All because music doesn't have fast drum fills and morphing hats doesn't mean there wasn't any effort. |
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I think Drukqs, when we're gonna look back at this "idm" period of electronica music (circa 1995-2005 or more), is gonna be the "Dark Side of the Moon" of the whole genre. Some albums might have better tracks, some stuff before it might be more impressive, but it's the greatest combination of everything condensed into an album. It's everything that is defined by IDM, all into it. Ain't no other album that is more than Drukqs. Not even confield. |
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...for me "Drukqs" is a big yawn, the first aphex-album I didn´t buy... "it's far from being the ultimate, even in aphex terms. to me it sounds like a gimmick album... - - - ...sounds more like he opened a folder, dragged and dropped them onto a cd and sent them off to warp." - a perfect description! (avril 14th is nice though) |
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i still rediscover this album from time to time. it's unique. dunno who did it, was it his g/f or b/f or was it brian the tradeskin - but it's unique, good job Rich, good idea leaving an mp3 player on a plane (i still believe that lol). the ultra-fast track moments are still mind-blowing, after these 6 years. ACE and NICE |
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it was richards 250 friends who made it. |
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I mostly like the piano tracks, Bbyddhhonnchoord and Taking Control. The rest sound like RDJ showing off his programming skills. |
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it's a piece of art for sure. |
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Few other albums come close technically and there certainly aren't any others (with the possible exception of BoC) where listening to it years later on a good system I notice as many "new" details that I had previously missed. Also, whilst I don't normally go in for the whole "listening to tracks at 33RPM/-10%" nonsense, this is one album where the level of complexity deserves analysis at slow speeds (and indeed I still find it interesting as 'music' rather than just technically). I like it at -32% best, quite a few fairly conventionally programmed breakbeats in there amongst all the sampling, as well as a few of the synths start to sound more like stuff off analord than drukqs. |
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and you're right, some of the Drukqs tracks get another life when played at slower tempo |
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Agreed, it's great. |
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for this album, i'd give richie an oink invite if i had one, i promise |
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i love his live stuff....all the variations and the songs you'll maybe never here on a cd.?? like the orb, live, he kicks ass. from the interviews ive seen/heard....sounds like he'll never stop making music, its his number one love. there are so many artists that make there best stuff in their 40's 50's ...who knows what's around the corner? fweqy. |
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drukqs vynal with extras at slower speed ?!!!!!! Exaph, could you plug the output into a mixer, or sndcard, and record it? |
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it's fantastic |
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i am liking his analord/tuss stuff better these days, but i will say he is light years beyond i care.... and RDJ album - his stuff now a days sounds more drukqs than anything else. |
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i only play it a couple o times a year, but when vordhosbn starts i cant stop to listen it at full blast to side h |
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It's nothing compared to come 2 daddy album tracks 2-end or rdj album tracks 1-6ish, but it makes sense that you all like it best because you're idiots. |
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Here's how to find out which is y'alls favorite album by any particular artist: whichever was most recently released |
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not a patch on |
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I always thought that was a woman singing. |
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yeah, so did i! |
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i can't stop to listen it. ending horns on vordhosbn girl voice as synth on meltphace |
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oh, and something i never noticed on meltphace is that those real real quiet and slow, soft synth notes repeat throughout most of the song. they're just tucked away so far it took me 3 years (even after memorizing the track) and being wicked bliffed-out to notice it. they start at 20seconds, dooo doo doooooooooo doo .... dooooo dooo dooooooooooooo but they loop throughout the last 1/2 of the track |
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shut up me. our past selves are such noobs. |
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Some of the tracks are great, but as a whole I don't think the LP is as good as the Richard D James album, I was expecting a more futuristic style like Windowlicker, whereas it was a bit too organic and warm sounding for my tastes. I love "Taking Control" tho. |
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first afx album i bought... i don't like it. dunno why.... bores me. |
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i like it, but i don't think it is as exciting or fun as a lot of his earlier stuff. |
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