Drukqs
Drukqs | ||||
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Studio album by Aphex Twin | ||||
Released | 22 October 2001 | |||
Genre | Drill and Bass, Ambient, Experimental | |||
Length | 100:48 | |||
Label | Warp | |||
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Drukqs (stylised as drukQs) is the fifth studio album by Aphex Twin, a pseudonym used by English electronic musician Richard D. James. The album is a double album and peaked at number 22 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 11,476 copies in its first week of release.[1]
Notes
James has stated that the title is not related to drugs, and is "just a word [he] made up."[2]
Reception
Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 66/100[3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Alternative Press | 8/10[5] |
The Guardian | [6] |
Los Angeles Times | [7] |
NME | 9/10[8] |
Pitchfork Media | 5.5/10[9] |
Q | [10] |
Rolling Stone | [11] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [12] |
Spin | 5/10[13] |
Initial critical response to drukQs was positive, though not as much as his previous albums under the Aphex Twin name. While at its 2001 release Alex Needham of NME called it "beautiful" and "bulging with goodies",[8] Spin's Simon Reynolds criticised the album as "unimpressive" and "trapped by [its] potential for infinitesimal tweakage"[13] and Pat Blashill of Rolling Stone called it his "most irrelevant album to date".[11] Later, though, the New Rolling Stone Album Guide in 2004 declaimed that "weirdly dismissed by many, Drukqs is often spectacular".[12] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 66, based on 21 reviews.[3]
Track listing
CD
All songs composed by Richard D. James.
Disc one | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Jynweythek" | 2:14 |
2. | "Vordhosbn" | 4:42 |
3. | "Kladfvgbung Micshk" | 2:00 |
4. | "Omgyjya-Switch7" | 4:46 |
5. | "Strotha Tynhe" | 2:03 |
6. | "Gwely Mernans" | 5:00 |
7. | "Bbydhyonchord" | 2:21 |
8. | "Cock/Ver10" | 5:17 |
9. | "Avril 14th" | 2:05 |
10. | "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount" | 8:02 |
11. | "Gwarek2" | 6:38 |
12. | "Orban Eq Trx4" | 1:27 |
13. | "Aussois" | 0:07 |
14. | "Hy a Scullyas Lyf a Dhagrow" | 2:09 |
15. | "Kesson Daslef" | 1:18 |
Total length: |
49:59 |
Disc two | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "54 Cymru Beats" | 5:59 |
2. | "Btoum-Roumada" | 1:56 |
3. | "Lornaderek" | 0:30 |
4. | "Penty Harmonium" | 1:27 |
5. | "Meltphace 6" | 6:14 |
6. | "Bit 4" | 0:18 |
7. | "Prep Gwarlek 3b" | 1:13 |
8. | "Father" | 0:51 |
9. | "Taking Control" | 7:08 |
10. | "Petiatil Cx Htdui" | 2:05 |
11. | "Ruglen Holon" | 1:45 |
12. | "Afx237 v.7" | 4:15 |
13. | "Ziggomatic 17" | 8:28 |
14. | "Beskhu3epnm" | 1:58 |
15. | "Nanou2" | 3:22 |
Total length: |
47:22 |
Vinyl
Side one | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Jynweythek Ylow" | 2:14 |
2. | "Vordhosbn" | 4:42 |
3. | "Kladfvgbung Micshk" | 2:00 |
4. | "Strotha Tynhe" | 2:03 |
Total length: |
10:59 |
Side two | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Omgyjya-Switch7" | 4:46 |
2. | "Gwely Mernans" | 5:00 |
Total length: |
09:46 |
Side three | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Cock/Ver10" | 5:17 |
2. | "Bbydhyonchord" | 2:21 |
3. | "Orban Eq Trx4" | 1:27 |
Total length: |
09:05 |
Side four | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount" | 8:02 |
2. | "Beskhu3epnm" | 1:58 |
Total length: |
10:00 |
Side five | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Aussois" | 0:07 |
2. | "Hy a Scullyas Lyf a Dhagrow" | 2:09 |
3. | "Kesson Daslef" | 1:18 |
4. | "Avril 14th" | 1:55 |
5. | "Gwarek2" | 6:38 |
Total length: |
12:07 |
Side six | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "54 Cymru Beats" | 5:59 |
2. | "Btoum-Roumada" | 1:56 |
3. | "Lornaderek" | 0:30 |
4. | "Penty Harmonium" | 1:20 |
5. | "Prep Gwarlek 3b" | 1:13 |
6. | "Father" | 0:51 |
7. | "Petiatil Cx Htdui" | 2:05 |
Total length: |
13:54 |
Side seven | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Meltphace 6" | 6:14 |
2. | "Bit 4" | 0:18 |
3. | "Taking Control" | 7:08 |
4. | "Ruglen Holon" | 1:45 |
Total length: |
15:25 |
Side eight | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Afx237 v.7" | 4:15 |
2. | "Ziggomatic v17" | 8:28 |
3. | "Nanou2" | 3:22 |
Total length: |
16:05 |
In Popular Culture
"Avril 14th" has been used many times in other contexts. In 2006, it appeared on the soundtrack for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.[14] In 2007, it was sampled in the digital short "Iran So Far" on a Saturday Night Live episode that aired on 29 September. There were complications of this—NBC did not get the rights to use the song.[15] However, rights were eventually garnered by Chrysalis Music, Aphex Twin’s publishing company, for television and DVD usage, but The Lonely Island was not allowed to include the track on its album Incredibad.[16][17] In 2010, "Avril 14th" was used as the credit music for Chris Morris's film Four Lions,[18] and also sampled by Kanye West for his song "Blame Game" on the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[19] In 2013, the song was featured in a trailer for Spike Jonze's film Her.[14]
"Nanou 2" features in Shane Meadows' gritty cult thriller Dead Man's Shoes (2004). A drukQs poster can be seen in Edgar Wright's comedy horror film Shaun of the Dead (2004).
Personnel
Aphex Twin – piano, synthesizers, harmonium, keyboards, various percussive objects, treatments, sampler, bass guitar
Charts
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] | 87 |
French Albums (SNEP)[21] | 43 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[22] | 14 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23] | 36 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24] | 47 |
UK Albums (OCC)[25] | 22 |
US Billboard 200[26] | 154 |
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[27] | 6 |
References
- ↑ Pakinkis, Tom (29 September 2014). "Official Charts Analysis: alt-J's This Is All Yours secures No 1 album slot on 30,947 sales". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 29 September 2014. (subscription required)
- ↑ Lester, Paul (5 October 2001). "Tank boy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- 1 2 "Reviews for Drukqs by Aphex Twin". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ↑ Bush, John. "Drukqs – Aphex Twin". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "Aphex Twin: Drukqs". Alternative Press (161): 78. December 2001.
- ↑ "Pop CD releases". The Guardian. 19 October 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Sanz Gives the Synth a Rest and Reconnects". Los Angeles Times. 16 December 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- 1 2 Needham, Alex (20 October 2001). "Aphex Twin : Drukqs". NME. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ↑ Seymour, Malcolm III (25 October 2001). "Aphex Twin: Drukqs". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ Lynskey, Dorian (November 2001). "Aphex Twin: Drukqs". Q (183).
- 1 2 Blashill, Pat (8 November 2001). "Aphex Twin: Drukgs". Rolling Stone (881). Archived from the original on 11 November 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- 1 2 Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 21–23. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
- 1 2 Reynolds, Simon (November 2001). "Aphex Twin: Drukqs". Spin. 17 (11): 130–32. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- 1 2 Weidenbaum, Marc (11 April 2014). "The Virtuous Circle of Aphex Twin Fandom". Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ Report, Post Staff (7 October 2007). "NBC Slept on Video's Digital Rights". New York Post. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ SammyBreeze (27 February 2009). "Lonely Island Interview". UGO. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ↑ "The Daily Swarm - Aphex Twin in SNL 'Iran So Far' rap with Andy Samberg and Adam Levine". www.thedailyswarm.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ Beta, Andy (3 November 2015). ""avril altdelay" by Aphex Twin Review". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ Sherburne, Philip (25 August 2014). "Aphex Twin Speaks on His New Album, Being Sampled by Kanye". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 22 October 2001" (PDF) (608). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. 22 October 2001. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Aphex Twin – Drukqs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 43, 2001". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Aphex Twin – Drukqs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Aphex Twin – Drukqs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Aphex Twin | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Aphex Twin – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Aphex Twin. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ↑ "Aphex Twin – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Aphex Twin. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
External links
- Drukqs.net – The official Drukqs Web site: free MP3s and information (Flash-enabled browser required for access).
- Drukqs at Metacritic
- Drukqs at the Warp Records discography
- Drukqs on Discogs