Drukqs

Drukqs
Studio album by Aphex Twin
Released 22 October 2001
Length 1:40:48
Label Warp
WARP092 (UK)
Sire/WEA Records
31174 (rest of world)
Producer Richard D. James
Aphex Twin chronology

Come to Daddy
(1997)		 Drukqs
(2001)		 26 Mixes for Cash
(2003)

Drukqs (stylised as drukQs) is a double album by English electronic musician Richard D. James, released under his most frequently used pseudonym, Aphex Twin. It is his fifth studio album under this alias. The album 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
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (66/100) [3]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [4]
Drowned in Sound [5]
NME (9/10)[6]
Pitchfork Media (5.5/10)[7]

Initial critical response to drukQs was positive, though not as much as his previous albums under the Aphex Twin name. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 66, based on 21 reviews.[3]

Track list

CD

All songs composed by Richard D. James.

Disc one
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"   1:55
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
No. Title Length
1. "54 Cymru Beats"   5:59
2. "Btoum-Roumada"   1:56
3. "Lornaderek"   0:30
4. "QKThr"   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
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
No. Title Length
1. "Omgyjya-Switch7"   4:46
2. "Gwely Mernans"   5:00
Total length:
 09:46
Side three
No. Title Length
1. "Cock/Ver10"   5:17
2. "Bbydhyonchord"   2:21
3. "Orban Eq Trx4"   1:27
Total length:
 09:05
Side four
No. Title Length
1. "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount"   8:02
2. "Beskhu3epnm"   1:58
Total length:
 10:00
Side five
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
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
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
No. Title Length
1. "Afx237 v.7"   4:15
2. "Ziggomatic v17"   8:28
3. "Nanou2"   3:22
Total length:
 16:05

Media references

"Avril 14th" was sampled in the digital short "Iran So Far" on a Saturday Night Live episode that aired on 2007-09-29. There were complications of this—NBC didn't get the rights to use the song. 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

Avril 14th was also used as the credit music for Chris Morris's Four Lions film.[8]

Avril 14th was sampled by Kanye West for his song Blame Game, on the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Personnel

Aphex Twin – piano, synthesizers, harmonium, keyboards, various percussive objects, treatments, sampler, bass guitar

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 22[9]
U.S. Top Heatseekers 2
U.S. Top Electronic Albums 6
U.S. Billboard 200 154

References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ Lester, Paul (5 October 2001). "Tank boy". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Drukqs at Metacritic Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  4. ↑ Bush, John. Drukqs review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-02.
  5. ↑ Aphex Twin - Drukqs / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound
  6. ↑ Needham, Alex. Drukqs review new.com. 2001-10-16. Retrieved on 2011-08-02.
  7. ↑ Seymour, Malcolm III. Drukqs review 2001-10-25. Retrieved on 2011-08-02.
  8. ↑ The Daily Swarm—Aphex Twin in SNL "Iran So Far" [rhyme] with Andy Samberg and Adam Levine
  9. ↑ "Chart Stats - The Aphex Twin - Drukqs". ChartStats.com. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

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