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Uploaded by on Jan 2, 2011

In 2001 Aphex Twin released drukqs, a two-CD album that featured computer controlled piano songs influenced by Erik Satie and John Cage. Many of the tracks' names are written in the Cornish language (e.g., 'jynweythek' translatable as 'machinemusic'). Also included were abrasive, fast, and meticulously programmed computer-made songs. Rolling Stone described the piano songs as "aimlessly pretty".[19] Some reviewers concluded that drukqs was released as a contract breaker with Warp Records—a credible guess, as James's next big release was released on his own Rephlex label. James claimed to interviewers he had accidentally left an MP3 player labelled "Aphex Twin—unreleased tracks" on a plane, containing a large set of new songs, and rushed the album release to preempt an Internet leak.[20] He also released a short EP titled 2 Remixes By AFX the same year as Drukqs. It featured two remixes, the originals being from 808 State and DJ Pierre. In addition, there is one untitled third track that consists of an SSTV image, which consists of mostly of high-pitched sounds, which can be decoded to a viewable image by proper software such as MultiMode (for Macintosh) or MMSSTV (for Windows).

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  • @danielinsporto Those comments should be deleted.

  • @workatthefarm @Dabdidai y'all need to shut the fuck up and listen to the music, for real

  • @3tangle3 He's pretty pan-Celtic in some ways. Parents are Welsh, he was born in Ireland and brought up in Cornwall.

  • good on him for using a pre english brythonic/british language like cornish for his tracks

  • this is so amazing, one of my fav aphex songs.

  • a good one but not as special to me as some os his other stuff (xtal)

  • Aphex Twin is a God!!!

  • such a beutifuly intimate song...

  • @Dabdidai I send it via messages.

  • @workatthefarm I never said I was pretty. :)

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