Lannerlink – Drukqs retrospective

Marking the 25th anniversary of Drukqs, journalist and proprietor of the online music magazine The Quietus, John Doran has written and excellent long-form retrospective of the aforementioned album titled Prepared for the Future: the Slow Reveal of Aphex Twin’s Drukqs. John makes a persuasive argument in how Drukqs can be viewed as Richard’s attempt to regain his status as a below the radar musical innovator after partially crossing over to mainstream musical culture with the likes of Come to Daddy and Windowlicker. The article also gives due credit to the actual music and makes note of the puzzling reaction of music critics of the time period. Personally I remember reading Pitchfork’s 5.5/10 (an arbitrary score) review of the album just after release and being convinced they would one day heavily revise their opinion, which has coincidently happened recently where a modern review from the same website gave the album a new score of 9.5. John also discusses how the music of Drukqs and…

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