Aphex Twin – Drukqs (4 x Vinyl, LP, Album, 25th Anniversary Edition)

Preorder due mid November

Warp - WARPLP92R

4LP Black Vinyl

Twenty-five years on from its original release, Warp Records brings Aphex Twin's Drukqs back into print on vinyl.

Often proclaimed as electronica's one true genius, Richard James, AKA Aphex Twin, returns with a 4LP that showcases his cleverness as well as his inevitable inscrutability. Still, amid macabre birthday songs, unsettling screams, and other bizarre touches, Drukqs offers the most technically accomplished and beautiful tracks of Aphex Twin's career. Every aspect of the Aphex brain is on display here, from stark pieces performed on sampled piano and zither to Squarepusher-styled drum and bass implosions, all informed by that peculiar Aphex treatment of bittersweet melody and unparalleled programming. For an artist once engrossed in homages to his dead twin brother and grotesque videos, Drukqs shows James getting by purely on music alone. Mt. Saint Michel Mix starts as maddening drum and bass, but is soon transfixed by glowing tones, hand drums, and police sirens. Vordhosbn is all acid beats and mad synths matched with fart-bombs and haunted cries. 54 Cymru Beats sounds more like the tweaked-out, goofball techno of Wagon Christ than Aphex, while Taking Control goes metaphysical with cerebral synth-drums and muddled vocals. If Drukqs is the result of medication James has been imbibing during his three-year hiatus, then this is indeed better living through chemistry. Regardless, his music is still as beautiful and frothy asDrukqs will be released on 30th October 2026 via Warp Records. Twenty-five years after it's original release, Warp Records reissues Aphex Twin's Drukqs on vinyl and CD. The release marks the first time in years the album has been available across physical formats and means every Aphex Twin album is once again in print on vinyl.

Tracklist:

1 Jynweythek

2 Vordhosbn

3 Kladfvgbung Mischk

4 Strotha Tynhe

5 Omgyjya-Switch7

6 Gwely Mernans

7 Cock

8 Ver10

9 Bbydhyonchord

10 Orban Eq TRX 4

11 MT Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount

12 Beskhu3Epnm

13 Aussois

14 Hy a Scullyas Lyf Adhagrow

15 Kesson Dalek

16 Avril 14th

17 Gwarek2

18 54 Cymru Beats

19 Btoum-Roumada

20 Lornaderek

21 QKTHR

22 Prep Gwarek 36

23 Father

24 Petiatil CX Htdui

25 Meltphace 6

26 Bit 4

27 Taking Control

28 Ruglen Holon

29 Afx237 V.7

30 Ziggomatic 17

31 Nanou2 ever.