Title: A Bum Trip
Product review: It's dissapointing that this music is representing Richard D. James's continuing musical evolution, especially after the brilliantWindowlickerwhich kept me on the edge of my seat during the seemingly endless 2 year wait for his next release.No point in highlighting out any track in particular, no track stands out enough for me to bother deciphering the confusing chicken-scratch layout of the cumbersome song titles. The drum-n-bass pieces are merely good, but not great. (There are other musicians who are doing more exciting things with beat programming, some are even Aphex's label mates!) On a positive note the quiter interludes of piano pieces are actually quite good, which range in a variety of moods, and have more character to them than the rest of the material.Overall, the record feels like and endless series of outtakes from Aphex's past glories. If it was marketed as such, then perhaps I could trust in his talents again and look forward to his next release.
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