Title: The pinnacle of Ambient music
Product review: To me, this is definitely the best Aphex Twin album. James alternates his signature programmed meltdowns with calm pieces for piano/tape loops, synthesizer, and prepared piano (it sounds like he's listened to John Cage's "Three Dances for Prepared Piano" [1944] a lot). As usual, on many of the tracks the drum machine becomes the lead melodic instrument, processed halfway to incoherence with delay and chorus and probably every effect he could muster. But the structures are less abstract, tighter, and fuller. He creates a perfect balance between lull and storm, like fractal music made at the edge of chaos. This is what Eno should be doing.
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