Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2
by Aphex Twin

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Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 by Aphex Twin
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-01-23
Overall rank: 22,648th   Overall chart history
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Award Top albums of 2015 (482nd)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (4,968th)
Award Best albums of all time (22,648th)

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Aphex Twin bestography

Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 is ranked 13th best out of 35 albums by Richard David James on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Richard David James is Selected Ambient Works 85-92 which is ranked number 242 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,536.

Aphex Twin album bestography « Higher ranked (18,051st)
Cheetah EP This album (22,648th)
Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 Lower ranked (24,524th) »
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Overall rank: 22,648th | 2010s rank: 4,968th | 2015 rank: 482nd  Overall chart history
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From 05/25/2017 17:41 | #191401
Solid concept for an even more solid group of very cool songs. He recorded a lot (if not all) of the instruments by programming midi sequences that were sent to computer arms that would strike drums and cymbals or play the piano. He then recorded the sounds of these acoustic instruments being played by his computer. amazing. out of tune pianos and strange percussion makes this album so dark yet somehow colorful. it makes me imagine what it's like to be a blind person smelling or touching something- everything is total pitch black but some things are still so vivid.

you can also hear the same instruments (i'm assuming also live recordings of midi instruments) on other albums like richard d. james album and druqks
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From 10/26/2016 15:48 | #177468
May pale in comparison to 2014's "Syro", but this percussion-focused EP is still a good one that Aphex Twin fans should be pleased with.
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From 10/24/2018 01:08 | #223173
A perfectly okay EP. It's no "Collapse", but it'll do.
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