Selected Ambient Works 85-92
by Aphex Twin

This album was marketed as ambient, which suggests background music, however I find it needs to be listened to closely to be appreciated. I found it brilliant, and surprisingly varied - Aphex is able to express various musical forms through electronica, including some funk on "We Are the Music Makers".

For those that love Electronica, I'm sure this is genius, just as Malick is genius to those of us that love movies. But just as Malick movies often feel like filmed waving grass if you're not into it, this is just background beeping to me. I don't get it.

From katerpillar 04/27/2024 15:45 | #303220

It grows on you after some time

From Strangel 03/01/2024 10:16 | #302314

Listen again doubters! It’s a perfect album.

I think that ambient music isn't my thing, I can hear how he creates here some beautiful soundscapes, but it isn't something that I deeply enjoy or feel. Still there are some really solid tracks here, my favorites include Heliosphan and Ptolemy

I enjoy every song on this record but nothing blows me away or makes me think this should be amongst the greatest of all time. It might be that I just don't get this genre or the record hasn't clicked for me yet but it just doesn't work in my opinion. Also, it does get quite repetitive near the end with the last 4 or 5 tracks being on the edge of not being good anymore and becoming filler. With that being said, I love the flow of the album and just how easy it is to stick this record on and get lost in the relaxing atmosphere. It is such an easy record to revisit as you can literally play it at any time as it suits almost all moods and emotions. Overall, this record will probably click one day and I will sit there wondering what I was thinking with this rating but right now it just doesn't work for me.

From LukasAntoine00s 01/19/2022 20:31 | #279705

85.38

Grande Aphex Twin, leyenda de la música electrónica. Primer disco que escucho de su repertorio y pensé que me costaría más porque no estoy acostumbrado a escuchar música instrumental fuera de la música clásica, pero pues me ha sido más llevadero de lo que pensé, porque este DJ se carga unos de los ritmos más entretenidos. Un problemilla sería que en mi opinión, la primera canción Xtal es demasiado buena, una obra maestra, de tal forma que ninguna otra la alcanza y pues, cuando la primera canción es la mejor es difícil volver a ver ese nivel en el disco, pero nada más que decir la verdad porque me lo he pasado genial. Una maravilla de disco, posiblemente el mejor del artista.

From VictorVale 04/26/2021 15:06 | #268997

As viradas de ritmo e a criatividade do sons são demais!

Amazing record. It is as if James has internalized all developments in the British house scene of that time to arrive at this introspective masterpiece. I can hear elements of acid house, ambient, techno, etc. Genre: Post-House? Sounds less pretentious than 'intelligent dance music'.

From Timestarter 07/01/2020 20:29 | #254907

ALL SONGS ARE MY FAV. TRACKS!!!