APHEX TWIN - I CARE BECAUSE YOU DO

None of the chirpy, intricate, eclectic tracks on I Care Because You Do sound dated, certainly not in any heinous way. Richard James' work stands outside any genre cages and continues to satisfy dedicated listeners. This is at least partially due to James's twisted, British-bad-boy sense of humor: the title of the disc alone is something of an ironic display. I Care Because You Do is a sound introduction to James's peculiar, personal work, which ranges from symphonic to spartan to relaxing to unnerving, though it generally manages to be all those at once. The disc is cleverly constructed and juicily modern, and it's easy to see why critics, struggling to understand James's emergent "ambient techno," early on compared him to minimalist composers such as Philip Glass and Steve Reich. James was clearly influenced by these pioneers, but his music is more about stretching the limits of what one perceives to be music, of sound itself. --Mike McGonigal 

Tracklisting

Acrid Avid Jam Shred
The Waxen Pith
Wax The Nip
Icct Hedral [Edit] [Edit]
Ventolin [Video Version] [Version]
Come On You Slags!
Start As You Mean To Go On
Wet Tip Hen Ax
Mookid
Alberto Balsalm
Cow Cud Is A Twin
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