Selected Ambient Works Volume 2

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	Artist(s):	Aphex Twin
	Music by:	Sire / London/Rhino
	Sales Rank:	44182

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Recording label: Sire / London/Rhino
EAN: 0093624548225
Binding: Audio CD
Release Date: 1994-04-12
Universal product code (UPC): 093624548225
Number of discs: 2

Album Description
Aphex Twin's 1994 masterpiece Selected Ambient Works Volume II includes barely anything resembling a beat or any sign of typical song structure, yet the album continues to garner adulation generally reserved for holy music. Fans have been testifying on its behalf for nearly two decades, as if it were capable of curing ills or healing the soul. Its synthetic construction belies the intuitive, human, melancholic and uplifting nature of the music.

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British electronics wunderkind Richard James (alias Aphex Twin, AFX, Polygon Window, etc.) claims he heard the compositions on Selected Ambient Works, Volume II in lucid dreams. Like abstract paintings composed of shades of a single color, James's resonant explorations of specific timbres linger close to a central idea on each cut, incorporating just enough variation to remain disturbing. While its predecessor, Selected Ambient Works '85-'92 drew on seven years' worth of material, the uniform quality of these untitled tracks, plus their judicious sequencing, suggests they were assembled over a shorter period. Clocking in at over 150 minutes, the double-disc set (if this is "selected," how many hours of outtakes remain?) provides an exemplary introduction to the quieter facets of James's expansive, idiosyncratic aesthetic. --Kurt B. Reighley

Brand: APHEX TWIN

Disc 1 Tracks:
1. cliffs
2. radiator
3. rhubarb
4. grass
5. mold
6. ropes
7. circles
8. weathered stone
9. tree
10. domino
11. steel plate

Disc 2 Tracks:
1. blue calx
2. parallel stripes
3. metal grating
4. windowsill
5. b+w stripes
6. siding nails
7. corrugated tubing
8. lichen
9. leaves
10. tassels
11. rusty metal
12. b+w stripesII
13. Shiny Metal Rods
14. Grey Stripe
15. Z Twig
16. Window Sill
17. Hexagon
18. Lichen
19. Spots
20. Tassels
21. White Blur 2
22. Match Sticks

Publishers: Sire / London/Rhino