History AwesomeMusic / AphexTwin

* ''...I Care Because You Do'':

* ''[=drukQs=]'':

** "Heliosphan," particularly due to the dreamy synths and the drumming.

** The opening track to the album, "Acrid Avid Jam Shred," is really catchy and funky.

** The closing track, "Next Heap With." Take a listen to it, and try NOT feeling like a badass, with those swelling horns.

** The opening track, "4," a very upbeat song to begin the album.

** "Girl/Boy Song." Much like the rest of the album, it mixes fast-paced breaks with an innocent sounding and upbeat melody.

** The upbeat and melodic "IZ-US," the closing track for the EP. ''Stop making that big face!''

** Richard, as a kid, used to play with his family's piano from the inside, which explains why all of the piano tracks from the album (especially "Avril 14th," "Jynweythek Ylow" and "[=Nanou2=]") are awesome.

* "At the Heart of It All," Richard D. James' contribution to ''Further Down the Spiral'' (the remix album of Music/NineInchNails' ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral'') that happens to be the only track on a NIN album not produced with the involvement of frontman Trent Reznor and one of the only original tracks on the album (Richard also contributed with half of another track, "The Beauty of Being Numb"). It begins with a spine-chillingly industrial and mechanical drum loop and gets even creepier when a sea of juxtaposed horns (the more orchestral and blissful horns trail over the guttural, growling low ones) swoops over repeatedly. As a whole, the song perfectly captures the dark atmosphere that ''Downward Spiral'' had. The most awesome part? Richard made that song '''without listening to the original album'''.

** "Heliosphan", particularly due to the dreamy synths and the drumming.

** The opening track to the album, "Acrid Avid Jam Shred", is really catchy and funky.

** The closing track, "Next Heap With". Take a listen to it, and try NOT feeling like a badass, with those swelling horns.

** The opening track, "4", a very upbeat song to begin the album.

** "Girl/Boy Song". Much like the rest of the album, it mixes fast-paced breaks with an innocent sounding and upbeat melody.

** The upbeat and melodic "IZ-US", the closing track for the EP. ''Stop making that big face!''

* ''Drukqs'':
** Richard, as a kid, used to play with his family's piano from the inside, which explains why all of the piano tracks from the album (especially "Avril 14th", "Jynweythek Ylow" and "[=Nanou2=]") are awesome.

* "At the Heart of It All", Richard D. James' contribution to ''Further Down the Spiral'' (the remix album of Music/NineInchNails' ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral'') that happens to be the only track on a NIN album not produced with the involvement of frontman Trent Reznor and one of the only original tracks on the album (Richard also contributed with half of another track, "The Beauty of Being Numb"). It begins with a spine-chillingly industrial and mechanical drum loop and gets even creepier when a sea of juxtaposed horns (the more orchestral and blissful horns trail over the guttural, growling low ones) swoops over repeatedly. As a whole, the song perfectly captures the dark atmosphere that ''Downward Spiral'' had. The most awesome part? Richard made that song '''without listening to the original album'''.

** "Heliosphan," particularly due to the dreamy synths and the drumming.

** The opening track to the album, "Acrid Avid Jam Shred," is really catchy and funky.

** The closing track, "Next Heap With," is pretty awesome as well. Take a listen to it, and try NOT feeling like a badass, with those swelling horns.

** The opening track "4," a very upbeat song to begin the album.

** The upbeat and melodic "IZ-US," the closing track for the EP. ''Stop making that big face!''

** Richard, as a kid, used to play with his family's piano from the inside, which explains why all of the piano tracks from the album (especially "Avril 14th," "Jynweythek Ylow" and "[=Nanou2=]") qualify to be awesome.

* "At the Heart of It All," Richard D. James' contribution to ''Further Down the Spiral'' (the remix album of Music/NineInchNails' ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral'') that happens to be the only track on a NIN album not produced with the involvement of frontman Trent Reznor and one of the only original tracks on the album (Richard also contributed with half of another track, "The Beauty of Being Numb"). It begins with a spine-chillingly industrial and mechanical drum loop and gets even creepier when a sea of juxtaposed horns (the more orchestral and blissful horns trail over the guttural, growling low ones) swoops over repeatedly. As a whole, the song perfectly captures the dark atmosphere that ''Downward Spiral'' had. The most awesome part? Richard made that song '''without listening to the original album'''.

** "Heliosphan", particularly due to the dreamy synths and the drumming.

** The opening track to the album, "Acrid Avid Jam Shred", is really catchy and funky.

** The closing track, "Next Heap With", is pretty awesome as well. Take a listen to it, and try NOT feeling like a badass, with those swelling horns.

** The opening track "4", a very upbeat song to begin the album.

** The upbeat and melodic "IZ-US", the closing track for the EP. ''Stop making that big face!''

** Richard, as a kid, used to play with his family's piano from the inside, which explains why all of the piano tracks from the album (especially "Avril 14th", "Jynweythek Ylow" and "[=Nanou2=]") qualify to be awesome.

* "At the Heart of It All", Richard D. James' contribution to ''Further Down the Spiral'' (the remix album of Music/NineInchNails' ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral'') that happens to be the only track on a NIN album not produced with the involvement of frontman Trent Reznor and one of the only original tracks on the album (Richard also contributed with half of another track, "The Beauty of Being Numb"). It begins with a spine-chillingly industrial and mechanical drum loop and gets even creepier when a sea of juxtaposed horns (the more orchestral and blissful horns trail over the guttural, growling low ones) swoops over repeatedly. As a whole, the song perfectly captures the dark atmosphere that ''Downward Spiral'' had. The most awesome part? Richard made that song '''without listening to the original album'''.

* ''Richard D. James Album'':

* ''[[Music/SelectedAmbientWorks8592 Selected Ambient Works 85–92]]'':

* ''Selected Ambient Works 85–92'':

** The infamous "Ventolin" mixes ear-splitting harsh pitches and blaring industrial beats to create one of the heaviest sounding tracks Richard has ever made.

** The infamous "Ventolin" mixes ear-splitting harsh pitches and blaring industrial beats to create one of the most heaviest sounding tracks Richard has ever made.

** The infamous "Ventolin" mixes ear-splitting harsh pitches and blaring industrial beats to create one of the heaviest tracks Richard has ever made.

** The infamous "Ventolin" mixes ear-splitting harsh pitches and blaring industrial beats to create one of the most heaviest tracks Richard has ever made.

** The infamous “Ventolin” mixes ear-splitting harsh pitches and blaring industrial beats to create not only one of Richard’s heaviest tracks (if not THE heaviest), but also one of the harshest singles ever released by a popular artist.

** The infamous “Ventolin” mixes ear splitting harsh pitches and blaring industrial beats to create not only one of Richard’s heaviest tracks (If not THE heaviest) but also one of the harshest singles ever released by a popular artist

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvfbIU8LYyY Rhubarb]]" is not only one of the most respected tracks James has ever recorded, but has been regularly deemed one of the greatest ambient songs of all time. For a song off an album that was admittedly an OutOfGenreExperience for James, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments that's a hell of an accomplishment]].

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvfbIU8LYyY Rhubarb]]" is one of the most highly respected ambient tracks James ever recorded.

** James's debut album is his most fan- and critically acclaimed work to date, with Allmusic calling it "[[GenreBusting a watershed of ambient music,]]" and Warp Records stating it to be "the birthplace and benchmark of modern electronic music," and that "every home should have a copy." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnTFKWAT-XE Just take listen to the opening track "Xtal"!]]

** The opening track to the album "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" is really catchy and funky.

* Combined with its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrKQTi4SoMI stop motion video,]] the title track for the EP "On" looks and sounds like something Creator/SalvadorDali would've been proud of.

** The opening track, "Acrid Avid Jam Shred", is really catchy and funky.

** The opening track, "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" is really catchy and funky.

* ''Selected Ambient Works 85–92''

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvfbIU8LYyY Rhubarb]]" is one of the most highly respected ambient songs James ever recorded.

** The opening track, "Acrid Avid Jam Shred", is one really catchy and funky IDM track.
** The closing track, "Next Heap With", is pretty awesome as well. Try listening to it and NOT feeling like a badass, with those swelling horns.

* ''Come To Daddy'' EP:

** The energetic track "Tha" is a fun and upbeat track which lasts for ''[[EpicRocking nine minutes!]]''

** The opening track "Acrid Avid Jam Shred", is one really catchy and funky IDM track.
** The closing track, "Next Heap With" is pretty awesome as well. Try listening to it and NOT feeling like a badass, with those swelling horns.