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CHOSEN LORDS compiles select tracks from the 12" series ANALORD.
Electronica auteur Richard D. James has kept a relatively low profile from his near absurd prolificacy during IDM's boom in the mid-`90s. But the back-to-analog approach of electronic music in the early 2000s owes a clear debt to the precedent set by James's early, more club-oriented efforts. His 2006 effort under the AFX moniker, CHOSEN LORDS, seems intent on recapturing that lost mantle. Trafficking in aggressive analogue sequences and crisp drum programming, James flaunts his re-enchantment with the acidic squelch of the Roland TB-303 synth--a machine that, under his control, reveals subtle timbral gradients between funk and noise.Q (p.121) - Ranked #46 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "CHOSEN LORDS found James recycling house and techno themes, rediscovering melody in the process."
Uncut (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's obvious that these are newly minted, abounding in untreated drum machine..."
The Wire (p.51) - "CHOSEN LORDS is certainly meticulous and absorbing....The impression is of James pottering around with his toys in semi-retirement, finding a new sense of fun with the yoke of expectation removed."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "When it comes to making smart, mischievous electronic merry, no one can touch him." Aphex Twin Chosen Lords Songs | 1. | Chosen Lords Fenix Funk 5 |
| 2. | Reunion 2 |
| 3. | Pitcard |
| 4. | Crying in Your Face |
| 5. | Klopjob |
| 6. | Boxing Day |
| 7. | Batine Acid |
| 8. | Cilonen |
| 9. | Pwsteal.Ldpinch.D |
| 10. | Xmd5a |
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