Aphex Twin’s Drukqs returns on vinyl, CD, and cassette for its 25th anniversary
Five bonus tracks, including three new takes on “Avril 14th,” hit streaming services for the first time.
Aphex Twin has reissued Drukqs through Warp Records, 25 years after the album first came out. The reissue is available on vinyl, CD, and cassette. It’s the first time in years that the album has been in print across physical formats, and it means every Aphex Twin album is on vinyl again.
The reissue also comes with five bonus tracks: “dRuQks Prepared uN,” “avril 14th half speed alternative version [re-recorded 2009 Nagra],” “avril 14th reversed music not audio [re-recorded 2009 Nagra],” “avril 14th doubletempo,half speed,” and “Mangle 11.” They were first released as a digital exclusive on aphextwin.warp.net. Now they’re on streaming services for the first time as Drukqs (Expanded Edition).
Three of the five bonus tracks are versions of “Avril 14th,” the short piano piece that became the album’s best-known song. Kanye West sampled it on “Blame Game” from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
There are four physical formats. The standard 4xLP comes on black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. A direct-to-consumer 4xLP box set adds a six-panel poster and an AFX logo stencil. The 2xCD comes with an eight-page booklet, and the 2xcassette comes in a butterfly case. All of them are available to order now.
