Aphex Twin aka AFX aka Richard D. James is not known for his straightforward approach to music. Even his most commercial expressions like and can be followed with great difficulty by the general public. Let alone what happens when this man is really experimental. With Chosen Lords, however, this is not so bad. James collected a dozen tracks from Analord, an 11-part series of 12 "singles released
… in 2005, now partly available to music lovers without a turntable. With Chosen Lords, he returns to the days of Caustic Window and Analogue Bubblebath from the early 1990s, when he was already looking for the experiment as a young producer, the strikingly steady techno and electro beats are complemented by a sea of acid sounds and other malicious growling electronics, which unmistakably bear James' signature. (AD)more