Jynweythek Ylow - A Masterpiece By Aphex Twin?

Here we go with a look at the first track on Drukqs, Jynweythek Ylow (I tried to translate this phrase from Cornish to English but struggled... Jyn means engine, weythek possibly means "active", Ylow means music... so maybe "active engine music"? or real music machine, maybe.

correction: i was close. it's "mechanical music". thanks to this reddit comment:

anyway here are youtube links i was working off:
original Jynweythek Ylow:

piano cover by Alina Ezhakova:

Transcription by Megan L. Nell

oh and my fave version of John Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano by Yuji Takahashi:

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This song is excellent. The brilliance is in 2 forms.

On one hand you have the prepared piano sound, which is definitely difficult.

On the other hand you have the gaelic folk sound that is almost timeless. And every culture seems to have some form of that sound. Pentatonic modulated within a tone structure.

Japan? Check.

China? Check.

India? Check.

South America++? Check.

Everywhere.