Pitchfork

It's tough not to use the word "beautiful" when speaking of Adem Ilhan's music, because it is just that: beautiful. Here, the carnivalesque and glitchy intensity of Aphex Twin is transformed into Scarborough Fair when he reinterprets "To Cure A Weakling Child" and "Girl/Boy Song" (inverting the title of the latter, apparently with Richard James' permission) as a medley. The result is that it's actually difficult, nay, impossible to imagine James' unnerving smirk while listening to this version (though James is obviously great in his own uniquely pretty yet oddly jarring way). Adem, who is a bandmate of Kieran Hebden in Fridge, maintains the wonderful, dreamy lilt of the original melodies while smoothing over the edges.

MP3:> Adem: "To Cure a Weakling Child / Boy/Girl Song"
[original track from Takes; due 05/12/08 on Domino]