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Richard D. James, aka The Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin (born Richard D. James, 1971) is a UK-based electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, IDM, acid, drum and bass (specifically drill n bass). He has claimed to have made "over 100 hours" of music which remains unreleased. One of his recent claims was the recent experimentation on his album drukqs included use of a prepared piano (specifically a Yamaha Disklavier) in the style of composer John Cage.
Born to Welsh parents in 1971, James spent his childhood in Cornwall. He experimented with electronics from an early age, winning a competition to make a Sinclair ZX Spectrum play a tune by setting the connected television's volume to full and alternating the colours on the screen, producing different pitches of noise.
He became a DJ and musician on the local rave scene, taking on the moniker "Aphex Twin". James claimed in an interview that the origin of this name was a combination of a manufacturer of signal processing equipment with the word "twin" in reference to an older brother who died at a young age before his birth. James uses his middle initial (which stands for David) to distinguish himself from his late brother.
James was a founding partner in the Rephlex Records label, formed in 1991 and released his first records on this label, as well as Mighty Force and R&S Records of Belgium. James relocated to London and released a slew of albums and EPs on the Warp Records label, and under a bewildering set of aliases (from the well known AFX and Polygon Window to the ultra underground Gak and Power Pill) . He was also responsible for a number of disturbing music videos in collaboration with director Chris Cunningham.
Aphex Twin interviews are inevitably entertaining, eccentric, and confusing. He has made many wild claims in his interviews which have been speculated by some to be false. Several of these claims include him owning an 1950s armoured scout car (a Daimler Ferret Mark 3), a submarine, composing ambient techno music at age 13 (contradicting most music history), building all of his synthesizers from scratch, and living in a converted bank. He is also a notable amateur photographer, having done his own artwork direction for many of his albums. Aphex Twin continues to create records at the boundaries of the accepted norms of music.
Discography
Albums
EPs and Singles
Promos and Compilations
- Words & Music (promo interview) (1994)
- Classics (1994)
- 51/13 Singles Collection (Australia-only release) (1996)
- Cock 10/54 Cymru Beats (drukqs promo) (2001)
- 26 Mixes For Cash (2003)
Aliases
Richard D. James has also released a large amount of material under various aliases:
AFX:
- Analogue Bubblebath (1991)
- Analogue Bubblebath 2 (1991)
- Analogue Bubblebath 3 (1993)
- Analogue Bubblebath 3.1 (1997)
- Analogue Bubblebath 4 (1994)
- Analogue Bubblebath 5 (1995 unreleased)
- Hangable Auto Bulb (1995)
- Hangable Auto Bulb 2 (1995)
- 2 Remixes By AFX (2001)
- Smojphace EP (2003)
- Mangle 11 (Circuit Bent V.I.P. Mix) (appears on Rephlexions compilation album - 2003)
Brad Strider:
- Bradley's Beat (1995)
- Bradley's Robot (1996)
Caustic Window:
- Joyrex J4 (1992)
- Joyrex J5 (1992)
- Joyrex J9 (1993)
- Caustic Window Compilation (1998)
Gak:
Polygon Window:
Power Pill:
Q-Chastic:
- Q-Chastic EP (1992 unreleased)
In the Universal Indicator series:
- Universal Indicator: Red (1991)
- Universal Indicator: Blue (1992)
- Universal Indicator: Green (1995)
- Universal Indicator: Yellow (1993)
- Universal Indicator: Ultraviolet (2001)
Misc:
- Appeared as "DJ Olive" together with Uri Caine, Tim Lefebvre and Zach Danziger in the concert "Bedrock" in the Philharmonie in Essen, Germany on 10 September 2004
See also
External links
de:Aphex Twin
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