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Aphex Twin, born Richard David James, August 18, 1971, in Limerick, Ireland to Welsh parents Lorna and Derek James, is an electronic music artist. He grew up in Cornwall, United Kingdom and started producing music around the age of 12.

Richard has been hailed as “the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music” with his works ranging from ambient pieces to acid techno.

Quoted in Mixmag Richard said ” I just love electronics and music and putting the two together just came naturally. I did electronics in college. Electronic music is just so lush basically I love messing with acid, jungle, and playing it out to my mates in a night club. Get out there and dance. Let’s have it! If anyone’s coming to my shows I just want everybody to just dance and have a laugh basically.” At a Rephlex party in 2001 Aphex Twin was asked by a journalist if he used the term IDM and he replied “only for rubbish mp3.com music that I don’t really like, basically if I say that it’s for something shit that I don’t care about. It’s just funny how online people just copy each other and it’s so lazy. Quite funny I reckon.”

In 1991 Aphex formed the Rephlex record label with his friend Grant Wilson-Claridge. Signed artists include Mike Paradinas (aka µ-Ziq) and Squarepusher.

Also known as: AFX, Blue Calx, Bradley Strider, Caustic Window, The Dice Man, GAK, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, Q-Chastic, Soit-P.P., Rich in Mike & Rich, Martin Tressider in Universal Indicator (with Michael C. Cullen aka Mike Dred, The Kosmik Kommando )

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rndm5 wrote:
yesterday evening

Musical brain parasites. Comp conscience

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riigo wrote:
yesterday morning

the dude abides

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akatarzynak wrote:
yesterday morning

pleasing to my ears

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MGN_PLZ wrote:
Thursday evening

The man is a genius.

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joedagimp wrote:
Thursday evening

54 Cymru Beats!

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gEEEERa wrote:
Thursday morning

i was into you before aphex

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mart-the-mod wrote:
Wednesday evening

I was into Aphex before you

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thejulesiamnot wrote:
Wednesday morning

.. fantastic!!! \o/

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hts_boni wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

absurdo

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bullseye555 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

i'll see him live <33

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gEEEERa wrote:
Monday evening

ON TOUR lol

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thecp wrote:
Monday afternoon

http://www.last.fm/music/Dirty+DB/Schizosonic/Filthy

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plaidhands wrote:
Monday afternoon

basshunter is so much better [2]

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masodikgalamb wrote:
Monday morning

http://www.last.fm/music/Dickshit/Dickshit+Flyger+Igen

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Oz_Alchemist wrote:
Monday morning

Trip-Hop Artist to check out : http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Oz+Alchemist

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Highadmiral wrote:
Sunday afternoon

FETT!!!!! Richtig geiler Scheiss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like him!! ;-))

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gEEEERa wrote:
Sunday afternoon

lol! on tour

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Ksb16 wrote:
Sunday morning

so i guess hes retired eh? that fuckin sucks!

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ShaunAlfonso wrote:
Saturday evening

I actually just bought a black AFX shirt and green BoC tshirt from Bleep. Sadly no Autechre shirts available at this time.

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KingLawrence wrote:
Saturday afternoon

What's wrong with Autechre?

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