• Aphex Twin is London-based electronic music composer and producer Richard D. James. Aphex Twin has recorded under a number of names and for various labels. His breakthrough work Selected Ambient Works 85-92 has been described as "both the birthplace and the benchmark of modern electronic music."

  Aphex Twin saw mainstream success with the singles "Windowlicker" and "Come to Daddy." Videos for both songs, directed by British artist Chris Cunningham, garnered attention for their disturbing imagery.

  In 2001, Aphex Twin departed from electronic music by releasing the 2-CD drukqs album, which included prepared piano tracks explicitly influenced by experimental composer John Cage. In 2004, Aphex Twin released a series of analogue pieces written and pressed exclusively to vinyl called the Analord series. Selections from the series were packaged for CD and released as Chosen Lords.

  It is rumored that Aphex Twin will be appearing at several music festivals in 2008 including Ireland's Oxegen Festival.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: August 18, 1971
  2. Started Rephlex Records with Grant Wilson-Claridge in 1991
  3. Has recorded for Rephlex Records, Warp Records, R&S; Records, Sire Records, Mighty Force, Rabbit City
  4. 1. AFX
  5. 1. Blue Calx
  6. 1. Bradley Strider
  7. 1. Martin Tresseder
  8. 1. Caustic Window
  9. 1. GAK
  10. 1. Soit P.P.
  11. 1. Polygon Window
  12. 1. Power-Pill
  13. 1. Prichard D. Jams
  14. 1. Q-Chastic
  15. 1. The Dice Man
  16. 1. Tahnaiya Russell
  17. 1. DJ Smojphace
  18. Rumored to be recording under the alias "The Tuss"

• Full-Length Albums

  • 1992: Selected Ambient Works 85-92
  • 1994: Selected Ambient Works Volume II
  • 1995: ...i Care Because You Do
  • 1996: Richard D. James Album
  • 1996: Expert Knob Twiddlers (w/u-ziq)
  • 2001: drukqs
  • 2006: Chosen Lords

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