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Richard David James Wiki Biography

Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known by his stage name Aphex Twin, is a British electronic musician and composer. He has been described by The Guardian as “the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music”, and is the co-founder of Rephlex Records with Grant Wilson-Claridge. Aphex Twin’s album Selected Ambient Works 85-92 was called the best album of the 1990s by FACT Magazine.James has also released a number of EPs as AFX from 1991 to 2005 including the Analogue Bubblebath series of EPs. In 2007, James also released some materials anonymously under the name The Tuss leading to a lot of speculations. The Tuss materials included Confederation Trough EP and Rushup Edge. He eventually admitted to being the artist behind it.In addition to Rephlex, James has released Aphex Twin records on Warp, R&S, Sire, Mighty Force, Rabbit City and Men Records. Following public sightings of the Aphex Twin logo in London, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States, in August 2014, the Aphex Twin Twitter account confirmed the release of Syro, his sixth studio album. Following a subsequent press release, Syro was officially released on 23 September 2014 through the Warp music label. 

Full Name Aphex Twin
Net Worth $12 Million
Date Of Birth August 18, 1971
Place Of Birth Limerick, Ireland
Profession Soundtrack, Composer, Actor
Education Cornwall College, Redruth School, Windowlicker, Avril 14th, X-Tal
Spouse Anastasia
Parents Lorna James, Derek James, Windowlicker, Avril 14th, X-Tal
Siblings Richard James
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/aphextwinafxhttp://www.facebook.com/twintwinohyeah
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/aphextwinhttp://www.twitter.com/twintwinohyeah
Google+ http://plus.google.com/111646366620639688406
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416869
Awards Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album, NME Single of the Year, Prix Ars Electronica – Digital Musics, Windowlicker, Avril 14th, X-Tal
Music Groups The Tuss, Universal Indicator, Windowlicker, Avril 14th, X-Tal
Nominations Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist, Brit Award for British Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects, MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video, NME Award for Best Dance Act, Windowlicker, Avril 14th, X-Tal
Movies Rubber Johnny, The Work of Director Chris Cunningham, From ATP: From Smoke, 3Lux: The Dvd Collection
Quote
1 I got a feeling I had loads when I was in primary school, ’cause I had red hair; you know, like Duracell.
2 Can’t really despise people you don’t know.
3 It started off at a club called Disobey, around the corner from where I live.
4 There’s a lot of melancholy in my tracks.
5 I used to make up names when I used to catalog my stuff.
6 It’s quite similar to guitar solos, only with programming you have to use your brain. The most important thing is that it should have some emotional effect on me, rather than just, ‘Oh, that’s really clever.’
7 It sounds really arrogant, but my music’s my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else’s.
8 Well, I just bought a massive bank and I’ve moved into it on my own.
9 I’m a really good hacker, but I’m not a sensible person.
10 The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.
11 Sometimes I just hit the keyboard in a way I’d like the rhythm of the tracks to sound.
12 [on his music being used in advertising] They always use my stuff on programmes about surgery, or rapists, or paedophilia, or murder, or war… which is better than it being used on some cooking or DIY programme, I suppose!
13 [on Christopher Morris] He’s amazing, that geezer.
Fact
1 His brother’s grave is featured on the cover of the “Girl/Boy” EP and in the booklet in the “Richard D. James Album” both released under the name Aphex Twin in 1996
2 Named after his older brother, Richard James, who died before he was born.

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Fire May Be Subtle 2016 Short performer: “Mt. Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount” / writer: “Mt. Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount” – as Richard D. James filming
Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ] 2016 Video short performer: “CIRKLON3 [Kolkhoznaya mix]” / writer: “CIRKLON3 [Kolkhoznaya mix]”
Master of None 2015 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Die Antwoord: Ugly Boy 2014 Video short “Ugly Boy”
’71 2014 performer: “GWELY MERNANS”
Grand Theft Auto V 2013 Video Game performer: “Windowlicker” / writer: “Windowlicker” – as Richard James
Waterloo Road 2012 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Chikara High Noon 2011 TV Special performer: “Blame Game” – uncredited / writer: “Blame Game” – uncredited
Just Like Illusion 2010 Short writer: “Rushup / Bank 12” – as Richard D. James
Runaway 2010/I Short performer: “Blame Game” – uncredited / writer: “Blame Game” – uncredited
Eat Pray Love 2010 performer: “Parallel Stripes” / writer: “Parallel Stripes” – as Richard James
Hjernevask 2010 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode
Four Lions 2010 performer: “Avril 14th” / writer: “Avril 14th”
Misfits 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Shot List 2009 performer: “Beetles” / writer: “Beetles” – as Richard D. James
Nip/Tuck 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Full Circle 2008/III Short performer: “Cliffs”, “Lichen”, “Rhubarb”
Grand Theft Auto IV 2008 Video Game performer: “Selected Ambient Works Vol. II CD2 TRk5 aka [z twig]” / writer: “Selected Ambient Works Vol. II CD2 TRk5 aka [z twig]” – as R. James
Saturday Night Live 2007 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Mister Lonely 2007 performer: “Btoum-Roumada” / writer: “Btoum-Roumada” – as Richard James
Children of Men 2006 performer: “Omgyjya Switch7” / producer: “Omgyjya Switch7” – as Richard James / writer: “Omgyjya Switch7” – as Richard James
Marie Antoinette 2006 performer: “Jynweythek Ylow”, “Avril 14th” / writer: “Jynweythek Ylow”, “Avril 14th” – as Richard D. James
Grandma’s Boy 2006 performer: “Windowlicker”
Rubber Johnny 2005 Short arranger: “Afx237 v7” / performer: “Afx237 v7” / writer: “Afx237 v7”
WipEout Pure 2005 Video Game “Naks Acid”
Salad Fingers TV Series performer – 2 episodes, 2004 writer – 2 episodes, 2004
Dead Man’s Shoes 2004 performer: “Nanou 2”
Aparatus 2003 Short writer: “Gwarek2”, “Vordhosbn”
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham 2003 Video performer: “Come To Daddy”, “Window Licker”
Bookcruncher 2002 Short performer: “Windowlicker” / writer: “Windowlicker”
The Weather Underground 2002 Documentary performer: “Jynueythek Ylow”, “CD #1, track #1”
Morvern Callar 2002 performer: “Goon Gumpas”, “Nannou” / writer: “Goon Gumpas”, “Nannou” – as Richard James
Devil’s Playground 2002 Documentary performer: “CD 1- Track 1”, “CD 2- Track 1”, “CD 2- Track 5”, “CD 2- Track 7”, “Xtal”, “Heliosphan” / producer: “CD 1- Track 1”, “CD 2- Track 1”, “CD 2- Track 5”, “CD 2- Track 7” – as Richard D. James / writer: “CD 1- Track 1”, “CD 2- Track 1”, “CD 2- Track 5”, “CD 2- Track 7”, “Xtal”, “Heliosphan” – as Richard D. James
The Sopranos TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2001 writer – 1 episode, 2001
The Last Minute 2001 performer: “Disc 1 Track 6”, “Disc 2 Track 3”, “Disc 2 Track 4”, “Disc 2 Track 9”, “On”
Manic 2001 “Track 01 from Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2” / performer: “Girl/Boy Song”
Monkey Drummer 2000 Short performer: “Mt. Saint Michel & Saint Michaels Mount” / writer: “Mt. Saint Michel & Saint Michaels Mount”
Complicity 2000 performer: “Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid”
CKY2K 2000 Video documentary performer: “Come To Daddy”
Architecture of Reassurance 2000 Short performer: “Nannou”
Jam 2000 TV Series Untitled CD1 Track 7, “Untitled” CD2 Track 6
8MM 1999 performer: “Come To Daddy”
Blade 1998 writer: “UT1-Dot” – as Richard D. James
Pi 1998 performer: “Bucephalus Bouncing Ball” – uncredited / producer: “Bucephalus Bouncing Ball” – as Richard James, uncredited / writer: “Bucephalus Bouncing Ball” – as Richard James, uncredited
Closure 1997 Video documentary “At the Heart of It All”, uncredited
The Doom Generation 1995 performer: “On” / writer: “On” – as Richard D James
Aphex Twin: Ageispolis 1993 Video short performer: “Ageispolis” / writer: “Ageispolis”

Composer

Title Year Status Character
Man of Tomorrow Documentary music by filming
Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ] 2016 Video short as Richard D. James
Tiger Play 2011 Short
The Isolationist 2011 Short
Sleep Furiously 2008 Documentary music by
Blue Room Remix 2007 Short
Warp Vision: The Videos 1989-2004 2004 Video segments “On”, “Donkey Rhubarb”, “Come to Daddy”, “Windowlicker”, “Nannou”
Milkman 2004 Short music
Dead Man’s Shoes 2004
Fatpie 3: The Day the Local Shop Caught Fire 2004 Video short
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham 2003 Video segments “Monkey Drummer”, “flex”, as Richard D. James
L’ultima sequenza 2003 Documentary
Fatpie 1: Burger Tash 2002 Video short original music by
Monkey Drummer 2000 Short
Flex 2000 Short
Aphex Twin: Windowlicker 1999 Video short
Motion 1994 as Polygon Window
Aphex Twin: Ageispolis 1993 Video short

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ] 2016 Video short Aphex Twin / Himself
From ATP: From Smoke 2014 Short
Aphex Twin: Windowlicker 1999 Video short Aphex Twin

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ] 2016 Video short song
Rubber Johnny 2005 Short as Richard D. James

Music Department

Title Year Status Character
Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ] 2016 Video short music producer – uncredited

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Rubber Johnny 2005 Short producer – as Richard D. James

Sound Department

Title Year Status Character
Flex 2000 Short sound designer – as Richard D. James

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Zexzz: Ternopolis 2015 Video short special thanks
The Born Defecation 2012 Short special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Lost in Music 1996 TV Series documentary Himself
Warp Vision: The Videos 1989-2004 2004 Video Himself (segments “On”, “Donkey Rhubarb”, “Come to Daddy”, “Windowlicker” and “Nannou”)
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham 2003 Video Himself (segments “Come to Daddy” and “Windowlicker”)
Universal Techno 1996 Himself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Dance/Electronica Album For the album “Syro.”

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