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{{quote|''"I'm just some irritating, lying, ginger kid from Cornwall who should have been locked up in some youth detention centre. I just managed to escape and blag it into music."''|'''Aphex Twin'''}} |
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Oddly enough, out of two of his best-known mainstream hits (that'd be "Come to Daddy" and "Windowlicker"), one has experienced [[Creator Backlash]] and the other is a [[Black Sheep Hit]]. |
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Oddly enough, out of two of his best-known mainstream hits (that'd be "Come to Daddy" and "Windowlicker"), one has experienced [[Creator Backlash]] and the other is a [[Black Sheep Hit]]. |
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=== Discography ===
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== Discography == |
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== Under Aphex Twin ==
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== Studio Albums ==
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'''Studio Albums''' |
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* ''Selected Ambient Works 85-92'' (1992) |
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* ''Selected Ambient Works 85-92'' (1992) |
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* ''Selected Ambient Works Volume II'' (1994) |
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* ''Selected Ambient Works Volume II'' (1994) |
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* ''Richard D. James Album'' (1996) |
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* ''Richard D. James Album'' (1996) |
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* ''Drukqs'' (2001) |
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* ''Drukqs'' (2001) |
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== EPs ==
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* ''Digeridoo'' (1992) |
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* ''Digeridoo'' (1992) |
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* ''Xylem Tube'' (1992) |
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* ''Xylem Tube'' (1992) |
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* ''Analord 10'' (2005) |
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* ''Analord 10'' (2005) |
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== Compilations ==
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'''Compilations''' |
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* ''Classics'' (1994) |
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* ''Classics'' (1994) |
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* ''51/13: Aphex Singles Collection'' (1996) |
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* ''51/13: Aphex Singles Collection'' (1996) |
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* ''26 Mixes for Cash'' (2003) |
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* ''26 Mixes for Cash'' (2003) |
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* ''Chosen Lords'' (2006) |
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* ''Chosen Lords'' (2006) |
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== Under AFX ==
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== EPs ==
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* ''Analogue Bubblebath'' (1991) |
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* ''Analogue Bubblebath'' (1991) |
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* ''Analogue Bubblebath 2'' (1991) |
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* ''Analogue Bubblebath 2'' (1991) |
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* ''AFX / LFO|AFX / LFO split 12"'' (2005) |
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* ''AFX / LFO|AFX / LFO split 12"'' (2005) |
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== Compilations ==
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'''Compilations''' |
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* ''Hangable Auto Bulb'' (1995 and 2005 re-release) |
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* ''Hangable Auto Bulb'' (1995 and 2005 re-release) |
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* ''Chosen Lords'' (2006) |
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* ''Chosen Lords'' (2006) |
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== Single ==
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'''Single''' |
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* ''2 Remixes by AFX'' (2001) |
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* ''2 Remixes by AFX'' (2001) |
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* ''Untitled'' (1994) ( [[Unpublished Works|unreleased ]]) |
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* ''Untitled'' (1994) (unreleased) |
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== EPs == |
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* ''Joyrex J4 EP'' (1992) |
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* ''Joyrex J4 EP'' (1992) |
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* ''Joyrex J5 EP'' (1992) |
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* ''Joyrex J5 EP'' (1992) |
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* ''Joyrex J9ii'' (1993) |
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* ''Joyrex J9ii'' (1993) |
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== Single ==
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'''Single''' |
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* ''Joyrex J9i'' (1993) |
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* ''Joyrex J9i'' (1993) |
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'''Compilation''' |
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* ''Compilation'' (1998) |
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* ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Compilation]]'' (1998) |
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* ''Bradley's Beat'' (1991) |
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* ''Bradley's Beat'' (1991) |
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* ''Bradley's Robot'' (1993) |
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* ''Bradley's Robot'' (1993) |
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== As Gak ==
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'''As Gak''' |
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* ''Gak'' (1994) |
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* ''Gak'' (1994) |
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== As Green Calx ==
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'''As Green Calx''': ''Green Calx'' (1993) (unreleased) |
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* ''Green Calx'' (1993) (unreleased) |
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== As Polygon Window ==
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'''As Polygon Window''' |
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* ''Surfing on Sine Waves'' (1993) |
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* ''Surfing on Sine Waves'' (1993) |
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* ''Quoth'' (1993) |
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* ''Quoth'' (1993) |
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== As Power-Pill ==
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'''As Power-Pill''': ''Pac-Man'' (1992) |
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== As Q-Chastic ==
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'''As Q-Chastic''' |
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* ''Q-Chastic EP'' (1992) (unreleased) |
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* ''Q-Chastic EP'' (1992) (unreleased) |
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== Collaboration album ==
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'''Collaboration album''' |
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* Mike (µ-ziq) & Rich: |
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** ''Expert Knob Twiddlers'' (1996) |
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** ''Expert Knob Twiddlers'' (1996) |
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=== Tropes present in Aphex Twin's works: === |
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: The cover art for ''Mike & Rich'' [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uo_eC6uZluY/RlGjoGKY6WI/AAAAAAAAAD0/KAew9P4i4e4/s400/mikerich.jpeg parodies the box art for the Milton Bradley game Downfall.] |
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: The cover art for ''Mike & Rich'' [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uo_eC6uZluY/RlGjoGKY6WI/AAAAAAAAAD0/KAew9P4i4e4/s400/mikerich.jpeg parodies the box art for the Milton Bradley game Downfall.] |
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* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]. |
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* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]. |
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** Consider the lyrics to the song "Milkman", sung in a odd monotone-yet-cheerful jingle. |
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** Consider the lyrics to the song "Milkman", sung in a odd monotone-yet-cheerful jingle. |
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{{quote| I wish the milkman would deliver my milk in the morning,<br /> |
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{{quote|I wish the milkman would deliver my milk in the morning, |
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I wish the milkman would deliver my milk when I'm yawning,<br /> |
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I wish the milkman would deliver my milk when I'm yawning, |
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{{spoiler|I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits...}} }} |
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{{spoiler|I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits...}} }} |
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** A more jarring version appears on "Funny Little Man." The song proper isn't all that bad, assuming you don't mind that a pitched-up, autotuned James sounds exactly like [[Ed, Edd n Eddy|Rolf]] on acid, but what follows is a Plaintalk program threatening to {{spoiler|sodomize, castrate, and chew on the penis of the listener}}. |
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** A more jarring version appears on "Funny Little Man." The song proper isn't all that bad, assuming you don't mind that a pitched-up, autotuned James sounds exactly like [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Rolf]] on acid, but what follows is a Plaintalk program threatening to {{spoiler|sodomize, castrate, and chew on the penis of the listener}}. |
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* [[Blatant Lies]]: Richard's well known for deliberately misleading both the press and his fans with very bizarre lies. He has claimed, amongst other things, to sleep only around 3 hours a night, as well as the ownership of a large square building with no windows in the middle of a South London roundabout (it actually contains a power transformer). |
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* [[Blatant Lies]]: Richard's well known for deliberately misleading both the press and his fans with very bizarre lies. He has claimed, amongst other things, to sleep only around 3 hours a night, as well as the ownership of a large square building with no windows in the middle of a South London roundabout (it actually contains a power transformer). |
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* [[Body Horror]]: It would be easier to list examples of his videos that don't invoke this trope. |
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* [[Body Horror]]: It would be easier to list examples of his videos that don't invoke this trope. |
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* [[Butter Face]]: Used infamously in "Windowlicker." |
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* [[Butter Face]]: Used infamously in "Windowlicker." |
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* [[Careful With That Axe]]: All we can say about "Come To Daddy, Pappy Mix" is that Richard's got quite a larynx on him. |
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* [[Careful with That Axe]]: All we can say about "Come To Daddy, Pappy Mix" is that Richard's got quite a larynx on him. |
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* [[Child Prodigy]]: At age 11, Richard tinkered around with a Sinclair ZX81 computer and caused it to produce sound, ''even though they lack sound hardware.'' |
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* [[Child Prodigy]]: At age 11, Richard tinkered around with a Sinclair ZX81 computer and caused it to produce sound, ''even though they lack sound hardware.'' |
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** However, he didn't gain his skills as a musician until later on, as the GAK demos prove. |
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** However, he didn't gain his skills as a musician until later on, as the GAK demos prove. |
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* [[Digital Head Swap]]: The video for "Windowlicker" put his bearded face on several bikini-clad girls. |
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* [[Digital Head Swap]]: The video for "Windowlicker" put his bearded face on several bikini-clad girls. |
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* [[Easter Egg]]: [http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6540/aphexly2.png Richard's face appears in the spectrograph at the end of [Equation].] It's really cool and really disturbing at the same time. |
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* [[Easter Egg]]: [http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6540/aphexly2.png Richard's face appears in the spectrograph at the end of [Equation].] It's really cool and really disturbing at the same time. |
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* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZGIrNf71Q Monkey Drummer]", a music video made by [[Chris Cunningham]] for the song "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michael's Mount". |
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* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZGIrNf71Q Monkey Drummer]", a music video made by [[Chris Cunningham]] for the song "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michael's Mount". |
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* [[Everything's Worse With Bears]]: The 'Donkey Rhubarb' video |
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* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: The 'Donkey Rhubarb' video |
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* [[Fan Disservice]]: The music video of "Windowlicker" has the girls' faces transforming into that of Richard's face and a really hideous woman near the end. |
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* [[Fan Disservice]]: The music video of "Windowlicker" has the girls' faces transforming into that of Richard's face and a really hideous woman near the end. |
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** Not just Richard's face, but with his trademark [[Slasher Smile]]. |
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** Not just Richard's face, but with his trademark [[Slasher Smile]]. |
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** ''Cymru'' is Welsh for ''Wales''. |
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** ''Cymru'' is Welsh for ''Wales''. |
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* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: How Richard D, James often likes to portray himself and others in his videos. In Windowlicker, for example he seems to have the ability to transform others into 'clones' of himself. |
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* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: How Richard D, James often likes to portray himself and others in his videos. In Windowlicker, for example he seems to have the ability to transform others into 'clones' of himself. |
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** The [[HR Giger|windowlicker]] from "Windowlicker" full stop. |
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** The [[H. R. Giger|windowlicker]] from "Windowlicker" full stop. |
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** The screaming man from "Come To Daddy" gets an honorable mention as well. |
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** The screaming man from "Come To Daddy" gets an honorable mention as well. |
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* [[I Am the Band]] |
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** When a representative for the band [[The Lemonheads]] came to his house one morning asking for the remix he was commissioned to do, he went to his studio, ripped a random song which was irrelevant to the song he was requested to do, and gave it to him for in exchange for thousands of dollars. Supposedly, this was due to Aphex completely forgetting about the remix he was commissioned to do, but apparently, he didn't demand money. |
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** When a representative for the band [[The Lemonheads]] came to his house one morning asking for the remix he was commissioned to do, he went to his studio, ripped a random song which was irrelevant to the song he was requested to do, and gave it to him for in exchange for thousands of dollars. Supposedly, this was due to Aphex completely forgetting about the remix he was commissioned to do, but apparently, he didn't demand money. |
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** He looks and acts incredibly annoyed on several interviews. |
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** He looks and acts incredibly annoyed on several interviews. |
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*** On the other hand, there's [http://www.space-age-bachelor.com/features/99/aphex.htm this]. He shows a few [[Jerkass]] traits (and quite a few [[Hedonist|hedonistic]] ones) during the interview, but they just make it that much more real and personal. |
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*** On the other hand, there's [https://web.archive.org/web/20080521045506/http://www.space-age-bachelor.com/features/99/aphex.htm this]. He shows a few [[Jerkass]] traits (and quite a few [[Hedonist|hedonistic]] ones) during the interview, but they just make it that much more real and personal. |
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** Oddly enough, when there was a snafu regarding [[The Lonely Island]] sampling Avril 14th for "Iran (So Far Away)", Aphex Twin didn't mind and was "cool" about the whole thing. His label, however, wasn't. |
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** Oddly enough, when there was a snafu regarding [[The Lonely Island]] sampling Avril 14th for "Iran (So Far Away)", Aphex Twin didn't mind and was "cool" about the whole thing. His label, however, wasn't. |
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** On the other hand, he once criticized the desciption of his music as "Intelligent Dance Music", as it implied everyone else's music was stupid, before joking it was "really nasty" to everyone else's music. |
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** On the other hand, he once criticized the desciption of his music as "Intelligent Dance Music", as it implied everyone else's music was stupid, before joking it was "really nasty" to everyone else's music. |
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: He once described himself in an interview as "some irritating, lying, ginger kid from Cornwall who should have been locked up in some youth detention centre". |
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: He once described himself in an interview as "some irritating, lying, ginger kid from Cornwall who should have been locked up in some youth detention centre". |
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* [[Self-Titled Album]]: The ''Richard D. James Album''. |
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* [[Self-Titled Album]]: The ''Richard D. James Album''. |
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* [[Shout Out]]: On a rerelease of ''Surfing on S Ine Waves'', Richard included a song called "Redurth School", a school he went to when he was a child. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: On a rerelease of ''Surfing on S Ine Waves'', Richard included a song called "Redurth School", a school he went to when he was a child. |
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Richard_d_james_album_cover.jpg Good lord...] |
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Richard_d_james_album_cover.jpg Good lord...] |
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* [[Surreal Music Video]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrKQTi4SoMI On.] |
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* [[Surreal Music Video]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrKQTi4SoMI On.] |
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{{Grammy Award for Best Dance Electronic Album}} |
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