# Aphex Twin Aphex Twin is the main stage name of British electronic musician Richard D. James, active since 1991 and widely credited as a founder of the intelligent dance music (IDM) style. The project is known for warped Chris Cunningham music videos, cryptic album rollouts, and the Grammy-winning 2014 comeback album Syro. ## Overview Aphex Twin is the main pseudonym of Cornwall-born electronic producer Richard David James, active since 1991 and widely credited as a founder of the intelligent dance music (IDM) style[5]. The project moves across ambient techno, drill and bass, and abstract sound design, with James building his own synths and reworking samples into microscopic fragments[7]. His public image leans into the unsettling with distorted self-portraits, cryptic album titles, and music videos that made his face into a recognizable mascot for strange electronic music[6]. James also puts records out under a stack of aliases including AFX, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, Caustic Window, The Tuss, GAK, and Bradley Strider[7]. Fans track these side names closely, treating unreleased AFX tapes and lost Caustic Window records like collectibles. ## How It Spread Aphex Twin broke into mainstream awareness in 1997 with the Come to Daddy EP, pitched as a parody of death metal rock. Chris Cunningham directed the music video that same year, a body-horror clip in which twitching child figures wear James's face[6]. Cunningham directed a second Aphex Twin video for "Windowlicker" in 1999, and the single peaked at #16 on the UK Singles Chart, still the project's highest-charting song. Cunningham later scored his short films FLEX (2000) and Rubber Johnny (June 20th, 2005) with James's music. Fan communities showed up early online. A Facebook page went live on November 3rd, 2007[3], the @AphexTwin Twitter account launched in August 2010[1], and the /r/aphextwin subreddit opened on May 19th, 2011[2]. In April 2014, a Kickstarter campaign for the unreleased Caustic Window LP pulled in more than 4,100 backers and $67,424, with the sole physical copy later auctioned on eBay and bought by Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson[4]. The 2014 comeback rollout was pure Aphex Twin theatre. A green blimp printed with the project's logo and the date "2014" appeared over London on August 16th[1]. Two days later, @AphexTwin tweeted a link to a Tor site that unveiled the tracklist for Syro, which came out on September 19th, 2014 and won the 2015 Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Aphex Twin? Aphex Twin is the main pseudonym of British electronic musician Richard D. James, widely credited as a leading innovator of the IDM style[7]. ### Where did Aphex Twin come from? James released his first EP Analogue Bubblebath as The Aphex Twin in 1991, followed by the debut album Selected Ambient Works 85-92 on February 12th, 1992[5]. ### What does Aphex Twin mean? It is the stage name Richard D. James has recorded under since the early 1990s; he also releases music as AFX, Polygon Window, Caustic Window and several other aliases[7]. ### How do you use Aphex Twin? Fans typically drop the name to describe warped, glitchy electronic music or the distorted grinning face from the Come to Daddy and Windowlicker music videos[6]. ### Is Aphex Twin still popular? The 2014 comeback album Syro won the 2015 Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album, and the project's Twitter and subreddit communities hold tens of thousands of followers each[1][2]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/AphexTwin]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/aphextwin/]() 3. [https://www.facebook.com/AphexTwin]() 4. [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joyrex/caustic-window-lp]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/aphex-twin]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWDAtMPoBHA]() 7. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Aphex%20Twin]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/aphex-twin Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library