AFX is a project of Richard D. James, AKA Aphex Twin. Music released under… Read Full Bio ↴AFX is a project of Richard D. James, AKA Aphex Twin. Music released under the AFX moniker tends toward a more acid-techno sound than James's other work.
Richard David James was born to Welsh parents Lorna and Derek James in 1971 in Limerick, Ireland. James spent his childhood in Cornwall, UK. As a teenager, he became a DJ and musician on the local rave scene, taking on the stage name "Aphex Twin". James formed the Rephlex Records label in 1991 with friend Grant Wilson-Claridge and released his first records on this label in addition to Mighty Force and R&S Records of Belgium. After success with his early work, James relocated to London and released several albums and EPs on Warp Records using a number of aliases, including AFX, Polygon Window, and Aphex Twin. Many of his lesser-known limited-edition recordings, under names such as Gak and Power-Pill, are highly prized by collectors. Such recordings also include the AFX releases Analogue Bubblebath 2, Hangable Auto Bulb 1&2, Analord 10 (bindered edition) and releases as soit P-P and Q-chastic.
In 2005, as AFX, James produced the vinyl-only Analord series of over 11 separate 12" singles.
On April 10th, 2006, he released the Chosen Lords album, a personal selection of songs from the highly succesful Analord series by Richard D James, with remastered, re-engineered versions of the originals on CD for the first time.
Quoted in Mixmag 2006 Richard said β 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. Letβs have it! If anyoneβs coming to my shows I just want everybody to just dance and have a laugh basically.β
Richard David James was born to Welsh parents Lorna and Derek James in 1971 in Limerick, Ireland. James spent his childhood in Cornwall, UK. As a teenager, he became a DJ and musician on the local rave scene, taking on the stage name "Aphex Twin". James formed the Rephlex Records label in 1991 with friend Grant Wilson-Claridge and released his first records on this label in addition to Mighty Force and R&S Records of Belgium. After success with his early work, James relocated to London and released several albums and EPs on Warp Records using a number of aliases, including AFX, Polygon Window, and Aphex Twin. Many of his lesser-known limited-edition recordings, under names such as Gak and Power-Pill, are highly prized by collectors. Such recordings also include the AFX releases Analogue Bubblebath 2, Hangable Auto Bulb 1&2, Analord 10 (bindered edition) and releases as soit P-P and Q-chastic.
In 2005, as AFX, James produced the vinyl-only Analord series of over 11 separate 12" singles.
On April 10th, 2006, he released the Chosen Lords album, a personal selection of songs from the highly succesful Analord series by Richard D James, with remastered, re-engineered versions of the originals on CD for the first time.
Quoted in Mixmag 2006 Richard said β 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. Letβs have it! If anyoneβs coming to my shows I just want everybody to just dance and have a laugh basically.β
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AFX Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by AFX:
.000890569 Where my haters Where my haters I donβ²t got em I'm not famou…
.0180871L "The first Noel", the angels did say Was to certain poor…
.0180871R "The first Noel", the angels did say Was to certain poor…
.55278037732581 Koto kotha na boleo hoyeche bola Tobu kichu roye geche chokh…
AFX 6/B Aphex! Aphex!…
Children Talking Mashed potatoes Why do you hate mashed potatoes?…
Every Day Oh, get me another tie, Get me another shirt, Get me another…
Everyday Oh, get me another tie, Get me another shirt, Get me another…
Knievel There's a very fine line between being scared and concerned.…
Untitled 1 [Spoken] We held hands on the last night on earth. Our mouth…
Untitled 5 [Spoken] We held hands on the last night on earth. Our mouth…
[untitled] [Spoken] We held hands on the last night on earth. Our mouth…
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Tails Seven
You can copy every sound AFX can make, you can buy all of his equipment, you can install all of his software but nobody will ever have his musical power.
XoArK
Grim Fandango This.
Gavino Gustavo
let me stop you right there. you can NOT buy all his equipment lmao
Geeeee8
@Gavino Gustavo lmao true
Ignirium
@Gavino Gustavo Own it all then; be in possession of every instrument that makes it possible to make such meaningful music, we would still be missing the most meaningful thing of all, Richard. D. James himself.
Gavino Gustavo
@Ignirium yeah no, it was a joke bud.
scose
RDJ is like the Bach of electronic music. Amazingly technical yet full of emotion. Influential to basically everyone in the field. Will probably remain a high water mark for centuries.
Mark R
his music is actually quite Baroque now that i think of it
guitaoist
just when you think his train of thought was complete he'll add another sound that becomes necessary
Rain_IRL
well said sir