Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), better known by his moniker Aphex Twin, is an electronic musician who has been described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music".
He founded the electronic record label Rephlex Records in 1991 with friend Grant Wilson-Claridge. Aphex Twin is known for covering many different styles and subgenres of electronic music, often having a different theme with each release. The name Aphex Twin is derived from Aphex Systems Limited, a brand of audio signal processing equipment. It is used with permission, as was recognized on the back sleeve of his Richard D. James and drukqs albums. He has explained in interviews that the Twin is in memory of his older brother, also named Richard James, who died at birth. American fans of Aphex Twin made an Internet discussion list in August 1993 to talk about Aphex Twin and Warp Records, called the Intelligent Dance Music List. From then on, Internet fans, mostly Americans, have called Aphex Twin "intelligent dance music" and used "drill and bass" to describe James' novel approach to drum and bass. In the UK, Aphex Twin's music is normally referred to as electronic music due to Aphex Twin's influence coming from electronic musicians such as Parmegiani and his study of electronics in technical college. The official genre name from Rephlex Records is Braindance. Aphex Twin refers to his own breakbeat tracks as breakbeat, jungle, or drum and bass interchangeably.
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