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Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), known professionally as Aphex Twin, is a British musician, composer and DJ active in electronic music since 1988. His idiosyncratic work has drawn on many styles, including techno, ambient, acid, and jungle, and he is closely associated with the intelligent dance music genre. Journalists from publications including Mixmag, The New York Times, NME, Fact, Clash and The Guardian have called James one of the most influential and important artists in contemporary electronic music.

James was raised in Cornwall and began DJing at free parties and clubs around the South West in the late 1980s. His debut EP Analogue Bubblebath, released in 1991 on Mighty Force Records, brought James an early following; he began to perform across the UK and continental Europe. James co-founded the independent label Rephlex Records the same year. His 1992 debut album Selected Ambient Works 85–92, released by Belgian label Apollo, garnered wider critical and popular acclaim. James signed to Warp in late 1992 and subsequently released a sequel, Selected Ambient Works Volume II, the Richard D. James Album (1996), and Top 40 singles such as "Come to Daddy" (1997) and "Windowlicker" (1999); the latter two were accompanied by music videos directed by Chris Cunningham and brought James wider international attention.

After releasing Drukqs in 2001 and completing his contract with Warp, James spent several years releasing music on his own Rephlex label, including the 2005 Analord EP series under his AFX alias and a pair of 2007 releases as the Tuss. In 2014 he made available a previously unreleased 1994 LP as Caustic Window. He returned later that year with the Aphex Twin album Syro on Warp, winning the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album. He has since released charting EPs including Cheetah (2016) and Collapse (2018). His 2023 single "Blackbox Life Recorder 21f" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording. Since 2015 he has been sporadically releasing music on SoundCloud.

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Richard David James, mieux connu sous le nom de scène Aphex Twin, est un compositeur britannique de musique électronique, né le 18 août 1971 à Limerick, en Irlande. Il grandit en Cornouailles. Il est généralement considéré comme un des artistes les plus influents de la scène électronique, en particulier dans les genres ambient techno et IDM.

Débutant par un style proche de l'acid techno, avec des sorties sous les pseudonymes AFX et Polygon Window, James est salué par la critique pour son premier album, Selected Ambient Works 85-92, publié en 1992. Durant cette période, il s'associe au label britannique Warp et cofonde le label indépendant Rephlex Records. En 1997, il accède à la notoriété avec le single Come to Daddy, et surtout, deux ans plus tard, avec le single Windowlicker, qui atteint la 16e place du classement hebdomadaire des singles au Royaume-Uni. Ces deux singles restent célèbres pour leurs clips réalisés par Chris Cunningham.

Après son album Drukqs en 2001, James entre dans une période d'inactivité sous le pseudo Aphex Twin, mais continue à produire de la musique sous d'autres pseudonymes, notamment la série d'EP Analord en 2005 sous celui d'AFX avant deux autres sorties en 2007 sous celui de The Tuss. Il fait son retour en 2014 sous l'alias Aphex Twin avec l'album Syro, qui remporte le Grammy Award du meilleur album dance/électronique à l'occasion de la 57e cérémonie des Grammy Awards.

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