Despite not releasing an album since 2001, the maverick electro composer remains influential after 25 years of music making
One blimp, some stencil graffiti and a tracklisting only available through the deep web was all it took for news of Aphex Twins first album in 13 years, SYRO, to spread across the internet faster than you could say Jynweythek. Fan reaction was feverish so why, after so long, does Aphex Twin, aka Richard D James, still hold such relevance?
I remember the first time I was introduced to Aphex Twin, aged 14. It was around 2am in my parents house and I was up alone watching the TV show 120 Minutes. Come To Daddy came on, with the terrifying video in which Chris Cunningham imposed Richard D Jamess face onto little girls bodies while James screams Ill eat your soul over distorted drumnbass beats and violently abrasive synths.
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by Thomas Gorton via Electronic music | The Guardian
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