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Aphex Twin

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  • Actor
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Aphex Twin
Richard D. James is one of the most inventive musicians to have come out of Britain. Born in Limerick, Ireland, and raised in Truro, Cornwall, UK, to parents of Welsh decent, his music is always changing, always inventive, and liberally laced with his own brand of eccentric humor. Under a variety of stage names, (AFX, Caustic Window, Polygon Window, and Aphex Twin, to name the most known), he has transcended through the various permutations of pop-oriented electronic music, fused together elements of each, and given us an insight into inner worlds vast and beautiful. In 1997, he caused a controversy with his video "Come To Daddy," directed by Chris Cunningham, which featured his distorted visage grafted onto the faces of mad children running through a dilapidated housing project. This is the moment that people in the mainstream began to be aware of this musical phenomenon. He has gone on to become one of the only pop-oriented musicians to collaborate regularly with people from the Western classical world, such as Philip Glass and Gavin Bryars.
BornAugust 18, 1971
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BornAugust 18, 1971
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 3 nominations

Known for

Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men
7.9
  • Soundtrack("Omgyjya Switch7")
  • 2006
Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff in Blade (1998)
Blade
7.1
  • Soundtrack(as Polygon Window, "UT1-Dot")
  • 1998
Jack O'Connell in '71 (2014)
'71
7.2
  • Soundtrack("GWELY MERNANS")
  • 2014
Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
Dead Man's Shoes
7.6
  • Composer
  • 2004

Credits

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Composer

  • Man of Tomorrow
    • Composer (music by)
    • In Production
  • Aphex Twin: T69 Collapse (2018)
    Aphex Twin: T69 Collapse
    • Composer
    • Music Video
    • 2018
  • Kuso (2017)
    Kuso
    • Composer
    • 2017
  • Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ] (2016)
    Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ]
    • Composer (as Richard D. James)
    • Music Video
    • 2016
  • Lai-Si Fernandez in Tiger Play (2011)
    Tiger Play
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Ursula Khan in The Isolationist (2011)
    The Isolationist
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Sleep Furiously (2008)
    Sleep Furiously
    • Composer (music by)
    • 2008
  • Blue Room Remix
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Aphex Twin: Nannou (2005)
    Aphex Twin: Nannou
    • Composer
    • Music Video
    • 2005
  • Sock (2005)
    Sock
    • Composer (as Polygon Window, Music by)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2005
  • Panathinaikos Bear (2004)
    Panathinaikos Bear
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2004
  • Warp Vision: The Videos 1989-2004 (2004)
    Warp Vision: The Videos 1989-2004
    • Composer (segments On, Donkey Rhubarb, Come to Daddy, Windowlicker, Nannou)
    • Video
    • 2004
  • Milkman (2004)
    Milkman
    • Composer (music)
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Dead Man's Shoes
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • Alan (2004)
    Alan
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Fat-Pie (2002)
    Fat-Pie
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2004

Actor

  • Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ] (2016)
    Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ]
    • Aphex Twin
    • Music Video
    • 2016
  • From ATP: From Smoke (2014)
    From ATP: From Smoke
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Flea and Yo-Landi Visser in Die Antwoord: Ugly Boy (2014)
    Die Antwoord: Ugly Boy
    • Cameos
    • Music Video
    • 2014
  • The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003)
    The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
    • Aphex Twin (segments "Come to Daddy" and "Windowlicker")
    • Video
    • 2003
  • Aphex Twin: Windowlicker (1999)
    Aphex Twin: Windowlicker
    • Aphex Twin
    • Music Video
    • 1999
  • Coral Lorne and Merlee Shapiro in The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003)
    Aphex Twin: Come to Daddy
    • Aphex Twin
    • Music Video
    • 1997
  • Aphex Twin: On (1993)
    Aphex Twin: On
    • Aphex Twin
    • Music Video
    • 1993

Music Department

  • You are always 20 (2021)
    You are always 20
    • music
    • Short
    • 2021
  • THINK!: Pink Kittens (2017)
    THINK!: Pink Kittens
    • musician
    • Video
    • 2017
  • Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ] (2016)
    Aphex Twin: CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya Mix ]
    • music producer (uncredited)
    • Music Video
    • 2016
  • Delirium (2003)
    Delirium
    • composer: theme music - title song
    • 2003

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Apple Music
    • Bandcamp
  • Alternative names
    • Richard D. James
  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • August 18, 1971
    • Limerick, Ireland
  • Spouse
    • Anastasia? - present (2 children)
  • Other works
    Creator of the synth/metal/techno/post-apocalypse/pre-invasion band Aphex Twin. Works include "Come To Daddy" and "Analogue Bubblebath"
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Named after his older brother, Richard James, who died before he was born.
  • Quotes
    [on Christopher Morris] He's amazing, that geezer.

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