AFX
AFX is a project of Richard D. James, AKA Aphex Twin. Music released under the AFX moniker tends toward a more acid-techno sound
thanJames’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
RephlexRecords label in 1991 with friend Grant Wilson-Claridge and released his first records on this label in addition to Mighty Force and
R&SRecords of Belgium. After suc ...read more
AFX is a project of Richard D. James, AKA Aphex Twin. Music released under the AFX moniker tends toward a more acid-techno sound
thanJames’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
RephlexRecords label in 1991 with friend Grant Wilson-Claridge and released his first records on this label in addition to Mighty Force and
R&SRecords of Belgium. After success with his early work, James relocated to London and released several albums and EPs on Warp
Recordsusing a number of aliases, including AFX, Polygon Window, and Aphex Twin. Many of his lesser-known limited-edition recordings,
undernames such as GAK and Power Pill, are highly prized by collectors. Such recordings also include the AFX releases Analogue
Bubblebath2, 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
byRichard D James, with remastered, re-engineered versions of the originals on CD for the first time.
Quoted in Mixmag 2006 Richard said "I just love electronics and music and putting the two together just came naturally. I did electronics
incollege. 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
outthere and dance. Let’s have it! If anyone’s coming to my shows I just want everybody to just dance and have a laugh basically". « hide |
