Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin or (Richard David James)  is a British electronic musician and composer. He founded the record label Rephlex Records in 1991 with Grant Wilson-Claridge. He has been described by The Guardian as the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music. The name Aphex is derived from Aphex Systems Limited, a brand of audio signal processing equipment, while the twin came from the memory of his brother who died and shared the same name Richard James.  Aphex Twin has influenced a lot of people from not only the electronic music genre but from many different kinds. A couple of examples of this would be where the London Sinfonietta has performed arrangements by Aphex Twin. Another example of Aphex twins influence on different genres would be with the band Radiohead. Radiohead claims that a lot of Aphex twins music has influenced them and they have even tried to get him to play on tour with them but Richard says “I wouldn’t play with them since I don’t like them”. Even tough Aphex twin made that comment he later in 2011 worked with Jonny Greenwood guitarist /composer of Radiohead. Aphex Twin was know for his uses of drum machines and his legendary Synths. Some for theses synths included Roland TB-303, Synton Fenix, Yamaha GX1, and many more.  Aphex twin is know for making the techno sound more popular, but Aphex twin doesn’t just stick to one genre he has worked in jungle, noise, drum n bass, acid techno the list goes on, Aphex twin has his hands in every type of electronic music. As a listener Aphex twin has showed me that  electronic music is harder to make then I have though, As a Audio Engineer Aphex twin has showed me to experiment with different genres ,and that you don’t have to stick to one to become noticed.