Aphex Twin is a British musician often credited as one of the greatest figures in contemporary electronic music with his pioneering work in ambient music and intelligent dance music. He started his career in the 1980s and has since become one of the best at what he does.
Beyond the music, Aphex is a very mysterious person who has many myths and legends surrounding him. Nevertheless, it is still his music that sets him apart from the rest.
Biography Aphex Twin
Although he is very popular as Aphex Twin, the musician was born on August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland, Richard David James. He was, however, brought up in the county of Cornwall, South West England, UK.
Both of his parents, Lorna James and Derek James are Welsh and raised him in a very happy household with his two older sisters. He also had an older brother, also named Richard James, who died at birth. It is in his honor that the singer adopted the name Twin in his stage name.
His love for music has continued since he was very young and it was thanks to this that he started producing music when he was only 12 years old. Previously, he bought different albums and experimented with the family piano. He was educated at Redruth, Cornwell, Redruth School. While there, he created a program that allowed him to generate sound on the Sinclair ZX81, which usually has no sound.
As he continued to work on his music, Aphex Twin founded Rephlex Records with Grant Wilson-Claridge. He started his career as AFX, a name he continued to use throughout the year. Aphex released their first EP Bubblebath Analog Vol I under the name AFX in 1991. It was followed by Bubblebath Analog Vol 2 in the same year.
Like Aphex Twin, he released his debut studio album Selected Ambient Works 85–92 in 1992, the same year he released his Digeridoo and Xylem Tube The EPs.
A very hard working musician, he has already released 10 studio albums, 7 compilation albums and 41 extended plays. Her latest album, Syro, was released in 2014 while her latest EP, Collapse, was released in 2018.
His wife
Aphex Twin is a family man. He is married to Anastasia Rybina. Just like with the singer, very little is known about his wife as she is also quite mysterious. Although it is unknown how long the two have been together, it is known that they have been blessed with children.
Her children are still very young, but they have already begun to take an interest in music. Already, one of his children, who is only five years old, has a Bandcamp page where he published music he composed with Renoise. According to the father, the child does things he finds very hard to believe in music, although the only thing he taught him was how to record his voice and other smaller things.
In the run-up to Syro’s release, the electronic singer revealed that his wife, parents, and children all featured on the album, though it might be hard to tell because their voices are all masked.
Net value
When it comes to his net worth, Aphex Twin is over $12 million. He derived most of his fortune from his career as a musician.
Other facts about the musician
1. Aphex Twin has won many awards during its career, such as Prix Ars Electronica, NME Awards, Rober Awards Music Poll and A2IM Libera Awards. In 2015, he went home with a Grammy for his sixth studio album, Syro, which was named Best Dance/Electronica Album.
2 As a small child, he was considered a prodigy who could do crazy things. He could play the piano using only the wires inside. As mentioned above, he started producing music at the age of 12.
3. Aphix can perform for any event large or small in London. He sometimes goes to such events, even small ones with a tour bus.
4 Aphex Twin is a lover of military gadgets including helicopters, submarines, tanks and many more. He owns a Daimler Ferret Mark 3 armored scout car, which looks a lot like a tank. In fact, people have mistaken it for a real tank.
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