Richard David James, zoo dua lub npe hu ua Aphex Twin, yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg nyiam tshaj plaws thiab ua kev zoo siab rau txhua lub sijhawm.
Txij li thaum tso nws thawj albums hauv 1991, James tau txuas ntxiv kho nws cov qauv thiab thawb cov kev txwv ntawm cov suab paj nruag hluav taws xob.
Qhov no tau coj mus rau ntau yam kev qhia sib txawv hauv lub tshuab raj ua haujlwm: los ntawm kev ntseeg ntuj mus rau techno aggressive.
Tsis zoo li feem ntau cov kws ua yeeb yam uas tau tshwm sim hauv 90s techno scene, James tau tsim nws tus kheej los ua tus tsim tawm suab paj nruag thiab yeeb yaj kiab.
Cov ciam teb qhov muag plooj zoo li no tau pab James nthuav nws cov neeg tuaj saib los ntawm cov neeg mloog rave rau cov neeg nyiam pob zeb.
Ntau tus kws ntaus nkauj tseem hu nws tias lawv qhov kev tshoov siab.
Nws cov piano muaj pes tsawg leeg "Avril 14th" los ntawm album "Drukqs" maj mam coj lub neej ntawm nws tus kheej los ntawm kev siv TV ntau zaus thiab ua yeeb yaj kiab, dhau los ua Aphex Twin txoj haujlwm dav dav.
Los ntawm nruab nrab-2010s, tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag tau nkag mus rau hauv cov kab lis kev cai niaj hnub no uas tso tawm cov nkauj xws li 2014's "Syro" thiab 2018's "Collapse" tau ua ntej los ntawm kev tshaj tawm tshaj tawm.
Nws suav nrog kev qhia tawm lub cim Aphex Twin logo ntawm cov ntawv tshaj tawm hauv nroog loj.
Thaum pib ua haujlwm
James tau nyiam cov khoom siv hluav taws xob thaum nws tseem hluas hauv Cornwall, England.
Raws li tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag thawj albums, cov kaw lus no tau ua los ntawm nws thaum muaj hnub nyoog 14 xyoos.
Kev tshoov siab los ntawm cov kua qaub hauv lub xyoo 80s, James tau los ua DJ hauv Cornwall.
Nws qhov haujlwm ua ntej yog EP "Analogue Bubblebath", sau nrog Tom Middleton thiab tso tawm ntawm Mighty Force daim ntawv lo rau lub Cuaj Hli 1991.
Middleton tom qab ntawd tawm James los tsim nws tus kheej Kev Sib Txuas Lus Ntiaj Teb. Tom qab ntawd, James tau sau qhov txuas ntxiv ntawm Analogue Bubblebath series.
Hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm cov nkauj no koj tuaj yeem pom "Digeridoo", qhov rov tso tawm uas xyoo 1992 coj 55 qhov chaw hauv British kab kos.
Cov nkauj tau txais qee qhov cuam tshuam ntawm London pirate xov tooj cua chaw nres tsheb Kiss FM thiab tau hais kom Belgian cov ntaub ntawv sau npe R&S Cov Ntaub Ntawv kos npe rau tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag.
Tsis tas li ntawd xyoo 1992, James tau tso Xylem Tube EP. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, nws tsim nws tus kheej daim ntawv lo, Rephlex, nrog Grant Wilson-Claridge, tso tawm cov nkauj hu ua Caustic Window thaum xyoo 1992-1993.
Kev loj hlob ntawm ambient suab paj nruag
Txawm li cas los xij, kev nyab xeeb rau "kev txawj ntse" techno tau zoo dua nyob rau thaum ntxov 90s. Orb tau ua pov thawj kev lag luam muaj peev xwm ntawm lub tsev nyob ib puag ncig nrog lawv daim ntawv qhia-topping ib leeg "Blue Room".
Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, Belgian tus kheej daim ntawv lo R&S nrhiav tau ib qho chaw nyob ib puag ncig hu ua Apollo.
Thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1992, James tau ua nws qhov debut ntawm tag nrho-ntev album Xaiv Ambient Works 85-92, suav nrog cov khoom siv hauv tsev tau sau tseg ob peb xyoos dhau los.
Cias muab tso, nws yog ib qho ambient techno masterpiece thiab tus kws kos duab ua haujlwm thib ob tom qab Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld.
Thaum nws ci zoo li lub hnub qub tiag tiag, ntau pawg tau tig mus rau tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag nrog lub siab xav remix lawv cov nkauj.
James pom zoo, thiab qhov tshwm sim yog "hloov kho" lem los ntawm pawg xws li Kev Kho, Yexus Jones, Nqaij Beat Manifesto thiab Curve.
Thaum ntxov xyoo 1993, Richard James tau kos npe nrog Warp Cov Ntaub Ntawv, ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm British daim ntawv lo uas tau qhia txog lub tswv yim ntawm futuristic "electronic music mloog" nrog rau cov albums los ntawm techno pioneers Black Dog, Autechre, B12 thiab FUSE (aka Richie Hawtin) .
James 'tso tawm hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab hu ua "Noj rau Sine Waves" tau tso tawm xyoo 1993 nyob rau hauv lub npe hu ua Polygon Window.
Lub album charted ib chav kawm ntawm lub suab nyuaj ntawm techno suab paj nruag, thiab qis-tseem ceeb minimalism zoo li "Selected Ambient Works".
Ua hauj lwm nrog Warp thiab TVT bore txiv hmab txiv ntoo - lub album "Noj rau Sine Waves", tso tawm nyob rau hauv lub caij ntuj sov ntawm 1993. Nyob rau hauv tib lub xyoo, lub thib ob album "Analogue Bubblebath 3 rau Rephlex" raug tso tawm.
Txoj haujlwm tau sau tseg hauv qab lub npe AFX thiab tau dhau los ua cov ntaub ntawv nyob deb tshaj plaws los ntawm ambient hauv Aphex Twin txoj haujlwm.
Tom qab ncig tebchaws Asmeskas nrog Orbital thiab Moby tom qab xyoo ntawd, James txiav rov qab rau nws lub sijhawm ua yeeb yam.
"Xaiv Ambient Works, Vol. II"
Thaum lub Kaum Ob Hlis 1993, ib qho tshiab hu ua "On" raug tso tawm. Nws tau nce mus rau saum cov kab kos, nce siab ntawm tus lej 32 hauv UK.
Ib leeg yog nyob rau hauv ob feem thiab suav nrog remixes los ntawm James 'tus phooj ywg qub Tom Middleton, nrog rau cov hnub qub Rephlex Ziq.
Txawm tias James 'zoo li ntawm cov kab kos duab, nws cov nkauj tom ntej, Xaiv Ambient Works, Vol. II" raug coj los ua lus tso dag los ntawm techno zej zog.
Kev ua haujlwm tau dhau los ua qhov tsawg dhau, ua tub rog tsuas yog muaj suab nrov nrov nrov thiab muaj suab nrov nrov hauv keeb kwm yav dhau.
Lub album tau mus txog 11 sab saum toj hauv UK kab kos thiab tsis ntev tau muab sijhawm rau James kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog Asmeskas daim ntawv lo.
Xyoo 1994, tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag ua haujlwm rau daim ntawv lo Rephlex loj hlob. -Ziq, Kosmik Kommando, Kinesthesia / Cylob kuj tau sau tseg rau ntawd.
Thaum Lub Yim Hli 1994, lub thib plaub album hauv Analogue Bubblebath series (ib EP nrog tsib lem) raug tso tawm.
Xyoo 1995 tau pib nrog lub Ib Hlis tso tawm ntawm "Classics," ib qho kev sau ntawm R&S thaum ntxov. James muaj kev cia siab rau nws.
Richard D. James Album
Ib qho "Kuv Saib Xyuas Vim Koj Ua" ua raws li lub Plaub Hlis, sib txuas nrog ntau cov khoom siv symphonic ambient.
Ntxiv rau qhov kev sib txawv ntawm hom no yog kev ua haujlwm ntawm ntau tus kws sau ntawv tom qab classical - suav nrog Philip Glass, uas tau npaj lub orchestral version ntawm Icct Hedral thaum Lub Yim Hli.
Tom qab xyoo ntawd, Hangable Auto Bulb EP hloov Analogue Bubblebath 3 raws li Aphex Twin qhov kev ua phem tshaj plaws thiab tsis sib haum xeeb, sib txuas cov suab paj nruag sim los ntawm ntau cov lus qhia.
Thaum Lub Xya Hli 1996, Rephlex tau tso tawm qhov kev cia siab heev ntawm kev sib koom tes ntawm Richard James thiab -Ziq. Lub album "Expert Knob Twiddlers" (kos npe raws li Mike & Rich) diluted Aphex Twin qhov kev sim nrog qhov yooj yim-rau- mloog electro-funk -Ziq.
Aphex Twin's thib plaub album tau tso tawm thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1996 thiab raug hu ua Richard D. James Album. Txoj haujlwm txuas ntxiv nws txoj kev tshawb nrhiav kev sim suab paj nruag.
Tab sis nrog lub siab xav ntaus British pop kab kos, James 'tom ntej ob qhov kev tshaj tawm - 1997 EP "Los Rau Txiv" thiab 1999 EP "Windowlicker" - tau coj mus rau hauv lub ntsiab ntawm lub nruas nrov thiab ntses bass thaj tsam.
Thaum ntxov 2000's
James tsis tau tso tawm ib yam dab tsi hauv 2000, tab sis tau sau cov qhab nia rau Flex, ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab luv luv los ntawm Chris Cunningham tau qhia ua ib feem ntawm Apocalypse exhibition ntawm Royal Academy hauv London.
Nrog me ntsis kev tshaj tawm ua ntej, thaum kawg ntawm 2001 lwm LP "Drukqs" tshwm sim - ib qho ntawm James 'qhov txawv tshaj plaws tshaj tawm.
Txawm li cas los xij, cov nkauj tau tsim ib qho ntawm nws cov nkauj nrov tshaj plaws, uas yog lub piano daim "Avril 14th", uas tau tshwm sim hauv ntau cov yeeb yaj kiab thiab TV.
Muag "Caustic Window" ntawm auction
Txawm hais tias James txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm nquag nrog DJs, nws tsis tau tso tawm cov khoom siv ntxiv mus txog xyoo 2005, thaum Rephlex tso tawm ib qho ntawm lawv cov haujlwm hu ua "Analord", uas yog qhov tsis tshua muaj techno ambient.
Ntawm no tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag rov qab mus rau nws lub suab "Caustic Window" thiab "Bubblebath" thaum ntxov 90s. Chosen Lords, CD muab tso ua ke ntawm qee cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Analord, tau tso tawm rau lub Plaub Hlis 2006.
James txuas ntxiv ua suab paj nruag ua DJ thiab ua yeeb yam nyob. Thiab nyob rau hauv 2009, "Rushup Edge" LP tau yug los, thiab tau kos npe los ntawm pseudonym Tuss.
Txawm hais tias James thiab Rephlex tsis kam lees tias nws tsis yog nws txoj haujlwm, muaj lus xaiv tias nws yog lwm lub npe Aphex.
Lwm cov lus xaiv nyob rau hauv lub lig 2000s yog hais txog kev tso tawm ntawm James tshiab album, tab sis lawv tau hloov mus rau unfounded.
Txawm li cas los xij, hauv xyoo 2014, qhov tsis tshua muaj tshwm sim ntawm xyoo 1994 album Caustic Window tau muag tawm. Nws tau yuav los ntawm ib lub tuam txhab thiab muab faib rau cov koom nrog hauv daim ntawv digital.
Daim ntawv theej ntawm lub cev yog tom qab ntawd yuav los ntawm tus tsim cov yeeb yaj kiab nrov Min. Ntau tshaj li $46 raug xa mus, thiab cov nyiaj tau muab faib rau James, cov neeg txhawb nqa thiab lub koom haum pab txhawb nqa.
Dab tsi los mloog los ntawm Aphex Twin tshiab?
Lub Yim Hli ntawm tib lub xyoo, lub dav hlau ntsuab nrog Aphex Twin logo tau pom hla London. Thaum kawg ntawm lub hlis tom ntej, Warp tso tawm "Syro", thawj Aphex Twin album hauv kaum xyoo.
Lub album yeej Grammy rau Kev Ua Yeeb Yam Zoo Tshaj Plaws / Electronic Album. Tsuas yog peb lub hlis tom qab, James tau tso ntau dua 30 cov ntaub ntawv uas tsis tau tso tawm yav dhau los uas tau tsim muaj rau rub tawm dawb.
Tom qab xyoo 2015, tom qab James tau tshaj tawm ntau dua 100 lem, tus tsim tawm tau rov ua dua AFX alias rau lwm qhov tseem ceeb EP: "Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-2008".
Muaj kev ua yeeb yam tsis tshua muaj nyob hauv 2017 nrog daim pib tsawg heev.
Thaum lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2018, James tau tshaj tawm lwm txoj kev tshaj tawm txoj kev tsis meej.
Lub logo Aphex Twin tau pom hauv London, Turin thiab Los Angeles, tab sis tsis muaj cov ntsiab lus ntxiv. Nyob rau lub Cuaj Hli ntawm tib lub xyoo, nws tau tso tawm Collapse EP, uas tau nthuav tawm qhov ci ntsa iab "T69 Collapse".
