Richard D James is the alpha male of electronica, a sinewave surfer and synthesiser symbiant, as likely to set up his FX under the polythene peaks of a well appointed Wendy house as choreograph the flexing of a bunch of fully pumped female bodybuilders whose muscle profiles suggested they’d changed their order from cheesecake to beefcake.
Of his multiple alias and alter egos – AFX, Polygon Window, Caustic Window, The Dice Man – none are active, even Aphex Twin, the primary conduit for his creativity is at rest or play, compensating for the...
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