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Cornish Acid by Aphex Twin

Artist Biography For Aphex Twin

Richard David James Born 18 August 1971 Best Known As Aphex Twin Is An Irish-Born British Musician Composer And DJ. He Is Known For His Idiosyncratic Work In Electronic Styles Such As Techno Ambient And Jungle. Journalists From Publications Including Mixmag The New York Times NME Fact Clash And The Guardian Have Called James One Of The Most Influential Or Important Artists In Contemporary Electronic Music. Raised In Cornwall James Began DJing At Free Parties And Clubs In The Area In The Late 1980s. His Debut EP Analogue Bubblebath Released In 1991 On Mighty Force Records Brought James An Early Following He Began To Perform Across The UK And Continental Europe. James Co-Founded The Independent Label Rephlex Records The Same Year. His 1992 Debut Album Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Released By Belgian Label Apollo Garnered Wider Critical And Popular Acclaim. James Signed To Warp In 1993 And Subsequently Released Charting Albums Such As ...I Care Because You Do 1995 And Richard D. James Album 1996 As Well As Top 40 Singles Such As "Come To Daddy" 1997 And "Windowlicker" 1999 The Latter Two Were Accompanied By Music Videos Directed By Chris Cunningham And Brought James Significantly Wider International Attention. After Releasing Drukqs In 2001 And Completing His Contract With Warp James Spent Several Years Releasing Music On His Own Rephlex Label Including The 2005 Analord EP Series Under His AFX Alias And A Pair Of 2007 Releases As The Tuss. In 2014 He Made Available A Previously Unreleased 1994 LP As Caustic Window. He Returned Later That Year With The Aphex Twin Album Syro On Warp Winning The Grammy Award For Best Dance/Electronic Album. He Has Since Released Charting EPs Including Cheetah 2016 And Collapse 2018 . Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Aphex_Twin Studio Albums
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992 Selected Ambient Works Volume II 1994 ...I Care Because You Do 1995 Richard D. James Album 1996 Drukqs 2001 Syro 2014

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Cornish Acid

James Hails Unexpectedly From Cornwall. The Cornish Are Culturally Separate From Their English Neighbors As They Belong To The Group Of Celtic Nations Alongside Scotland Wales Ireland Brittany And The Isle Of Man . This Cultural Influence Is Particularly Obvious In James' Literally Self-Titled Richard D. James Album 1996 Which Is Currently Number 17 On Rolling Stone's "The 30 Greatest EDM Albums Of All Time." Owing To His Heritage Some Of The Songs On This Album Are Named After Places In Cornwall "Carn Marth" And "Logan Rock Witch" But The Most Direct Reference To Cornwall Is The Song "Cornish Acid." Acid In This Case Is Not The Hallucinogen But A Popular Sound In EDM That Could Be Produced Only By A Roland Synthesizer TB-303 Which James Uses In This Song. The "acid" Sound Is Created By Tweaking The Instrument's Many Parameters That Affect And Distort The Sound In Various Interesting Ways. The Song Name Is Presumably Meant To Be Equivocal But James Told The Guardian That He Never Composes When Intoxicated "Whenever I Have Been It's Always Been Totally Rubbish. It's A Real Disciplined Thing Making Music. When You're Tripping You're Just Fucked. You Could Never Get It Together To Make A Track. When I'm Stoned I Go To Bed." Like Cornwall The Richard D. James Album Is Fundamentally Related To James' Identity As A Musician. His Music Is Often Wistful In Tone Much Like The Folk-Music Of The Cornish Which Seems To Be The Only Influence Not Included In His Genre Description.

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