On 05-Feb-97, David Seruyange wrote:
quoted 4 lines I'm sorry to bring Girl/Boy E.P. up again, but I just noticed the>I'm sorry to bring Girl/Boy E.P. up again, but I just noticed the
>cover, flowers and gravestone with his (birthdate?) on it.
>
>Has The Aphex Twin ever commented on it? What are your impressions?
Here's a little cut from an interview I got.
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FP: Why did you call the LP Richard D James?
RJ: Have you got the artwork?
FP: No.
RJ: See on the single there is a gravestone of my brother,
who died at birth, he was called Richard James. And
like my mom got really upset about it. When she had
me, as a baby, she called me Richard David James, the
same name basically. So i always felt guilty about
it cause i nicked his name. So the single is basically
him, and the album is me.
FP: When did you find out about that?
RJ: Well i`ve always known it ever since i was little,
and it used to freak me out, cause my mom had a photo
of this gravestone in her room, and when i looked at
it when i was young, i didnt understand, why is there
a gravestone with my name on it? I didnt realize, until
i was older, who it was. The photo just freaks me out
a bit. It's not everyday that you can look at a gravestone
with your name on it.
FP: Did you get that photo your mother had or did you
get a new one?
RJ: No, i`ve never seen the grave, it`s in canada, so
it is a real old photograph from the 60s.
FP: There still is the question why you do call it like
that then.
RJ: Well, because. Richard D (emphasis) James is the
difference between me and him. Like the D makes the
whole difference, and i did it for him cause i always
felt guilty, and its like i wanted to give him something
back, something he would be remembert by. so i wanted
the photo. I`m not really fucked up about id but it`s
always like been on my mind kind of thing. Pointing
out the difference between the two.
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.Mikko