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Matthew Smith
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Date:
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 16:57:03 GMT+2
Subject:
Re: (idm) aphex name solution?
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"Paul.Spann" wrote...
quoted 1 line Subject: (idm) aphex name solution?> Subject: (idm) aphex name solution?
quoted 9 lines i don't know how many people have tried to find out why> i don't know how many people have tried to find out why > richard uses aphex twin as a name....or if anyone knows... > > theres an interview in the new mixmag (with FSOL on the cover > and inside) in which he says he is called the aphex twin because > in 1968 his 'twin' brother (three years before richards birth)...also called > richard james, died....the cover of the album is his 'grave' (a small > bunch of flowers and a name plack (?)...and richard feels he knicked his > identity...
Hmm. That's interesting. I always thought that the Aphex part came from the Aphex Aural Exciter (a very groovy audio processing unit) and that RDJ identified his as the "twin" of that technology... Just my 2 cents worth Matthew D. Smith _________________________________________________________________ Matthew D. Smith Eskom KZN SMART Project a72928@chilloutroom.eskom.co.za konman@iafrica.com Tel: +27-331-953857 Fax: +27-331-953858 Official Internet Systems Integrator for the PMB Arts Festival