Richard D. James discography
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Studio albums
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| 1992 | Selected Ambient Works 85–92 Selected Ambient Works 85–92 -External links:*...
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| 1994 | Selected Ambient Works Volume II Selected Ambient Works Volume II -Formatting notes:The cassette version of the album featured six songs on each side, barring side three, which contained seven . The vinyl version featured four songs on each side, excluding side four, which contained five .... Warp Records Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music.... Double album A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs.... , CS, 3×LP |
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| 1995 | ...I Care Because You Do ...I Care Because You Do -Song titles:Several of the song titles are anagrams:* of Aphex Twin: "Wax the nip"* of The Aphex Twin: "The Waxen pith", "Wet tip hen ax", "next heap with"* of Richard David James: "Acrid Avid Jam Shred"* of Caustic Window: "cow cud is a twin"... |
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| 1996 | Richard D. James Album Richard D. James Album Richard D. James Album is an electronic album by Aphex Twin, whose real name is Richard David James. It was released on Warp Records in 1996. The work features use of software synthesizers and unusual beats. It is his fourth official full-length album. The album garnered high acclaim from music... |
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| 2001 | Drukqs Drukqs Drukqs is a 2001 double album by electronic musician Richard D. James, released under his most frequently used pseudonym, Aphex Twin... |
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Compilation albums
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FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
IRE Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
US Heat- seekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| 1994 | Classics Classics (Aphex Twin album) Classics is an electronic music compilation album by Richard D. James, more commonly known by his pseudonym of Aphex Twin . The album was released in December 1994 ....
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| 1996 | 51/13—Aphex Singles Collection
Sire Records Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a... |
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| 2003 | 26 Mixes for Cash 26 Mixes for Cash 26 Mixes for Cash is a compilation album of remixes produced by Richard D. James for various artists, plus four original tracks. It was released on 24 March 2003 by Warp Records... |
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Extended Plays
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| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
DEN Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
NZ New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
US Heat- seekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
US Dance Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
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| 1992 | Digeridoo
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| Xylem Tube Xylem Tube EP The Xylem Tube EP is an early EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James, commonly known by his pseudonym of Aphex Twin. It was his second release under the Aphex Twin alias on R&S Records of Belgium, the alias he used for all of his releases on this label.This album premiered the first use of... |
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| 1993 | On On (EP) On is the title of a 1993 EP by the British electronic music artist Richard D. James, more commonly known by his recording alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 15 November 1993 by Warp Records... |
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| 1995 | Ventolin
Double EP A double extended play is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs released as a set of two discs, each of which would normally qualify as an EP. The name is thus analogous to double album... , CD |
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| Donkey Rhubarb Donkey Rhubarb (EP) Donkey Rhubarb is an EP by electronic-music artist Aphex Twin, released in 1995 by Warp Records. This song was also used as the theme song for MTV UK's Pure Morning programming block.... |
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| 1996 | Girl/Boy Girl/Boy EP Girl/Boy is a 1996 EP by the electronic music artist Richard D. James commonly known as Aphex Twin. It features songs where, for the first time, Richard D. James has sung his own lyrics. "Milkman" through "Girl/Boy " were also featured as bonus tracks on the US release of Richard D. James Album... |
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| 1997 | Come to Daddy Come to Daddy Come to Daddy is a 1997 EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James, commonly known as Aphex Twin. "Come to Daddy [Pappy Mix]" — often simply called "Come to Daddy" — is one of Aphex Twin's best-known songs; it peaked at #36 on the UK Singles Chart... VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan .... |
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| 1999 | Windowlicker Windowlicker "Windowlicker" is a song by British electronic music artist Richard D. James , released as a single in 1999 on Warp Records. The single peaked at #16 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his highest-charting song on the chart... |
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| 2005 | Analord 10 Analord Analord is a 3½ hour, 42-track series of recordings on 12" vinyl by UK-based electronic music artist Richard D. James. The first instalment, Analord 10, went on sale through the Rephlex Records website on 15 December 2004, and was packaged in a faux-leather binder with sleeves for housing the rest... Rephlex Records Rephlex Records is a record label started in 1991 by electronic musician Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge. Rephlex coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and Rephlex Records... |
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Music videos
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| 1993 | "On" | Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career... |
| 1995 | "Ventolin" | Steve Doughton |
| "Donkey Rhubarb" | David Slade David Slade David Aldrin Slade is a British film director who began his career making music videos. His work includes videos for artists such as Aphex Twin, Rob Dougan, System of a Down, Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos, and Muse.-Life and career:... |
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| 1997 | "Come to Daddy" | Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk.... |
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| 2005 | "Nannou" | Laurent Briet |
Extended plays
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| 1991 | Analogue Bubblebath Vol I
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| 1993 | Analogue Bubblebath Vol 3
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| 1994 | Analogue Bubblebath 4 Analogue Bubblebath 4 Analogue Bubblebath 4 was the fourth EP released by Richard D. James, under the alias AFX. It is also the fourth release in the Analogue Bubblebath series.... |
| 1995 | Hangable Auto Bulb EP Hangable Auto Bulb Hangable Auto Bulb is a 1995 electronic music EP by Richard D. James, under his alias AFX. It was re-released on CD on October 31, 2005.-Overview:... |
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| 1997 | Analogue Bubblebath Vol 3.1
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| 2001 | 2 Remixes by AFX 2 Remixes By AFX *The original version of track 1 is by 808 State and the original version of track 2 is by DJ Pierre.*Track 3 contains an SSTV image, encoded by MultiMode software.... |
| 2003 | Smojphace EP Smojphace EP The Smojphace EP is a 2003 EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James under one of his commonly known aliases, AFX. The EP was released through MEN Records, a Rephlex Records sublabel.... |
| 2005 | Analord Analord Analord is a 3½ hour, 42-track series of recordings on 12" vinyl by UK-based electronic music artist Richard D. James. The first instalment, Analord 10, went on sale through the Rephlex Records website on 15 December 2004, and was packaged in a faux-leather binder with sleeves for housing the rest... s 01–09, 11
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| AFX/LFO AFX/LFO AFX / LFO is an untitled, split 12" record released by Richard D. James under his AFX moniker, along with LFO. This 12" was exclusive to Warpmart.com and was pressed in a limited edition of 2,000 copies... |
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Compilation albums
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| 2005 | Hangable Auto Bulb
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| 2006 | Chosen Lords Chosen Lords Chosen Lords is an album by Richard D. James, released under the aliases AFX and Aphex Twin. It is a CD compilation of selected tracks previously released on the vinyl-only Analord series... |
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Studio albums
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| 1993 | Surfing on Sine Waves Surfing on Sine Waves Surfing on Sine Waves is an electronic music album by Polygon Window, a pseudonym for recording artist Richard D. James, better known by his other alias of Aphex Twin. The album was released on 11 January 1993 on Warp Records, and is the second in its Artificial Intelligence series...
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| 1996 | Mike & Rich Mike & Rich Mike & Rich is an ambient-techno album by Mike Paradinas and Richard D. James. It was released in 1996 on Rephlex Records. The album is also known as Expert Knob Twiddlers.... |
Mike & Rich (with Mike Paradinas Mike Paradinas Michael Paradinas , who works primarily under the name μ-Ziq in addition to a large number of aliases, is a British musician in the field of electronic music.-History:... ) |
Compilation albums
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Extended plays
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| 1992 | Pac-Man Pac-Man (album) Pac-Man is a 1992 EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James, released under the pseudonym of Power-Pill. The tracks on the album are remixes of the musical themes in the Pac-Man arcade game....
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| Joyrex J4 EP Joyrex J4 EP Joyrex J4 EP is an EP by Richard D. James under the alias Caustic Window. The release is a 12 inch vinyl and has been pressed with both yellow and black labels.All tracks except "Popcorn" were later re-released on the album Compilation.... |
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| Joyrex J5 EP Joyrex J5 EP Joyrex J5 EP is an EP by Richard D. James under the alias Caustic Window. The release is a 12 inch vinyl.All tracks, except "R2D2", were later re-released on the album Compilation.-Side B:#"Joyrex J5" – 6:54#"R2D2" – 3:42... |
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| 1993 | Quoth
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| Joyrex J9i Joyrex J9i Joyrex J9i is a single by Richard D. James under the alias Caustic Window. The release is a 10 inch vinyl and was limited to an edition of 300 copies... Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... |
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| Joyrex J9ii Joyrex J9ii Joyrex J9ii is an album by Richard D. James under the alias Caustic Window. The release is a 12" vinyl and has received more than one pressing... |
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| 1994 | GAK
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| 1995 | Bradley's Beat Bradley's Beat Bradley's Beat is a single by Richard D. James under the alias Bradley Strider. It was the first release on Rephlex Records. Several pressings of the single exist, although all three have the same A-sides, the B-sides vary on the first two pressings and the third pressing has a grooveless... |
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| 1996 | Bradley's Robot Bradley's Robot Bradley's Robot is an EP by Richard D. James under the alias Bradley Strider.The EP was pressed in 12" vinyl format and does not come in a picture sleeve, but rather is housed within a 92.4x121.9 cm glossy green print on silver RePhLeX poster.... |
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External links
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