Richard D. James Album
Album by Aphex Twin
Released	November 4, 1996
Recorded	1995/1996
Genre	Drill n' Bass Techno
Length	32:03
Label	Warp Records WARP043
Producer(s)	Aphex Twin
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (8.4/10) Nov 1996
Aphex Twin chronology
Girl/Boy EP (1996)	Richard D. James Album (1996)	Come To Daddy (1997)

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For those unfamiliar with his works, Richard D. James is the real name of Aphex Twin, also known by many other pseudonyms. James named the album after himself for two main reasons: the first being that he had released so much material under his various guises, that he thought he should have a self-titled album, and the second being that he had an older brother named Richard James, who died at a very young age. Richard D. James may have released the album as a form of tribute (Richard James' memorial is displayed in the album insert of the US edition, as well as on the cover of the UK-only Girl/Boy EP; the story of James' dead twin was featured heavily in press articles about the release). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... Look up Brother in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Brother may have the following meanings, in addition to and derived from its main one of male sibling; see Family. a male friend or acquaintance, in some cultures shortened to Bro or Brah a peer, male or female (though such usage is... Sculpture on the Discoveries Age and Portuguese Navigators in Lisbon, Portugal Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg by David Ascalon (1994) A memorial is an object served as a memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. ... Motto: (historic) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized From...

Richard D. James Album is influenced by the works of James' friends, including Luke Vibert's Plug series of EPs and Squarepusher's Feed Me Weird Things and other early works. James avoided the cliched and copyrighted breakbeats often used on drum and bass recordings, such as the Amen break, and instead programmed Apple computers with Native Instruments' software synthesizers—a novel approach at the time. On "Logan Rock Witch", James sampled children's toys as percussion instruments. Some of the tracks, including the single "Girl/Boy Song", play plucked and bowed string sounds. A review by the Chicago Sun-Times' Jim Deragotis said of the album: "James has turned inward for inspiration, painting aural pictures of real and imagined scenes from his west country childhood." Luke Francis Vibert (born January 26, 1973) is a Cornish recording artist and producer known for his work in many subgenres of electronica. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Feed Me Weird Things is the debut album of British IDM Producer Squarepusher. ... The most influential 5. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... Native Instruments was founded in 1996 with its base in Berlin, Germany by Stephan Schmitt and Volker Hinz with a goal to bring real-time sound synthesis to home computers. ... New Chicago Sun-Times home located at 350 N. Orleans St. ... The West Country is an informal area of southwestern England, roughly corresponding to the administrative region South West England. ...

Track listing

Tracks from the original UK release:

1. "4" (3:34)
2. "Cornish Acid" (2:15)
3. "Peek 824545201" (3:01)
4. "Fingerbib" (3:46)
5. "Carn Marth" (2:29)
6. "To Cure a Weakling Child" (3:58)
7. "Goon Gumpas" (1:57)
8. "Yellow Calx" (3:00)
9. "Girl/Boy Song" (4:47)
10. "Logan Rock Witch" (3:31)

The American version of this album, released in 1997, contains five extra tracks that had previously been released in the UK as the b-sides of the Girl/Boy EP. 4 is the first track on Aphex Twins album Richard D. James Album. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Girl/Boy is a 1996 EP by the electronic music artist Richard D. James commonly known as Aphex Twin. ...

11. "Milkman" (4:08)
12. "INKEY$" (1:21)
13. "Girl/Boy (£18 Snare Rush mix)" (1:54)
14. "Beetles" (1:26)
15. "Girl/Boy (Redruth mix)" (1:37)

Notes

As can be seen above, many of the songs are kept short, and the original album was just over half an hour long, supposedly because James claimed that anything over half an hour in length bores him, and he cannot concentrate.

This album contains at least two sounds from the Spectrum home computer: a program being loaded from a tape, and sound effects from the game Jetpac. The tape noise in "Carn Marth" is the loading screen data for the game Sabre Wulf, and "Peek 824545201" contains the header block from Starstrike 3D. The tracks "INKEY$" and "PEEK" are themselves named after keywords in the Spectrum's Sinclair BASIC programming language. This theme is continued in the later album drukqs, which features the Spectrum keyboard font in its artwork. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research. ... This article is about the ZX Spectrum game. ... Sabre Wulf is a ZX Spectrum video game made by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. ... Sinclair BASIC (taking its name from innovator Sir Clive Sinclair) is a dialect of the BASIC programming language used in the home computers from Sinclair Research and Timex Sinclair. ... drukqs (sometimes spelt Drukqs or drukQs) is a 2001 experimental double album by Richard D. James, released under his most frequently used artistic name, Aphex Twin. ...

Carn Marth and Logan Rock are both landmarks in Cornwall. Carn Marth is the name of a hill in Cornwall, England, near Redruth in the Kerrier district. ... Logan Rock is a landform of extruding rock which extends into Mounts Bay. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county at the extreme South-West of England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ...

The album was followed by Come to Daddy, which included a remix of "To Cure a Weakling Child", dubbed the "Contour Regard" mix. The original album mix was used in a high-profile UK TV advertising campaign for the mobile phone company, Orange. The song "4" was used in a US government anti-drug advertisement spot. Come to Daddy is a 1997 EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James, commonly known as Aphex Twin. ... Orange SA is a major mobile phone operator. ...

External links

• More info, artwork and samples
• Complete Aphex Twin discography
• Richard D. James Album at the Warp Records discography (features audio clips).