france-techno.fr Interview (December 1996)

Aphex Twin Monsieur Bricolage The wildest rumours are circulating about Richard D. James. Megalomaniac, irritating, uptight, shy, disdainful, demiurge… playing with the media and the myths created around his character. It is true that having interviewed him with a lot of… difficulties in its early days, around 1992, the Coda team was waiting with a little suspicion for the interview that James had agreed to give us. Surprise, the man is talkative and mature. Over the years, he has learned to talk about himself and his art, with modesty and foresight. The answers are short, but precise, and bring some new elements about his work. James, sure of himself, but reserved during the interview, has a lot to be proud of. After the somewhat disappointing mistakes of “Expert Knob Twiddlers” (with Mike Paradinas) and “I Care Because You Do”, the man has just signed a pure masterpiece, the aptly named “Richard D. James LP” on Warp. There, he continued his research in the field of two-headed music,…