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Aphex Twin Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Aphex Twin? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The cover of 'Richard D. James Album' is a childhood photograph of Aphex Twin holding a toy helicopter.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

The album cover features only a close-up of a young Richard D. James's face, with no toy helicopter visible in the image.

2.

Aphex Twin released an album under the alias 'Caustic Window' that was only ever pressed on vinyl.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

The 'Caustic Window LP' was never officially released; only a few test pressings existed. Later digital availability (2014) disproves a 'vinyl-only' release.

3.

Aphex Twin's 'Avril 14th' was recorded on a prepared piano.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

The piece features a standard upright piano, not a prepared piano, which would involve objects placed on or between the strings to alter the sound.

4.

Aphex Twin's 'Windowlicker' features a distorted image of his face on the cover art.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

The cover is a grotesque, digitally altered photo of Richard D. James smiling, with his teeth swapped for a woman's lips.

5.

Aphex Twin once claimed to have programmed a computer to compose entire albums without human input.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Aphex Twin has claimed individual tracks (like the song '4') were generated by a computer program he wrote, but he never claimed entire albums were composed without human input.

6.

Aphex Twin once mailed a box of dead fish to a record label executive as a promotional stunt.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

This is a myth conflating his prank of sending a dead fish to a journalist with his label's actual promo tactics.

7.

Richard D. James is the real name of the musician Aphex Twin.

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Hard
✓ TRUE

Richard David James is a British electronic musician widely known by his primary stage name Aphex Twin.

8.

Aphex Twin is the stage name of Richard D. James.

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Hard
✓ TRUE

Richard D. James, born in Ireland and raised in Cornwall, has been releasing music under the name Aphex Twin since 1991.

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