Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin (born Richard David James on August 18, 1971) is a British electronic music artist who has been described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music." He started Rephlex Records in 1991 with Grant Wilson-Claridge. Richard David James was born of Welsh parents Lorna and Derek James on August 18, 1971 in St. Munchins Limerick Regional Maternity Hospital, Ireland. James grew up in Lanner, Cornwall, UK, enjoying, along with two older sisters a "very happy" childhood during which they, according to James, "were pretty much left to do what [they] wanted." He "liked growing up there, being cut off from the city and the rest of the world." James enjoyed his education at the Redruth School located in Redruth, Cornwall . According to Benjamin Middleton, James started producing music at the age of 12. As a teenager he DJed at the Shire Horse in St Ives, with Tom Middleton at the Bowgie Inn in Crantock, and also along the numerous beaches around... full article at wikipedia