A Conversation for Synaesthesia

Aphex Twin

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Jed the Humanoid -Keeper of things lost down the back of the sofa-also the Chief Mad Drunken Warrior of the Anti Squirrel League

Aphex Twin (aka Richard D James, AFX, Polygon Window etc) apparently suffers/is blessed with synesthesia, and it was through this means that he composed his 'Selected Ambient Works Vol II' album. I have seen it written that he essentially focused his attention on a different colour for each track..and somehow transcribed the music he imagined...pretty damn impressive huh. Anyway..the man is a genius to say the least..it has also been said that at the age of eight he completely dismantled and rebuilt his family piano...quite an ambitious task for one so young...also one of his tracks is apparently made entirely using sounds sampled from tapping a coke can and the like..but the whole piece is entirely coke can manufactured..again..pretty impressive.


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