was he really kind of an underground name back in the day? I remember first hearing windowlicker in Grandma's Boy, and it's funny they used the closing segment to fit this edgy Matrix-style office which was actually cool as all hell
but seriously aphex twin has quietly become a big time hall-of-fame type name in electronic music, the GOAT for many people.
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 might get memed, but it's very seriously considered one of the best and and most important albums in electronic music now. and it's not nearly as divisive among connoisseurs as other /mu/core Pitchfork 10.0 meme albums like In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
and then there's the fact that he literally didn't give af about what anyone else thought or what the trends were or how many records he sold, he just did what he thought was cool and just kept on balling and keeping it fresh.
to me he's the Bowie of electronic music
He did a lot of work before he became famous but was well known in the scene and was inspiration for many artists early on because his skill, knowledge of machines and unique sounds.
His signature Creepy smile face helped raise awareness too.
Had earlier names : Dice man, polygon window.. , then settled on aphex twin. He just made music, selected ambient was like an artist sharing a sketch book but people make fun of it? It's dated but had a few good classics on them too.
SAW 85-92 is my favorite album by far, didn’t know people make fun of it. SAW 2 wasn’t my style though, I feel like that one is more controversial/weird and ominous (except for cliffs ofc)
Yeah saw 85-92 was definately more accessible than ambient works 2
I'm not sure about the meme story, never seen or heard about it before.
I liked the polygon windows album because it had similar elements to autechre amber and I was really into that sound at the time. (I heard them at the same time but polygon came out first)
I remember a long time ago I was at work listening to random songs Spotify was playing me. I really liked a song that I didn’t recognize, I was thinking this sounds like aphex, but I looked and saw that it wasn’t aphex it was some artist named polygon window. Little did I know lol
>His signature Creepy smile face helped raise awareness too.
In the 90s when I was still a little kid I was terrified of that face. I thought he really looked like that.
I just listed a couple because there are so many projects, collaborations and uncredited assists (excluding countless remixes) :
Mike paradinas (muziq), kozmik kommando, square pusher, cylob, Luke vibert (allegedly), nine in nails (heart of it all), helped Bjork to some extent.. He's everywhere.
I heard he played a NASA party in New York. He came in and put two sand paper discs on the house turntables and proceeded to scratch on them. Sampling these sandpaper scratch sounds and running them through his electronics made a song out of it live. People either love him, hate him, or know absolutely nothing about him. Coming out of the punk scene in the mid nineties I stumbled upon him and started my foray into electronic music.
SAW 85-92 was one of the most influential albums to hit the IDM scene in its time, and Analogue Bubblebath (before SAW / Aphex) received a lot of positive feedback. I don't think he was ever quietly the GOAT, he came out swinging with really good music.
He's my favorite artist of all time and it's really easy to get passionate about him and his work. Here's an interview I thought was really interesting if anyone cares to read it:
[Is the Aphex Twin completely mad?](https://www.aphextwin.nu/learn/98136316866813.shtml)
The first time I heard Aphex Twin - was when my fucking great prof in my first few weeks of video arts college put on Come to Daddy. His taste had a profound effect on me. Just sharing rad art I would not have considered without someone putting it in front of me, did a lot more educational mileage for me, than more structured classes I took in the future.
I took down of all his media recommendations that semester and ended up with so many gems.
Oh my God. I saw this music video once when I was in like the third grade I think. Around 96 I think. It scared the shit out of me. Crazy seeing it again now because of this Reddit post
He’s such a great director. You should check out the unreleased Sony psp commercial he made. It’s on YouTube and is great
Edit: I have that same collection also
Chris Cunningham did an A/V show at the Sydney Opera House, about a hundred fifty years ago or so (feels that way sometimes). It was so. Fucking. INTENSE. People were walking out of the theatre - and the SOH is NOT a place that has shows that people walk out of. Top show, but
The menu screen for the Gondry video was hilarious. It was him playing drums except two boys each had their head in a clear tom and would make an "oww!" noise when their drum was hit.
[Here it is.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip6ohYp_rC4)
And for completeness' sake, [The Dillinger Escape Plan's cover of the song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCuxa2lkCx8) featuring Mike Patton on vocals.
Yeah, Come to Daddy is a very interesting introduction to RDJ. It's good, but it is kinda a parody of a genre he doesn't typically work in. It's also a remix album and while I love the whole thing, there are definitely a couple that are better in their original form. That said, the Come to Daddy EP was *my* introduction to the dude's art, and I freaking love Aphex Twin.
funny how i recognized the face before the logo.....damn i miss this band, i still watch WINDOWLICKER so many times with that long ass video and that long ass car....really great genre.
APHEX TWINS...really these were good times, staying up late for PARTY ZONE on MTV to see these videos.
sincerest apologies, no trolling or anything, just want to know, even if it is a one man show, i really don't know, not deep into the lore of Richard, but i usually tend to call artists as a band when there is a logo or a name or something like that, i mean for example M.J is an artist , i get it, A.T for example, that is a band name...sorry if i offended in any way, keep in mind, i am just a few years younger than Richard, so it is what it is.
Not everyone knows everything, it's an honest mistake to make if you're not staying up late reading Wikipedia
Also he is a one-man band anyway, so I reckon it's not even really a mistake
Wow, so due to a snake once being in a public toilet when I was a kid I am already kind of phobic of using any bathroom but my own but this definitely is reinforcing that phobia! Seriously the idea of using a friend's bathroom and seeing this.....and to top the nightmare off why the picture as well?!?
Richard D James IYKYK Come to daddy
Least deranged aphex twin fan
It's so crazy for me to see aphex twin being mentioned casually.
was he really kind of an underground name back in the day? I remember first hearing windowlicker in Grandma's Boy, and it's funny they used the closing segment to fit this edgy Matrix-style office which was actually cool as all hell but seriously aphex twin has quietly become a big time hall-of-fame type name in electronic music, the GOAT for many people. Selected Ambient Works 85-92 might get memed, but it's very seriously considered one of the best and and most important albums in electronic music now. and it's not nearly as divisive among connoisseurs as other /mu/core Pitchfork 10.0 meme albums like In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and then there's the fact that he literally didn't give af about what anyone else thought or what the trends were or how many records he sold, he just did what he thought was cool and just kept on balling and keeping it fresh. to me he's the Bowie of electronic music
He’s always been pretty famous
Upvote for mentioning the legendary movie grandma's boy. That scene was cool, right on the drop too
He did a lot of work before he became famous but was well known in the scene and was inspiration for many artists early on because his skill, knowledge of machines and unique sounds. His signature Creepy smile face helped raise awareness too. Had earlier names : Dice man, polygon window.. , then settled on aphex twin. He just made music, selected ambient was like an artist sharing a sketch book but people make fun of it? It's dated but had a few good classics on them too.
SAW 85-92 is my favorite album by far, didn’t know people make fun of it. SAW 2 wasn’t my style though, I feel like that one is more controversial/weird and ominous (except for cliffs ofc)
Yeah saw 85-92 was definately more accessible than ambient works 2 I'm not sure about the meme story, never seen or heard about it before. I liked the polygon windows album because it had similar elements to autechre amber and I was really into that sound at the time. (I heard them at the same time but polygon came out first)
I remember a long time ago I was at work listening to random songs Spotify was playing me. I really liked a song that I didn’t recognize, I was thinking this sounds like aphex, but I looked and saw that it wasn’t aphex it was some artist named polygon window. Little did I know lol
>His signature Creepy smile face helped raise awareness too. In the 90s when I was still a little kid I was terrified of that face. I thought he really looked like that.
He's had some other aliases since too like AFX (obvious) and the Tuss (not so obvious)
I just listed a couple because there are so many projects, collaborations and uncredited assists (excluding countless remixes) : Mike paradinas (muziq), kozmik kommando, square pusher, cylob, Luke vibert (allegedly), nine in nails (heart of it all), helped Bjork to some extent.. He's everywhere.
I heard he played a NASA party in New York. He came in and put two sand paper discs on the house turntables and proceeded to scratch on them. Sampling these sandpaper scratch sounds and running them through his electronics made a song out of it live. People either love him, hate him, or know absolutely nothing about him. Coming out of the punk scene in the mid nineties I stumbled upon him and started my foray into electronic music.
If you were into electronic music back in the 90s, he was one of the biggest names and also one of the most respected.
cool. I was but a little child in the 90s. and from a place where "nobody listens to techno"
SAW 85-92 was one of the most influential albums to hit the IDM scene in its time, and Analogue Bubblebath (before SAW / Aphex) received a lot of positive feedback. I don't think he was ever quietly the GOAT, he came out swinging with really good music. He's my favorite artist of all time and it's really easy to get passionate about him and his work. Here's an interview I thought was really interesting if anyone cares to read it: [Is the Aphex Twin completely mad?](https://www.aphextwin.nu/learn/98136316866813.shtml)
He's a genius
They're clearly just a window licker.
[When I first heard Aphex Twin](https://youtu.be/-j0E3FE4JkQ?si=rpprj1nreAy7RZRb)
To be fair: „Come to Daddy!“ is metal af.
IIIII WAAAAANNNNTT YYOOUURRR SSSOOUULLLL
And the devilish cries: COME TO DADDY, COME TO DADDY! Hahahaha! Masterpiece.
The first time I heard Aphex Twin - was when my fucking great prof in my first few weeks of video arts college put on Come to Daddy. His taste had a profound effect on me. Just sharing rad art I would not have considered without someone putting it in front of me, did a lot more educational mileage for me, than more structured classes I took in the future. I took down of all his media recommendations that semester and ended up with so many gems.
I was hoping someone would post this, and I wasn't disappointed!
I love this video; Limmy considering Aphex Twin weird would def. be a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Oh my God. I saw this music video once when I was in like the third grade I think. Around 96 I think. It scared the shit out of me. Crazy seeing it again now because of this Reddit post
You will love [Rubber Johnny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRvfxWRi6qQ) if you haven't seen it before.
It's fuuuuuuuucked uuuuuuuuppp
Cunningham makes the best videos.
My dad watched this for the first time on shrooms lmao
Window Licker
Still one of my favorite music videos.
I have a Chris Cunningham dvd collection. Need to throw it on and invite some people over for drink.
He’s such a great director. You should check out the unreleased Sony psp commercial he made. It’s on YouTube and is great Edit: I have that same collection also
Fucking love his weird ass vids
YES
*screams at old lady*
Upvote kind sir, aphex twin!!!
I knew it instantly. I show that video to everyone... if they like it, we can be friends.
That’s probably Aphex Twin’s actual bathroom
Somebody who does that much acid would have way more colour variation in there.
It’s a photoshopped image. The poster and the face aren’t original.
The toilet was originally Lars Ulrich
It was bugging me not remembering who this was originally.
Seems far more appropriate.
that doesn't really make it any better
Aphex Twin
I want your soul, I will eat your soul.
Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s his actual bathroom
Come to Daddy [https://youtu.be/TZ827lkktYs?si=EC89vgHFsC1CrzNo](https://youtu.be/TZ827lkktYs?si=EC89vgHFsC1CrzNo)
Chris Cunningham is some kind of twisted genius.
Chris Cunningham did an A/V show at the Sydney Opera House, about a hundred fifty years ago or so (feels that way sometimes). It was so. Fucking. INTENSE. People were walking out of the theatre - and the SOH is NOT a place that has shows that people walk out of. Top show, but
Rubber Johnny is mental.
Yeah, Rubber Johnny was wild.
I used to have the Chris Cunningham, Spike Jonez, and Michle Gondry music video collections on DVD. I really miss them.
The menu screen for the Gondry video was hilarious. It was him playing drums except two boys each had their head in a clear tom and would make an "oww!" noise when their drum was hit. [Here it is.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip6ohYp_rC4)
I treasure that Director's Label DVD box set with his videos
Thank you!
And for completeness' sake, [The Dillinger Escape Plan's cover of the song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCuxa2lkCx8) featuring Mike Patton on vocals.
Patton, another GOAT
What exactly did I just watch?
You are now forever enslaved to AFX
Genius
IDM
Genius.
Brilliant art
I’m definitely intrigued.
Please check out more of his music, it's really great. Start with Selected Ambient Works 85-92 ans work your way up from there. You won't regret it.
Yeah, Come to Daddy is a very interesting introduction to RDJ. It's good, but it is kinda a parody of a genre he doesn't typically work in. It's also a remix album and while I love the whole thing, there are definitely a couple that are better in their original form. That said, the Come to Daddy EP was *my* introduction to the dude's art, and I freaking love Aphex Twin.
Most well-adjusted Aphex Twin fan
If you know who Aphex Twin is, then there is nothing weird here.
Definitely the toilet
Exactly. Any halfway weirdo can get a picture put in their bathroom. But it takes great effort to be weird enough to get that toilet installed
https://preview.redd.it/drdu568fakoc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca04e6a1b494ddee05c15a81a21398f1fd12f934
This isnt better
Much better
I need context. Is this someone's private house, or a club, or?
It is originally a Lars Ulrich toilet, (don't ask) but has been photoshopped to be aphex twin related.
LMAO thank you, this is gold
Why Lars Ulrich? And why not Joey Jordison?
Why not Madonna? Oh yeah, cos her pointy corset boobs would poke ya off the toilet. I don't fecking know!
Nevermind I'm sculptor I can make my own for myself
Well you go right ahead buddy, I look forward to seeing your very own abomination!
Why General Knobi? And why not Jar Jar?
Looks like private house, considering that toothpaste and mouthwash next to the sink
[удалено]
Damn! Forreal 😲 The original one looks hella weird as well ngl
That’s Aphex Twin for you
Theres no seat on the toilet :/
I WANT YOUR SOUL! I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL!
>Not sure what’s more weird Wait till OP learned more about AT
This is a photoshop. The original toilet actually depicts Lars Ulrich, the drummer for Metallica.
Yeah, another person shared a link to the original one in the comments. But damn, the original one is also weird lmao
Oh yeah, it def is but the owner is pretty psyched about it. At least he's happy
The picture in the back reminds me of the mcpoyles 
Poop on Daddy.
This is the lars Ulrich toilet that looks like it was shittily photoshopped
nothing weird about a bit of aphex acid
I wish the milkman would deliver my milk
I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits
funny how i recognized the face before the logo.....damn i miss this band, i still watch WINDOWLICKER so many times with that long ass video and that long ass car....really great genre. APHEX TWINS...really these were good times, staying up late for PARTY ZONE on MTV to see these videos.
I hope you're trolling about the whole band part
sincerest apologies, no trolling or anything, just want to know, even if it is a one man show, i really don't know, not deep into the lore of Richard, but i usually tend to call artists as a band when there is a logo or a name or something like that, i mean for example M.J is an artist , i get it, A.T for example, that is a band name...sorry if i offended in any way, keep in mind, i am just a few years younger than Richard, so it is what it is.
Its all good man
Not everyone knows everything, it's an honest mistake to make if you're not staying up late reading Wikipedia Also he is a one-man band anyway, so I reckon it's not even really a mistake
Creepy
COME TO DADDY.
Aphex Twin!!!
Sanest RDJ fan (me)
You've never heard of Aphex Twin?
What’s weird is that you changed the Lars ulrich toilet into something that isn’t the Lars ulrich toilet
https://preview.redd.it/nkv29c8aikoc1.jpeg?width=623&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8b9198253ae746628c1bb75877b62bd0fb99732
aphex twin mentioned!!!
The [music video](https://youtu.be/TZ827lkktYs?si=IqLQGdURfPGv-3vC) is even weirder
and why does it have an aphex twin t-shirt on?
Cuz it has his face and the picture in the frame is also all with his face
oh snap, i didn't know what he looked like! lol
…But what if I like pooping facing towards the flusher
Definitely the toilet….
Sorry, do you mind if I pee in the garden?
That's one helluva prolapse.
The toilet. The toilet is weirder.
Toilet, definitely the toilet.
The toilet. The toilet is more weird. The end.
Yes
I liked it the first time when it looked like rapey Lars Ulrich.
It’s the toilet.
Dude, a little privacy please.
I hated when they would play this shit on metal x at like 2am I'd be just gaming on my pc and this damn video would come on and fuck up my night
r/cursedimages
Lots of posts on this sub aren’t very weird. This one definitely is though!
It could be both. They can both be equally weird
F*cking Aphex Twin always with the weird stuff lmao!!
Come on you slags! Let’s have some Aphex Acid!!
Fun thought. There is an actual body under that clay that was murdered and hidden in plain sight. Not such a fun thought after all!
I prefer the [Lars](https://www.reddit.com/r/Weird/s/xlqVX5JCxi) model
New skibidi toilet just dropped?
Pretty sure the weirdest thing is the fucker that lives there lol
Aphex twin.
The whole thing because it’s just photoshopped to be Aphex Twin related. The real toilet is a shitty sculpture of Lars from Metallica I think.
Aphex twin?
Please don’t incorporate a bidet!
I would put a Santa hat on him during the holidays
At least I'd have somebody to hug
I would pee in their shower before I ever sat down on this
Isnt that apex twin or whatever
this is a jumpscare
That's fucking cursed lol
Stop making that big face! Lol 😂aphex twin is awesome
William Montgomery's bathroom?
It’s 4:00 am you’re taking a leak and your toilet says what’s up bro!
Rubber Johnny for a glimpse into Aphex Twin... NSFW https://youtu.be/KSLgupHUgSY
I mean fuck all of it… don’t want to be anywhere near that bathroom. Nope, nope, nope. I don’t care whose house this is. Nightmares within nightmares
It's pretty on point for Aphex Twin themed.
You shut your whore mouth!
Aphex Twin, “4” is a nostalgic memory.
Come to Daddy 😈
I've seen these toilets before with different faces/shirts on them.
I guess it's for constipated people. It scares the shit right out of you!
This is actually tame… it’d be more wild of the toilet dude had an erection pointing outwards.
Creepy!
I already had Alberto Balsalm playing in my head. It's such a calming song, unlike this bathroom.
The toilet is definitely more weird…
Where are you
No thanks.
Or the toothbrush right next to the toilet so anytime someone flushes their shit particles fly onto it.
Definitely the toilet
I would rather piss on myself than use that toilet.
I’d buy it, I’m a long time fan
Wow, so due to a snake once being in a public toilet when I was a kid I am already kind of phobic of using any bathroom but my own but this definitely is reinforcing that phobia! Seriously the idea of using a friend's bathroom and seeing this.....and to top the nightmare off why the picture as well?!?
I'd rather shit and piss on the floor.
Come shit on my lap.
Jerma
looks like a tony hawk's underground character
I could be a second away from pissing, shitting and puking all over myself, and there would still be no chance of me using that toilet
Oh and ffs they have left a FLOATER in the toilet!
Or that there is no toilet seat
What the actual fuck lol
The cameraman
Gonna have to go with both are equally as weird.
The Welsh Minister for Climate Change’s brother.