“After I’d finished with the food mixer, I threw it over the balcony and it hit some kid on the head - he found me afterwards and said ‘can you sign this’”: How Aphex Twin almost knocked out a fan at his weirdest gig ever

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Richard D. James, better known as Aphex Twin, is one of the most storied electronic artists in modern music.

The myths surrounding the producer are manifold: at various stages of his career, it’s been claimed that he owns a functioning tank (it’s actually an armoured car), came up with the majority of SAW II while lucid dreaming, and lived inside a former bank simply because he thought the four-foot thick walls would be good for soundproofing.