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In January 2015, Richard D James, who releases music under aliases including [[Aphex Twin]], began anonymously uploading [[Demo (music)|demos]] to the online music platform [[SoundCloud]].<ref name=":0" /> Some tracks dated to the late 1980s or early 1990s.<ref name=":0" /> He tagged the first track with the comment: "like early aphex but I'd never heard of him when I wrote all these tracks im going to be uploading".<ref name=":1" />
Over the course of several days, James deleted and relaunched the page several times with different URLs, possibly after reaching the upload limit for free SoundCloud accounts.<ref name=":1"></ref> Within four days, he had uploaded 100 tracks.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> By May, the number had grown to 269.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> The userpage briefly read "I AM NOT RICHARD", with a link to a [[YouTube]] channel containing all the tracks.<ref name=":0" /> In May, the tracks were removed.<ref name=":0" />
According to ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],'' the tracks had been made in different periods with different equipment, but bore the hallmarks of James's work: "You can hear the same machines, the same processes, and above all, the same ideas — if this isn't James, then it's a musician who's every bit his peer, and what are the chances of one of those going undiscovered for all these years?"<ref name=":1" /> Aphex Twin collaborator [[Mike Paradinas]] vouched for the authenticity of the music.<ref name=":1" />
In the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'', Stuart Aitken argued that James's experiments with SoundCloud and other digital media should encourage musicians to explore the creative opportunities of the internet.<ref name=":2" /> In 2019, James explained his reasons for the release: "I've got all this music and I thought if I died what the fuck would my kids do? What would my wife do? They'd get really stressed out and they wouldn’t know what to do with it all. So I just thought I’d give it away, then they don’t have to think about it."
== References ==
[[Category:Aphex Twin]]
[[Category:Demos]]
[[Category:Aphex Twin songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Aphex Twin]]
Over the course of several days, James deleted and relaunched the page several times with different URLs, possibly after reaching the upload limit for free SoundCloud accounts.<ref name=":1"></ref> Within four days, he had uploaded 100 tracks.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> By May, the number had grown to 269.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> The userpage briefly read "I AM NOT RICHARD", with a link to a [[YouTube]] channel containing all the tracks.<ref name=":0" /> In May, the tracks were removed.<ref name=":0" />
According to ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],'' the tracks had been made in different periods with different equipment, but bore the hallmarks of James's work: "You can hear the same machines, the same processes, and above all, the same ideas — if this isn't James, then it's a musician who's every bit his peer, and what are the chances of one of those going undiscovered for all these years?"<ref name=":1" /> Aphex Twin collaborator [[Mike Paradinas]] vouched for the authenticity of the music.<ref name=":1" />
In the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'', Stuart Aitken argued that James's experiments with SoundCloud and other digital media should encourage musicians to explore the creative opportunities of the internet.<ref name=":2" /> In 2019, James explained his reasons for the release: "I've got all this music and I thought if I died what the fuck would my kids do? What would my wife do? They'd get really stressed out and they wouldn’t know what to do with it all. So I just thought I’d give it away, then they don’t have to think about it."
== References ==
[[Category:Aphex Twin]]
[[Category:Demos]]
[[Category:Aphex Twin songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Aphex Twin]]
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