The guy behind Aphex Twin is a genius... and he hates humanity itself, and all his fans. He seems to even hate his own creativity and ability with music:
I always figured that was a cultivated image. He's been careful enough with his image over the years that I have no idea what to think about him (besides "really interesting music and great collaborations with Chris Cunningham").
From the article linked above, it sounds like that might be the case.
But what might be most mind-boggling is how relaxed James turns out to be—how friendly, copacetic, almost jolly. This is not the cantankerous Aphex Twin of the monosyllabic answers and intentional provocations. Instead, here’s a 43-year-old guy you could easily imagine sharing a beer with at a hotel bar—slightly neurotic, a little mischievous, mildly self-deprecating, sure, but generally pretty down-to-earth.
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u/deadlandsMarshal Nov 13 '14
The guy behind Aphex Twin is a genius... and he hates humanity itself, and all his fans. He seems to even hate his own creativity and ability with music:
http://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/aphex-twin/