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Deathsmith
from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-06-21 20:41 [#00278900]
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It's technically not even a word. . .
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uzim
on 2002-06-21 20:44 [#00278903]
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i read somewhere it's because of the acid side of his music...
a > acid ph > pH (acid too) ex > just because it makes it sound good imo :)
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uzim
on 2002-06-21 20:45 [#00278904]
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...or maybe something to do with 'apex'
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-06-21 20:46 [#00278906]
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Aphex is a registered trademark name of a manufacturer of some of the equipment he had back in the day. Some old school gear made by ''Aphex'' or something.
I think... :-/
I might have dreamt this, sadly I confuse my dreams with real life sometimes.
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Sido Dyas
from a computer on 2002-06-21 20:47 [#00278907]
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Aphex is the name of a company that makes audio gear i think?
theres a popular box called "Aphex Aural Exciter" wich is used in most big proffesional studios.
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Tasos
from Athens (Greece) on 2002-06-21 20:53 [#00278920]
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apheksi in Greek is when someone is forbidden for his sins
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smokehammer
from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-06-21 20:56 [#00278922]
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his sibling used to be an aphid ?
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-06-21 20:58 [#00278925]
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"technically not even a word" that just cracked me up
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Sido Dyas
from a computer on 2002-06-21 21:05 [#00278935]
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Aphex Systems â„¢
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Mr_Flappypants
from Louisville (United States) on 2002-06-21 21:19 [#00278962]
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the real question is
how did aphex systes come up with the word aphex!?
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Tasos
from Athens (Greece) on 2002-06-21 21:20 [#00278964]
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maybe its from 'apheksi'
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uzim
on 2002-06-21 21:26 [#00278974]
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maybe it's just a coincidence that aphex twin and aphex systems are the same name...
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Tasos
from Athens (Greece) on 2002-06-21 21:38 [#00278991]
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nothing is a coincidence in this ugly world.
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Kryocera
from Plano, TX (United States) on 2002-06-21 21:41 [#00278996]
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what smokehammer said-> i read from some sort of interview at one point explaining about his "aphid" twin dying at birth or something.
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Sido Dyas
from a computer on 2002-06-21 21:42 [#00279001]
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Maybe its a word play with "effects" since Aphex Systemsâ„¢ produce effect boxes.
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2002-06-21 22:23 [#00279053]
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yeah, maybe we are reading it all wrong, maybe Aphex isnt read Ay-phex, its Uh-phex, such as effects. Or maybe thats what Aphex systems originally intended... What is an aphid twin?
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weatheredstoner
from same shit babes. (United States) on 2002-06-21 22:53 [#00279149]
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wasn't AFX, richard old name? So Aphex is just a drawn out version of AFX.
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Darth manchu
from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-21 22:57 [#00279164]
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Aphex twin is still better than Phange Destroyer birth canal, the name of a band i knew about once.
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hevquip
from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2002-06-21 23:44 [#00279284]
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an aphid is a very very small green flying bug that eats plants. they're quite the boon of gardeners and farmers. ladybugs are enlisted to eat aphids.
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corngrower
from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-06-22 00:10 [#00279339]
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yep, rdj originially went by just 'AFX' (often thought to make listeners think of 'audio effects) and it just kind of morphed into Aphex Twin over time... easy to see how, as if you say 'AFX' really fast, it sounds exactly the same as Aphex, and the twin part was obviously added as a refrence to his late brother who bares the same name as him
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010101
from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-06-22 00:14 [#00279343]
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It comes from the latin Affecks which means "to kill a man with a rude sound"
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2002-06-22 00:14 [#00279345]
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yeah, there we go.
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2002-06-22 00:20 [#00279361]
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woah, u serious 010101? I didn't know it was possible to kill someone with a rude sound... you sure that isn't a hoax?
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010101
from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-06-22 00:24 [#00279370]
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OK you've got me. I made it up.
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hevquip
from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2002-06-22 00:25 [#00279373]
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hmmm...affecare sounds vaguely familar. it would mean kill most likely. the latin verb "fecare" means "to do or make" most latin verbs ending with "fec" mean kill, such as interfecio. the word "affecks" however isn't a latin word if i remember correctly because there are not endings as such.
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cre
from reykjavik (Iceland) on 2002-06-22 00:26 [#00279378]
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010101: who's that guy on your avatar? he looks like a serial killer.
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010101
from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-06-22 00:27 [#00279382]
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It is a man called Vic Reeves he wrote the most life changing book I have ever read called "Sun Boiled Onions"
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Martytan
from somewhere in upstate new york (United States) on 2002-06-22 00:46 [#00279434]
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I think the name "aphex twin" is kinda cheesy, imo. it seems so pretentious.... but his music is good, so who cares?
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Monumrnt
from To (Canada) on 2002-06-22 00:47 [#00279436]
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I don't think aphex means anything at all.
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JivverDicker
from my house on 2002-06-22 00:51 [#00279450]
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cre, Vic reeves is what tvihofdi copy all their jokes from.
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tricky_13
from bucharest (Romania) on 2002-06-22 02:03 [#00279625]
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well...i read somwhere i can/t remember,2 presumes: 1-A from acid and ph from ph like acid ph =>aphe.they did not say where the ex came from.
2-aphex systems,a trademark that does electronic equipment and stuff.
sincerly i think that the explenation for "aphex" is the combination of 1 and 2.
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jand
from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-22 07:11 [#00279899]
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Theres also a bit of electronics called an Aphex Twin...
Very obscure tho...but there used to be scan somewhere on the net...from an old electronics textbook; maybe thats where he got it from...
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Diao
from Olathe (United States) on 2002-06-22 08:15 [#00279972]
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Aphex - the top or pinnacle of something
Thats what was in my dictionary.
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weatheredstoner
from same shit babes. (United States) on 2002-06-22 08:33 [#00279991]
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I think Aphex Twin is the coolest name ever. It fits him perfectly.
All bow before Aphex Twin.
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jand
from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-22 08:50 [#00279997]
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Shouldn't that be Apex?...
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Oberon
from Utrecht (Netherlands, The) on 2002-06-22 08:51 [#00279998]
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It's "Aphex Systems"
But "to kill a man with a rude sound" is far more cooler!Yeeaahh I like that.
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Diao
from Olathe (United States) on 2002-06-22 08:53 [#00280000]
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"shouldn't that be apex?"
Yes, but it had Aphex with the same definition.
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jand
from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-22 09:53 [#00280038]
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"Yes, but it had Aphex with the same definition."
really?...I just had a look at dicitonary.com and it didn't come up with anything, just suggested misspelling of Apex...
And the Oxford English Dict doesn't define it at all...
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