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It's technically not even a word. . . |
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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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...or maybe something to do with 'apex' |
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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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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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apheksi in Greek is when someone is forbidden for his sins |
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his sibling used to be an aphid ? |
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"technically not even a word" that just cracked me up |
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the real question is how did aphex systes come up with the word aphex!? |
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maybe its from 'apheksi' |
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maybe it's just a coincidence that aphex twin and aphex systems are the same name... |
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nothing is a coincidence in this ugly world. |
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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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Maybe its a word play with "effects" since Aphex Systemsâ„¢ produce effect boxes. |
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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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wasn't AFX, richard old name? So Aphex is just a drawn out version of AFX. |
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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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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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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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It comes from the latin Affecks which means "to kill a man with a rude sound" |
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yeah, there we go. |
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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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OK you've got me. I made it up. |
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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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010101: who's that guy on your avatar? he looks like a serial killer. |
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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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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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I don't think aphex means anything at all. |
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cre, Vic reeves is what tvihofdi copy all their jokes from. |
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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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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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Aphex - the top or pinnacle of something Thats what was in my dictionary. |
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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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Shouldn't that be Apex?... |
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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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"shouldn't that be apex?" Yes, but it had Aphex with the same definition. |
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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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