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How Aphex Twin inspired a cult of followers

Music writer John Doran ventures into the strange world of Richard D James. Over the course of three decades James, known to his legion of hardcore fans as Aphex Twin, has achieved the status of legend and inspired a cult following. Does he really write songs while asleep after training himself in the practice of lucid dreaming? Does he drive a tank round Cornwall? Did he once live in a bank vault in the middle of the Elephant And Castle roundabout? Does he own a submarine?

First broadcast on The Cult of Aphex Twin, 3 July 2018.

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