Expert: Richard D. James - 4/16/2005

Question
Any insights or "lists" of gear Richard uses to create his music? And what bizarre method it is he uses to generate the loops? I guess it's really a question of his "approach". It's so hard to find any info on the man...

Answer
This is a difficult one to answer.  There are no 'lists' that I have seen detailing the kit RDJ uses to make his music. Like any artist he will have used a whole host of different machines and techniques over his music making days.  You can be certain that he uses computers a lot aswell programming his own sound software.

So in short, I don't have an answer to your question 'cos there really isn't one, sorry.  I'm sure his techniques are constantly evolving, a practice so intrinsic to the creative process.

In terms of his "approach", well let's just say it's unorthodox, and very Aphex.