Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known by his stage name Aphex Twin, is a British electronic musician and composer. He has been described by The Guardian as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music", and is the co-founder of Rephlex Records with Grant Wilson-Claridge. Aphex Twin's album Selected Ambient Works 85-92 was called the best album of the 1990s by FACT Magazine.

James has also released a number of EPs as AFX from 1991 to 2005 including the Analogue Bubblebath series of EPs. In 2007, James also released some materials anonymously under the name The Tuss leading to a lot of speculations. The Tuss materials included Confederation Trough EP and Rushup Edge. He eventually admitted to being the artist behind it.