Editing Rephlex Records (section)

==History==
In 1989, Grant Wilson-Claridge met Richard D. James (a.k.a. [[Aphex Twin]]) DJing at The Bowgie, a club located just along the coast from Newquay, Cornwall. According to Wilson-Claridge, back in 1989, "the Bowgie was the best club ever...this was before Newquay turned into the Cornish Ibiza" and it was very difficult to hear new and interesting music. Wilson-Claridge and James used to DJ on alternate weeks. When he noticed that James was playing his own tapes rather than records, Wilson-Claridge suggested that they press up some records. In the beginning, committing Aphex Twin recordings to vinyl was a way of making music the duo's friends wanted to hear. Due to their geographical dis-location they did not have access to the music they wanted to hear and so they decided to create their own, and Rephlex was born.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuartaitken.com/post/43555798376/aphextwin|title=A history of Rephlex Records|author=Stuart Aitken|work=Stuartaitken.com|date=November 2003}}</ref> Although the label was founded in 1991 in Cornwall, it moved the year after to London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orbmag.com/features/rephlex-records-recalling-aphex-twin-grant-wilson-claridges-label/| title=Rephlex Records: Recalling Aphex Twin & Grant Wilson-Claridge's label| work=Orb Mag|date=7 May 2018}}</ref>

On a post to an [[internet]] [[newsgroup]] in 1992, the label stated that its intent was to "promote Innovation in the dynamics of Acid" – a much loved and misunderstood genre of house music" and to "demonstrate to the rest of the world that British dance music can be entirely original".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.rave/browse_thread/thread/2b1d14ae853ba101/7a4d8b6191bb3e55|title=~~~ The definitive RePHLeX ~~~ alt.rave|work=Alt.rave|date=30 November 1992}}</ref>

Rephlex has released the music of many [[electronic music|electronic]] artists, among them [[Mike Paradinas]], [[DMX Krew]], [[Luke Vibert]], Aleksi Perälä and [[Squarepusher]]. The label has also remastered and re-released the early works of [[808 State]]<ref name="guardian-michaels">{{cite news|first1=Sean|last1=Michaels|access-date=2019-08-10|title=808 State set to reunite|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/18/808-state-reunite-original-lineup|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 February 2010|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and [[the Future Sound of London]], and relaunched the career of electronic duo producers [[Black Devil Disco Club|Black Devil]] with a re-release of their first record.

James closed Rephlex in 2014, saying "that's something that needed to be done a long time ago. Me and my friend would have drifted apart, but actually the label did keep us together. It got to a point where I'd actually rather be his friend than be in business with him."<ref name="groove-interview">{{cite web |last=Hoffmann |first=Heiko |date=25 December 2014 |title=25 Questions for Aphex Twin |url=http://www.groove.de/2014/12/25/25-questions-for-aphex-twin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226004527/http://www.groove.de/2014/12/25/25-questions-for-aphex-twin |archive-date=26 December 2014 |access-date=10 January 2015 |work=[[Groove (magazine)|Groove]]}}</ref>