Editing Rephlex Records

{{Short description|English record label}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{infobox record label
| name        = Rephlex Records
| image       = Rephlex logo.svg
| founded     = {{start date and age|1991}}
| location    = Cornwall, then London
| website     = {{URL|rephlex.com}}
| defunct     = {{end date and age|2014}}
| founder     = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]]<br>Grant Wilson-Claridge
| genre       = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]], [[ambient techno]], [[experimental music|experimental]]
| country     = United Kingdom
}}

'''Rephlex Records''' was a [[record label]] launched in 1991 in [[Cornwall]] by [[Electronic music|electronic]] musician Richard D. James (aka [[Aphex Twin]]) and Grant Wilson-Claridge.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=285}}</ref> The label coined the term ''braindance'' to describe the output of Aphex Twin and fellow artists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rephlex.com/braindance.htm |title=repHlex official sponsors of braindance |access-date=2017-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010302124112/http://www.rephlex.com/braindance.htm |archive-date=2 March 2001 }}</ref>

==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>

==Roster==
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*[[808 State]]<ref name="guardian-michaels"/>
*[[Gerald Donald|Arpanet]]
*[[Baby Ford]]
*[[Black Devil Disco Club|Black Devil]]
*[[Bochum Welt]]
*[[Bodenstandig 2000]]
*[[Brian Dougans]]
*[[Kevin Martin (English musician)|The Bug]]
*[[Ceephax Acid Crew]]
*[[Mike Dred|Chimera]]
*[[The Criminal Minds]]
*[[Cylob]]
*[[D'Arcangelo]]
*[[Dabrye]]
*[[DMX Krew]]
*[[Dopplereffekt]]
*[[Drexciya]]
*[[Ensemble (band)|Ensemble]]
*EOD
*[[The Gentle People]]
*[[Global Goon]]
*[[Florian Hecker|hecker]]
*[[Richard D. James (musician)|Richard D. James]] (including releases as AFX,<ref name="guardian-jonze">{{cite news|first1=Tim|last1=Jonze|access-date=2019-08-10|title=Aphex Twin: Syro review – a tour through brain-bending avenues|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/18/aphex-twin-syro-review-brain-bending-richard-d-james|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 September 2014|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Aphex Twin, Bradley Strider, Caustic Window and the Tuss<ref name="guardian-jonze"/>)
*Jodey Kendrick
*[[JP Buckle]]
*[[Kosmik Kommando]]<ref name="LarkinDM"/>
*[[Leila Arab|Leila]]
*[[The Lisa Carbon Trio]]
*[[Aleksi Perälä|Ovuca]]
*P.P. Roy
*[[Bogdan Raczynski]]
*[[Seefeel]]<ref name="LarkinDM"/>
*[[Squarepusher]]<ref>{{cite news|first1=Sean|last1=Michaels|access-date=2019-08-10|title=André 3000 and Squarepusher collaboration 'will happen'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/11/andre-3000-squarepusher|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 October 2010|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> (including releases as Chaos A.D.)
*[[Urban Tribe]]
*[[Universal Indicator (collective)]]
*[[μ-Ziq]]<ref name="LarkinDM"/>
*Wisp
*[[Luke Vibert]] (including releases as Amen Andrews)
*[[Vulva (band)|Vulva]]
*[[Matthew Yee-King|Yee-King]]
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== See also ==
* [[Lists of record labels]]
* [[List of electronic music record labels]]
* [[Rephlex Records discography]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.discogs.com/label/Rephlex Rephlex Records] at [[Discogs]].com

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