James' first release was the 1991 12-inch
EP Analogue Bubblebath on
Mighty Force Records. In 1991 James and Grant Wilson-Claridge founded
Rephlex Records to promote "innovation in the dynamics of
Acid — a much-loved and misunderstood genre of
house music forgotten by some and indeed new to others, especially in Britain". From 1991 to 1993 James released two
Analogue Bubblebath EPs as AFX and an EP, ''
Bradley's Beat'', as Bradley Strider. Although he moved to London to take an
electronics course at
Kingston Polytechnic, he admitted to
David Toop that his electronics studies were slipping away as he pursued a career in the
techno genre. After leaving school James remained in the city, releasing albums and EPs on Warp Records and other labels under a number of aliases (including AFX, Polygon Window and Power-Pill); several of his tracks, released under aliases including Blue Calx and The Dice Man, appeared on compilations. Although he allegedly lived on the
roundabout in
Elephant and Castle,
South London during his early years there, he actually resided in a nearby unoccupied bank. In 1992 James also released the
Xylem Tube EP and
Digeridoo (first played by DJ Colin Faver on London's Kiss FM) as Aphex Twin, the
Pac-Man EP (based on the
arcade game) as Power-Pill, and two of his four
Joyrex EPs (
Joyrex J4 EP and
Joyrex J5 EP) as Caustic Window. "Digeridoo" reached #55 on the
UK Singles Chart, and was later described by
Rolling Stone as foreshadowing
drum and bass. He wrote "Digeridoo" to clear up his audience after a rave. These early releases were on Rephlex Records,
Mighty Force of Exeter and R&S Records of Belgium. James had no creative input and was against the release of this compilation, accusing R&S of "milking as much money as they can out of me, because they know I'm not going to give them any more records." == Track listing ==