"The best musicians or sound artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians."

• Born Aug. 18, 1971, in Limerick, Ireland

• The 1992 album Selected Ambient Works 85–92 brought Aphex Twin critical acclaim, with many publications hailing it as a significant achievement for ambient music. "Windowlicker," released in 1999, is the DJ's most successful single and is known for its offbeat music video.

• In 2015 Aphex Twin's Syro won him a GRAMMY Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album.

• The hardworking DJ once went claimed to have gone five weeks without sleeping.

• Aphex Twin contributed music to an EP released for World Cancer Day that benefited Macmillan Cancer Support.