How many records has he sold?

none

every one

Enough to never have to work a conventional job, fill a castle with music studios, buy a tank and not release anything for 10 years.

Licensing would be the big one I would have thought in the 90s. 50k for a DJ set is a number I heard quite a few years back too

He's also been making money from previous releases for many years. just one dedicated fan would spend plenty on his stuff. Ask yourself how much you spent on his stuff pre-syro.

  On 3/31/2015 at 8:28 PM, Brisbot said:

He's also been making money from previous releases for many years. just one dedicated fan would spend plenty on his stuff. Ask yourself how much you spent on his stuff pre-syro.

If you're a vinyl freak, then hardly anything will have gone to him since you'll likely be buying on the second hand market.

£325 for Analord complete set, all of which went to the NorthernFusion

Yeah I read in an interview posted on here he was collecting royalties in the mid 90s from top 40 pop tunes or something like that. Advertisements, anonymous commercial work it seems. Thats where the money probably is, not to mention his super successful personal work. It is somewhat speculation though.

...I'm still waiting to learn which pop songs he wrote

Wasn't his music (and a lot of other Warp) used a lot in UK TV? Like BBC and such

Most of his dollar nowadays is probably left over from the 90s. I know he mentioned that he was a multi-millionaire sometime around the Windowlicker release. I can't imagine Drukqs was a commercial success but he's probably made a fair bit since then for gigs and dj sets.

Syro must be one of his best selling releases already.

  On 3/31/2015 at 8:49 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

Wasn't his music (and a lot of other Warp) used a lot in UK TV? Like BBC and such

Yeah man. I've heard a load of Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada tracks on Top Gear.

Channel 4 have also used their fair share of Warp material over the years.

  On 3/31/2015 at 8:49 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

Wasn't his music (and a lot of other Warp) used a lot in UK TV? Like BBC and such

For sure. BBC use a lot of his older stuff in progs. Channel 4 used a CCAI track on a recent advert of their lineup.

Apparently Minipops was used in an episode of Made in Chelsea. I'm pretty sure that's C4 too.

the new disk hat track is on E4 (UK) - i think for programme advertisements

new disk hat track? 2 months is OLD! WE WANT NEW AFX WE WANT NEW AFX!

  On 3/31/2015 at 11:41 PM, The Wumbo Man said:

Most of his dollar nowadays is probably left over from the 90s. I know he mentioned that he was a multi-millionaire sometime around the Windowlicker release. I can't imagine Drukqs was a commercial success but he's probably made a fair bit since then for gigs and dj sets.

 

Syro must be one of his best selling releases already.

He probably makes most of his money with concerts, like Taylor Swift & cie.

i heard he sold over 9000 but i could be wrong, i saw that figure of over 9000 a few years back but i could be mistaken

if not 9000 maybe 12000, again maybe this is false memory but i remember vividly the number 9000 and aphex twin in the same sentence

It's over 9000!!! </dbz>

He probably makes most of his money from licensing to BBC, etc, no?

I reckon Syro sold a shit ton. CCAI and the 12" probably not so much.

I heard piano un10 it happened in a Starbucks last week so at least a few cents of royalties are coming up his way soon.

Consider his music is pretty much timeless, it's not forged by fashion, so it's appeal doesn't quickly fade. So I presume sales will continue for decades.

Exactly 74.

  On 4/8/2015 at 5:46 AM, beerwolf said:

Consider his music is pretty much timeless, it's not forged by fashion, so it's appeal doesn't quickly fade. So I presume sales will continue for decades.

yeah I figure SAW 85-92 sales and royalties alone would keep him and his family living pretty well for the rest of their lives, presuming his family inherit the music rights.

does he do any of the selling himself? pretty sure he has help with the distribution.

  On 4/8/2015 at 8:11 PM, skibby said:

does he do any of the selling himself? pretty sure he has help with the distribution.

yeah, Barry drives around with some of the cassettes and records in the boot of his car.

Tell me if I'm wrong, but I don't think he would have won the Grammy if he didn't outsell the competition. Isn't Billboard basically just honoring record sales, at the end of the day?