Creativity Quote by Richard D. James

Apex Twin has always thrived on the tension between the alien and the stubbornly local, and this line leans hard into that paradox. “It started off” is disarmingly plain, almost anti-mythic: no lightning-bolt origin story, no grand manifesto. Just a beginning. That plainness matters because Richard D. James is a figure fans love to treat like an electronic music cryptid, a genius operating on some private wavelength. He answers that hunger for legend by refusing it.

The name “Disobey” does a lot of work in a single word. As a club title, it signals a scene built around transgression, noise, the pleasure of stepping out of line. As a piece of subtext, it doubles as a mission statement for the music that would come to define him: tracks that break rules without sounding like they’re trying to. He doesn’t posture about rebellion; he locates it in a specific room.

Then he undercuts even that romance with “around the corner from where I live.” The glamour of nightlife collapses into geography, routine, neighborhood. It’s a reminder that culture doesn’t always ignite in capitals or through industry pipelines; it can begin as a short walk from your front door, in a place you can return to the next week. The intent reads like a subtle claim to authenticity, but not the loud kind: creativity as proximity, scene as convenience, revolution as something you can stumble into on a Tuesday.