Phonic Boy On Dope has been played on NTS in shows including Civilization Radio, featured first on 4 July 2024. Songs played include Spectrum 48k Beats1q.

Phonic Boy On Dope (also known as Richard D.James) was born to his Welsh parents Lorna and Derek James. Richard used Phonic Boy On Dope as his first alias. He posted a track that was made under this name to his Soundcloud account (now user18081971) in 2014 and was said to be made around 1987/1988. Said track is called "Window Peeper".

Most of Richard's music can be found on his most popular alias, including Aphex Twin, AFX, Polygon Window, etc.