# Aphex Twin — Every Record We Rank

Aphex Twin appears 8 times in our IDM, Ambient, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, and Warp lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 8
- **Appears on:** IDM, Ambient, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, and Warp
- **Years:** 1992–1999
- **Highest placing:** No. 1 in IDM
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/aphex-twin/

## Appears on

### [Didgeridoo](https://waxonia.com/track/aphex-twin--didgeridoo/)

*1992 · R&S · No. 1 in [IDM](https://waxonia.com/genre/idm/)*

Made, by his account, to clear a rave floor of people who would not go home. It is far too fast and far too hostile, and it announced that this music was going to be about one person's judgement.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Aphex%20Twin%20Didgeridoo) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=AAkFBQ6sIcc)

### [Xtal](https://waxonia.com/track/aphex-twin--xtal/)

*1992 · Apollo / R&S · No. 2 in [Ambient](https://waxonia.com/genre/ambient/)*

A wordless vocal loop over a soft breakbeat, made by a teenager on home-built equipment. Ambient music discovering it could have a pulse without losing its stillness.

Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Aphex%20Twin%20Xtal) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sWcLccMuCA8)

### [Windowlicker](https://waxonia.com/track/aphex-twin--windowlicker/)

*1999 · Warp · No. 4 in [IDM](https://waxonia.com/genre/idm/)*

An R&B pastiche with the vocal processed into something inhuman, sold as a pop single. James proves he can do the thing he is refusing to do, which is the only way that refusal is worth anything.

Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/), [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Aphex%20Twin%20Windowlicker) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=go6-MliYCAs)

### [Rhubarb](https://waxonia.com/track/aphex-twin--rhubarb/)

*1994 · Warp · No. 9 in [Ambient](https://waxonia.com/genre/ambient/)*

One chord sequence, endlessly cycling, warm as a heat haze. The most covered, sampled and imitated piece of ambient music of the last thirty years, and still untouchable.

Also on: [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Aphex%20Twin%20Rhubarb) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=75O11W5EZAU)

### [Windowlicker](https://waxonia.com/track/aphex-twin--windowlicker/)

*1999 · Warp · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)*

An R&B pastiche processed into something inhuman and sold as a pop single. Proof that he could do the thing he spent a career refusing to do.

Also on: [IDM](https://waxonia.com/genre/idm/), [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Aphex%20Twin%20Windowlicker) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=go6-MliYCAs)

### [Xtal](https://waxonia.com/track/aphex-twin--xtal/)

*1992 · Apollo / R&S · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)*

A wordless vocal over a break that has been degraded until it sounds remembered rather than played. Ambient's most-loved record by someone who denies making ambient.

Also on: [Ambient](https://waxonia.com/genre/ambient/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Aphex%20Twin%20Xtal) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sWcLccMuCA8)

### [Rhubarb](https://waxonia.com/track/aphex-twin--rhubarb/)

*1994 · Warp · Picked by [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/)*

Selected Ambient Works Volume II is where the label stops being a dance label without announcing it. Four minutes with no drums at all, released by the people who had just sold a lot of records made entirely of drums.

Also on: [Ambient](https://waxonia.com/genre/ambient/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Aphex%20Twin%20Rhubarb) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=75O11W5EZAU)

### [Windowlicker](https://waxonia.com/track/aphex-twin--windowlicker/)

*1999 · Warp · Picked by [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/)*

A genuine pop single, with a Chris Cunningham video on daytime rotation, made by the artist least interested in being one. The label's tenth year, and it is still signing off on things nobody could have planned for.

Also on: [IDM](https://waxonia.com/genre/idm/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Aphex%20Twin%20Windowlicker) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=go6-MliYCAs)

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