# Nightmares on Wax — Every Record We Rank Nightmares on Wax appears 9 times in our Balearic, Bleep Techno, Trip-Hop, Twice Over, and Warp lists, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick. - **Ranked entries:** 9 - **Appears on:** Balearic, Bleep Techno, Trip-Hop, Twice Over, and Warp - **Years:** 1989–1999 - **Highest placing:** No. 5 in Balearic - **Updated:** 2026-08-31 - **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/nightmares-on-wax/ ## Appears on ### [Sueño](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--sueno/) *1999 · Warp · No. 5 in [Balearic](https://waxonia.com/genre/balearic/)* The style outliving the island — downtempo, warm, and built for the end of the night rather than the middle of it. Also on: [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/), [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Sue%C3%B1o) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Sue%C3%B1o) ### [Dextrous](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--dextrous/) *1989 · Warp · No. 5 in [Bleep Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/bleep-techno/)* Leeds, and considerably warmer than its neighbours here. George Evelyn was already writing tunes while everyone else was still testing speakers. Also on: [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/), [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Dextrous) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YiTL_HptsiY) ### [Les Nuits](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--les-nuits/) *1999 · Warp · No. 12 in [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/)* The warm end of the genre, from Leeds by way of Ibiza. George Evelyn keeps the slowed break and throws out the dread, which turns out to leave something perfectly durable behind. Also on: [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/), [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Les%20Nuits) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0FdXIYxLbE) ### [Dextrous](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--dextrous/) *1989 · Warp · Picked by [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/)* Two teenagers in Leeds with a sampler, making one of the records that established what a Warp release sounded like before anyone knew that was a category. The narrowest and hardest of the three entries here. Also on: [Bleep Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/bleep-techno/), [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Dextrous) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YiTL_HptsiY) ### [Les Nuits](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--les-nuits/) *1999 · Warp · Picked by [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/)* Ten years later, the same act, and the sampler is being used to make something warm rather than something skeletal. It is the single most recognisable record in our trip-hop ranking and it was made by a bleep techno producer. Also on: [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/), [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Les%20Nuits) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0FdXIYxLbE) ### [Sueño](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--sueno/) *1999 · Warp · Picked by [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/)* Released the same year as the entry above and filed by us in a different ranking again, which is the whole argument of this list compressed into one twelve-month span. Three genres, one person, no change of name. Also on: [Balearic](https://waxonia.com/genre/balearic/), [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Sue%C3%B1o) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Sue%C3%B1o) ### [Dextrous](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--dextrous/) *1989 · Warp · Picked by [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/)* The bass frequency as the entire point of a record, which is what "bleep" meant before anyone had a word for it. It established that the label's taste was a taste and not just a postcode. Also on: [Bleep Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/bleep-techno/), [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Dextrous) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YiTL_HptsiY) ### [Les Nuits](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--les-nuits/) *1999 · Warp · Picked by [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/)* The most recognisable record the label ever released to people who do not follow it, and the moment its catalogue acquires warmth. A bleep techno act from the label's first year making something you could put on at the end of a night. Also on: [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/), [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Les%20Nuits) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0FdXIYxLbE) ### [Sueño](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--sueno/) *1999 · Warp · Picked by [Warp](https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/)* Released the same year as the entry above and filed by us in a different ranking again. Ten years in, the label's founding act is still moving it somewhere it had not been, which is the argument this list is making. Also on: [Balearic](https://waxonia.com/genre/balearic/), [Twice Over](https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Sue%C3%B1o) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Sue%C3%B1o) --- Hand-curated by Waxonia. We host no audio; all links point to streaming platforms.