# Twice Over Three artists, nine of our rankings. Everyone the corpus ranks in three different genres, and the records that got them in. - **Picks:** 9 - **Drawn from:** 9 rankings - **Years:** 1963–1999 - **Curator:** The Waxonia Desk - **Updated:** 2026-08-29 - **Curator's page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/the-desk/ - **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/ ## What gets in, and what does not The artist has to be ranked by us in at least three separate genres, and each record here has to be one of those rankings. An artist who merely dabbled elsewhere does not qualify — the other scene had to keep the record. Every record here is already in one of our rankings — a theme re-cuts what the site has vouched for, and vouches for nothing new. Drawn from: [Balearic](https://waxonia.com/genre/balearic/), [Bleep Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/bleep-techno/), [Electro](https://waxonia.com/genre/electro/), [Funk](https://waxonia.com/genre/funk/), [Jazz](https://waxonia.com/genre/jazz/), [Merseybeat](https://waxonia.com/genre/merseybeat/), [Musique Concrète](https://waxonia.com/genre/musique-concrete/), [Psychedelic Rock](https://waxonia.com/genre/psychedelic-rock/), [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/). ## The records Selected, not ranked — the order carries no claim about which is best. ### [Herbie Hancock](https://waxonia.com/artist/herbie-hancock/) — [Maiden Voyage](https://waxonia.com/track/herbie-hancock--maiden-voyage/) *1965 · Blue Note* Twenty-five years old and already writing the kind of tune other people would build careers on. This is the entry that makes the other two astonishing rather than merely eclectic: he was not a dabbler crossing over, he was a jazz composer at the top of the form. Also on: [Jazz](https://waxonia.com/genre/jazz/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Herbie%20Hancock%20Maiden%20Voyage) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=EWC5x9G45yo) ### [Herbie Hancock](https://waxonia.com/artist/herbie-hancock/) — [Chameleon](https://waxonia.com/track/herbie-hancock--chameleon/) *1973 · Columbia* Eight years later the same man writes a bassline that funk never gave back. Jazz musicians called it a betrayal at the time, which is usually the sound of a genre boundary being crossed by somebody who could see it was arbitrary. Also on: [Funk](https://waxonia.com/genre/funk/), [The Waxonia Desk — One Subject](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-one-subject/), [The Waxonia Desk — Where the Accent Moved](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-accent-moved/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Herbie%20Hancock%20Chameleon) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=iqomTAiRnVM) ### [Herbie Hancock](https://waxonia.com/artist/herbie-hancock/) — [Rockit](https://waxonia.com/track/herbie-hancock--rockit/) *1983 · Columbia* Ten years after that, at forty-three, he hands the record to a turntablist and lets the scratch be the lead instrument. Most artists get one genre. He got three, twenty years apart, and was decisive in each. Also on: [Electro](https://waxonia.com/genre/electro/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Herbie%20Hancock%20Rockit) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY) ### [The Beatles](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-beatles/) — [She Loves You](https://waxonia.com/track/the-beatles--she-loves-you/) *1963 · Parlophone* The most efficient two minutes in the ranking it sits in — a band still young enough to think the job was to make somebody scream. Nothing here predicts either of the next two entries, which is precisely why they are worth putting beside it. Also on: [Merseybeat](https://waxonia.com/genre/merseybeat/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Beatles%20She%20Loves%20You) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=S302kF8MJ-I) ### [The Beatles](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-beatles/) — [Tomorrow Never Knows](https://waxonia.com/track/the-beatles--tomorrow-never-knows/) *1966 · Parlophone* Three years on from a handclap-and-harmony single: one chord, a tape loop orchestra and a vocal fed through a rotating speaker. The gap between this and the entry above is the shortest distance any artist here travels between two of our rankings. Also on: [Psychedelic Rock](https://waxonia.com/genre/psychedelic-rock/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Beatles%20Tomorrow%20Never%20Knows) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=m4BuziKGMy4) ### [The Beatles](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-beatles/) — [Revolution 9](https://waxonia.com/track/the-beatles--revolution-9/) *1968 · Apple* A tape collage on the best-selling record of its decade, sitting in our musique concrète ranking beside people who spent their lives in institutional studios. Whether it is good is genuinely arguable. That it is the thing itself, in the charts, is not. Also on: [Musique Concrète](https://waxonia.com/genre/musique-concrete/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Beatles%20Revolution%209) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=SNdcFPjGsm8) ### [Nightmares on Wax](https://waxonia.com/artist/nightmares-on-wax/) — [Dextrous](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--dextrous/) *1989 · Warp* 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) ### [Nightmares on Wax](https://waxonia.com/artist/nightmares-on-wax/) — [Les Nuits](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--les-nuits/) *1999 · Warp* 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) ### [Nightmares on Wax](https://waxonia.com/artist/nightmares-on-wax/) — [Sueño](https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--sueno/) *1999 · Warp* 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) ## Who made this The people who write the rankings on this site. We keep the lists honest, we argue about the order, and we get asked the same question more than any other: where should someone actually start. These are our answers. Elsewhere: https://waxonia.com/ --- Hand-curated by Waxonia. We host no audio; all links point to streaming platforms.