Recording
Didgeridoo
Aphex Twin
- Released
- 1992
- Label
- R&S
- On one list
- IDM
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Analysis
12 sections, the first drop of 2 at 3:19, 46% of the way in, 11% of it spent climbing.
- Tempo
- 143.6 BPM
- holds throughout
- Dynamic range
- 7.8 dB
- moderate range, typical of a modern master
- Length
- 7:12
- measured from the YouTube master
The record, end to end
Click the track to jump · ← → move between sections
- 0:00Aintro0
- 0:26Bbuildbar 15
- 0:55Csteadybar 32
- 1:14Cliftbar 44
- 2:13Bsteadybar 79
- 3:19Cliftbar 119
- 4:15Dsteadybar 152
- 4:39Abreakdownbar 167
- 5:04Ebuildbar 182
- 5:24Epeakbar 194
- 5:50Epeakbar 209
- 6:30Boutrobar 233
Drops at 3:19 (bar 119), 5:04 (bar 182). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.
0:00 · A · intro
opens the record below its own average energy · instrumental · one of 2 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:26
- Energy
- 0
- Brightness
- 71
- Density
- 0
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy and brightness climbing without a break · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (B)
- Lasts
- 0:29
- Energy
- 56
- Brightness
- 14
- Density
- 82
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:20
- Energy
- 76
- Brightness
- 74
- Density
- 100
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:59
- Energy
- 79
- Brightness
- 80
- Density
- 37
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (B)
- Lasts
- 1:06
- Energy
- 70
- Brightness
- 26
- Density
- 78
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:56
- Energy
- 87
- Brightness
- 100
- Density
- 37
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling · sung
- Lasts
- 0:24
- Energy
- 84
- Brightness
- 53
- Density
- 30
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning · instrumental · one of 2 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:26
- Energy
- 17
- Brightness
- 95
- Density
- 13
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy and brightness climbing without a break · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (E)
- Lasts
- 0:20
- Energy
- 85
- Brightness
- 86
- Density
- 81
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (E)
- Lasts
- 0:26
- Energy
- 100
- Brightness
- 72
- Density
- 73
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (E)
- Lasts
- 0:40
- Energy
- 97
- Brightness
- 79
- Density
- 31
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
the closing fall · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (B)
- Lasts
- 0:42
- Energy
- 65
- Brightness
- 0
- Density
- 58
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
Brightness and density are scored against this record's own sections, not against music in general — they say how its parts differ from each other, and nothing about how it compares to anything else.
- drums
- the drum kit, separated from the mix
- bass
- the bass part, separated from the mix
- vocals
- the voice, separated from the mix
- other
- everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings
Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.
- intro
- opens the record below its own average energy
- build
- energy and brightness climbing without a break
- steady
- holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling
- lift
- a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build
- breakdown
- energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning
- peak
- sits at the top of this record's range
- outro
- the closing fall
Measured from the YouTube master on . Section labels describe how the energy of the recording moves, not its musical form — a machine can see loudness climb and jump, it cannot hear a chorus arrive. Anything we were not confident enough to state is left out rather than shown with a caveat.
Ranked No. 1 in 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.