# Nightmares on Wax — Dextrous

Nightmares on Wax’s Dextrous (1989) appears on 3 of our lists — Bleep Techno, Twice Over, and Warp, highest at No. 5 in Bleep Techno. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1989
- **Label:** Warp
- **On:** Bleep Techno, Twice Over, and Warp
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Artist:** [Nightmares on Wax](https://waxonia.com/artist/nightmares-on-wax/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/nightmares-on-wax--dextrous/

## What 3 lists say

### 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.

### 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.

### 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.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nightmares%20on%20Wax%20Dextrous) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YiTL_HptsiY)

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