This compilation represents much of Aphex Twin's earliest work. All of these songs vividly illustrate the fact that sometimes less is indeed more. For the most part, the tracks on 'Classics' were put together using little more than a synthesizer (Roland's TB-303), a drum machine, and effects. The result is some of the most compelling electronic music you'll ever hear.

It is the stripped-down simplicity that gives these arrangements their tremendous energy. 'Digeridoo' is a mesmerizing techno song that has no right to be as good as it is, considering that it is only a drum track with an endlessly repeated 303 synth line.

The rest of this collection is of similar caliber, as you would expect from one of the most avant-garde producers of the last 20 years.