Andrew Weatherall

Andrew Weatherall was quick to secure his tenure on that cloud reserved for producer-DJ-remixer gods: The U.K. techno wunderkind earned his spurs alongside Paul Oakenfold on the club remix of the Happy Mondays' "Hallelujah!", and became a legend on the back of Primal Scream's "Loaded", before crafting dub-infused confections for One Dove ("Fallen") . . . and much more besides, as you'll see in our Next Steps.

Andrew Weatherall has so often nailed clubland's mental state by laying down beats and tweaks that set the techno standard, whether he's working in ambient territory with Jagz Koomer and Gary Burns as the Sabres of Paradise, or teaming up with fellow sound-musketeer Keith Tenniswood as Two Lone Swordsmen. Every fresh remix brings a redefinition of electronica . . . and we have more Weatherall magic in our Deep Cuts.

Your ears will thank you for this excursion to the outer reaches of Andrew Weatherall's incredible sonic galaxy, a place where mutant android mosquitoes circle around Slab's "Tears"; where Beth Orton's "Touch Me with Your Love" sails through a Milky Way of electronic palpitations; and where the already otherworldly jazz fusions of Red Snapper are lifted to a higher dimension.

Although he has described himself as "the classic underachiever" who walks "that fine line between boffin-dom and the grand amateur" we would argue that few producer-DJs have had such a lasting impact on the evolution of dance music as Andrew Weatherall. His Sabresonic club nights in London spawned the likes of David Holmes, he transformed Primal Scream from rootless Creation-label journeymen into the acid-etched rock heroes of a generation, and his fondness for a rumbling bass helped pull dub from the sidelines and into the clubland mainstream. Make no mistake, the man is a wizard.