{{About|the record by Aphex Twin|the instrument|Didgeridoo}} {{UBE|date=March 2024}} {{DMY|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Digeridoo | type = ep | artist = [[Aphex Twin|the Aphex Twin]] | cover = Digeridoovinyl.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1992|1}}<ref name=FutMApr93/> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Acid techno]] *[[breakbeat]] }} | length = 25:15 | label = [[R&S Records]] / [[Rhythm King#Outer Rhythm and Renegade Software|Outer Rhythm]] | producer = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] | chronology = Richard D. James | prev_title = [[Analog Bubblebath Vol 2]] | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = [[Pac-Man (single)|Pac-Man]] | next_year = 1992 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = CD cover | type = EP | cover = Digeridoo cd front.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} '''''Digeridoo''''' is an [[extended play]] record by the [[electronic music]] producer and musician [[Aphex Twin]]. It was released in January 1992 through [[R&S Records]].<ref name=FutMApr93>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Aphex Effect |url=http://bytenoise.co.uk/The_Aphex_Effect.jpg |magazine=[[Future Music]] |location=Bath|publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] |date=April 1993 |access-date=18 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162607/http://bytenoise.co.uk/The_Aphex_Effect.jpg |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |pages=22–23 }}</ref> The title track had previously been released as "Aboriginal Mix" on [[Analog Bubblebath Vol 2]].
The UK edition, released in April 1992, entered the [[UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts|Dance Singles Chart]] at No. 10,<ref name=MWMay92>{{cite news |title=Top 60 Dance Singles |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1992/MW-1992-05-09-IDX-34.pdf |work=[[Music Week]]|location=London|editor-last=Redmond|editor-first=Steve|publisher=Spotlight Publications|page=22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118170624/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1992/MW-1992-05-09-IDX-28.pdf|archive-date=18 November 2023|url-status=live|date=9 May 1992}}</ref> and the main [[UK Singles Chart|Singles Chart]] at No. 55,<ref>{{cite web |title=Digeridoo by Aphex Twin |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/aphex-twin-digeridoo/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=[[Official Charts Company|Official UK Charts Company Ltd]]}}</ref> on 9 May.
"Digeridoo" does not contain an actual [[didgeridoo]] sample. Instead, James spent three days creating an "electronic simulacrum".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Simon|title=Energy Flash a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture.|date=2012|publisher=Soft Skull Press|location=New York|isbn=9781593764777|page=164}}</ref>
On May 31st, 2024, an expanded edition of the EP was released.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://randsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/digeridoo-expanded-edition|title=Digeridoo Expanded Edition, Aphex Twin}}</ref>
==Track listing== All tracks are by Richard D. James.
===CD version=== {{Track listing | title1 = Digeridoo | length1 = 7:11 | note1 = Analogue Bubblebath 2 | title2 = Analogue Bubblebath 1 | length2 = 4:44 | title3 = Flaphead | length3 = 7:00 | title4 = Phloam | length4 = 5:33 }}
===Vinyl version=== {{Track listing | headline = Side A | title1 = Digeridoo | length1 = 7:11 | title2 = Flap Head | length2 = 6:41 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side B | title1 = Phloam | length1 = 5:33 | title2 = Isoprophlex | length2 = 6:23 }}
===Expanded Edition=== Source:<ref name=":0" /> {{Track listing | title1 = Digeridoo | length1 = 7:12 | title2 = Flap Head | length2 = 7:00 | title3 = Phloam |length3=5:33 |title4=Isoprophlex |length4=6:23 |title5=Digeridoo (Cr7e Version) |length5=7:25 |title6=Digeridoo (Live in Cornwall) (Cr7e Version) |length6=6:26 |title7=Isoprophlex (Slow) (Cr7e Version) |length7=8:25 |title8=Phloam (Cr7e Version) |length8=5:49 |title9=Isoprophlex (Cr7e Version) |length9=6:23 |title10=Flap Head (Cr7e Version) |length10=7:54 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Digeridoo'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1992) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|UK|55|date=19920509|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| [[UK Dance Singles Chart|UK Dance Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|CIN]])<ref name=MWMay92/> | 10 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Digeridoo'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|UKDigital|20|date=20240607|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2024}} |- {{album chart|UKDance|2|date=20240607|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2024}} |}
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