The wise men came to us and said, “where is he that is born the King of IDM? For we have seen the yellow blimp in the East, and have come to worship him.”

And they said unto him, “In Cornwall of England: for it is written by the prophet that he shall be born on the thirteenth day of the eighth moon. For out of thee, shall come a Producer that shall be King of the Dance.”

The electronic coming of Jesus is here, and it’s His birthday. Well he might as well be Jesus, the guy sleeps only two or three hours a night, lives in a converted bank under Elephant and Castle and owns a tank. You heard me, a tank. Did I mention he’s 44 and has two kids?

To celebrate the occasion, Crack has compiled a list of Richard James’ seven most pivotal tracks.