yeah i'll give him credit for kinda coming up with the generic non-dance techno sound (now featuring modulated instruments), and then sticking to it.
not bashing the dude, just as a matter of musical theory and research, he's a soldier, not a mad scientist as some make him out to be.
i'm not saying they're not man, i like aphex twin.
im not sure you're aware of what DJing is. it's just the guy who is in charge of the music at a club or party.
but eventually it became a social position and some were better at it. eventually came a 'seamless mix' technique where people learned to use their ears and speed faders to get two tracks to play in the same tempo, and then the fadeout from one song could be mixed with the intro to another. it requires skill and practice. but now the music never stops.
eventually, dj's started learning to re-arrange songs and mix several songs together, into music that sounds just as good as an original track, but its new every time, never heard before, and its more suited to dancing. now this requires a little musical talent to do well.
DJ'ing has now evolved past anything like just playing a record, as we have the technique and tools where as a performance art, one can spontaniously create entire new songs from small snippets of audio, played as drums into new music with pads, and mix that with music; composers of the digital persuasion can compose music as a group of individual instruments, and do a PERFORMANCE ARRANGEMENT of it. many good dj's nowadays use small keyboards or midi instruments to play notes as the inspiration strikes them.
this emerging musical capacity is really incredible. they're called controllerists, as the tools they use to perform are no longer really comparable to a turn table anymore. these new types of musicians create their own instruments with new tunings, and bridge the gap between composition, performance, producing, arranging, improvising, and instrumentalism.