Chemical Brothers - Desert Island track

hugopal

zackster The hierarchy of live British dance act duos, from the golden age, is as follows:
Underworld
The Orb
FSOL
Orbital
The Prodigy

Basement Jaxx
The Chemical Bros.

That, and this thread in general, reminds me - what the heck has happened to all the festival headlining dance acts?!

In the current era you only really have at a stretch Bicep. It’s crap.

alistair

hugopal Depends how broad your definition is. LCD Soundsystem and Jon Hopkins spring to mind but there are only a few. Far from a headline act but Rival Consoles are consistently good snd excellent live

RichM

Dubman just seen they are doing a tour this month. Kentish Forum on 25th

I saw them at Royal Albert Hall in 1998. Was an epic gig, helped by some acid and getting stoned in the venue. Happy days

Dubman

RichM
Yeah there doing the U.F. Orb Album. That was the first time saw them live in Brighton.

hugopal

alistair Depends how broad your definition is. LCD Soundsystem and Jon Hopkins spring to mind but there are only a few. Far from a headline act but Rival Consoles are consistently good snd excellent live

LCD Soundsystem peaked 15 years ago!

Jon Hopkins has nowhere near the same mainstream appeal and size of hits as the likes of Underworld/Prodigy/Chemical Brothers etc.

Rival Consoles are also not comparable at all.

Smallman1

How Groove Armada haven’t been mentioned yet is beyond me.

alistair

Smallman1 car advert music

rhouses

If we’re talking Brit duos, Maribou State probably sits on top for me in terms of the new gen.

bosstrabs

If we’re talking Brit duos, how have these been overlooked?

Now PHATS what I SMALL music!

alistair

bosstrabs imagine being married to Vanessa Feltz

BlainSA

bosstrabs Remember seeing P&S do a chart in a dance music mag (forget which) and they had Green Velvet - Flash (DT mix) amongst some other prog/tribal monsters.

Smallman1

A lol for Dave!

Smallman1

Carl Cox dropped that on the old Space terrace.

TRU FAX.

alistair

hugopal I refuse to be dragged into the weeds with you pal on LCD Soundsystem 😂

Smallman1

BlainSA

zackster Prodigy were number 1 for me. Best live gig I’ve been to was seeing them in Brixton in the noughties.

nicksneddon

BlainSA Glastonbury 95 is the best gig ive ever been to

alistair

BlainSA was it Their Law tour by chance? Mental gig that was. Played all their greatest hits.

rhouses

Prodigy were great when they were a rave band and not a noisy heavy metal band.

alistair

No doubting Liam Howlett’s talent for beats and tunes. Those first three albums were golden. It was very sad moment hearing Keith had died

RichM

alistair you can’t include Fat of the Land amongst their golden albums, only the first 2 we’re decent, then they went downhill. FOTL was ok. All my mates who were into indie and metal starting liking the prodigy when that album came out, they even queued up outside Our Price to buy it on the first day.

I quite liked Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned

BlainSA

alistair May well have been. Don’t remember hearing any of their stuff after Fat of the land bar Spitfire.

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