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Ed driving to Printworks, with Frank Thomas mounted on the front of his car Fury Road style, to see Hector Oaks.

Smallman1 Exactly. The fuck, Zack! 😅 The Prodigy can fuck off. Like Daft Punk they turned into a novelty band after their first two albums.

    Leftfield are fine. The Orb are legendary. Not surprised to see this place doesn’t rate them.

      zackster

      Does Roni Size/Reprazent not qualify? They were a can’t miss for me whenever they came around this way.

          jonattonyeah Personally I don’t count them, no. If I did, I would have them above all on that list, save possibly Underworld, but ever that is TBD. Am a massive massive fan. I’d guess New Forms has a track on my radio show on a monthly basis.

              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.

              …fucking hell. Getting so much wrong in a single post.

                Damo rating Basement Jaxx higher than anticipated

                zackster
                I rate really rate The Orb. Seen them live twice in the 90’s. I will admit some of their albums have been very hit’ n ’miss. I believe there doing a 30 year anniversary show of U.F Orb in the summer.

                    zackster

                    Fair enough. They did fit better under the umbrella of “soul/hip hop” rather than the broad “electronic dance music act.”

                      Looks like Zackster has ‘Reg of the Year’ sewn up.

                      Some effort considering we’re only in June.

                      Where does Fluke fit into all this? Never saw them live but they knocked out some decent enough tunes in their day.

                        Waiting for “wheres Spooky and Wow?!”

                        The Chems and Underworld are still going strong and releasing decent music while the others are either mothballed or reliving past glories from 30 years ago to ever diminishing returns. Their back catalogues and live performances are on another level to the others on that list (with the exception of Prodigy up to FOTL)

                          alistair

                          The best thing The Prodigy have put out in 20 years is that Christophe D’Abuc Climbatize bootleg thingy. Utter shambles post FOTL.

                              I thought the Chems called it quits and only one of them was now flying the flag.