Chemical Brothers - Desert Island track

RichM you can’t include Fat of the Land amongst their golden albums, only the first 2 we’re decent,

Agreed

The fat of the land had a handful of bangers… And really I’m talking ⅘ at most. There were some real stinkers and dull moments Vs the first 2 albums which were FULL of bangers. The only exception being Death of the Prodigy dancers.

alistair Funky Shit is a wicked track

Yeah I was thinking earlier that it was prob the one that would work best if played out today.

jonattonyeah Luke Slater Freak Funk and Roni Size New Forms were both 1997 and the two first legit pieces of electronic music I owned.

zackster Love is such a great piece

jonattonyeah modus operandi a great album

nicksneddon yep. The very first record I purchased was Love/Class Action.

Not me

alistair whether its any cop is subjective but mothballed is a little unfair on some of those names

• FSOL - release a new track every month (which compounds into their 12 track calendar albums at the end of each year) and have released 4 stand alone albums in the last two years.

• The Orb - Alex Patterson is releasing lots of material via his newish label.

• Leftfield - new album is finished release date tbc

alistair Would guess that might be one of Cheeky Pauls?

alistair remember that pumping at homelands , great track

Christ.

What’s the Christ for? His epiphany or the rating?

Scuba definitely needs to have a manta-man talk about that album.

Not sure if anyone mentioned this… the Chem’s remix of Spiritualised… fucking immense

Homegrove

Reading Festival 1999.
17 year old me was ripped a new one by Atari Teenage Riot, Roni Size, Breakbeat Era, u-ziq and The Chemical Brothers.

So it all started with them. I was front row when they dropped The Sunshine Underground and It Doesn’t Matter.

Great gateway, and they still know how to make a great tune and have stuck to their guns.

Also, Digweed dropped Star Guitar in his encore on Sunday night and it’s still a belting tune

If you go back through this thread, it’s mainly the loosers in life who don’t like them, Millsy, Zackster etc etc.

Star Guitar and Afrika are the only original Chems tracks I play. Star Guitar is their stand out for me. Most of the other stuff is guff to me. Remixes on the other hand…

Smallman1 you’ll listen to, wear or pay hunky gypsy builders for any old shite, so you know, do one.

Here’s 3 live electronic bands who shit all over the chems.

Leftfield
Orbital
Underworld
And another newcomer
Bicep

The chems were wank at V festival early 2000s. Luckily Orbital came on and destroyed the place after but for an hour or so the dance tent was bolloxed. Just a load of student types whooping to it. Only time I’ve seen them Tbf but once was well enough. Star Guitar Heller remix is boss and I did actually quite like Out of control remix by the bald one but it aged baaaaadly.

Smallman1 If you go back through this thread, it’s mainly the loosers in life who don’t like them, Millsy, Zackster etc etc.

Stu thinks the Chems are gabber whilst I understand they are music for babies.

I thought you hated Bicep Derm?

Music for bedwetters or something like that?

More lies?!

Think Derm’s just trying to look contemporary on the basis that his last night out was to see Sasha in Blackburn in 1985.

jonattonyeah 1997 was a pretty exceptional year for albums. Dig Your Own Hole, Fat Of The Land, New Forms, Homework, Colours, Modus Operandi, Orblivion, ESCM…

And that’s not even getting into the likes of OK Computer, Bricolage, Life After Death, et cetera.

1995 was the best year in my lifetime for music:
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Radiohead - The Bends
Pulp - Different Class
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Goldie - Timeless
Rocket From The Crypt – Hot Charity
Pavement – Wowee Zowee
The Verve – A Northern Soul
The Charlatans – The Charlatans
Garbage – Garbage
The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
Spiritualized Electric Mainline – Pure Phase
Massive Attack V Mad Professor – No Protection
Money Mark – Mark’s Keyboard Repair
Wagon Christ – Throbbing Pouch
Leftfield – Leftism
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords
Sonic Youth – Washing Machine
Stereolab – Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center
Bjork – Post
The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Neil Young – Mirrorball
Bomb The Bass – Clear

Probably loads more too

For anyone in any doubt…

bosstrabs a lot a great albums there

Would add Aphex Twin …I care because you do

No Eternal - Power of a Woman in there.

A huge faux pas, sold over 2 million worldwide.

Smallman1 Heard Blocko play the Father’s of Sound remix of said track.

zackster

Smallmans empty head failed to realise that I said they were better than the chems.

Dan Heard Blocko play the Father’s of Sound remix of said track.

Yes SD!