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  • Chemical Brothers - Desert Island track

Heno agreed in a big way. One of my all time favs and biggest influences.

    Dan Temple of Sound banger.

    • Dan replied to this.

        alistair Think he was on early so played to about 20 people because of the dire management of it all and most people queuing for hours.

          Do like some of the Chems tracks, but never enjoyed them live. Their dj mixes were good though.

          Heno have you ever heard of Leftfield?

          Saturday Night was a belter.

              Dan Looking forward to the Leftfield thread….

              Oh right, we’re already doing the ‘Chemical Brothers are not a patch on Leftfield’ thing, I see.

              Like Take That and East 17 fans circa 1993.

              For the record, Release the Pressure (again, on a massive system for full room-shaking effect).

              • Dan replied to this.

                  Elon Hello and thank you for this wonderful discussion. There are some very interesting opinions being shared. I am surprised that no one has mentioned Dj Sasha and John Digweed yet. Maybe they are a bit underground for many of you, but I really think they deserve to be in the conversation. I really enjoy listening to their hit song Pushing Too Hard while unwinding after a long day at the office.

                  With that being said, I would like to take this time to announce that I am rescinding my offer to purchase jaded-clubbers.com. After repeated inquests, I have still not been satisfied with an explanation as to why a Matt Smith currently controls 37 different account names. As such, my legal team has contacted the board, and informed them of our intent to withdraw. Any attempt to withhold our initial good faith deposit will be met in court.

                  Thank you again for all of your candor and I look forward to speaking with you all soon!
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                  Oh great, a ‘hilarious’ alias.

                    Electronic Battle Weapon 7 & Don’t Think.

                    Monster:

                    Album wise, it has to be Dig Your Own Hole.

                    Also, goes without saying millsy - Daft Punk > Chems.

                    strummer
                    Adamski was good live back in the day as was guru Josh.

                      Are we just naming electronic bands now?

                      Homegrove, can you start a Metallica thread, and we’ll just name all the other hard rock acts we can think of?

                        Zacksters shit list + Weatherall overated ?? Fucking hell.

                        Leftfield had one great album and a couple of excellent twelves and then the magic well and truly wore off. Bit like the Roses. Can’t be put in the same bracket as Chems, Underworld or Prodigy who made a string of at least three top albums and tour today

                          bosstrabs Must include contests for Master of Puppets downpicking and poster with the best mullet past or present.

                            alistair Seen them twice live - once at Glastonbury 2000 and once at some festival in London about 10 years ago. Both times were considerably better than the Chems, particularly the second time which had the crowd going ballistic like it was 20 years ago rather than the shuffling you get now.

                              Quality over quantity? Long before Leftism they had a massive back catalogue of excellent remixes. I think following up Leftism was a massive task and they tried a different direction/sound…..creatives differences prob made them split.

                                Dan Quality over quantity?

                                Exactly this. The amount of garbage THE CHEMS have released is extraordinary. It’s festival techno for NME wankers.

                                Leftfield are in a different league entirely.

                                    Shall we all just start naming our all time top 5 GU albums and get this thread over with

                                    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.

                                        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

                                            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

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

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

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

                                                  Now PHATS what I SMALL music!