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  • Chemical Brothers - Desert Island track

Carl Cox dropped that on the old Space terrace.

TRU FAX.

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.

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

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

        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

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

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

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

                  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.

                    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

                        Yeh, I think I’ve listened to Fat of the land a handful of times whereas I’ve listened to the first 2 countless times.

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

                        I am just not having that at all.

                        Breathe
                        Narayan
                        Climbatize
                        Smack My Bitch Up
                        Funky Shit
                        Mindfields
                        Firestarter

                        all big tunes.

                        In fact only ‘Serial Thrilla’ was a bit of a duffer really.

                        I still listen to lots of them and they still sound great acoustically. The first couple of albums have more tracks which sound rougher and more dated now.

                            RichM it represented an evolution in their sound and production and had some huge barnstormers on it. Remember Layo & Bushwacka dropping Smack my bitch up and levelling the End. Firestarter is one of the great number 1 records and the video was iconic

                                I went to school with Keith and I’m really chuffed what he achieved as he was sound. Grateful to him putting me on to the Cult & Herbie Hancock at Youth Club.

                                hugopal each to their own. I agree some of their biggest tracks came from that album which do sound great live, but to me it was heading away from what I loved about the Prodigy from the first 2 albums.

                                Jilted Generation is by far their best album

                                  alistair they were huge tracks and I saw them live loads of times after that album came out, and loved those gigs. Just wasn’t a fan of the album, don’t think I even bought it. That album properly sent them mainstream and they deserved it.

                                    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.

                                        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.

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

                                              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

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