The Prodigy – Essex breakbeats that punched the charts
Liam Howlett was nineteen when he began stacking breakbeats in his bedroom in Braintree, Essex, in 1990.
Underworld – Long-form techno for clubs and screens
Underworld began as a different band. The early-1990s reset is what tied the name to long electronic tracks.
Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
In 1998 at Daft House in Paris, Thomas Bangalter, Alan Braxe, and Benjamin Diamond built one French house single around a Chaka Khan guitar loop.
Phoenix Festival 1996 – The Prodigy
At Phoenix Festival 1996 near Stratford-upon-Avon, The Prodigy headlined in peak Firestarter form under July sun on a bill with Bowie.
Human Traffic
One Cardiff weekend of clubs and comedown: Kerrigan's 1999 film scored with late-90s dance records that still place the friendship in those years.
Underworld – Two Months Off
Underworld’s 2002 Two Months Off, lead single from A Hundred Days Off, opened the duo era after Darren Emerson with warmer keys and a UK No. 12.
Daft Punk – Robots who remembered the room
Daft Punk took French house from Homework's club filters to Discovery's helmets and worldwide radio.
Underworld – Born Slippy .NUXX
Underworld’s Born Slippy .NUXX (1995/96): Hyde’s Soho notebook, Rick Smith kick, Trainspotting, Junior Boy’s Own.
What if Aphex Twin had signed to a major label in 1994?
After Selected Ambient Works, Richard D. James leaves Warp for Virgin in 1994. The advance pays for the machines, and he refuses remixes without his consent.
Festivals or clubs: which concert format makes the stronger memory?
Open-air crowds versus four walls and a low ceiling.