Their Law showcases the career to date of the Prodigy, via the tracks that changed the face of British music. Since their formation in 1990 the Prodigy have released four albums, numerous singles, been number 1 in 27 countries simultaneously with their incomparable Fat of the Land masterpiece, toured the world with their incendiary live show, made groundbreaking …
Norman Cook’s Fatboy Slim alter ego has become a big-beat legend (if legendary status can be bestowed on such a young genre) and thus a separate entity from Cook’s earlier career incarnations. This collection demonstrates, however, that while evolving profoundly from more acoustic pursuits like the Housemartins and the reggae-flavored, early house music of Beats International, Cook has …
2007 re-release of the Dance duo’s hits collection updated to include tracks from their most recent album Soundboy Rock. Spanning the whole of their 10 years, the Greatest Hits includes the positively anthemic tracks ‘I See You Baby’, ‘At the River’ and ‘If Everybody Looked the Same’, all the way to their freshest hits ‘Song for Mutya (Out …
Pioneering musically and questing lyrically, Underworld have forced the pace of electronic music. ‘Barking’ is the title of Underworld’s first album in three years, and their first to be constructed with a brilliant cast of co-conspirators. All the tracks were written by the band in their Essex studio before being given to handpicked studio heads from across the …
Forget two-step, jump-up or U.K. garage, the real sound of the underground is the synapse-shredding pulse of nu-skool breaks. Melding hip-hop, electro and drum and bass into a bass-heavy amalgam, this melting pot of styles takes breakbeat as its common starting point and then deconstructs it, along with all expectations. Skillfully mixed and compiled by the undisputed king …
Digitally remastered, expanded and updated three CD edition of this collection from the British Electronica act. Although they began life as an Electro-Rock quintet in the late ’80s, they morphed into a Techno/Electronic duo in the early ’90s and ultimately became a driving force in the global Dance music scene. The 1995 single “Born Slippery” was the …
Caffeine is the name of an American techno record label. It’s also a weekly rave party on the East Coast, a clothing line, and, finally, a banging compilation disc featuring DJ Micro and his funky friends. While the 11 cuts on Caffeine: The DJ Micro Blend showcase half a dozen artists, the collection holds together quite well. Harking …
2008 release. A host of collaborators joins DJ Andy Carthy (better known as Mr. Scruff) for Ninja Tuna, the fourth album in his canon. With a pinch of his customary homespun sense of humor and love of all things soulful and jazzy, Carthy blends his tunes across a range of soundworlds, encompassing Funk and light Electronica. Guests include …
Recorded in the underground bunker of a Glendale, CA, home affectionately and appropriately dubbed The Bomb Shelter Las Vegas natives Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan emerged with a suite of songs in homage to their hometown that would lead them to platinum sales, a Grammyr nomination and demand for their music and their skills. Marking the album’s 10th …
This compilation showcases breakbeat house, a dance music subgenre that features syncopated hip-hop grooves rather than the four-to-the-floor pulse that house inherited from disco. In presenting this infectious style, Funky Breaks displays a wide range of material on its 12 tracks. Sugar’s “The Feeling” is little more than a squelching, ever-mutating acid riff, some vocal snippets, and a …