Manchester rave experts Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, better known as THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS released their 2nd LP DIG YOUR OWN HOLE
25 years ago, on 7 April 1997. Their first number one album in the UK.
And lead single Block Rockin’ Beats was their first #1 single in G-B…
Two strictly limited-edition formats of the album, and a unique line of
merchandise are planned for release on 29 July. Those limited editions
each containing 5 previously unreleased tracks. More info here.
First of those 5 rare tracks is a demo (demos suck!) of the album’s track Elektrobank…
Released: 21 May 1997 – their 3rd LP Score: No 1 in the UK, Scotland
and Belgium, #21 in the USA
Pitchfork said: “The record is brimming with genuine emotion,
beautiful and complex imagery and music, and lyrics that are
at once passive and fire-breathing. OK Computer is like tossing
David Bowie, old U2, Spacehog and lots of Pink Floyd into a
blender and pushing the ‘kill’ button.” Score: 5/5.
Released: 29 September 1997 – 3rd LP Score: #1 in the UK, Ireland, New-Zealand
and Ireland, #23 in the USA
NME wrote: “Its sheer magnificence and spirit is such that
the danger of it overwhelming anything that follows it is obvious.
This, after all, is the musical signature of the year.” Score: 4/5.
Released: 7 July 1997 Score: No 2 in the UK and Scotland
AllMusic said: “The group is still capable of creating exotic,
thoroughly entrancing sounds, which is what makes Vanishing
Point a remarkable comeback.” Score: 4.5/5.
A 9-minute trance trip fabricated by the trance trip experts. Play this on your
headphones, very loud, and pirouette yourself into oblivion. Have yourself a
dance marathon with the Chemicals on repeat. It helps to forget these surreal
pandemic times for a while.
Marlow is a fervent outfit out of East Sussex, UK. The band sucks listeners into their
world through a dynamic surge and zesty, modern approach. Their music is purely
about a feeling, told from the depths of their hearts and delivered with a hint of
mystique.
Blame it is an instant knockout. A solid gold stormer “about the lack of communication in relationships and how people try to avoid responsibility for their issues by shifting the blame onto others and coming up with excuses.” In a normal world, this cracker should be a big hit. Its sickly sticky pop melodiousness, its speedy punch, its steamed-up vocals, and its fiery chorus are simply irresistible. Don’t blame Marlow. They rock big time!
An ablaze band from Chicago prepping for their third studio release next week.
This first single made my fingers snap, my feet tap, and my head twist from the
flaming get-go. This rollin’ ripper gets under your skin and in your veins without
asking permission, and, trust me, you’ll love it. Clear your room and lose yourself.
Formed in October 2018, Movie Club is instrumental power out of Venice Beach, California.
Their fifth studio album ‘Fangtooth‘ out August 10th.
If you look cool, you act cool, you produce cool instrumental electricity, and you visualize the vibes with a cool video you must be cool duo Movie Club. Invent your own lyrics while this psych blaster infiltrates your hungry ears.
For Find My Way, the opener of McCartney III: Imagined album, he invited his mate and funk junk Beck. So, get up and move to the groove while watching this special effects video clip.
Get your rave shoes out of the closet
’cause the Chemicals fabricated some
block rockin’ beats build around a simple,
but sickly sticky melody. Forget reality for
a while, join the almost 9-minute trip and
lose yourself completely…
“‘The Darkness That You Fear is a hopeful piece of music. When we found the
combination of the different voices worked set to the flow of the music it made
us feel optimistic, like it was something we wanted to share.” says Tom Rowlands.
It’s a soulful and dreamy vibration with vocal samples (Caroline Ellis and John
Ellison), combining trippy Motown pop and dance floor bliss. Surprisingly moody.
Band: The Chemical Brothers (Manchester, UK) Album: Exit Dust Planet Released: 26 June 1995 – 25 years ago today Artwork: Bro Simons said a the time “We wanted something
that just looked nice. A lot of techno albums just have fractals
on them, and we wanted something a bit more romantic and
otherworldly with soft, nice colours.” Title: A reference to their original name ‘The Dust Brothers’ Score: #9 in the UK – over the years, gold in
Great-Britain and platinum in the US
Stereogum wrote: “Exit Planet Dust was a culturally important album, and an influential one, at least for a while. The combination of rave sirens and psych-rock far-outness was probably what convinced people like Noel Gallagher and Mercury Rev to jump onboard when the Chems made their even-better follow-up album Dig Your Own Hole two years later. And in the second half of the ’90s, spaced-out dance music came to rival Britpop as the dominant sound of young people getting fucked up in the UK, as you’ll hear on the Trainspotting soundtrack. Exit Planet Dust was a big part of that.”
Key phrase: The Brothers gonna work it out Keywords: Big beats, 24-hour party people, fuel for dance marathons, dusty techno Key tracks: Leave Home / Life Is Sweet / Chemical Beats / One Too Many Mornings /
Band: The Chemical Brothers Song: Hey Boy Hey Girl Released: 31 May 1999 – 20 years ago Album: Surrender Score: The single peaked at number three on the UK Singles
Chart and was a hit almost all over Europe and in Canada
Today 12 years ago, on 7 July 2007, rave experts THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS scored a
No 1 hit album in the UK with their sixth studio LP ‘We Are The Night‘. One of the singles was ‘DO IT AGAIN‘. An incredible sticky firecracker that peaked at #12 in the charts. Dance yourself in a coma right here…
Clips that will have an impact on your eyes and your ears…
Veteran electro dance junks THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS released their pretty praised new, ninth album, titled NO GEOGRAPHY last April. To keep the rumor around the brand going the bros launched a new video clip now for ‘EVE OF DESTRUCTION‘, the booming opening track from the new LP. Dance yourself dizzy right here…
