Tracks Kevin and Perry - Go Large Ost
- Another day (Perfecto dub) - Skip Raiders feat. Jada
- A9
- Kid 2000 - Hybrid feat. Chrissie Hynde
- Big Girl
- Everybody - 2000BC
- King of snake (Straight mate mix) - Underworld
- Coming On Strong
- Don't give up - Chicane feat. Bryan Adams
- 9pm (Till I come) (Signum remix) - ATB
- Mystery land (Sickboy courtyard mix) - Y-Traxx
- Everyday - Agnelli & Nelson
- Needin' U - David Morales presents The Face
- Sparkles
- The Partee - Roger Sanchez
- Don't Give Up
- Ethnic majority - Nightmares on Wax
- Mi amor - Phil Pope and Los Lidos
- Chicago - Groove Armada
- 9pm (Till I Come)
- Love island (4/4 mix) - Fatboy Slim
- Sound of bamboo - Flickman
- Toca's Miracle
- Luvstruck - Southside Spinners
- Coming on strong - Signum feat. Scott Mac
- Crazy Ivan - Vervlads
- Lizard
- Ayla (DJ Taucher mix) - Ayla
- Get get down - Paul Johnson
- The look of love - Gladys Knight
- Pumpin'
- A9 - Ariel
- I feel love (R.A.F. zone mix) - CRW
- Pumpin' (Eniac 99 mix) - Novy vs Eniac
- I Feel Love
- I'm in the mood for love - Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra feat. Jamiroquai
- Horny - Mousse T vs Hot `n' Juicy
- Eyeball - Sunburst
- Needin' U
- Toca me (In petto mix) - Fragma
- Get Get Down
- Follow me - Lange feat. The Morrighan
- Ooh la la - Wiseguys
- F**k dub - Tosca
- Horny
- Everyday
- Big girl (Yomanda mix) - Precocious Brats feat. Kevin & Perry
- Sparkles (Airscape mix) - DJ Tiesto
- Sunshine - Yomanda
- Must be the music - Joey Negro feat. Taka Boom
- Straight to hell - The Clash
- Emotion/Sweet Harry - Nightmares on Wax
- Get Wicked
- After love (Signum remix) - Blank & Jones
- Sound Of Bamboo
- Dreaming - Ruff Driverz presents Arrola
- Toca Me
- Lizard (Claxxix mix) - Mauro Picotto
- Everybody
- Big girl - Precocious Brats feat. Kevin & Perry
- After Love
- Sunshine
- Toca's miracle - Fragma
- Get wicked - Perfect Phase presents Those 2
- Dreaming
- Must Be The Music
Release date: 2000-04-17
RRP: £17.99
Price: £107.95
Review Kevin and Perry - Go Large Ost / Original Soundtrack:Meaty, bouncy and trancey-this is the sound of someone's summer. It is certainly the soundtrack for the one million Britons that visit Ibiza each year. Harry Enfield's brassy parody of the scene exploits this by including tracks from Underworld, Fatboy Slim and Fragma ("Toca's Miracle") which catch the ambience, decadence and speed of the Balearic isle. The exclusives cut for the movie are more intriguing: Enfield and Kathy Burke's novelty banger "Precocious Brat" and trancehead Matt Darey's piece for Rhys Ifans, "Eyeball Paul Theme Tune". Although it must be hard to mock the sound of Ibiza when the island's favoured records are either cheap and fast or absurdly pompous, Hybrid suceed. They catch its bombastic sonority with a dire cover of The Pretender's "Kid", and Jools Holland and JK's version of "I'm In The Mood for Love" seems to sum up the entire project-amusing but hardly essential. Tony Marcus.
Tracks Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
- Sunset (Bird of Prey)
- Love Life (feat. Macy Gray)
- Mad Flava
- Retox
- Demons (feat. Macy Gray)
- Talking Bout My Baby
- Ya Mama
- Weapon of Choice (feat. Bootsy Collins)
- Star 69
- Drop The Hate
- Song For Shelter (feat. Roland Clark)
Release date: 2007-09-17
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.67
Review Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars / Fatboy Slim:Fatboy Slim has come a long way since his debut album, Better Living Through Chemistry, saw him bring big beat to the masses. His first offering of the new millennium, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars was his most ambitious project to date. Married life and impending fatherhood seemed to have made the original party animal grow up, and this was reflected in the new and improved sound-the banging floor-fillers being replaced by a more refined and adult sound, as he teamed up with Bootsy Collins and Macy Gray to bring a fantastic blend of funk and soul to the dance floor. His collaborations with Macy Gray are two of the standout tracks-"Love Life" and "Demons" effortlessly combine funky fluid beats and Macy's distinctive vocals with fantastic results. Jim Morrison even pops up, providing the haunting looped sample for the first single to be taken from the album-"Sunset (Bird of Prey)". Purist fans of his previous output won't be disappointed by his change of direction, as tracks like "Ya Mama" and "Mad Flava" are instantly recognisable as vintage Fatboy Slim-big of beats and samples. The sound of a man growing old disgracefully. -Helen Marquis.
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Tracks The Fat of the Land [VINYL]
- Firestarter
- Mindfields
- Smack My Bitch Up
- Fuel My Fire
- Funky Shit
- Climbatize
- Serial Thriller
- Breathe
- Naraya
- Diesel Power
Release date: 1996-09-02
RRP: £14.99
Price: £15.30
Review The Fat of the Land [VINYL] / Prodigy:Music For The Jilted Generation, despite commercial success, was a harsh underground rave statement proving that Essex rave auteur Liam Howlett could transcend the novelty acid house of many of his peers. Fat Of The Land, however, showed a very different side to The Prodigy; the exaggerated punk pastiche of "Firestarter" and "Breathe", with vocals provided by the band's cartoon Johnny Rotten, Keith Flint, proved that The Prodigy were, at heart, showmen. Fat was as influenced by American punk as it was by any form of dance music-demonstrated with a furious cover of L7's "Fuel My Fire"-and such a destructive, passionate fusion saw The Prodigy topping festival bills all over the world. Elsewhere, "Mindfields" and the irrepressibly controversial "Smack My Bitch Up" were brutal techno assaults, but driven by a defiantly heavy metal sensibility. Fat may have alienated the raving "old-skool", but it deservedly elevated The Prodigy to national public enemies. -Louis Pattison.
Tracks FABRICLIVE19: The Freestylers
- Napt - Line Like This (Featuring Sharkey P)
- DJ Mutiny & Shopliftas - Daily Operation
- SCAM Vs The Freestylers - Put Up Your Hands
- The Breakfastaz - Midnight
- The Freestylers - Boomblast (Deekline & Wizard Remix)
- Enzyme - Bandwagon 92s
- Drumattic Twins - Rock Steady
- Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix)
- The Breakfastaz - Spit It Out
- SCAM Vs The Freestylers - Acid Love
- Paradox 3000 - Let There Be Light
- Jammin - Broken Point
- Journeyman Vs Barrcode - Time To Unite
- Napt - Soul Surviving
- SCAM - Killer
- Teebone Featuring MC Kie & MC Sparks - Fli Bi
- Phuture Assassins - Forever
- The Breakfastaz - Kick It
- Napt feat Julie Morrison - Take Me Away 2004 (Exclusive VIP Mix)
- Merka - Holding On Re:connect
- Baobinga - The Bashment Track
- The Freestylers - Warrior Charge (Breakfastaz Remix)
- Ed 209 - Infectious
Release date: 2004-12-06
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.12
Review FABRICLIVE19: The Freestylers / Freestylers:
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Tracks Brothers Gonna Work It Out [DJ Mix Album]
- Riot The/Trip Harder/Everything Must Go
- Brother's Gonna Work It Out/Not Another Drugstore (planet nine mix)/Block Rockin' Beats (the Microna
- Jazz The/Sidewinder (312 vs 216 stomp mix)/Doin' It After Dark (D-ski's dance)/Don't Stop The Rock/T
- Makin' A Living/Hot Wheels (The Chase)/Theme (Unique mix)/Gimme Some Love
- Morning Lemon/Mars Needs Women/Thunder/Losing Control/Mother Earth
Release date: 1998-09-21
RRP: £13.99
Price: £12.95
Review Brothers Gonna Work It Out [DJ Mix Album] / Chemical Brothers:Perhaps once you become as famous and as in demand as Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, the world is your oyster and it's up to you to select the pearls. As the Chemical Brothers, these two DJs have turned the anonymous world of club DJ-ing into celebrity sport and ushered in the electronica wave. From Britain with love, the Brothers send this hourlong collection of remixes on which they seamlessly traverse everything from '70s soul (Willie Hutch's "Brothers Gonna Work It Out") to their own "Block Rockin' Beats" to industrial faves Meat Beat Manifesto and Renegade Soundwave, ending their trip with a treatment of Spiritualized's "Think I'm in Love. " The pace is relentless, the demands of the dance floor being never-ending. And while much of their stuff is just a matter of getting devilish with the dials and juicing everything up, the CBs have managed to bring some fine taste to their party as the ultimate gift. -Rob O'Connor.
Tracks Fight Club (Music from Dust Brothers)
- Who Is Tyler Durden?
- Space Monkeys
- Single Serving Jack
- Chemical Burn
- Stealing Fat
- Finding The Bomb
- Marla
- Hessel, Raymond K.
- This is Your Life
- Commissioner Castration
- Medula Oblongata
- Psycho Boy Jack
- What Is Fight Club?
- Homework
- Corporate World
- Jack's Smirking Revenge
Release date: 2003-08-04
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.99
Review Fight Club (Music from Dust Brothers) / The Dust Brothers:The Dust Brothers are best known as the production duo that everyone from the Beastie Boys to Beck and White Zombie have turned to for help behind the mixing board (and to great results). With the soundtrack to Fight Club (the movie based on the Chuck Palahniuk novel), we finally get a glimpse of one of the duo's original creations. Filled with dark techno and sparse industrial passages, it's a bleak though interesting listen. Sinister funk gives way to medieval chants on "Homework", but the bulk of this disc is all about samples and synths. Don't expect to find the quirks of Paul's Boutique or Odelay here, but in terms of good movie mood music, the Dust Brothers have done it again. -Jason Verlinde.
Tracks Bow Down to the Exit Sign
- Live from The Peppermint Store - David Holmes
- Sick city - feat. Bobby Gillespie
- Sonny's apt 2am - feat. Jon Spencer
- Out run - feat. Martina Toppley-Bird
- Living room - feat. Carl Hancock Rux
- Incite a riot
- Zero tolerance - feat. Martina Toppley-Bird
- Drexler loses it
- Live from The Peppermint Store - feat. Carl Hancock Rux
- Commercial break
- Sonny's apt 2am - David Holmes
- Slip your skin - feat. Bobby Gillespie
- Midnight at the PCP factory
- Hey Lisa
- 69 Police
Release date: 2000-06-19
RRP: £8.99
Price: £12.89
Review Bow Down to the Exit Sign / David Holmes:David Holmes has always been pretty eclectic in his musical outlook. Starting life as a Northern Irish punk, his 12-year musical journey has seen him release nosebleed techno, off-kilter breaks and dubbed-out hip-hop. Famously, he's also written the soundtrack to a major Hollywood blockbuster (1998's "Out Of Sight"). With his third studio album, he's decided to change tack again, charging off in a darker, dirtier direction. Bow Down To The Exit Sign is a soundtrack. Holmes does his best to distort and disturb, fusing fuzzy funk, low-slung blues and organ-drenched psychedelia. There are a couple of twisted punk-rock numbers featuring Jon Spencer (of Blues Explosion) and Bobby Gillespie (of Primal Scream), and a soundtrack piece written with Bond composer David Arnold. If that wasn't enough to set the pulse racing, Tricky's former vocal foil, Martina sings a couple of tracks and beat poet Carl Hancock Rux adds harrowing narration to Holmes's intense hallucinogenic vision. Bow Down To The Exit Sign may be dark and disturbed, but it's also one of the most compelling albums in recent years. -Matt Anniss.
Tracks Bentley Rhythm Ace
- Who Put The Bom In The Bom Bom Diddleye Bom
- Mind That Gap
- Why Is A Frog Too
- Let There Be Flutes
- Ragtopskodacarchase
- Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
- Spacehopper
- Midlander (There Can Only Be One)
- Run On The Spot
- Whoosh
- Return Of The Hardcore Carbootechodisco Roadshow
Release date: 1997-09-08
RRP: £10.99
Price: £0.81
Review Bentley Rhythm Ace / Bentley Rhythm Ace:
Tracks Live at the Social Vol.1
- Jack Me Off - Funk D'Void
- We're Doing It (Thang) - Bo, Eddie
- Mirrorshades - Webb, Will
- P B4 U Go 2 Bed - DJ Who
- Wesley Don't Surf - Red Snapper
- DMX Will Rock - Davy DMX
- Can't - Tainted Glass
- Wede Man - Selectah
- To A Nation Rocking - Metro (4)
- Packet Of Peace - Lionrock
- Mighty Hard Rocker - Cash Money & Marvellous
- Cut Man - Meat Beat Manifesto
- Get Up On It Like This - Chemical Brothers
- Nine Acre Dust - Charlatans (1)
- Doing It After Dark - Berrios, Carlos
- Juice - Eric B & Rakim
- Yes We Can - Crooklyn Clan
- Again Son - Love Lee
Release date: 1996-05-11
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.90
Review Live at the Social Vol.1 / Various Artists:Formed in 1990 by Jeff Barrett (ex-PR for Happy Mondays), Heavenly Records soon built up a happily eclectic roster including St Etienne , Flowered Up and the Manic Street Preachers. Noting the Manc unian indie/dance crossover heralded by the press, Barrett went one step further, organising the He avenly Social, at The Albany in London's West End (later at the East End's Turnmills). This Sunday afternoon club, like the label, dealt in all musical forms-reggae, soul, hip-hop, dance-proving i mmensely popular. This, the first of three Social releases, is a well-chosen mix by the Chemical Brothers, taking in such varied flo or-fillers as Meat Beat Manifesto 's pounding "Cutman", Red Snapper's cool, jazzy "Wesley Don't Surf" and the Chemicals' own hard-to-find reworking of The Charlatans' "Nine Acre Court. Warm"; pulsing and imagina tive, it manages to be merrily nostalgic while retaining sonic relevance. Excellent. -Dominic W ills.
Publisher: Xl
Release date: 1995-11-09
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.99
Review Firestarter / Prodigy:
Tracks Better Living Through Chemistry
- Weekend Starts Here
- First Down
- Everybody Needs A 303
- 10th And Crenshaw
- Song For Lindy
- Punk To Funk
- Crenshaw Siren Beats
- Going Out Of My Head
- Santa Cruz
- Sound Of Milwaukee
- Give The Po' Man A Break
Release date: 2000-09-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.65
Review Better Living Through Chemistry / Fatboy Slim:
Tracks Come Get It I Got It
- A Fascinating Musical Experience - The Monster
- Valentin Mehlers - Herbsplatte 69
- Betty Adams - Make It Real (Ride On)
- Free Association - Salut La Dolce Vita Pt. 1
- The Staple Singers - Why (Am I Treated So Bad?)
- Free Association - House Music
- Tom Cat - Muddy Waters
- Free Association - Start of Something
- Free Association - This Could Be Your Sister
- Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers - Strange Happenings
- Sugarman - Rodriguez
- The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - Stars and Rockets
- The Johnny Otis Show - Country Girl
- Andre Perry - Ode A L'Affaire
- Ray Bryant - Up Above the Rock
- Free Association - Salut La Dolce Vita Pt. 2
- Johnny Jones and the King Casuals - Purple Haze
- Free Association - Sounds Phoney
- Intro
- Effectin' -Free Association
- Free Association - Don't Mess Hair
- Nobody - Hodges, James, Smith and Crawford
- Harold Alexander - Mama Soul
- Cyril Neville - Gossip
- Jujus - Sweet Songs
- Free Association - Don't Believe A Word
Release date: 2002-03-25
RRP: £21.99
Price: £47.95
Review Come Get It I Got It / David Holmes:Swiftly becoming Hollywood's cinematic composer of choice, the Belfast-born wonder-DJ David Holmes dusts off his record box for this first release on his own 13 Amp label, Come Get It I Got It. Featuring a sublime selection of obscure R&B, soul and funk alongside Holmes' self-penned material (under the guise of Free Association), it's an intriguing and eclectic romp with some of the 1960s and 1970s greatest unsung heroes. More vital than his Essential Mix 98/01, Come Get It. kicks off with the gorgeous acid-tinged folk of Rodriguez's "Sugarman", before unleashing the raw soulful delights of Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford's "Nobody" and Betty Adams' fervent "Make It Real". Infectious experimental funk comes courtesy of the Johnny Otis Show's "Country Girl" and Cyril Neville's "Gossip" while Muddy Waters' masterfully delivers growling psychedelic blues on "Tom Cat". But the highlight has to be the absolutely hilarious, eccentric and bizarrely sexy cover of "Purple Haze" by Johnny Jones and The King Casuals, a favourite in Holmes' DJ set since he was 15, its camp genius is irresistible. Tied together with the sample-heavy retro-chic of Free Association, this is the soundtrack to one highly sexed, drug-fuelled, occasionally disturbed but genuinely joyous lifestyle. -Christopher Barrett.
Tracks Scorpio Rising
- Girls
- So You Say You Lost Your Baby
- Scorpio Rising
- Hands Around My Throat
- Killing Smile
- Natja
- Diving Horses
- 23 Lies
- Leather
- Help Yourself
Release date: 2004-10-18
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.98
Review Scorpio Rising / Death In Vegas:Scorpio Rising follows the same approach as Death in Vegas' remarkable predecessor, The Contino Sessions. Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes corral a host of special guests to populate their barbed soundscapes and their knack for finding the perfect environment to bring out the best in their chosen guest is as sure as ever. Liam Gallagher excels himself on the title track, inspired by cult filmmaker Kenneth Anger's celebrated movie, Paul Weller brings just the right measure of disdain to a simmering version of Gene Clark's "So You Say You Lost Your Baby", while Hope Sandoval's sultry tones bring a sensual glow to the storming finale "Help Yourself". Throughout, Indian violinist Doctor Subramanian helps flesh out the eclectic but perfectly tailored backing tracks. Fearless and Holmes display the sort of insight that would be the envy of any record company A&R department. -Gavin Martin.
Tracks Wind It Up
- We Are The Ruffest
- Wind It Up
Release date: 1993-04-08
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.64
Review Wind It Up / Prodigy:
Tracks Singles 1993-2003
- Chemical Beats
- Song To The Siren
- Loops Of Fury
- Block Rockin Beats
- Otter Rock
- Elektrobank (Live from the Roxy, NYC, NOV. 96)
- Under The Inluence (Mix 2)
- Leave Home
- The Test
- Get Yourself High
- Piku Playground
- Private Psychedelic Reel
- The Golden Path
- The Duke
- Setting Sun
- Delik
- Hey Boy Hey Girl
- Not Another Drug Store
- Star Guitar
- Out Of Control
- Let Forever Be
- Morning Lemon
- If You Kling To Me Ill Klong You
- Galaxy Bounce (Original version)
Release date: 2003-09-22
Price: £8.99
Review Singles 1993-2003 / Chemical Brothers:To remain relevant after a decade in the music industry is rare indeed; for a dance act, it's virtually unique. Singles 93-03 ably demonstrates how the Chemical Brothers have managed it. Having first carved a reputation as DJs the Dust Brothers in the early 1990s, the two home-counties history graduates narrowly avoided calling themselves the London Dust Explosion before spearheading big beat, becoming a huge live draw, collaborating with Noel Gallagher and having Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis play "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" at his wedding. It's been 10 years of fun, frolics and gigantean left-field beats for Ed Simmons and Tom Rowland and, as this faultless singles collection testifies, continual reinvention. From the seething siren, pounding breaks, breathy vocals and spellbinding post-acid electronica of album opener "Song to the Siren" to the ingenious collaboration with the Flaming Lips, "The Golden Path", Tom 'n' Ed have somehow managed to carve tracks that appeal equally to radio, clubs and the live arena. Alongside the cement-cracking bass of "Leave Home" and "Block Rockin' Beats" comes the high-inducing sonic debauchery of "The Private Psychedelic Reel" and dancefloor filler "Star Guitar", to name but a few of the many highlights. Ingenious, boundary-baffling stuff, this compilation offers a hypnotic historical tour of one of the most creative careers in dance music. -Christopher Barrett.
Tracks Out Of Sight
- Ain't That A Kick In The Head
- Foley
- Fight The Power
- Drive To Ripley's
- Spanish Grease
- Jailbreak
- One Note Samba
- Bitch Out
- It's Your Thing
- Trunk Scene
- Rip Rip
- Watermelon Man
- I Think You Flooded It
- Tub Scene
- No More Time Outs
Release date: 1998-11-23
RRP: £7.99
Price: £6.74
Review Out Of Sight / David Holmes:
Tracks Southern Fried Records Presents Big Beach Boutique II
- Midfield General feat Linda Lewis - Reach Out
- Glen Masters - Hi Jackers
- X Press 2 - Lazy (Norman Cook dub mix)
- Space Cowboy - Crazy Talk (dub)
- Mighty Dub Katz - Mañana
- Fusion Orchestra - Farfisa
- Groove Armada - Superstylin¹
- Mint Royale - Sexiest Man in Jamaica
- Camisra - Let me Show You
- Static Revenger - Long Time
- All Saints - Pure Shores (Norman Cook re-edit)
- Danmass - Haze
- Chamonix - 77 Strings
- Lo Fidelity Allstars - Tied to the Mast
- Fatboy Slim - Talking about my Baby (Midfield General¹s Disco Reshuffle)
- Tim Deluxe - It Just Won¹t Do (dub)
- Cylone - Lord of the Land
Release date: 2002-10-07
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.99
Review Southern Fried Records Presents Big Beach Boutique II / Various Artists:For a few hours one scorching July day, Brighton Beach became the venue for the Big Beach Boutique 2, one of the biggest parties the UK has ever seen. Thanks to the city's star resident, one Mr Cook, 250,000 revellers were able to forget a decade of shindig-stifling legislation and party for free while perfecting that great move, "the pebble shuffle". Predictably, a wave of negative press followed, but for anyone who was there, it was one of the most memorable events since the sun set on the Summer of Love. It's near impossible to bottle that kind of atmosphere, but Big Beach Boutique 2 is a good attempt to bring the sun to your speakers. While excerpts from support DJ sets such as Groove Armada's mid-pace "Superstylin" and the Lo Fidelity Allstars feisty "Tied to the Mast" create a carnival feel, its only when Cook kicks off with Tim Deluxe's "It Just Won't Do (dub)" that things really get going. Not the most eclectic mix album ever, the barrage of tech-house does become a little tiresome, and Mint Royale's "Sexiest Man in Jamaica" doesn't work so well off the beach. But, with superb moments such as Cook's magnificent mix of X Press 2's "Lazy", all told it's a great slice of nostalgia. -Christopher Barrett.
Tracks Out of Space
- Ruff In The Jungle
- Out Of Space
Release date: 1992-11-01
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.80
Review Out of Space / Prodigy:
Tracks Live on Brighton Beach
- Phat Planet - Leftfield
- Speak Lord (I Get Deep) - Roland Clark
- Where's Your Head At? - Basement Jaxx
- Drop Some Drums - Love Tattoo
- Rocket Bass - Jark Prongo
- 3-2-1 Fire! - Santos
- The Real Life - Raven Maize (Fatboy Slim Mix)
- The Groovy Thang - Minimal Funk
- Star 69 - Fatboy Slim
- Born Slippy - Underworld (Nuxx)
- Austins Groove - Kid Creme
- Put Your Hands Up - Black And White Brothers
- Right Here Right Now - Fatboy Slim
- Sunset (Bird of Prey) - Fatboy Slim
- The Talk - The Clumps
- Southern Thing - Scanty
- Pray - Santos
Release date: 2002-02-25
RRP: £10.99
Price: £3.49
Review Live on Brighton Beach / Fatboy Slim:On a crystal clear English summer's evening in the summer of 2001, Norman Cook played his most celebrated DJ set Live On Brighton Beach. In front of an estimated 30,000 loved-up Brightonians dancing on the pebbles, the man known to millions as Fatboy Slim took to the decks for two hours of typically hedonistic party mayhem. It's these two hours-or, at least, an edited version of them-that make our Norm's first mix album in yonks and a perfect souvenir of the night now known as "Normstock". Sound wise, the album sees Mr Zoe Ball doing what he does best-mashing up thumping dancefloor favourites in a sweat-drenched party stylee. Those expecting classic big beat belters are in for a shock, though, 'cos these days the Fatboy is more into straight-up house and techno-albeit with the aforementioned party twist. So, we get some of 2001's biggest records-Basement Jaxx's "Where's Your Head At?", Raven Maze's "The Real Life", a couple from Santos-alongside a smatering of classics (Leftfield's "Phat Planet", an anthemic version of Underworld's "Born Slippy") and the off Fatboy number to keep the punters sweet. The result is a hot, sweaty, grimy mix that perfectly captures the sound and feel of Norman Cook's DJ sets, even if it does feel a touch out of date. -Matt Anniss.
Tracks Tweekend
- Murder
- Ten Miles Back
- Over the Line
- Wild, Sweet and Cool
- Ready for Action
- Roll It Up
- Tough Guy
- Blowout
- Winner
- Name of the Game
- PHD
Release date: 2002-05-20
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.39
Review Tweekend / The Crystal Method:
| Models & Brands:
Kevin and Perry - Go Large Ost, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, The Fat of the Land [VINYL], FABRICLIVE19: The Freestylers, Brothers Gonna Work It Out [DJ Mix Album], Fight Club (Music from Dust Brothers), Bow Down to the Exit Sign, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Live at the Social Vol.1, Firestarter, Better Living Through Chemistry, Come Get It I Got It, Scorpio Rising, Wind It Up, Singles 1993-2003, Out Of Sight, Southern Fried Records Presents Big Beach Boutique II, Out of Space, Live on Brighton Beach, Tweekend |
