In the late 90s and early 2000s, electronic music experienced a brief but influential revival on US airwaves, championed by the big beat sounds of Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy and others - each of whom's aggressive approach to dance music took our popular culture by storm. Not only were the tracks some of the most iconic of the time, but their music videos were equally influential - allowing the big beat sound to infect airwaves and television sets alike. The charm of this era of dance music speaks to most dance music fans - it sparks nostalgia [...]

VitaliV - Elvis I must admit, for a long time I wasn't big on the Chem Brothers, aside from Star Guitar obviously. But I've picked up a few pieces here and there and back when a friend was kind enough to lend me his copy of Push The Button , and that's where I found this tune here. If we're talking progression, this tune nails it completely unlike the Deadmau5 method of builds, fakeouts and breakdowns. As an album closer, it's pretty much perfect. [...]

Daft Punk lanzó su segundo álbum 'Discovery' en el año 2001. Por: @camilolara Sabía, realmente sabía, que esto se lo iba a contar a mis hijos. Por razones más largas que lo permite este texto, terminé en un pequeño estudio del este de Londres, encerrado con 8 personas más, escuchando el disco Discovery de los Daft Punk , con los Daft Punk enfrente. Era octubre del año 2000. Todavía no habían laptops que tocaran portátilmente la música de [...]
We've been having a bit of an internal discussion on Chemical Brothers albums (what's the best, etc) and the album We Are The Night came up, which was pretty universally panned when it first came out (p4k gave it a 3.8 amongst others). However, it is an overlooked album, that is a bit strange, that has seemed to just get better over time.

In celebration of the first Golden City Sounds release , Boris Dlugosch made the first of a podcast series, yes it's stream only (so far) but maybe, you will get it soon as a download. Anyway, it's so sweat to listen to it. And so, what do we have here?! Oh yeah, just some mixtapes by Daft Punk , The Chemical Brothers and a three-hours-set by techno-god Dave Clarke . And if that wouldn't enough, there is more awesomeness by NT89 , Frag Maddin , French Fries & [...]
Raising hell since 2005, Boys Noize kicks extreme and sensitive butt with ‘Distant Lover’ and ‘Touch It.’ Backed by team The Chemical Brothers, Justice, Chromeo, Jimmy Edgar, D.I.M. and Van She re-working ‘Ich R U’ and ‘What You Want,’ it doesn’t get any better than this. Go get yourself some Boys Noize apples, if you haven’t done so already. ‘Distant Lover’ (bonus track) & ‘ Touch It’ are taken from Boys Noize’s album - “Out Of The Black.” Available to buy now from [...]

As you know, Record Store Day is on 4/20 this weekend. and it's a great date to support local record stores, buy exclusive new releases and just have fun appreciating music. One of the most coveted RSD releases this year is Astralwerks' limited edition 20/20 Vinyl Box Set to celebrate their 20th anniversary. They're one of my favorite labels, and this release is a great time capsule of all the great acts on their roster over the years. Included are exclusives or rarely heard tracks from Air, Hot Chip, Kings Of [...]

Tom Rowlands, one half of The Chemical Brothers , is set to release a solo EP next month. The new songs "Through Me" & "Nothing But Pleasure" will be released on Erol Alkan's label Phantasy Sound on vinyl and digital download. The one-off double A-side has been road-tested by Erol over the last few weeks and was premiered on his BBC Radio 6 show last week. Listen to a preview of each track below! Tom Rowlands ↓ "These are tracks that were made to DJ [...]

If you would appreciate rare and unreleased material from acts like Air, Diamond Rings, Hot Chip, Kings of Convenience, The Kooks and Kraftwerk then file Astralwerks: Music in 20/20 under one sweet ass gift. Opening doors in 1993, the folks at Astralwerks are celebrating their 20th and have put together a limited edition box set (only 1250 made and we've got number 313—holler Detroit) produced exclusively for Record Store Day on April 20th. In addition to the artists mentioned above, the boxset includes tracks from Basement Jaxx, The Beta Band, Cassius, The Chemical Brothers, Doves, Empire of the [...]
Si el nombre por sí solo no te dice nada, tal vez debas parar y pensar. Tom Rowlands es inglés, tiene 42 años y lleva la mitad de su vida dedicado a la música electrónica. ¿Todavía no? Bueno. Tom Rowlands es la mitad del dúo The Chemical Brothers . Y mientras se hacen el ánimo de volver al estudio para empezar a hacer un nuevo disco (muy probablemente hacia fines de este año, según sus palabras), el británico se entretuvo haciendo dos canciones para la pista. Lo divertido es que, en vez de probarlas él mismo, se [...]

En voici un autre retour qui va faire grand bien à nos oreilles !! Tom Rowlands , soit la moitié du duo Culte The Chemical Brothers nous revient en grande forme -vraisemblablement- sur le label anglais Phantasy Sound ! Une sortie deux titres bien évidemment destinée premièrement au format vinyl (dans les prochaines semaines) ! Un régal, ni plus ni moins ! L'histoire de ces deux morceaux est la suivante, ce cher Tom les a produit particulièrement pour les clubs et les djs ce que le talentueux Erol Alkan ne s'est pas privé de faire, [...]
With just two days until Coachella kicks off for its fourteenth year, this morning we're taking a trip down both the festival's and electronic music's memory lane. In 2011 The Chemical Brothers made two quick stops in the U.S., only sharing their classic big beat sound with fans at Ultra and Coachella. While the Miami crowd was packed for the legends, Indio proved a better setting for their closeout Friday set. The blissful, sample-free hour of Chemical classics blurred from one tune to the next, blended old with new and sent shivers and smiles [...]

I've been following Begin for some time now, as his effortless releases are a euphoric trip down Balarea Lane. But the details on who exactly this Begin character is did not come to my attention until now. And he's got some serious chops: Begin is the new recording alias of Back II Basics & Bugged Out resident, Chemical Brothers tour DJ, apprentice fishmonger, and officially funniest man in Europe without his own stand-up DVD to sell, James Holroyd. James' Begin project has just released his first EP, the sublime Optical Holiday EP on his own label. [...]
Boys Noize's XTC/ Ich R U EP is like a blast back to the glory days of 2007-2009. Both remixes from Justice and The Chemical Brothers remind me of those Blog House fueled house parties that changed my life. - Follow Boys Noize: Facebook | Twitter | SoundCloud

Ok, so I’ve finally started to get used to the new acronym EDM and it’s certainly better than “Electronica” the first incarnation of a layman’s term back in the ‘90s. The fucking hilarious thing is when people think of EDM as something different than house or techno? EDM is an acronym to refer to all of the genres of electronic dance music; it is not its own fucking genre of music! Now that’s settled let’s just agree it is a mainstream abbreviation that we are all going to have to live with, it’s just embedded too [...]

Little bit of awesomeness here for ya!~ Here's my Glitch Hop / Ghetto Funk stylee remix of 'Where Do I Begin' by Chemical Brothers featuring Beth Orton from the 'Dig Your Own Hole' album. WAV: www.mediafire.com/?arrl548iitn mdzz Linkage: ★ www.facebook.com/freearmusic ✫ @freear ★ www.youtube.com/mikefreear ✫ www.twitter.com/freear
Por fin podemos escuchar los remixes que The Chemical Brothers y Justice han hecho a los temas "XTC" y "Ich R U" de Boys Noize, celebrando la 100 edición de Boysnoize Records. Escucha los remixes después del salto Los temas que Alex Rhida eligió forman parte del EP 'Out of The Black' y que cada uno de los remixes son dignos representantes de lo importante que son The Chemical Brothers y Justice en la escena de la eléctrónica.
Boys Noize 's latest EP, Out of the Black , saw the iconic electro producer dive into new territory. Still intact, however, were his feverishly unrelenting bass lines and a warehouse aesthetic that was as thrilling as it was haunting. To celebrate the 100th release on the BNR imprint, Boys Noize has commissioned two of electronic music's most-inspired production duos, The Chemical Brothers and Justice , to remix two cuts from his recent Out of the Black EP. Remixing "XTC" and "Ich R U" respectively, the pairings treat Alex Ridha's creations with care, using [...]

Après celui de Justice , c'est au tour du remix de The Chemical Brothers d'être enfin dévoilé au grand jour. Pour rappel, Boysnoize Records à fêter sa centième sortie le 15 Mars dernier avec un EP de remixes de deux titres extraits du dernier album de son fondateur, Boys Noize . Pour l'occasion c'est deux grosses pointures de l'électronique, donc les remixes se font de plus en plus rare qui signaient deux très bonnes versions du producteur allemand. Sur ce bonne écoute !