The Prodigy | Experience
For me, The Prodigy Experience is the best dance record
EVER - bar none. The sheer attention to detail beats any
other dance act hands down, but there's more to it than
that. Each song has a totally different feel to it, and
this is an extremely rare thing nowadays considering how
hard it is to find DJs who sound different from each
other, nevermind a DJ who
constantly innovates with every track. The album starts
with 'Jericho', a hard hitting piece of trance which has
what is possibly the best chorus of any dance track EVER.
Ever bought an album and found songs on it which you have
heard before, but didn't know who they were by at the
time? This album constantly suprised me with almost every
single being something that I'd heard years earlier, and
liked. 'Charly' wasn't instantly recognisible, due to the
fact that there is a different mix on the album to the
original mix of the single, but once I'd bought the
single the memories came flooding back. The same was true
of 'Everybody in the Place', with a remix hindering my
instant recognition of it, but I recognised 'Out of
Space' the moment I heard the opening keyboards.
When you hear people talk about Liam Howlett as being the
best DJ in the world, you would be understandably
sceptical, having only heard 'Breathe' and 'Firestarter'.
However, once you delve into the Prodigy's extensive back
catalogue it becomes apparent that Liam Howlett is a pure
musical genius. He really is
the best DJ in the world!
Since the best mixes of the singles are actually on the
singles themselves, I suggest that you try and get hold
of those as well, because there are also some cracking
B-sides on them also. The 'Out of Space' single is
particularly worth buying, because it contains a live
version of 'Music Reach', a remix of 'Ruff in the Jungle
Bizness' which is better than the album mix, and a remix
of 'Out of Space' itself, which is well worth a listen.
If you're into the fast, frentic side of dance music,
you'll love this. For me, things simply don't get much
better.
Sound Clips
Music Reach
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| Out of
Space - (0:29)
RATING: 93%
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