I just listened to Chemical Brothers "Dig Your Own Hole" front to back...so good. Yeah, some of the vocal stuff is corny, but some of the drum programming is on par with Entroducing, shits amazing.

"You've Come A Long Way Baby" was probably one of the first 10-20 albums I ever bought (i'm 28...)...thinking about it, "Praise You" might've planted the seed for me for loving melodic vocal samples

I don't think I've listened to anything outside of those 2 albums, but I love them so much. I wanna explore a little bit more...anyone have favorites, recommendations? Let this be a "Big Beat" appreciation thread, or even a mainstream MTV 90's electronic music appreciation thread

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I remember when this came out and my friends into electronic music were impressed:

Wipeout XL soundtrack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_2097:_The_Soundtrack

Wiseguys had some good material around that time too if I recall.

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Mostly because it was the first style of self-defined electronic music which gained more mainstream acceptance. I didn't care about that, because the best of Big Beat has a force of energy that is truly remarkable. Kinda like listening to great Bomb Squad era music.

As a Big fan, pun intended, of the genre I would recommend these albums:

Chemical Brothers:
Exit Planet Dust
Brothers Gonna Work it Out (remix and b-sides album)
Come With Us
Push The Button

Fatboy Slim:
Better Living Thru Chemistry

MeatBeat Manifesto

Propellerheads:
Decksdrumsandrockandroll

UNKLE:
Psyence Fiction

MTV:
Amp Compilation

Crystal Method:
Vegas
Tweekend

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to be infinitely more interesting/artful/inspired then the playable-with-1-finger-melody synth lines of most oontz/EDM music

>Mostly because it was the first style of self-defined
>electronic music which gained more mainstream acceptance. I
>didn't care about that, because the best of Big Beat has a
>force of energy that is truly remarkable. Kinda like listening
>to great Bomb Squad era music.

exactly...or a more 'electronic' sounding version of DJ Shadow/RJD2/The Go! Team

>MeatBeat Manifesto

Damn, my friend tried to put me on to this once but I completely forget what it sounds like

>UNKLE:
>Psyence Fiction

I consider this more in the trip hop/dj shadow lane, but its classic

will check out some of the stuff you mentioned, thanks!

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>to be infinitely more interesting/artful/inspired then the
>playable-with-1-finger-melody synth lines of most oontz/EDM
>music
>

I agree. I think the issue is that while the best of Big Beat makes the drum programming and sequencing and choices of the samples seem effortless and seamless, there was ALOT of acts that basically would bite the rythyms and patterns of the top-tier groups to get attention from fans and the press.

>>Mostly because it was the first style of self-defined
>>electronic music which gained more mainstream acceptance. I
>>didn't care about that, because the best of Big Beat has a
>>force of energy that is truly remarkable. Kinda like
>listening
>>to great Bomb Squad era music.
>
>exactly...or a more 'electronic' sounding version of DJ
>Shadow/RJD2/The Go! Team
>

Yeah, exactly. I still would put Block Rockin' Beats or Put It Up Like This in the drum programming hall of fame. Truly awesome stuff.
>>MeatBeat Manifesto
>
>Damn, my friend tried to put me on to this once but I
>completely forget what it sounds like
>
>>UNKLE:
>>Psyence Fiction
>
>I consider this more in the trip hop/dj shadow lane, but its
>classic
>
>will check out some of the stuff you mentioned, thanks!

One more

The Prodigy - Fat of The Land

This is the album with Firestarter and Smack My Bitch Up. There are some other great songs on this album as well.

Enjoy my friend.

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That album has some amazing drum programming and great uses of breaks. Kool Keith on a joint that samples "PSK (What Does it Mean?)"?? yes please!

I used to like Crystal Method but I feel like their sound got a little bit predictable and formula-based.

The mix album Liam did after FOTL was really good too. I forget its name but it was dope.

it was a live mix Liam did on BBC Radio that they put out as a mixtape of sorts

Sidenote: I have this image of BBC Radio playing dope amazing shit 24-7, no commercial garbage, just straight fire like Essential Mix, 1Xtra, etc
I know that the day I go over there and tune in I'll probably be disappointed

We used to lose our minds when this record came on in the front room of Release back in '97/98..

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0CUYWue9pQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUCarkZNwZw

They still got it too:

Orbital feat. Zola Jesus - "New France" (2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGM1V6lCgM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfWMv8Y1V5E

Classic.

Also great, "Cascade" (1994)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KyDiTQa7c

I don't know how big they were outside of Florida but down here they were the gods of the 90's breaks/rave scene

They have a ton of remixes and tracks, ranging from melodic to menacing