Slipvin, here's the answer:
IGN Music: When I knew that we were going to speak I began thinking about how you guys were more or less the pioneers of the whole "Big Beat" movement as it was called several years ago. A lot of groups sprung up during that period, like The Wiseguys, The Propellerheads, Lionrock, and quite a few other groups. Yet most of them have kind of slipped from view while you guys are still quite visible and prominent.
Ed Simons: Yeah. I mean we were there before there was a movement called "Big Beat" and I mean we don't worry too much how people label our music and what cul-de-sacs they want to put us down. I mean it was a bit limiting because while we weren't afraid of a record with big beat, but a lot of our music is very tranquil, ethereal, beautifully still music that doesn't particularly rely on the bombast which a lot of the "Big Beat" records do. I mean our music used to be called "Trip-Hop" and in America it was part of some "Electronica" notion, you know? The names that people have given our music has not really had much bearing on us. I mean we're glad we're still around when now there isn't a movement called "Big Beat" anymore. There were some good records in that era and there were some good clubs, and people had a good time. Fatboy Slim's records were really fun at the time and sounded great and he's still going. But the only concern we have is Chemical Brothers music and I think that's been a pretty wide arena. From the beginning, our first record Exit Planet Dust had a very electronic/folky track with Beth Orton and it had some kind of ambient music, but it still had chemical beats, these big, slamming, acid house break beat tracks for DJs to spin at 5 O'clock in the morning for people to lose their minds to. I mean we've always explored a lot of stuff and we haven't really gotten too hung up on what people call it. I liked Trip-Hop, though. I thought it was kind of fun.
And the last big beat track was "Come Inside". Don't argue about it! I still have that phrase of a review of PTB in my mind where the critic said this track was DYOH aping!!! What a stupid comment.
Jeanie's question would be one of my first ones too asking them. Must be an awesome feeling shaping ideas of their mind to burst generating music tracks and seeing crowds of frenetic men and women wiggling frenetically their arses to them.
Another question I'd have is whether they ever got confused wiring their equipment?
And are you still excited before comming on stage after years of live performing?
How felt your first live gig?
What's your fav. restautant in London Ed, :lol:?
Have you ever been listening to our forum CD?
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