A dear Chemical sister of mine in Massachusettes told me about this:



http://www.wbcn.com/



This is for the 10th annual wcbn River Rave. Apparently the Chems are going to be there, doing a dj gig in the "rave tent." The info is in bold yellow, near the top of the page. Just go to the red "click here" portion after the first paragrahp and a complete roster and pics will come up and you can see the pic used in Nerdcore's sig. ;)



Seems like a... well... interesting "mix" of bands coming together for this. I'll save the opinions - bit of a different crowd than this old bird is used to these days - I'd be hanging in the rave tent and cold chillin. But there ya go.

hmmmm, may 30th??? i wonder i this is a live set or dj set??? the chems look a bit outta place on that line up

it's a dj set. Would be wicked if you ask me

Road trip - it's about 800 miles from you, right?



The Chems seeming like fish out of water at this gig was what struck out at me too. Strange hard rockin line-up - the rave tent with the Chems would be where it's at. I think it's quite amusing this rave has a Motorcross event as well. Let's hope Tom and Ed don't quit their day jobs! ;)

Hope they play any gig in may or june (other than this).I am totally free then and up for a road trip too.

It's good to see that chems are trying something different.

Crave the Rave: Acclaimed DJs the Chemical Brothers will spin their sounds at WBCN gig

By Dave Wedge

Saturday, May 29, 2004







For a decade, the Chemical Brothers have been taking fans on unique, mind-bending, musical journeys.



At tomorrow's WBCN-FM (104.1) River Rave, they plan to do so with other artists' music in a rare United States DJ set.



``We like music that works on many different levels,'' Ed Simons says of the digitized mayhem he and cohort Tom Rowlands deliver. ``We've played together for so long, we feel we're just able to put music together. We enjoy the challenge of reacting to each other's records. We get excited about the records we have in the box.''



The last time the pair of Manchester University grads played the Hub was a bombastic live set at Avalon's grand re-opening five years ago. This time, it'll be just a crate of records to rock the crowd - a feat the Chemical Brothers usually reserve for special appearances in England, New York and Los Angeles.



``WBCN has always played our records from very early on. It was very difficult when we first started coming to America and they were very supportive. It's time to repay them,'' Simons says of the duo's decision to spin the River Rave.



The Brothers rose to prominence in the mid-1990s with their speaker-rattling, rap-rock-techno hybrid that is often mimicked but never duplicated. From the cerebral



psychedelia of 1995's ``Exit Planet Dust'' to the pop slam of 1997's ``Dig Your Own Hole,'' the group has consistently brought the noize to dance floors and mosh pits alike.



Last year's greatest hits set, ``The Singles - '93-'03,'' (Astralwerks) is a snapshot of their best work, but includes two new tracks that hint at their future. The pair are finishing their fourth studio album and plan to spin some new cuts tomorrow.



``We might sometimes make some beautiful music or some very hard, driving music, but people always seem to get the fact that it's Chemical Brothers music,'' Simons explains. ``All the tracks we make have a feeling of completion, a feeling of resolution. They have an idea that goes somewhere.''



Of their knack for staying fresh and avoiding fickle trends, Simons says they try ``not to be affected by what other people are doing.''



``We're pretty tough to satisfy ourselves. We're always trying to live up to music we've made before or that we like ourselves,'' he says. ``It's not done for anyone else. We still thoroughly enjoy it and we thrive on it.''

I'll be talking to my Chemical friend sometime soon to see how it all went down - she got to go to the river rave to see the Chemicals! I hope it all went well!