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December 19, 2013 Jesse Ship The Prodigy have had massive influences on the field of dance music, but what set them apart from the handful of emerging groups in the mid-‘90s was not just their use of a hypnotic female vocalist, but a proper …
The first time I saw Maxim Reality DJ was on New Years Eve 2007 in Taipei at an ice skating arena called The Egg. It was a little let down that it wasn’t The Prodigy but it was still an epic time, (and then there …
Back when I was teaching English in Taiwan in 2008, I wound up partying with The Prodigy’s sound engineer and their sessionist who also played with Gary Numan. Through an inside tip,we found them at a shitty but ‘much hyped’ top 40s club (called Water I think?) and stole them away to a way cooler after hours. Apparently we had just missed Maxim Reality. I can’t say I met the full band, but I guess I got pretty close. I love how this has just surfaced now. With the lo-fi 90s sound thats happening in house and techno, this tape is more relevant than ever. Who’s got the B-side?
Tracklist:
1. What Evil Lurks
2. We’re Gonna Rock
3. Manic
4. Drop The Bass
5. Android II
6. Your Love (EP)
7. Pandemonia
8. Charlie I
9. Charlie II