One year before Norman Cook a.k.a. Fatboy Slim gained world fame and catapulted the Big Beat genre into mainstream with "You've Come A Long Way, Baby", British producer duo The Chemical Brother released their second album "Dig Your Own Hole". While Cook's pop-oriented bubblegum beats appealed to a wide audience, the dark and menacing sound of the Chemical Brothers was clearly geared for the underground; but it wouldn't stay there for long. When Cook's record is the friendly neighbor from next door, "Dig Your Own Hole" is his psychopath twin, an evil-as-fuck crucible of hypnotic basslines, kick-ass breakbeats and hooks that border insanity. This is the kind of record that makes you want to do all the wrong things.
1.) Block Rockin' Beats
2.) Dig Your Own Hole
3.) Elektrobank
4.) Piku
5.) Setting Sun
6.) It Doesn't Matter
7.) Don't Stop The Rock
8.) Get Up On It Like This
9.) Lost In The K-Hole
10.) Where Do I Begin
11.) The Private Psychedelic Reel
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