The Chemical Brothers "Dig Your Own Hole" 2xLP Astralwerks (US)

Vinyl is NM, Jacket is EX

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Track Listing:

A1 Block Rockin' Beats Written-By – * 5:13A2 Dig Your Own Hole Bass [Fizz Funkin' Wah Bass] – 5:27B1 Elektrobank Vocals [Introduction Voice] – * 8:18B2 Piku 4:55B3 Setting Sun Engineer – Vocals [Voice] – Written-By – * 5:27C1 It Doesn't Matter Written-By – *, *, *, *, * 6:14C2 Don't Stop The Rock 4:49C3 Get Up On It Like This Engineer – Written-By – * 6:05D1 Lost In The K-Hole Bass [Amusing Acid Bass] – * 3:52D2 Where Do I Begin Vocals [Voice] – 6:56D3 The Private Psychedelic Reel Effects [Dub 'tetix Wave'], Clarinet – Written-By – * 9:21

The Chemical Brothers are a British duo composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in in 1991, along with , , , and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the genre to the forefront of pop culture. In the UK, they have had five number-one albums and 13 top-20 singles, including two number ones.

The duo have won a number of awards throughout their career, including four —twice for , and in 2000 won the for Best British Dance Act.

Exit Planet Dust and Dig Your Own Hole (1995–1998)

In July 1995, The Chemical Brothers released their debut album (the title inspired by their name change) on Freestyle Dust/Junior Boy's Own. It entered the UK charts at No. 9 and featured guest vocalist on the song "Alive Alone". It eventually went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, and was used on the soundtrack of the TV series pilot . Shortly after its release, The Chemical Brothers signed to , to which they took their own offshoot label, . For their next single, "", released in September 1995, they again used a guest vocalist, featuring their friend Tim Burgess, singer of The Charlatans. It reached No. 25 in the singles charts. The single was also Select magazine's "Single of the Month" for October. The release included a remix of "Life Is Sweet".

In August 1995, The Chemical Brothers DJ'ed for Oasis at a gig. The gig began to backfire when it became apparent that didn't seem to like any of the tracks they were spinning. The closest that they could come to pleasing him was the ' "Wrote for Luck". Gallagher proceeded to kick The Chemical Brothers off the turntables and procured a friend from to continue to DJ. He subsequently favoured material to the displeasure of the crowd.

Around this period, asked the Chemical Brothers to remix "Begging You", from their album. After beginning work on a remix which they viewed as having potential, The Stone Roses changed their minds and the project was cancelled.

In October 1995, the duo returned to the Heavenly Sunday Social for a second and final run of DJ dates. They then became residents at the Heavenly Social on Saturdays at Turnmills. In November, The Chemical Brothers played the in London. At this time the Brothers usually used a fusion of "Chemical Beats" and ' "Tomorrow Never Knows" as their encore. During the encore, however, from jumped up on stage to dance, wearing a T-shirt sporting the slogan "Occupation: mad bastard". A few from the crowd subsequently joined in. This resulted in a power cable being kicked loose, bringing the show to a temporary close. The Chemical Brothers confessed to not being too bothered; "because he's Keith from The Prodigy, and he can do whatever the fucking hell he likes". Just before Christmas, 1995, they played their biggest gig to date, with The Prodigy, at the .

In January 1996, Exit Planet Dust went gold. The Chemical Brothers released their first new material in six months on Virgin, the Loops of Fury EP. The four-track release was limited to 20,000 copies, but is now available for digital download. It entered the UK charts at No. 13. described the lead track as "splashing waves of synths across hard-hitting beats". The EP also contained a Dave Clarke remix of "Chemical Beats", and two other new tracks, "Get Up on It Like This" and "(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up".

In February 1996, Select magazine published a list of the 100 best albums of the 1990s thus far. Exit Planet Dust was listed at Number 39. In August 1996, The Chemical Brothers supported Oasis at , where 125,000 people attended each of the two shows.

During the 1995 , Rowlands and Simons had another conversation with . Gallagher told them how much he liked Exit Planet Dust, and asked if he could sing on a future track, similar to the way had worked on "Life Is Sweet". They didn't think much of the offer at the time, given how busy Gallagher would be with the release of Oasis' , plus the complexities of dealing with each other's record companies. However, the duo later worked on a track which they thought would benefit from having a vocal on it. They sent Gallagher a tape of what they had done so far. He worked on it overnight, and left a message with them early the next morning that he was ready to record it. The track was called "" and was finally released in October 1996. It entered the UK charts at the top, giving the duo their first ever Number One single. "Setting Sun" was backed by a longer instrumental version, and also a new track "Buzz Tracks", which was not much more than a DJ tool. The three remaining members of ' lawyers later wrote to The Chemical Brothers, mistakenly claiming that they had sampled "". Virgin Records hired a musicologist to prove that they did not sample the classic 1960s song.

Meanwhile, in 1996, was released by , which became The Chemical Brothers' first mix CD (excluding Xmas Dust Up, a free album that came in a 1994 issue of NME). It was also the duo's first and only live album (excluding the EP ).

In March 1997, the Brothers released the second track from their forthcoming album, to give the world a further taste of what to expect. "" went straight to No. 1 in the UK, possibly thanks, this time, to its vocal sample and re-working of the bassline from 's single "Coup". The NME named it "Single of the Week" and said "It throbs like your head might if you had just done a length underwater in a swimming pool full of ." It later won them a for .

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