Preview 6 – The Chemical Brothers have been around forever haven’t they, or at least it feels that way. When they first arrived on the scene you felt as if you were listening to the future, always one or three steps ahead of their contemporaries. They weren’t like the Prodigy – they didn’t make big fat acid beats; their sound was smarter, lighter, much more danceable. Unlike the Prodigy they never saw a real lull or dry-spell in their careers; they have plugged along producing albums like clockwork for almost 20 years. But it’s the ‘second wave of dance’ (thank the likes of Deadmau5) that has put them back on mainstream music’s radar. Their latest release, “Further” is a throwback to their original danceable beat-heavy sound and they wisely ditched any collaborations with vocalists this time around (remember that Noel Gallagher collabo everyone went bananas for a few years back) and have focused on making “Further” a multi-media experience for fans. Check out the video for Galvanize below. They’ll close out Friday night on the North Stage at 8.30p
