(XL/Remote Control)

It’s impossible to overvalue the influence The Prodigy have had on electronic music. Dance vets in every sense of the word, they’ve survived armies of crictics, ridden shotgun with every wave of dance since the early nineties, and prescribed their own brand of stimulating and cranky punk-styled music to tens of thousands of people for over a decade.

As a taster of the forthcoming Their Law singles collection, this sexy white label offers remixes of two of The Prodigy’s greatest tunes from two of the most talented production outfits around. Australian exports Pendulum and overnight success Sub Focus are the stars of tomorrow. Instead of trying to improve on perfect, the Pendulum boys and Sub Focus have reinterpreted the tracks for a more modern dancefloor environment, carefully steering people towards a drum’n’bass future where they rule supreme.

Voodoo People burst into collective rave consciousness eleven years ago and the Pendulum Remix is going to keep it there for another twenty. Pendulum are at the top of their game with this effort, choosing to keep crucial elements such as the much loved vocal hook and that Nirvana riff. What’s new is a full on drum-’and in your face’-bass assault of crashing snares, half beat drums and snarling guitars that epitomises why these three guys are destined for greatness. Razor sharp production that bites!

Not to be outdone, the Sub Focus Remix of Smack My Bitch Up stands proudly as another stick of dancefloor dynamite. Taking one of the angriest Prodigy tunes and making it fifty times harder is no easy feat. The familiar intro has been lashed by a wash of filters and stutter kicks and you just know this one is going to hurt. There’s enough acidic beats to kill an army of hippies and the synth stabs and the tweaked vocal ensure this is pure driving drum’n’bass for the good time party massive.

Both these smokers work equally well as high octane d’n’b tunes or bottom heavy breakbeat numbers depending on how fast a DJ chooses to play them. In a way it’s like getting four tunes for the price of two. The endgame is that both of these mixes are pure class! DJ’s and collectors should hunt this baby down – it’s an essential record for Prodigy lovers or fans of the drum’n’bass frontier and a  great taster of the soon to be released Their Law – The Singles 1990 – 2005.