7 Jun 2015

Technodubfest

I went to see Mad Max: Fury Road yesterday in Vue Cardiff, god bless the £4 price war started by Premiere in the old Odeon.

"Going pedal-to-the-metal for two hours means it's an exhilarating if exhausting watch but if you're after a beautifully shot, edited and choreographed movie that isn't afraid to keep it simple then check it out."

Junkie XL did the score and the Dutchman is probably best known for that remix of Elvis Presley's A Little Less Conversation but my mind always jumps to Technodubfest.

It's not even listed on his Wikipedia entry but this mix for Ministry magazine from 2002 with Charlie May is never far from my stereo. Technodubfest probably isn't mentioned as Junkie XL had very little input in the mix, according to this blog from 2009. I also never knew until researching this post that it was an influences mix for Sasha's Airdrawndagger, which both May and JXL worked on.

It's tough to pick a highlight with the mix featuring Fridge, Penguin Café Orchestra, Rhythm & Sound and Susumu Yokota but I'll go for Model 500's Lightspeed.



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