I'm a little behind on my podcasts, as I'm not running much at the mo (got an issue with my new daps), so I've only just got around to No Tags 53. It's an interview with Holly Dicker about her book, Dance Or Die: A History of Hardcore, which delves into the earlier years of the scene in Germany and the Netherlands.
Dicker mentions Mescalinum United's We Have Arrived as v. important in the pod, and this absolute stomper, often regarded as the first hardcore techno track, is still a joy. I was more familiar with Aphex Twin's remixes of it on his Classics comp, but the original's rawness is something to behold.
There are newer versions uploaded to YouTube, but I had to go with this crunchy version with the throwback rave graphics...
And Dance or Die is in the basket, I just need to get around to finishing Butter by Asako Yuzuki first.
