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The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett Lands Film Score Debut With Netflix Thriller, “Choose or Die”
The Prodigy‘s Liam Howlett is set to make his cinematic soundtracking debut with an upcoming film to be released on Netflix this spring. The co-founder of the iconic English band and classically trained musician is lending his expertise to the soundtrack of Choose or Die. The film stars Asa Butterfield of Greed and Iola Evans of The 100 respectively. The forthcoming flick, previously titled CURS>R, depicts a harrowing tale of a computer programmer’s quest to win a previously unclaimed prize worth $100,000 from a retro video game. However, the game’s real-world impacts become immediately apparent, leading to a high-stakes game of survival that forces swift life-or-death decisions. While the survival thriller Choose or Die marks the debut of Howlett&#...
“This One’s for Flinty”: The Prodigy Announce First Tour Since Keith Flint’s Death
“This one’s for Flinty… Now lets fukin’ go,” The Prodigy wrote in the announcement of their triumphant return to the stage. Slated for summer of this year, The Prodigy’s 2022 live shows will take place in July throughout major tour stops in the U.K. In their announcement, the iconic band said they felt now was an especially good time to get the show on the road, given the 25th anniversary of their seminal album, The Fat of the Land. This marks The Prodigy’s first tour since the passing of charismatic frontman Keith Flint in 2019. The news of the tour arrives a mere days after the band posted a heartfelt tribute to remember Flint three years after his tragic death. “We feel u always with and around us,” the band wrote....
The 90 Greatest Albums of the ’90s
This article originally appeared in the September 1999 issue of SPIN. “You must be high.” We heard that a lot during the time we spent preparing this issue. Which is understandable. Pronouncing the 90 greatest albums of the ’90s is a somewhat presumptuous thing to do. When you’re measuring the music this decade is offering to history—the sounds we partied with, copulated to, fought about, and wept over—everyone has an opinion. That ours should be more valid than yours is debatable. But hey—it’s our magazine. What, then, you ask, constitutes “greatest”? Don’t even start. Suffice it to say that, after much heated discussion and countless veiled insults, it came down to the factors of both remarkable artistry and cultural shock value. Sometimes a record’s knock-you-off-your-Skechers impa...
F9’s 44-Track Score Was Inspired By Electronic Music, Composer Says
“Life’s simple. You make choices and you don’t look back,” Han Lue famously quipped in 2006’s The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift. The mantra rings true for the film franchise’s composer Brian Tyler, who recently disclosed electronic music as a key element of F9‘s score. Don’t worry, Brian—our eyes are looking straight ahead. While the hotly anticipated film hit theaters on June 25th, its complete 44-track score was released July 2nd via Back Lot Music. According to an interview with Collider, Tyler saw F9 as a chance to explore new musical territory for the franchise. “The music for F9 is the most epic and exciting yet while also having the most emotional punch,” Tyler said. “I used full orchestra as well as el...
The Prodigy “Breathe” New Life Into Hit Single With RZA and René LaVice
Legendary electronic music group The Prodigy changed the genre forever in 1997 with perhaps their most widely celebrated album, The Fat Of The Land. Now, 24 years later, The Prodigy have updated the the record’s leadoff single “Breathe” with a brand new edit. Enlisting the help of legendary Wu-Tang Clan member RZA—whose track “Da Mystery Of Chessboxin” was already sampled in the original version of “Breathe”—and Canadian drum & bass maestro René LaVice, The Prodigy have unveiled the “Breathe” Re-Amp. The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett took over production duties with the help of LaVice, increasing the tempo and introducing some intensely distorted drums while RZA’s verses serve to bump up the energy ev...
The Prodigy’s Maxim Teams Up With Artist Dan Pearce for New Mixed Media Project
The Prodigy‘s momentum has never slowed down, even after the tragic passing of Keith Flint in 2019. The group have continued to work on new music and even have a documentary in the works. Now, frontman Maxim has collaborated with esteemed artist Dan Pearce for a new mixed media art project. “Hope” combines sculptures, a short film, an exhibition, and a special EP release from Maxim. The project launched with a VIP viewing at London’s 99 Projects Gallery and Event Space on May 19th and will be displayed until June 7th. The name of Pearce and Maxim’s project was inspired by the hope that carried many through the COVID-19 pandemic and the social isolation of its ensuing lockdown measures. “Hope” arrived just as the world gradually b...
The Prodigy Share Preview of First New Music Since Keith Flint’s Death
The Prodigy are officially back in studio. The legendary electronic music group have shared a preview of a new track, the first music they’ve teased since the death of frontman Keith Flint. Flint, who tragically took his own life, was found dead in March 2019 in his Essex home. The remaining members, Liam Howlett and Maxim, seem to be cooking up a signature electro-rock hybrid that has the unmistakable rave energy of a classic Prodigy track. Check out the preview below courtesy of the group’s Instagram. Meanwhile, The Prodigy recently announced a full-length feature documentary in the works, which will be directed by the band’s longtime collaborator Paul Dugdale and dedicated to Flint. “It’s a story of the chaotic and troubled journey of our gang, our band...
Jasmine Harrison, Youngest Woman to Row Solo Across Any Ocean, on How Music Powered Her Boat
Jasmine Harrison is not a musician. She has never picked up a microphone or downloaded music production software. She’s only danced to one song in her entire life, albeit an embarrassing one. But after making history as the youngest woman to row solo across any ocean, she is living proof that music can propel anyone to do extraordinary things. Accompanied by nothing but a playlist and the mesmeric, repetitive splosh of her oar slicing the ocean’s surface, Harrison, 21, traversed the Atlantic Ocean in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes. However, with a bubbly naiveté rarely found in a barnstorming, record-breaking heroine, you wouldn’t know it when speaking to her. And after the enormity of her accomplishment finally sunk in, even she can’t believe it was her....
Read The Prodigy’s Tender Tribute to Keith Flint on Anniversary of Legendary Singer’s Death
On the second anniversary of Keith Flint‘s death, iconic electronic music group The Prodigy has shared a tender tribute to their fallen brother. Flint, who tragically took his own life, was found dead on March 4th, 2019 in his Essex home. Check out The Prodigy’s full tribute to their late frontman below via a tweet posted by the group yesterday. The news of the sudden death of Flint, who is prevalently considered to be an early linchpin and innovator of the electronic music genre, shook the music industry to its core two years ago. “It is with deepest shock and sadness that we can confirm the death of our brother and best friend Keith Flint,” The Prodigy tweeted at the time. “A true pioneer, innovator and legend. He will be forever missed.” The...
A Documentary About Legendary Electronic Outfit The Prodigy is in the Works
The history of the legendary electronic band, The Prodigy, is complex, striking, and powerful. Fans have watched the band evolve over the last three decades, up to and beyond the tragic passing of frontman Keith Flint in March 2019. Now, band members, Maxim and Liam Howlett feel it’s time to share The Prodigy’s story on the big screen. “We are making a band documentary film…so f*kin what??” Maxim and Howlett said in a joint statement. “After the devastating passing of our brother Keef in 2019, the time feels right for us to tell the story of our band, all of it, the whole 9…” The full-length feature documentary will be directed by The Prodigy’s longtime collaborator, Paul Dugdale, who worked with the band on their 2011 concert f...
The Prodigy to Receive Full-Length Documentary Treatment
U.K. electronic punks The Prodigy, who hit it big back in the ’90s with incendiary singles “Firestarter” and “Smack My Bitch Up,” will be the focus of a forthcoming feature-length music documentary. Tentatively titled The Prodigy, the film is directed by Paul Dugdale, who has done documentaries on Taylor Swift, the Rolling Stones and Adele. The Prodigy’s frontman, Keith Flint, committed suicide in 2019 at the age of 49. “After the devastating passing of our brother Keef in 2019, the time feels right for us to tell the story of our band, all of it, the whole 9,” band members Liam Howlett and Maxim said in a statement. “It’s a story of the chaotic and troubled journey of our gang, our band, the people’s band, The Prodigy. “….Or simply — a story of brothers on a mission to make nois...
