Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Music For The Jilted Generation – The Prodigy – 1994

Jilted Generation - Prodigy 1994

Music For The Jilted Generation – The Prodigy – Released July 4th, 1994, XL Recordings Music For The Jilted Generation is the second album from UK electronic supergroup, The Prodigy. It’s the follow-up album to 1992’s Experience and was the first Prodigy album to incorporate live instruments, including drumming and rock guitar sounds. The 1994 … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Antimatters – Bandulu – 1994

Antimatters - Bandulu - 1994

Antimatters – Bandulu – Released July 17th, 1994, Infonet Antimatters is the second studio album from British techno trio Bandulu, which was released on their Infonet label in 1994. Bandulu was formed by London trio Jamie Bissmire, John O’Connell and Lucien Thompson. Their name comes from a Jamaican slang for a criminal or gangster and … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Music For The Jilted Generation – The Prodigy – 1997

Prodigy Fat Of The Land 1997

Fat Of The Land – The Prodigy – Released June 30th, 1997, XL Recordings Fat Of The Land is the third studio album by British electronica superstars, The Prodigy. Released on XL Recordings in the summer of 1997, this hugely-anticipated album saw the group pivot further away from their rave roots in favour of the … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Brown Album – Orbital – 1993

orbital2-brown-album

Orbital 2 (aka The Brown Album) – Orbital – Various – Released 24th May 1993, FFRR   Known to Orbital fans as the Browm Album, Orbital 2 is the follow-up to their 1991 debut,  Orbital 1, aka The Green Album. Both albums were released on FFRR Records. Since I imagine that first sentence was as painful … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: The Harlequin The Robot And The Ballet-Dancer – Sven Vath – 1994

The Harlequin The Robot And The Ballet-Dancer – Sven Vath

The Harlequin The Robot And The Ballet-Dancer – Sven Vath – May 15th, 1994, Eye Q Records, The Harlequin The Robot And The Ballet-Dancer is the second album from Sven Vath, released on Eye Q Records in 1994. This nine track release ranges from ambient to more traditional Frankfurt-style trance and is the follow up … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Green Album – Orbital – 1991

Orbital Green Album 1991

The Green Album – Orbital – Released 30th September 1991, FFRR Commonly referred to as the Green Album due to its distinctive lime green cover, the debut album from Orbital was first released on Pete Tong’s FFRR label back in 1991. Though clearly showing its age in places, its rendered timeless thanks to the inclusion … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Classics – The Aphex Twin – 1995 R&S Records

Aphex Twin Classics 1995 R&S Records

Classics – The Aphex Twin – Released January 30th, 1995 R&S Records Classics is a compilation album of vintage Aphex Twin tracks from his pre-Warp era. It was released by R&S Records in 1995 under the alias The Aphex Twin. The Aphex Twin was the original name Richard D Hames used on the earliest Aphex … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Windowlicker EP – 1999 – Warp Records

Aphex Twin Windowlicker EP 1999

Windowlicker EP – Aphex Twin – Released 22nd March 1999, Warp Records The Windowlicker EP is a three-track release from Richard D. James under his main Aphex Twin alias. It was released on Warp Records in March of 1999 and enjoyed considerable chart success at the time. Much like its predecessor EP, 1997’s Come To … Read more

Release Roundup – February 2024

House Techno Breaks DnB downtempo releases February 2024

February 2025 was an epic month for releases which makes this one an epic post. We’ve got a modern classic revisited plus plenty of old skool vibes for the house heads plus the full spectrum of techno from introspective experimentalism right to up to industrial strength nose bleeders. There’s also a whole ton of big … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Beaucoup Fish – Underworld – 1999

Beaucoup Fish - Underworld

Beaucoup Fish – Underworld – Released 1st March 1999, Junior Boys Own Released in 1999 on Junior Boys Own records, Beaucoup Fish is Underworld’s fifth album and the last to feature Darren Emerson. Emerson’s departure in 2000 ended the three-album streak of 90s Underworld classics which began five years prior with Dubnobasswithmyheadman. I vividly recall … Read more