{"product_id":"dig-your-own-hole-25th-anniversary-edition","title":"Dig Your Own Hole - 25th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Chemical Brothers\u003c\/strong\u003e release a 25th anniversary reissue of their visionary breakthrough second album. \u003cem\u003eDig Your Own Hole\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded and road tested in the underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn its release on 7th April 1997, the duo’s second album immediately redrew the boundaries of the mainstream. What had been created as a relentless, rapturous soundtrack to basements and backrooms entered the UK album charts at No 1 on the back of two No 1 singles (\"\u003cem\u003eSetting Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eBlock Rockin’ Beats\u003c\/em\u003e\"), and the US Billboard charts at No 14.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first British electronic record to crack the US rock charts, it would go on to sell half a million copies in the States in six months. \u003cem\u003eDig Your Own Hole\u003c\/em\u003e always was, and always will be, a total trip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePainstakingly constructed like a mixtape, \u003cem\u003eDig\u003c\/em\u003e is an hour spent travelling through a kaleidoscopic tunnel; a tumble into a rabbit hole, destination unknown and light source not always visible. Once on the journey, gear changes shift the music’s speed without warning; bass and drums lock into a metronomic union, vocal samples fly in and out of the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it all builds, and builds, towards a giant, deeply psychedelic crescendo, a chaos cascade of woodwind and distorted noise. There are myriad voices and musical contributors woven into the sonic fabric of the record - Oasis’ Noel Gallagher on \"\u003cem\u003eSetting Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\", regular guest Beth Orton on \"\u003cem\u003eWhere Do I Begin\u003c\/em\u003e\", fellow astral travellers Mercury Rev on \"\u003cem\u003eThe Private Psychedelic Reel\u003c\/em\u003e\", samples of rapper Schooly D and DJ Kool Herc, liquid bass from Seggs and Ali Friend - yet each individual melds into the artistic greater good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo one reroutes \u003cstrong\u003eThe Chemical Brothers\u003c\/strong\u003e’ distinctive direction of travel. How could one even begin to try to? The 25th Anniversary edition of \u003cem\u003eDig Your Own Hole\u003c\/em\u003e features five previously unreleased tracks and alternate versions from the recording sessions. The first of these - a frenetic demo version of Elektrobank and the other four tracks (previously unreleased recordings Cylinders and I Love Tekno and alternate mixes of It Doesn’t Matter and Where Do I Begin).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EMI","offers":[{"title":"2CD","offer_id":50502223692107,"sku":"1151353","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/75fa3f41-b49d-44ff-b02f-0d53d88045dd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727789496","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/dig-your-own-hole-25th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}