drugs are so cool!
so last night i watched Trainspotting with a friend of mine and was reminded not only how awesome the movie is (i hadn't seen it in at least a couple of years), but how amazing the soundtrack was. i was introduced to these two groups because of it:
"Dark + Long, [Dark Train]" by Underworld -- the bigger hit from this period was "born slippy" but i think "dark & long" is a better song (this is the song that plays whilst our young hero, Renton is getting off smack and freaking out in his bedroom). re: underworld, talk about prolific - these guys have the longest discogs.com page i've seen - underworld have always been more than just techno or house music, and this song, originally from 1994, is a great example of their expansive, cinematic style. if you like this song and don't have much of underworld's output, i'd highly suggest buying their greatest hits because its got all the best hits on there. or get the single for born slippy (which this came off of), or the album the song comes from (the opening cut no less!) dubnobasswithmyheadman, considered by many to be one of the best dance albums ever made.
"Original" by Leftfield -- the song by leftfield that appears in trainspotting was called "a final hit" - its the scene where Renton is having a final hit before quitting heroin - that song was written for the film, but i decided to put this up instead because its a classic of mid-90s electronic music. this is when i was discovering all this music that i'd never heard before, and i have trainspotting (and doing college radio) to thank for it. 'Original' is a slow burner, like acid techno at half-speed - leftfield have since had their music in another film, Go!, which fit the mood very well there too. pick up the album, Leftism here for very little money - its worth it because they cover a good variety of styles, from downtempo stuff like this, to bouncy-acid-bass dance songs.