In 1995 The Chemical Brothers shafted their original (stolen) moniker, The Dust Brothers, and released their debut album under the title the world would come to know them as. Exit Planet Dust was named to shake off the old jacket, making way for the hedonistic, gnarly, and absolutely massive sounds that would capture Britain’s post-techno rave generation. Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons were never shy about their audience’s habits, they were ravers who spent their weekends sucking up dust, eating glue, and partaking in whatever other chemical delights they could find. What Exit Planet Dust would do was cater directly to that popular underground, handing them the twisted, overwhelming music their drugged-up hearts desired. Speaking to the now-defunct dance mag Muzik in 1994, Simons said: “…nobody from the dance world has come up with an album to reflect these times. Why is that? Why is it left to a group like Oasis to express the way that young people want to go out and get battered every weekend? That’s what The Chemical Brothers are about.” Exit Planet Dust is packed end-to-end with proto-versions of what would make the duo commercial juggernauts; heavily affected beats laid amongst vocal samples which not-so-subtly invited listeners to switch off and go wild. Though they’d later become massively acclaimed, The Chemical Brothers never seemed like a band who sought recognition. Their quest was simple enough; make the world dance harder than it had ever danced before. They sought out crowds who were hungry for total surrender and served it to them on a silver platter. At the heart of dance music lies a simple truth: every now and then, people just want to lose it. Few groups understand this as well as The Chemical Brothers, and it all started on Exit Planet Dust. Produced by Happy Mag: http://happymag.tv/ Shot and edited by Tania Safi https://www.instagram.com/taniasafi/ Written and presented by Tom Cameron Special thanks to: Aroha Harawira: https://www.instagram.com/arohahaha/ Bernard Zuel: https://www.bernardzuel.net/ #ExitPlanetDust #TheChemicalBrothers #WhyItMattered #DanceMusic #EDM #Techno #Rave #BigBeat #90sMusic #ClassicAlbums #HappyMag #ableton #aroha