Lorde and Chemical Brothers’ Hunger Games Collaboration falls short of expectations
It seems that lately everybody in popular music is jumping into the movie-scoring business. Among the fold is the pioneering electronic music outfit Chemical Brothers, who just wrapped up a collaboration with Australian songstress Lorde on a track for the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.
Weekend Rewind: The Chemical Brothers – The Private Psychedelic Reel
When The Chemical Brothers released Dig Your Own Hole in 1997 many listeners gravitated to the album due to the massive appeal of its lead single "Block Rockin' Beats" but, as listeners soon realized, Ed Simons and Tom Rowland had much, much more up their proverbial sleeves. Enter "The Private Psychedelic Reel" a cut that has been dubbed by many as the best electronic track of all time. Clocking in at just under 10-minutes, the duo's magnum opus is a transcendental journey through psychedelia, a deeply layered and intricately woven tapestry of middle eastern influences, breathtaking drum rolls and larger than life big beat breaks. For any true fan of electronic music, listening to "The Private Psychedelic Reel" should be a rite of passage - there is very little in today's EDM that will stand the test of time the way this track has.