Chemical Brothers

The effectiveness of unusual collaborations is something I find very interesting. I first came across Beth Orton through Alive Alone, her collaboration with Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s which is on the Exit Planet Dust album. I've been listening to Chemical Brothers quite a lot in recent months. Their collaborations with Hope Sandoval (Asleep From Day), Tim Burgess (Life Is Sweet and The Boxer) and even Noel Gallagher (Let Forever Be and Setting Sun) are all pretty amazing and lately, I have been playing at least one Chemical Brothers song in all my DJ sets.

Here are some favourites. Good friend Tim B in action:


and the amazing Hope Sandoval:


Very cool video with The Verve's Richard Ashcroft: