“The way our live show is put together is it’s flexible and we can try different things out. If we’ve got a new groove or a new pattern or a new sound that we’re working on, we can see how it feels when we play live. This point this summer there will definitely be a lot of that because we’ve been working on so much new music but our album isn’t really finished, it’s still in flux. It’s a good point to try things out and see how they end up.”

Taken from Dig Your Own Hole (25th Anniversary)

The wait is finally over and The Chemical Brothers’ classic second album, 1997’s Dig Your Own Hole is reissued today. This 25th anniversary edition is available digitally, on CD or as a very limited run of 1,997 numbered vinyl cut across three 12”s.

All formats feature five previously unreleased tracks - a demo of Elektrobank, previously unreleased recording Cylinders and alternate mixes of album tracks It Doesn’t Matter, Where Do I Begin and Don’t Stop The Rock (here titled I Love Tekno).

As a special bonus, a live recording from the Dig Your Own Hole tour is available digitally today on streaming and download platforms. Live From Lowlands Festival 1997 features:

Loops Of Fury
Not Another Drugstore
Block Rockin’ Beats
Leave Home
Song To The Siren
Three Little Birdies Down Beats
It Doesn’t Matter
Don’t Stop The Rock
Elektrobank
Piku
Playground For A Wedgeless Firm
Dig Your Own Hole
Setting Sun
Chemical Beats
Hey Boy Hey Girl

Dig deeper into the history of the classic album by visiting the new micro site:
https://digyourownhole25.thechemicalbro ... jrXR462734

I ripped my recording on cassette tape of brixton academy October '97,
not so long back it's on YouTube if anyone's Interested.

Here's the info and setlist

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-chemical-brothers/1996/brixton-academy-london-england-3f6edfb.html

Here's the video
https://youtu.be/-iaB9WSAUek

Great set this, was on a bootleg cd doing the rounds years ago... here's a recording taken from the desk

https://www.mixcloud.com/eaguilarm/the- ... n-uk-1996/