한가지 장르로 국한 시키기에 너무나 부족한 Prodigy는 일렉트로니카는 물론 세계의 각종 락페스티벌에서 당당히 헤드라이너로써 자리매김하고 있는 이시대 최고의 아티스트이자 이제는 살아있는 전설이 되어버린 거물급 아티스트로 최근앨범 Invaders Must Die로 다시 돌아왔다. 99년 트라이포트와 08년 섬머브리즈의 공연 취소로 한국의 팬들이 가장 간절히 보고 싶은 아티스트 1순위라고 해도 될 만큼 애타게 기다려 온 것에 대해 “Firestarter”,“Breathe”, “Smack My Bitch Up”, “Spitfire”등 초호화 트랙들을 100% 라이브로 선사해줄 것이다.
GlobalGathering present yet another groundbreaking act as headliner for this year's festival, THE PRODIGY. The all action rave group will take centre stage with their adrenaline fueled, no nonsense style for the very first time.
In 1990, a production wizard, two dancers and a soundsystem MC make their debut performance at Labyrinth in London, the Prodigy experience is born. In their first year together The Prodigy already realised their initial main goal, to perform at the infamous Raindance in London's East End. Their debut album 'Experience' was met with both revere and acclaim by ravers and critics alike. This followed a year in which The Prodigy hit the charts with a loud bang, by this time everyone was sitting up and taking note. The ever narrowing confines of the rave scene had been well and truly broken.
At a time when The Criminal Justice Act was threatening to kill the rave scene, The Prodigy were taking their music to a whole new audience. Their second album 'Jilted Generation' was a large nod towards their newfound stardom within the Rock community where they found themselves headlining festivals around the world, surrounded entirely by non-electronic acts including the likes of Oasis. Perhaps their most defining moment came in 1996 when they released 'Firestarter' onto the world. At first this was met by radio stations with caution, dubbed as too 'abrasive for daytime play' it was eventually unleashed onto the mainstream and went straight in at Number 1. Followed up quickly by 'Breathe' and 'Smack My Bitch Up', The Prodigy's reputation went through the roof. They quickly became an institution with the new generation of clubbers.
Fat Of The Land will go down in history as one of the most influential albums of all time, up there with 'Never Mind The Bollocks', 'What's The Story' and 'Nevermind' - it still remains one of the fastest selling albums of all time. Fast forward to 2005 and The Prodigy return with another smash hit album, 'Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned' was an unsuspecting powerhouse of sleazy electro trash that laughed in the faces of the people who had pronounced the band dead.
Whether it be causing riots at a gig in Greece, having a stage invasion at Brighton's Essential Festival or having their videos banned from MTV, The Prodigy have never been far from controversy, but let's face it, who are we to complain.
