The prodigy, and suburban bass - Early days Documentary (1992)

The prodigy and suburban bass - Documentary 1992
Track list:
Smart E's - Loo's Control.
Sonz of a Loop da loop era - Peace & loveism.
The prodigy - Out of space.

[@thefivepoints]

Christ i miss the 90s, no social media, no sea of smart phones with everyone videoing the show instead of watching it, just a crowd of people all watching and enjoying the music.

[@panoramaaaaaa]

But isn’t it the purpose of human life, to move forward? That’s why I try to tell myself, I do miss the days too.

[@CastleHassall]

​@@panoramaaaaaai would not say that we have moved forward socially.. we have mostly become very isolated sitting looking at screens rather than going to spend real time with real people etc, most of us

[@lukestevens4374]

@@panoramaaaaaa We move forward in some ways (technology) but take steps back in others (culture, spirituality). Hopefully it evens out in the end but that takes centuries

[@weplaywax]

We are not evolving, we are only progressing. And progress is merely a measure of moving forward in an arbitrary direction, not one of evolving towards a set goal. Our modern society has set no end-goals like it used to have in more ancient times, only directions for people to go to.

[@gargantuk]

​@@weplaywaxThat is a very piquant observation. 👏👏

[@Koettnylle]

This is the most 90's thing I've seen since the 90's

[@eyesintheskies]

😂 nice one brothaaa!

[@Fruitboots25]

@@eyesintheskies Noice one bruv!

[@meilstone]

Yeah, I played live on stage in the 90s and I agree!

[@orphanoforbit7588]

That makes no sense.

[@lachlancopeland3046]

...but it is tha 90s

[@115breno]

this makes me feel old and sad. i wish i could go back :(

[@AnthonyNelms-nh8ko]

I'm in my 20s. I didn't get to experience this but I can feel the youth craving something similar. It's like the Reagan 80s and the rave 90s. The 2020s have been an overproduced plastic Hollywood party and we're sick of it. Dance music needs to be made by weirdos again

[@ResistorSynthwave]

Keith Flint's mad energy shining through as always. Rest well, you legend.

[@Gogs126]

Mad energy? You mean he was absolutely off his face lol

[@serpserpserp]

@@Gogs126 "Keith, stop touching the keyboard.... Kei-KEITH!!!!"

[@reginaldkuntsworth4427]

I was too young to be part of this music scene but I wish I wasn't. Watching this vid gives you a great sense of the era, would have been great time time !!!

[@daveyb2275]

I was too young to go but I listened to it

[@jonowirion]

It was epic.

[@ManWalksDogs]

@@daveyb2275 yeah a little too young myself and also listening to what i could get my hands on; this tv feature actually makes me nostalgic for the kind of youth oriented programming you'd get back in the late 80s and early 90s. all those expositional graphics on screens, the slow-mo, low-angle camera shots of staged shots of the family hanging out together, the grainy quality of the 4:3 footage that you wouldn't bat an eyelid at bitd, the vibe that this has sat on vhs tape in somebodies loft for several decades before getting digitised & uploaded. the 90s man, i bloody loved it.

[@CastleHassall]

but you are blessed to have your youth..a lot of us missed out on a lot of the raves etc back then if we were not in the actual local area they were on in

[@guidelineuk]

❤ priceless

[@arroosak]

The Prodigy! they were so young, much like myself… 💙 RIP Keith x

[@2.Plus.2.Equals.5]

Crazy to see a club without 75 people with their phones out and just enjoying the music.

[@lyricalthesis5863]

Wow. met Keith in a shop i worked at in Cambridge in the mid 90's he was mates with a guy I worked with ( cookie ) great guy!! Never forget !!!!!!

[@gengraded]

The era of Prodigy that I love the most.

[@trashyraccoon2615]

Keeping it real they got a little cringe there at one point. This seems honest

[@gengraded]

@@trashyraccoon2615 Yeah, after Jilted Generation I feel like they wanted to keep that edge. But the happy jubilant dancing of the Charly days is what gets me smiling from ear to ear.

[@Broadswords]

There is nothing like playing Poison at full volume, not so much a dance track but a state of mind

[@elspiritualchamber]

Jeez they so young!!!!!

[@lennyvalentinoSchiaretti_lvs]

@@BroadswordsI am more for Their Law and Skylined, I find these two songs still really amazing!

[@gussetblaster6786]

Oh man, what a time to be alive! The greatest times of my life were running into to a rave with friends in the 90's to listen to the incredible new music getting created. Feeling a part of something so powerful and untouchable was indescribable!

[@reneg8392]

Same here in the Netherlands back in the day! Rave 2 rave experiencing all this new dancemusic realizing our generation creating a whole new subculture where we were one under a roof! Incredible feeling and I never felt so close to people as in the early 90's!

[@XxAmsterdamxX]

I was a 12 year old Romford boy in 1992 and had a suburban base record bag for school and clipper lighter I would pop in to suburban base at the weekends for flyers for my room ... the good old days...

[@MsJJODONNELL]

I was 10 in 92 living in romford. my sister n her mates were older then me n they all had there stuff n music and were going out to raves. I was totally born to late lol.

[@OhRaez]

@@MsJJODONNELL I didn't exist for another 8 years in 92. I DEFINITELY was born late

[@darkstarr2321]

@@MsJJODONNELL I was 9 in 1992 and was jealous of my older cousins getting to go out to parties

[@eyesintheskies]

​@@MsJJODONNELLi was 11 & went raving most of my twenties. Still trying to find my marbles 🤪

[@guidelineuk]

Yes and your flyers were from the flying squad❤😊

[@RugoGaming]

And here we are in 2024, still nothing comes close to what the Prodigy is and was.

[@pascalboyer6236]

My 19 year old son just saw them in France and said it was one of the best shows he’s seen. He’s seen dozens. I saw them in the 90’s myself 😬

[@shpongled587]

its all about the psychedelic genres for me

[@zloidooraque0]

was

[@JeiElRai]

A lot about this is reminiscent of 2 Tone Records' beginningsb in Coventry 15 years prior. Lotta pride in being outside of London with a massive impact.

[@BigSmartQuiz]

RIP Keith Flint. What a truly top dude, lovely, sweet, sound, and totally genuine. Peace on brother...

[@dj-jimmy-m]

Prodigy experience was my project for my gsce.. that album gave me a B for that piano rift 😔😔🥺🥺 miss them days so much

[@JETJOOBOY]

He ain't dead .. Behave.. Respect

[@marcusshulz]

Царствие небесное🙏

[@DanielOSullivan-zk8qg]

God bless Keith flint,love Prodigy to bits, always and forever ❤❤❤❤❤

[@DanielOSullivan-zk8qg]

What jibberish you talking.????

[@neilburt]

The prodigy definitely don't make music in there bedroom anymore lol

[@epicon6]

neilburt They should because the earlier you go back the better the music

[@defoperator7993]

I think Liam does

[@OhRaez]

@@epicon6 I still think FOTL and Jilted are their best

[@phatkunt2092]

I made a video tribute to Liam Howlett's Bedroom - check it out.

[@discopurgatory]

@@phatkunt2092 imma watch it rn

[@hondaspeed6785]

This is gold! They still got the same vibe as 30 years ago.

[@fabiodoe4908]

I was 16 when the Prodigy and Breakbeat thing came to germany and i was totaly blown away .The sound was so new and massive !!! Long time ago,30 years ...

[@stephenroldan5107]

I live in Florida we alawys had the breaks.

[@stephenroldan5107]

Kraftwerk are the kings /ogs of electro breaks

[@FightTheCylons]

M!lk Manneim, thats where it started in germany

[@drawfull]

17, UK

[@jamesadamgleason9471]

Fla boy myself and yes we spun break records but UK invented that sound@stephenroldan5107

[@00specialhan]

A great snapshot of a defining moment in British popular culture.

[@BrumCraft]

Prodigy dominated the early scene and always evolved. Music For The Jilted Generation was mental

[@konopeska]

Expirience too

[@Dumptheclutchevo]

Jilted is 30 years old this week!

[@michel6117]

@@konopeskaabsolutely, for me Experience is miles ahead of all what came later. I‘d even go so far to state, that Experience is a masterpiece and probably the album i‘d choose as my favorite off all music albums if i had to name only one.

[@torisfour1566]

​@@konopeskasure,the best album.Still got this double vinyl from back then.

[@pappachook]

The Prodigy were and will always be a different class.

[@ianwilliams8169]

I was at college this year and failed my course. When people ask "why did I fail college?" I say "it was 1992!"

[@groovytrev]

Hahaha. It really was a bonkers time, lol.

[@kikkirow]

They were so young...

[@yrussq]

We were, bro, we

[@El-Tel63-Terry.]

Still can't believe Keith left the building, proper nice bloke.

[@pascalboyer6236]

To think my son just saw them not 2 weeks ago in France and said it was one of the best shows he’s seen (he’s seen a lot of them btw) is wild… Prodigy endures! RIP Keith

[@alexives9274]

The punk rock of dance and of course we know punk rock never dies

[@futbolusa]

Liam Howlett does everything and the rest get up on stage and yell. Liam's a genius

[@joedent3323]

Well... they dance too. Watching some moosh navel-gazing between keyboreds is NOT gonna get the crowd hype like three mateys, ripped-to-the-tits, dancing their arses off.

[@rf.t.s1580]

You think without the rest they could have been this successful?? Probably not. Second Keith and Leroys dance.moves was the start of the so called Shuffle dance and back then everyone wanted to dance like him.

[@SubtraxionStudio]

Manufactured candy rave

[@dallas-cole]

@@rf.t.s1580 He didn't say that.

[@rf.t.s1580]

@@dallas-cole ".. the rest go on stage and yell" To me it's like saying that the other members don't have any importance.

[@spiritualopportunism4585]

Does everyone born in the UK have a permanent cold?

[@stud105]

cocaine?

[@cheeky50862]

Was columbian hay-fever

[@stevensinclair4931]

SpiritualOpportunism two years later replying to your comment I still have a cold.

[@marktaylor6491]

So would you if you lived in a country where the only two weather types were 'cold' and 'wet'.

[@cavemansam8400]

@@marktaylor6491 Hey come on now.. we also have 'F'ken miserable out there!' 'Gurt fresh' and on the most rare and special occasions.. 'Too bloody hot!'

[@jimclement8492]

RIP Keith Flint, you gave the world so much joy and music

[@edoardoCanny]

"the Prodigy still make their music in a bedroom studio"

[@OdinzEinherjar]

Same here,been listening to them for the last 25 years +

[@СашаТерехов-т7ч]

Легенда!спи спокойно Кит,ты сделал 90!!!

[@dustmighte]

They went from this to Firestarter in 5 years -- crazy.

[@JETJOOBOY]

And then? Not cool

[@panamaJ]

With one of the best ever albums in between!

[@JAW242]

It’s called progress

[@J_Eusebio]

music for the jilted generation is gold….

[@speakertreatz]

it's not as big a jump as you're imagining

[@OdinzEinherjar]

Fuck I'm old,i remember all this from a teen!

[@bazedjunkiii_tv]

same.

[@johnnymorell4974]

VIKINGODIN Same here..

[@fernandorangel7235]

VIKINGODIN me too

[@saganspirit]

Seeing people looking through record racks seems like over 100 years ago rather than just 30 - crazy

[@snoopthecardealer]

Dan Donnelly what a legend at just 20 years of age … The branding the shop the merchandise… I was 14 buying SB records via postal orders listening over the telephone ☎️

[@janenothisrealname6789]

What’s Dan doing now? Legend

[@CastleHassall]

yeah! i remember phoning them a few times and it was always huge Jungle tracks blasting in the room they were in.. nice

[@LloydLaughalot]

@@janenothisrealname6789in the USA I believe. Mostly income from property I think. Made decent amount of money from the IP of the ‘pure’ series music compilations (remember those? Like ‘Pure Garage’). No money in music anymore really, certainly not for niche music like this.

[@wowmedialtd]

Takes me back, I made a few of the CGI Drum & Bass album covers and TV adverts...it was fun.

[@goodfella573]

What's happened.... now they got Calvin Harris, bit like Chalk n Cheese.

[@lospaisasoriginal5454]

Good Fella its like that on the streets too....Chalk n' Cheese

[@DiscoDashco]

@@lospaisasoriginal5454Hi, Yankee from Chicago here with a curious question: what exactly is “chalk n’ cheese”? Is that local slang in Britain or something specific? I even looked in Urban Dictionary with no results before asking. An ocean and half a continent away from y’all, but still a massive fan of the same sound from back in the day!

[@beardtrick]

I had the jilted generation album and experience while I was about 10 in primary school. I'd say that's pretty hardcore shit

[@01ryan10]

Dough Boy me too! still listen to this day. have the CD, cassette and the vinyl

[@jeroenfens8978]

Holy Shit Keith Flint ahahah wow! So different with long hair

[@z9elka]

so young and pure:)

[@stepansopin6209]

... and rip :/

[@jamesmiller3639]

I turned 16 in 1990. The prodigy performed at Tiffanys in great Yarmouth, i was 17 and one if the greatest, if not the greatest dance band of all time was emerging right in front if my eyes and ears. Everybody in the place, didnt just go, they went mental. I wish i could remember more about that night. 😂😂

[@aprc1977a]

the prodigy live in the early 1990s were hands down the best rave act to go see live. Talk about your moneys worth. Seen them play live in dublin with shades of rhythm circa92 and my legs locked stiff with cramp from dancing so hard. shame the rave scene as it was had ended by the end of1993. still though memories for ever and a day

[@camrockem]

I don't think the rave scene ever ended. It just evolved like hip hop and rap did. When the music became more popular, it couldn't stay in the same venues. I went to raves in 1999 and between then andup to 2005 the spirit was authentic.

[@HybOj]

like shit

[@Pezeshful]

Hugh Jones 'started getting progressively shitter'

[@1989Chrisc]

Where did they play in dublin man? Im guessin the point wouldnt have held somethin like that back then

[@WeskerXM96E1]

Yeah I seen them twice in 1992. It's mad to see old footage like this, and I could see they.. Well Keith, was definitely off his face on stage back then.. Great memories!

[@Killotarian]

Would have been amazing to see The Prodigy live in those days

[@night_fiend6]

A lot more to my liking than the dance that kids like now. The Prodigy were great because they had melody and song writing combined with some wicked sampling and raw energy. Looking back the 90's had so much going on musically.

[@denisnaumkin1324]

RIP Keith Flint

[@newbraskia.3992]

Yes indeed :(

[@darz-k]

Prodigy went all out from day one.

[@radiophonica7188]

Prodigy... in love since I heard them first time.

[@BiFFaR]

Keif doesn't just have hair! but long hair! Holy shit!

[@razank8996]

What a rare and valuable video 👍🏽

[@martinfreekie7659]

I recorded this off the tv years ago. It was a feature shown on Dance Energy on BBC2 with Normski.

[@squills1]

Martin Freekie brilliant show dance energy was 👍

[@Suttisan78]

used to go Boogie Times and Music Power Ilford for the latest hardcore tunes back in the early 90s.

[@Gravitron89]

This energy is alive and well in the rave scene

[@jackTHEEtab]

back when the scene was pure ❤❤❤

[@anonymousanonymous5327]

and the drugs

[@dj-jimmy-m]

Subase records are now the CLASSICS

[@BillVegaNewDecade]

Romford crew checking in! Luna C was spot on. The amount of artists, dj's and labels that came out of Essex was staggering. Good times, will never forget

[@stud105]

not just quality dance. moyet, blur, Depeche mode...

[@HTehnique]

Now there's no decent music anywhere in Essex, RIP good music.

[@PH-gm2qe]

Prodigy live was a THING! Their Out of Space bring me to electronic music 🤩

[@RKHA-r6g]

Our people,timeless music.

[@dieselboy610]

R.I.P Mr.Flint:( You will be forever missed. You were a legend and a true pioneer to dance music. This celeb death is a hard one to take.

[@noiselabproject9659]

The Prodigy defo got the live experience down pat by the Fat of the Land tour with Gizz on guitar, tremendous stuff it was

[@joedent3323]

Excellent little snippet, this.

[@gcat72]

RIP, Keith Flint...... Liam, he wouldn't want you to stop the dance! Keep goin, fellas!!!

[@Joffmaximes]

Impossible, but i get the sentiment

[@asnierkishcowboy]

Wwwwoh, "Smart E's - Loo's Control." sounds so original. Never heared it before. Great track.

[@UKBreakz]

R.I.P. Keith. Grew up in Springfield same time as Keith and even went to the same schools. Bozwells. Fond memories of the place!

[@Drydenfuchs]

I miss Leeroy........

[@almead66]

Tootoo's Friday night. Essex '90. Anyone else out there still?

[@tonimarx6405]

Oh man, i wish i could go back just for one weekend. The 90's were the greatest years of my life. The world has changed so much.

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

Will there ever be another mass movement in music that will be all about peace love tunes and fun. No egos, no bullshit. They were great times.

[@scruvydom]

RIP Liam :(

[@basedsouljah]

(Keith)

[@milhouse777]

Don't kill Liam man, Keith was too hard to handle

[@Benno7844]

Your Love….what a fucking tune

[@mattep1ao]

Would love to see the rest Fuckinhell I missed out Born in 84 why not 74 for fuck sake lol

[@bazedjunkiii_tv]

i didn't miss for sure... and when it comes to marketing - for me being in germany a lot of stuff went down hill already after love parade switched locations from ku'damm to strasse des 17. juni back in 1996

[@yrussq]

you had atai teenage riot - and it was massive - whole new scene - underground of underground

[@thedriftmc]

I was born in 74. Grew up on Fibre Optic & Amnesia House. My second home. :)

[@jerrymores5261]

+AVLRECORDS That's stupid, there was always marketing shit since the beginning. Even the rave and old school Hip Hop was part of it.

[@Grandizer8989]

Keith from Prodigy looks like that dude from the worst movie of all time... forget the name... but it's a cult classic cuz it's so awful... the 'how's your sex life' one

[@ZachHixsonTutorials]

I could't think of who he reminded me of! And the name your looking for is Tommy Wiseau, who directed "The Room"

[@Grandizer8989]

Zach Hixson that's it!

[@Grandizer8989]

Zach Hixson thanks!

[@Jonny_Mole]

Старые, добрые времена)

[@cddoma5178]

сейчас все совсем иначе,коммерция все погубила

[@bmaksim1]

ЖЕСТЬ ШОК никто никого не губил, эсид революшен кончилась

[@RussianSoul]

Другая атмосфера.

[@bmaksim1]

Евгений Ламсков времена одни и теже, просто меняются витамины)))

[@DougieL]

Danny Donelly - proper businessman and legend. Howlett - musical genius Luna C, D Breaks, Austin, Krome and Time, the list goes on and all: all legends

[@robertbaran3807]

Love keith R.I.P electronic love liam love maxim love leroy love prodigy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐜🐜🐜❤❤❤

[@moigl7832]

4:03 Candy flip!!

[@ploppyploppy]

As a thrash metal fan of the time Music for the Jilted Generation was an amazing 'new' revelation to me. Even though wildly different from my normal musical taste it seemed to sit perfectly in there. Obviously this happened to a lot of people as they got heavier and seemed to mesh more with the metal crowd over the next decade. Great band.

[@groovytrev]

I guess it was a bit like an electronic version of thrash metal.

[@Puschit1]

I feel sorry for the other acts getting no recognition for what they have done. Nevertheless, it's through The Prodigy's fame and unparalleled energy that I now got to know and see some of them. I am so glad I was born in 1975 - that means being a child in the 80s and a teenager in the early 90s. You simply can't beat that. I mean, sure, being a teenager/young adult during the hippie era aka "the wild 70s" might also be cool but in that case you would have have spend your childhood in the 60s which means stiff parents and and economy that is still recovering from the last WW.

[@GaraGambini]

Slave to the rave, Rave to the grave ❤

[@pipipopocacaable]

@3min16 : so funny, the black and white, the slow motion, and the subtitles. They slip together ?

[@aidanisan]

Good to see a young Liam - Keith seems to steal all the limelight but I'm more intrigued by the producer behind all these classic tunes, what a great ear he had

[@neilorr9685]

I was based in Essex in the late eighties early nineties and remember going to some brilliant dance clubs smiley t shirts white gloves man them days where awesome .Love the prodigy .

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Wow, came across this by accident! What a great watch! Man, things truly were so much better back then.

[@BellumEtPacem]

So glad my era was the 90s. I would swap everything I have now to live '92 just one more time.

[@H4NDCRAFTED]

I used to visit my granparents in Gidea Park, SB was just around the corner i used to walk there.

[@RussArteaga]

I played a show with them when they toured with Moby and Cybersonik. I was the only one that played live :( Moby and the Prodigy played off Dat. I was so sad because I wanted to see how they did it. But of course I understood because they were touring on a pretty low budget. Anyway it was a fun show nonetheless.

[@TapeLeaks]

Were you sitting on better equipment than them?

[@geertjalink]

Every key of the keyboard could be programmed to play a midi sequence at a synchronized clock. That makes it possible to do extended versions or semi live music.

[@RussArteaga]

@@TapeLeaksno i just had a ensoniq eps + and a sq-80 both sync’d to a MSQ-700

[@RussArteaga]

@@geertjalink​​⁠yeah true but not back then at least with what gear we were all using. At some point in the late 90’s I was using emagic logic and touch keys could do this with two different midi controllers. But yeah DAT was the way to have an issue free show.

[@geertjalink]

@@RussArteaga i used Music-X for it, everything key on midi keyboard was part of the song, i can't find that in modern sequencers, Music X was for Amiga 500 combination with Atari ST Cubase.

[@zogmorp]

Kieth from Prodigy doesn't really dance anymore.

[@BongoVIP]

prodigy live data show?

[@euronymoos]

One of the few times the KZbin algorithm has actually got me right. Thanks for this, amazing snapshot of one of the most exciting moments in British culture.

[@moozycla6]

80-90s UK, life man!

[@elissitdesign]

I got experience raving in the 90s every weekend. I miss it dearly. Those dirty warehouses!

[@heggy_69]

3:20 he sounds a bit like warick davis

[@billiamwalker7495]

Rip young Keith. I discovered this video a couple of months before his death but have been a fan since I was 4-5 years old in the early 90s. All the way in America. Will miss you...

[@serpserpserp]

Yeah mate. I'm sure you were a massive fan at 4 years old.

[@billiamwalker7495]

@@serpserpserp Ah, so I guess I just had zero hearing before that age... dip.

[@nkogliaz]

I hate social media and what has happened to the rave scene, things were so much simpler back then, Psygnosis was still doing the Wipeout games along with the Rollcage series with incredible music from Mute / XL / Metalheads, cellphones and the aggravation of smart phones wasn't a thing, interpersonal communication was still the primary means to connect, there was an overall general sense of being connected to people, and the music was light years better in every way imaginable, the whistle scene was cheesy yeah, but damn it was fun and people showed a hell of a lot more genuine appreciation for the music and each other than this entire generation of trustafarians running the influence over the scene globally now, spiritual narcissism aside and the awesome advances the LGBT community has made since then (if you were there, you know exactly how bad the struggle was for them, we still have a long way to go, also), the 90's were a better period in our history over all for music and community in the underground.

[@EvilestGem]

A band in absolute touch with the audience. Absolute touch!

[@monogramadikt5971]

what an amazing time it was. would be great subject matter to base a nostalgic netflix series on i recon ;)

[@mattdibbens1538]

Great idea

[@Younghead]

Oh my God, young Danny and Winston, and a few more. I used to travel so far, to get any tracks I needed that they made. They took care of me sending some big tracks. Thank guys….😎

[@edvinus1]

RIP :/

[@snoutysnouterson]

Were these tracks not released? I don't know them

[@paguenodris3415]

The Nanana rip off. Music is a cycle

[@EdGreenTelle]

4:08

[@ArtemiyPavlov]

EdGreenTelle Oh yeah Keith is def "under influence" at that moment :-)

[@yuppy5956]

he saw the connection :-D

[@S1m0nX386]

90s fashion was Shit but the music was 👌

[@levelautofreak8046]

Prodigy is Liam, that's all!!!

[@Honeyafun]

this is why I love youtube, it's all here for us to enjoy remembering or discovering whenever we feel the urge..