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"I went to my record collection and just listened to about 300 old tracks. That's something I haven't done for years, just listened to music for the sheer pleasure of it," said Liam. The mix was sensational. It contained various artists, such as Public Enemy, Ultramagnetic MC's, the Chemical Brothers, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles. Here is the full track listing of the Breezeblok mix: DYNAMIX II - Just Give The DJ A Break THE BEATLES - Sargeant Pepper HARDNOISE - Untitled CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Chemical Beats ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S - Kool Keith Housing Things LIGHTNIN' ROD feat. JALAL - Sport LE PREGUNTA - Shangri La ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S - Give The Drummer Some TIME ZONE - Wildstyle BOMB THE BASS - Bug Powder Dust GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE - Pump Me Up THE CHARLATANS - How High JIMI HENDRIX - Little Miss Lover GHOST FACE KILLA - Daytona 500 THE PRODIGY - Poison BABY RUTH - The Mexican THE B-BOYS - Rock The House CHEMICAL BROTHERS - (The Best Part Of) Breaking Up WORD OF MOUTH - King Kut RUN DMC - Peter Piper RUEBEN WILSON - Got To Get Your Own DJ MINK - Hey Can You Relate (Instrumental) KLF - What Time Is Love FRANKIE BONES - Funky Acid Makossa FRANKIE BONES - Shafted Off FRANKIE BONES - And The Break Goes Again MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO - Radio Babylon PUBLIC ENEMY - Rebel Without A Pause HERBIE HANCOCK - Rokit PRODIGY - Smack My Bitch Up BEASTIE BOYS - It's The New Style THE 45 KING - The 900 Number PROPELLERHEADS - Spybreak! SEX PISTOLS - New York MEDICINE - I'm Sick D.S.T - The Home Of Hip Hop BIZ MARKIE - Nobody Beats The Biz BEASTIE BOYS - Time To Get Ill BARRY WHITE - I'm Gonna Love You A Little Bit More Baby PUBLIC ENEMY - Public Ememy No. 1 JB'S - Blow Your Head T-LA-ROCK - Breakin Bells LL COOL J - Get Down DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - Humpty Dance UPTOWN - Dope On Plastic COLD CUT - Beats And Pieces LONDON FUNK ALLSTARS - Sure Shot WEST STREET MOB - Breakdance Electric Boogie HIJACK - Doomsday Of Rap RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE - Ozone Breakdown THE BEGINNING OF THE END - Funky Nassau JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH - It's Just Begun 
"When I did it, I really enjoyed it. The album is just me - the music is where the
inspiration for the Prodigy comes from. It won't sell many copies but it's important
that the fans have something that's full of stuff that's in my head when I'm writing",
said Liam. Liam wanted to do an album of the mix but he had to re-work the mix a lot due to clearance problems. For example, Liam was not allowed to use Beatles' 'Sargeant Pepper'. Liam told in Selewct Magazine that "He (Paul McCartney) faxed me back, saying as far as he has concerned it was no problem. But that left everyone else the chance to turn it down." One of the most important tracks on the album was 'New York' by the Sex Pistols. At first John Lydon did not allow Liam to use the track on the mix but the day before New Year's Eve he phoned to Liam and allowed the use of 'New York'. He (John Lydon) said he was in a bad mood the day he turned it down. Liam wasn't able to use Biz Markie's 'Nobody Beats The Biz' because the song contained an uncleared sample and there was law suit going on even though the song was over ten years old. However, a few promo CD-Rs were made which contained a special promo mix, containing a special intro. The special intro is only available on a CD-R promo copy, only 25 copies made! So one can say that there is three different kind of mixes: the Breezeblock mix, a special mix (available only on CD-R promo), and the final The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One. The actual album was titled 'Prodigy Present The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One'. The name 'Dirt Chamber' is actually Liam's home studios' name. The album was released 15.2.1999 on CD and cassette but not on vinyl. "It's not supposed to be a full-scale Prodigy album and I don't want to people to think that it is. It's also not a stop-gap album or a cantractual obligation. It's more to do with my love for this music and style" said Liam. Here's the full Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One track listing: Intro Beats RASMUS - Punk Shock  HARDNOISE - Untitled CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Chemical Beats ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S - Kool Keith Housing Things LIGHTNIN' ROD feat. JALAL - Sport ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S - Give The Drummer Some TIME ZONE - Wildstyle BOMB THE BASS - Bug Powder Dust GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE - Pump Me Up THE CHARLATANS - How High PRODIGY - Poison JANE'S ADDICTION - Been Caught Stealing TIM DOG feat. KRS-ONE - I Get Wrecked BABE RUTH - The Mexican THE B-BOYS - Rock The House CHEMICAL BROTHERS - (The Best Part Of) Breaking Up WORD OF MOUTH - King Kut DJ MINK - Hey Can You Relate (Instrumental) KLF - What Time Is Love FRANKIE BONES - Funky Acid Marossa FRANKIE BONES - Shafted Off FRANKIE BONES - And The Break Goes Again MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO - Radio Babylon HERBIE HANCOCK - Rokit THE 45 KING - The 900 Number PROPELLERHEADS - Spybreak! BEASTIE BOYS - It's The New Style SEX PISTOLS - New York FATBOY SLIM - Punk To Funk MEDICINE - I'm Sick D.S.T. - The Home Of Hip-Hop JVC FORCE - Strong Island PRIMAL SCREAM - Kowalski BEASTIE BOYS - Time To Get Ill BARRY WHITE - I'm Gonne Love You A Little More Baby PUBLIC ENEMY - Public Enemy No. 1 JB's - Blow Your Head T-LA-ROCK - Breakin' Bells LL COOL J - Get Down DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - Humpty Dance UPTOWN - Dope On Plastic COLD CUT - Beats And Pieces LONDON FUNK ALL-STARS - Sure Shot WEST STREET MOB - Breakdance Electric Boogie HIJACK - Doomsday Of Rap RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE - Ozone Breakdown THE BEGINNING OF THE END - Funky Nassau THE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH - It's Just Begun The Dirtchamber Mix containend a few uncredited songs. 'Intro Beats' are actually sampled from a compilation 'Ultimate Breaks & Beats Volume 9' by Billy Squier. Between 'Sport' and 'Give The Drummer Some' there's a part from a song called 'Shangri La' performed by Le Pregunta. In the 'Section 2' there's a drum sample from Run DMC's 'Sucker MC's' (playing over 'How High'). The sratches on 'Section 3' (playing over '(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up') are from 'Peter Piper' also performed by Run DMC. In the album booklet it says that the 'Section 1' would contain Rasmus' 'Tonto's Release', but there's a mistake in the album booklet. The song actually is 'Punk Shock'. Between Herbie Hancock and The 45 King there are small clips from Prodigy's very own 'Smack My Bitch Up' and 'Molotov Bitch'. Two articles about Liam DJ mix album are available on Mindblowing Network. One is from Select Magazine February 1999 and the other from Select March 1999. The commercial mix was released by XL-Recordings in February 1999 on CD (XLCD 128) and cassette (XLMC 128). The original Breezeblock mix started to appear on several CD-R copies soon after Liam decided to release the mix. Liam did a special promo mix which was probably meant to be released as a commercial release but the mix was later changed. The whole promo mix is only available on this CD-R copy made by Masterpiece Masterings and XL Recordings and only 25 copies were made. Intercord, Prodigy's former German record label, made 20 minutes out-take promo. Intercord also made a CD-R promo called 'Interview Zu: The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One' which has an interview with Liam on it. Intercord also made a commercial release (Intercord CD, INT 4 84612 2). There's also another 20 minutes out-take promo made by Masterpiece Masterings. French record company Delabel made a promo CD (DE 4605) which came in cardsleeve and later released the compilation commercially (Delabel CD, 7243 847428 2 9). The record was released in the Netherlands by Play It Again Sam on CD (900.1999.26 in digipak, 900.1999.20 in jewelcase). The record was also released by Guts Records (GAT-0008). The record was released in the USA by Beggars Banquet. There was also a promotional interview CD in the USA called 'The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One - Liam Howlett The Interview' (XL Recordings, 49D30317) A promo interview CD (LHPRO01) was made out of Liam's Breezeblock interview. The promo came in jewelcase, purple disc and no sleeves. |