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I loved the Satan Live singles, the first time I heard most of their hits, and they were all paired up with other tracks... I taped their new years 96/97 gig off the radio too. And I remember downloading a bootleg of a Middle of Nowhere tour where Spare Parts Express morphed into the end of Impact, which led to that track being structurally backwards, which was brilliant. I know they've done some different arrangements in recent years, partly down to changing gear, but I definitely think the earlier approach was much more interesting. Similar could be said for Underworld.


That reminds me, I've been meaning to look up footage of their Green/Brown tour to hear how they've been doing things. In one interview (possibly in the Green boxset booklet?) Paul said he enjoyed revisiting the more stripped-back approach of their really early material and that might influence the next record. Much as I like some of their recent stuff, it'd be cool to hear them go back to straight-forward techno again.