DJ Carl Cox and The Prodigy have continued to blow the minds of the audiences of their high-energy UK arena tour that that launched in Glasgow last week. Cox opened for The Prodigy’s tour with a three-deck vinyl set at the Ovo Hydro arena.
The UK electronic icons came in strong for the tour’s launch, receiving a huge applause from the Scottish crowd for their long-lived classic techno sounds. The famous tracks that had the audience raving to the 1990’s classics included ‘Adrenaline Drop’ by DJ Juanito in Carl Cox’s pursuit of focusing on techno and hardcore. The Prodigy’s track list included some of the most enjoyed techno songs of the golden era, such as ‘Smack My Bitch Up’, ‘Omen’, ‘Breathe’ and ‘Out Of Space’.
This duo act, lean into the 1990’s blend of electronic distortion, punk and techno, in different ways the two artists made large impacts on the music scene then and now. They moved the scene of UK dance music from underground to mainstream culture. Cox emerged as respected figure in the house music landscape through his marathon DJ sets that helped solidify the DJ as a true performer of European dance sound, rather than a club hire.
At the same time as Cox, The Prodigy pushed the electronic scene, but harder, with a hybrid sound that fans still enjoy today. The act formed in the 90s, from the UK rave scene, mixing breakbeat sounds and punk attitude. The album ‘The Fat of the Land’ contributed to the essence of their auteurship that brought rave culture into the mainstream gaze.
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After the launch in Glasgow, Carl Cox stated in an Instagram post just how lively the crowd was for the two electronic punk legends:
“Glasgow, you came in strong – the place was moving from the moment we stepped up.”
The opening has only made the tour more anticipated by those who managed to secure tickets, with the tour moving from Glasgow to Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff. Upcoming stops on the tour include Bournemouth and Leeds, as well as, two back-to-back London shows for Friday and Saturday. The tour will then close with the final dates in Belfast and Dublin.
Speculation on social media arose with the question that asks if Cox will appear at all shows, which has since been confirmed, meaning he will perform across the rest of the tour stops.
