The Prodigy @ Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 30 Jan

Article by Dave Kerr | 12 Feb 2010

Guaranteed to knock it out of the park every time, Prodigy gigs have unquestionably become a bankable night out since they first tumbled onto the fledgling acid house scene with What Evil Lurks in 1991.

The Braintree trio’s tours have evolved into a process of refinement in the intervening years, evidenced tonight by their willingness to reconstruct songs ranging from barely a year to nigh on two decades old. A dubstep complement to Breathe and redux treatment of Diesel Power are the biggest triumphs; a steady snare with piston-precision beneath Liam Howlett’s clattering palette of samples effortlessly coaxes an all-ages crowd into a unified heave before World on fire summons all out beer-lobbing chaos.

Whereas an energised Keith Flint stole the show the last time they were in these parts, tonight his dreadlocked counterpart shouts loudest. As the floor swims with sweat and bowel-irritating bass bounces off the wall, one zealous fan waves a fish slice in Maxim’s direction while he screeches, once more, that they’ve still got the poison. We must be running out of ways to appreciate them. [Dave Kerr]

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