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I’m not usually one for tampering with distinguished classic tunes, but sometimes all the right elements come together for a contemporary re-telling that takes your breath straight out of your lungs.

This is one of them.

Anyone who knows me, will know I’m a huge Underworld fan and usually I would not be happy with anyone delving into their 20 year back-catalogue and adding a few blips to their renowned reputoire.

Christian Smith’s deft and thrilling conversion of Dark & Long into contemproary tech-house though, is something else.

I reviewed it in full here.

The last weekend of July is always Global Gathering weekend and is nearly always one of the most reliable music festivals to crash. Even more so for me, as it’s literally twenty miles up the road.

So I went. I saw the likes of Skream, Hawtin, Heidi, Underworld, Prydz, Rusko and even the world’s most controversial DJ (currently)  Steve Angello. Then I wrote some words down about the whole experience.

Then Data Transmission published them in a very hackneyed form, with all sorts of grammatical dubious sentences and missing words. Having my name attached to this mess isn’t my proudest moment, but on the whole it reads O.K. You can laugh at the missing words and participle errors here.

You can also enjoy my videos from the event below: