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The Prodigy rose from the UK’s underground rave scene in the '90s to the top of the charts on the strength of two breakthrough singles, "Firestarter" and "Smack My Bitch Up," from 1997’s The Fat of the Land. The album sold over two million copies in America, and it looked like there was no stopping their onslaught of industrial-strength breakbeats. Personal conflicts within the group set in, and it took the dismal Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned to get the group back together again.

Dirty-talking, Toronto-born songstress Peaches (a.k.a. Merill Nisker) went from working as a school teacher to becoming an artist who has never been afraid to speak her mind. After dabbling with politics and serving up oodles of lascivious electro-punk, her recent DJ digs influenced a back-to-basics approach on her fifth album, I Feel Cream, which features collaborations with Simian Mobile Disco, Drums of Death, Soulwax, and Digitalism. Cream is a gutsy major career step for her, but is the world ready for a kinder, gentler Peaches?

On Wait For Me, Moby's latest, and perhaps quietest, most cinematic album, the unassuming, million-selling DJ/producer renews his love affair with New York while embracing the simple life.

Also inside: The Juan Maclean talk about their unabashed lov affair with the futurism of the past • Preppy synth-poppers Passion Pit hail from Cambridge, Mass and are being touted as the Next Big Thing on the strength of their Chunk of Change EP and its glorious single, "Sleepyhead." The band’s intoxicatingly mature full-length debut, Manners, proves they are no flash in the pan. • In a candid conversation on the eve of the rlease of his History Elevate collection, Detroit techno stalwart Kevin Saunderson speaks about his past, present, and future.
• Nearly 30 years into their career, electronic music pioneers Depeche Mode show no signs of slowing down.

Plus: Micahu & The Shapes, Phones, DJ Hell, Men Without Pants, Rift, Pet Shop Boys, Black Landlord, Japanese Goth, WMC '09 recap + tons of music, DVD and event reviews!

Peek inside Issue 27

Dimitri From Paris
Dimitri From Paris was in New York City last week promoting his sprawling Night Dubbin’ collection, produced in collaboration with The Idjut Boys. Big Shot caught up with Dimitri at a photo shoot for an upcoming feature this very magazine and asked him to talk about how the release came together.

The Prodigy Cover Shoot with Mick Rock

Kissy Sell Out

Peaches

Michel Gondry

Lady Sovereign

Big Shot Guest Mix: Max Cooper
London-based mixologist Max Cooper has been cutting it up on the decks since he lived in Belfast in the '90s. Flash to the present and Cooper continues to dazzle crowds with his turntable skills.

Big Shot Guest Mix: DJ Simon
We met DJ Simon back in the day at Winter Music Conference several years ago when he stepped in at the last minute for another DJ who couldn’t make the party due to a family matter.

DJ Mix: Rico Tubbs
UK breakbeat master Rico Tubbs took his game to the next level when he dropped his amazing full-length, Knuckle Sandwich, last year. Tubbs is now readying the release of a two EP set for Menu Music, which will drop on May 4th.

Big Shot Guest Mix: King Roc
Martin Dawson goes by the alias King Roc. He’s an Englishman who lives in Berlin and has been known to spend time in Brazil. He’s also an incredible DJ/producer whose impeccable style gleans the best from house and downtempo.

Big Shot Guest Mix: Coalition of The Killing
Detroit…. Berlin…. San Francisco? You betcha. We profiled Bay Area based techno collective Auralism in Issue 25.