Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World Page #2

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captured the moment

this new underground British culture

was thrust into the mainstream.

And the result was something

uniquely chaotic.

Pete, what's the track?

I think it's...

I'm not sure, actually.

Not Elvis Presley, that I do know.

This is warts and all, that's what

it was like. There's a guy

taking a slash in the

background at one point,

because he can't make it to the loo.

We'd like to say thank you for

having us, and we'll see you soon.

Rave culture and the establishment

hasn't always been the easiest

of bed fellows,

but, with the world's eyes on

Britain for this summer's Olympics,

it was techno superstars,

Underworld,

that were chosen

to provide the soundtrack.

A lot of pressure on you.

Yes, and you can see

I'm laughing hysterically.

Across the globe,

what are we known for?

Rain, Beef eaters, rave.

Rave is the heart of our culture,

and now it's at the heart

of the Olympic Opening Ceremony.

And that is right and appropriate.

Underworld being part of the Olympics

was a great opportunity

to show the world,

"Yeah, when we party here,

we know how to party."

If we went back, say, 30 years,

that wouldn't

have happened for one minute.

But underworld wouldn't be

taking electronic music

into the heart of the mainstream

if it wasn't for this next lot.

None of us would have gotten

involved in electronic music

if we hadn't heard Kraftwerk.

Kraftwerk didn't make music

in a studio,

they constructed it in a laboratory.

And when they appeared on the BBC

science show, Tomorrow's World,

in 1975, a whole generation was

inspired to create electronic music.

Wir fahren, fahren, fahren

auf der Autobahn

Wir fahren, fahren, fahren

auf der Autobahn...

Those sounds were out of this world.

Where did that come from?

I have no clue,

how these sounds are being created.

Weisse Streifen

Gruener Rand...

They had a, first of all, unique

sound. They sounded like the future.

When you listen to it, you wonder,

like, "How did they make this music?"

We all had that similar experience,

whether it was listening to

Trans-Europe Express or Man Machine,

we were like, "Wow, so this is what

people can do with electronic music."

I remember being drawn into Autobahn

as a very young child.

It's one side and it's about

a motorway that's really long,

and you can listen it

and it's like a journey.

It's just this thing that goes

on and on, what are they doing?

It's not even an instrument.

I don't know what it is,

there's just this bubbling sound.

These tracks are incredible

and there's nothing still today

that sounds like them.

From the Autobahn, to the A577.

In 1978, a casino in Wigan

was voted above New York's Studio 54

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