#AONO: Medusa’s Path · Phoenix

Our series of articles dedicated to the album ‘Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned’ remained unfinished. A year ago, we left off with an article about ‘Action Radar’, but, as often happens, the series kept getting postponed as we focused on other articles and new topics. This year, we decided to return to the story of #AONO! Next up are two tracks that are quite atypical for The Prodigy — Medusa’s Path and Phoenix. Both tracks stand out noticeably from the rest of the ‘AONO’ material; however, not much information about their history and creation has survived. Nevertheless, we decided to piece together the known facts and give these two unusual tracks some special attention.

Medusa’s Path is one of the most unusual tracks on ‘Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned’, and the story behind its creation seems to be more complicated than it might appear at first glance. According to Liam Howlett, while working on the album, he deliberately limited his search for musical inspiration from new artists: “I chose to remove myself from any inspiration. I didn’t want to buy any new music. I didn’t want to see any bands play.” Once, while out for a romantic dinner with his wife, Natalie Appleton, at a Lebanese restaurant, he heard an unfamiliar melody coming from the kitchen that immediately caught his attention.