Jaguar Skills x The Prodigy – The Sword Fight

Last Friday 26th January at 6.30pm UK time, Jaguar Skills unexpectedly dropped a 27 minute mixtape entitled The Sword Fight, consisting of The Prodigy tunes mixed with original beats and samples. It came out really funky – we dedicate today’s article to this airing, with some details from Jaguar Skills.

Without any prior announcement, the social media accounts of both Jaguar Skills and The Prodigy revealed on Friday morning that a certain fresh mixtape would be premiering on BBC Radio 6 the following evening. The posts were light on details and fans of both artists had no idea what to expect. It turned out that, to the surprise of literally everyone, The Prodigy are going back to their old-school cut-up mix roots this year! Don’t let it confuse you that the main creator of the mix is Jaguar Skills, we dug up that Liam Howlett’s participation is also present. And it looks like a good alternative to the much-promised second volume of Dirtchamber Session.

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By the way, it’s quite symbolic that the Jaguar Skills mixtape was aired this year, as many will remember that this February marks the 25th anniversary of the only official mixtape Liam Howlett ever released himself! The aforementioned Dirtchamber came out on 22nd February 1999 via XL Recordings: we’ll devote a separate article to this release next month, but in the meantime you can read our lengthy feature on Howlett’s appearance at Mary Ann Hobbs’ Breezeblock show in October 1998. This mix, recorded over several weeks, was the precursor to Dirtchamber.
 

Definitive story of Liam Howlett’s Breezeblock Mix: theprodi.gy/breezeblock

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Look out for our massive Dirtchamber feature on the 22nd of February: all the major differences from the Breezeblock Mix, copyright clearance insights, plus lots of curious details about the release artwork by the notorious Alex Jenkins! Stay tuned.

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Headmasters: ALL SOUVENIRS
Additional thanks to: Jaguar Skills

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