In England, Acid House reigned in the late eighties but was soon replaced by "Hardcore". It was barely hardcore by today's standards but, at that time, it was some of the fastest, wildest, most incredible music anyone had ever heard. Coming frm that scene like a lightening bolt was the Prodigy, who scored the first "rave" hit with a song called "Charly". "Charly"'s massive pop appeal was decried by the techno community for selling out and commercializing the scene. Regardless of how you view what happened, the Prodigy became a household name and, subsequently, pop stars.
	During this period - 1991- the UK the scene was fostering a massive and largely unpoliced underground. Much like the punk scene of the seventies, records were being made in bedrooms, pressed in generic sleeves and generating a huge amount of underground interest. Phil and Paul Hartnoll called themselves Orbital after the roadways that circle the outskirts of London on which massive thousand car caravans travelled every weekend to deserted fields outside London. Here, massive raves with upwards of 10,000 people every single weekend, celebrated the new sound of the underground. Orbital cut a track called "Chime", sent in to every record company they could think of and received nothing but rejections. They decided to issue it themselves and it soon became an anthem for the new scene. The interest drew record labels and they signed with ffrr/London. They have continued to make extraordinary, unique music and are certainly one of the most important acts making music today.
	Around the time Orbital formed, a band with many aliases (as is comon with electronic music) called themselves The Future Sound Of London for single called "Papua New Guinea" and created one of the most moving and beautiful pieces of contemporary music. It was a massive success, but they subsequently moved their music in a more experimental direction, often slow and beautiful, and at other times, harsh and more beat driven. Today they are recognized as among the most important groups pushing the boundaries of the musical envelope utilizing the most cutting edge artificial technologies available (most of which are custom made specifically for them).