Speed/Midijunkies Explained

Speed/Midijunkies & Midijunkies/Speed
Type:single
Artist:Atari Teenage Riot
Album:Delete Yourself!
A-Side:"Speed"/"Midijunkies"
B-Side:"Start The Riot!" (Live)
Released:April 1995
Recorded:1 January 1995
Genre:Digital hardcore, hardcore techno
Length:2:50 ("Speed")
4:50 ("Midijunkies")
Label:Digital Hardcore Recordings, Alternation
Producer:Alec Empire
Prev Title:Kids Are United!'
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Not Your Business
Next Year:1996

"Speed/Midijunkies" (according to the CD single) or Midijunkies/Speed (according to the 12" vinyl) is a single by Atari Teenage Riot, initially released in April 1995 to promote their debut full-length Delete Yourself!. The song "Speed" samples Powermad's "Slaughterhouse"[1] and was later used for the 2006 movie .[2]

The track "Midijunkies" was previously used in the band's debut 1993 single "ATR". Let it be noted that the track list for the CD version of the single places "Speed" in front of "Midijunkies", while the 12" edition has that reversed. The single also includes a live recording of "Start The Riot!", also from Delete Yourself!. This live version was recorded during a live performance in Berlin on 2 February 1994.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: N/A. Atari Teenage Riot WhoSampled Page for Speed. whosampled.com. whosampled.com. 19 November 2016.
  2. http://www.digitalhardcore.com/News_Item.asp?News_ID=201 The Riot's kinetic classic 'Speed' is used on the 'Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift' soundtrack