Exit Planet Dust

Exit Planet Dust is The Chemical Brothers' debut studio album, released in 1995, that helped establish their signature big beat approach of propulsive breakbeats, heavy bass, sample-driven textures and occasional downtempo interludes. Songs such as "Leave Home" and "Life Is Sweet" blend rock-tinged guitar fragments, hip hop style sampling and house and techno production to create both high-energy club tracks and more atmospheric pieces. The record is notable for crystallizing a mid-1990s strain of sample-heavy, club-oriented electronica that would influence contemporaries and later electronic artists.