Propellerheads

Proponents of the big beat style of dance music, Propellerheads -- keyboardist/bassist/DJ Alex Gifford and drummer/DJ Will White -- sprang out of Bath, England, in 1996 to achieve almost overnight success in the U.K. with their brand of unabashed party techno, which combines strains of hip-hop, acid house, jazz-funk, and spy film soundtracks. They scored their most enduring hit in 1998 alongside Shirley Bassey on "History Repeating" from their debut full-length, Decksandrumsandrockandroll. Gifford began his career as a studio musician, playing keyboards for Van Morrison and s...