Slam - Positive Education

Slam - Positive Education

Slam smashed their way into the international club scene in 1993 with the stabbing notes of Positive Education, that minced Chicago house, Detroit techno, and European grooves into a veritable musical haggis. Driven by a frenzied choir of acidic synthesizers, bubbling basslines, and rolling snare drums, the track injected adrenaline into the veins of Chicago and Detroit and inspired a generation of house and techno producers.

Scottish pair Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle created the timeless masterpiece in their studio in Glasgow and it changed their lives, and possibly dance music, forever.

"Its definitely one of those what if moments,†says Stuart. "Like what if we never did this? Or what if we never did that? Its hard to think of our career without that record because it was the catalyst that enabled us to start traveling to other cities and doing remixes for other artists.

"It was also the record where the distributors started taking Soma more seriously as a label. Also, two young kids from Paris, who called themselves Daft Punk, got in touch with us because of that track.†(Soma released Daft Punks debut EP The New Wave in 1994. That release got Bangalter and de Homem-Christo signed to Virgin Records. The rest is French house history.)