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"Prodigy have the potential to be the biggest band in the world." Electronica guru Aphex Twin Prodigy is the brainchild of classically trained pianist and acid house DJ Liam Howlett, who met dancers Keith Flint and Leeroy Thornhill on London's club scene in the early 1990s. The trio played their first gig at London's Four Aces in Hackney and released their first single, "Charly," in 1991. The single, which sampled a children's public service announcement on British television, shot to the top of the U.K. dance charts and paved the way for the success of their first album, The Prodigy Experience (1992). In 1993 Howlett added hip-hop MC Maxim Reality (Keeti Palmer) to the mix and the following year the expanded Prodigy released the breakbeat drum 'n' bass album, Music for the Jilted Generation. The single "Firestarter," released in 1996, became the group's biggest seller to date in the United States. Prodigy's third album, The Fat of the Land, was released in 1997 on Maverick Records featuring contributions from, among others, Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker and Doctor Octagon. Howlett flexed his DJ muscles on Prodigy's latest release, Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One, a DJ mix of tracks by various artists in styles ranging from rap to industrial. The album was released in March 1999 on X1/Beggars Banquet. The following year, the group became a trio with the departure of Thornhill, who left to pursue his solo project, Flightcrank. Christina Cramer
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