1995. I was 'Head of Interactive Marketing' at Leo Burnett. That meant I was head of me and a smart chap called Phil. Back then the future was BT's interactive television trial in Southampton and we made a video to suggest the future might be more internety than that.
Phil had this piece of music he wanted to put on it - Innercity Life by Goldie - he was younger than me. I'd never heard anything like it before, it was utterly enthralling and strange and beautiful.
It was the last time I was excited about a new musical sound. But then, a year later, I buggered off to Portland, Oregon where the closest thing they had to a new musical sound was The Grateful Dead at Autzen Stadium. This double CD was how I took the future with me. I listened to it all the time. I could have picked any track on it. Let's go with this: