KURT: Finally, among the stars being tossed up on our shores by the new wave of British dance music is a duo called "The Chemical Brothers," DJ-producers Ed Simmons and Tom Rowlands. They've got a hot single out right now called "Setting Son," co-written with Noel Gallagher of Oasis, and a new album is on the way, so let's pay a visit.

ED: I think we both like music that confuses you and makes you feel like you're somewhere else, it's all quite a psychedelic experience.

MTV: Among those spearheading the techno invasion that's already making inroads on American soil are The Chemical Brothers: Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands, DJ's extraordinare whose club-honed sounds reflect their varied musical tastes

ED: We kind of wanted to make music that reflected what we played out when we were DJing... So we conceived a sound, hard breaks and weird sort of techno noises... And the energy we've got from following bands like Jesus And Mary Chain or My Bloody Valentine, bands that made a lot of noise and stuff.

TOM: Hip Hop was a massive influence on what we do like that era mid 80's, late 80's hip hop with kind of big breaks and party music stuff. It's what we're about and it was combining those things like the noise of Public Enemy and kind of the trip, kind of head thing of acid house music.

MTV: Longtime fan and Manchester main man Noel Gallagher lent his vocal services, not to mention his very public profile to The Chemical Brothers for a trippy ode to The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows," entitled "Setting Sun."

ED: We used to play the record "Tomorrow Never Knows" out when we DJed so I think he heard us do that a few times so he kind of liked that, so he probably saw some sort of sound alike with "Tomorrow Never Knows" and probably went for that, so I think that was good.

TOM: We play live a lot in clubs and we expect our gigs to be like a party. And that's what we see when we play live, that's what we're providing, it's like a situation with a good system and a good visual thing for people to have a good party as opposed to come and look at us.

MTV: With Setting Sun primed to lure Oasis fans into the fold, and a new record due this spring, The Chemical Brothers are packing dance floors in clubs stateside, and heralding a post-alternative, guitar-free future.

ED: That's the most exciting place to be, you know, on the dance floor and people don't want to be in small beer stained pubs playing their guitar, they want to be in glamorous dance halls and that's probably why the turntable is more popular than guitars now and that's cool by us.

The Chemical Brothers' album, "Dig Your Own Hole," will be out in March, with a tour to follow.