Every once in a while a band will come along that will help to change and influence the direction of music. Utah Saints were one such band. They were among the forerunners in the early 90`s UK house scene, and as such can be seen as helping to define the genre of dance music whilst maintaining a separation from the mainstream.

'Utah Saints' was released in early 1993 and like most dance music is definitely best experienced in a club situation… close your eyes and it could almost be 1990 odd again… illegal raves… the criminal justice bill… 1960, a time of supposed free love revisited but given a darker spiky dangerous edge.

Tracks like `New gold dream` and `What can you do for me` just make you want to get up and dance as they punch jagged slabs of pure emotion into your head. This is feel good music … it's not bothered about taking its self to seriously … it's music that created a gang-like mentality when it was released of this is our music… this is our culture … now go fuck off.

Jackhammer style drums in `Something Good` knock you flat then pick you back up again. A ethnic-like vibe is achieved in `State of mind` with the use of a laid back drum loop creating a chilled calm mood in total contrast to the rest of the album… very interesting.

Utah Saints continue to have a pronounced effect upon the rather stupidly named genres of EBM ('electronic body music') and Darkwave, to such an extent that aforementioned bands have built there careers around ripping off early 90`s house bands like Utah Saints… that is not good. Some people might say that that is what Utah Saints did with their use of sample within their music but I would strongly disagree… Utah Saints took those samples ripped then up and looped then and helped to create a whole new type of music… in a manner that was more `punk rock` than the Sex Pistols.