Editing Come with Us (section)

==Recording==
Work on a new album began in 2000, when it was initially titled ''Chemical Four''.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} The record explores new gear, such as the Parker MIDI Fly guitar. When asked if it would be a "back-to-roots" album, following their change in style with ''[[Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)|Surrender]]'', Ed Simons said, "The first three or four numbers do remind me of those days when we were so excited about putting together little grooves and beats – that whole cut-up era of [[hip hop]]. We had Grand Wizard Theodore DJing at our gigs then. Like that scratch segment in 'Afrika', those tiny segments where it sounds like a DJ cutting in, those sorts of things used to really excite us. But some of the music is totally removed from that. 'Hoops' is totally different than anything we – or anyone – have ever done".<ref name="Remix">{{cite journal |title=[unknown title] |journal=Remix |date=January 2002 |url=http://planet-dust.laserjay.net/remix.htm |accessdate=12 May 2015 |archive-date=11 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211145804/http://planet-dust.laserjay.net/remix.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album took eighteen months to record.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.udiscovermusic.com/come-us-said-chemical-brothers |title=Come with Us, Said The Chemical Brothers, and We Did |date=9 February 2015 |website=UDiscover |accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref>

In making the record, the string arpeggios and the hard MIDI notes came first. "Then it was about finding the right sounds and building from that point", says Simons. The album's drum programming started with doing the snare sound, then a kick, and a bit of "high-end ssshhhhhh". The duo said they "took the actual individual drum sounds, then wrote the chords. We always sample tiny fragments of sound as a starting point. But there were more definite tunes and ideas and melodies from the start of this album than before". They also experimented with [[Emagic Logic]] Audio, which proved successful in the album's production as it never crashed, unlike [[Steinberg Cubase]], which the band had used previously.<ref name="Remix"/>