Mega Mega Vote Thing - UNDERWORLD (Smith/Hyde) in ILM Artist Poll #102 - Campaigning, Discussion, Equivocating until 22nd May

second toughest does feel like a sequel to dubno, more refined, confident, exploratory, lighter on its feet in every way, but "juanita/kiteless" still feels like it comes from another world entirely

like how did they make that

i see you

q: is "juanita/kiteless" the greatest song ever recorded by anyone

a: no

(pvmic)

you're still wrong but it's ok

q: is "juanita/kiteless" the greatest song ever recorded by anyone

I can't help thinking that while listening to it, but it's currently my #3 of 77.

like how did they make that

One thing I'm noticing between these amazing STITI era tracks, namely Juanita / Kiteless, Cherry Pie, og Born Slippy, and NUXX, is just how good / interesting their drum processing was. Like that breakdown in J/K where it's all percussive... idk what's going on exactly, some 909 pitchshifting / delay cleverness or something, but it's so effective.

Brad can you please rank and compare Pearls Girl (Tin There) vs the six-minute Tin There from the Playstation version of Wipeout 2097, vs the five-minute Tin There from the Wipeout soundtrack CD

the lean mean 5 minute oscillating wormhole that is the wipeout soundtrack version is prob my favorite but i also love the proggy excesses of pearls girl (tin there)

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All I got so far is that Change the Weather slays Underneath the Radar!

this is the only wrong opinion it is possible to have in this poll

I still believe those are the worst moments in their entire history, including the Freur wardrobe.

this one comes close though


Just absolute garbage aimed at morons who yearn for a return of the Skint label and a big beat revival.

🤩🤩

I think they realized that when it comes to pop culture and singles charts you don't really get a second go at it

they'd already had three goes tbf

is the six minute "tin there" just an additional minute of the breakdown from the five-minute one? i've had trouble differentiating it lol

yeah me too, I think it keeps the frenzied part up a bit longer and then goes to more of a long synth-pad-y outro than the 5-minute version's breakdown-and-fade. basically the short version sounds kind of like an arbitrary edit for time BUT somehow seems to work better! just trying to figure out if I'm missing something.

5 minute edit is just bottled perfectly

Been having some thoughts about A Hundred Days Off

* A friend said he thought they were finished when Emerson left, he seemed to think he was the one with the talent and the other two were cock rock bozos from the 80s, he was really fucking wrong about that eh?
* Two Months Off is the sweetest, most joyful thing of all time, and stands up easily alongside their darkest-sounding work, I love it as much for existing as I love it as a tune, which is a lot.
* I heard the LP in a guesthouse in Krakow, it was being played on the radio, then when I moved to Prague my housemate was a big fan, this was when I relly got into the band, so it's kind of my first Underworld LP in an odd way (though I was aware of Born Slippy, etc. of course)
* First five tracks are superb, then it runs out of steam a bit in the second half, however Trim has the lyric "Woman in a box with her head in her box / Speaks French when spoken like a tourist French / Hey classic coca-cola in a can when you want to cool down" so all is forgiven.
* Dinosaur Adventure 3D is such an odd choice for a single, not that it's bad really, but everything about it is textbook last-third-of-the-LP-semi-banger, even the title is like something filled out when they'd run out of actual titles to use.

xp Moaner is also better in shorter edits, the extra bits at the end are nice but not really needed

when I was in Mexico I once heard Ballet Lane at a movie theater, it sounded awesome there

ADHO seemed to clearly be not as good as the first 3 albums but every time I hear it I marvel at how great the sound is.

main issues with it are A) "Twist" doesn't have the awesome guitar bit that the live version does and B) "Dinosaur Adventure 3D" is missing....something. I can't put my finger on what. Maybe the fact that it reuses the "Dark Train" hook gets me.

Dinosaur Adventure 3D also has two b-sides which are better.

looking forward to the extensive documentation of all the Drift alternate versions

here's one I prepared earlier

the first DRIFT era

Brilliant Yes That Would Be • [single 2018] 6:16
BYTWB • [Drift "Dust" EP intro, 2018] 0:29
Brilliant Yes That Would Be [album version[ • [with piano coda, Drift box set 2019] 10:20


Jenny • MCR Street Poem [installation score 2017, rel. 2019] 9:33
Doris • MCR Street Poem [installation score 2017, rel. 2019] 4:18
Charlie • MCR Street Poem [installation score 2017, rel. 2019] 6:23
James • MCR Street Poem [installation score 2017, rel. 2019] 5:51
Ed • MCR Street Poem [installation score 2017, rel. 2019] 5:36
Meredith • MCR Street Poem [installation score 2017, rel. 2019] 17:09
Harry • MCR Street Poem [installation score 2017, rel. 2019] 9:10
Mary • MCR Street Poem [installation score 2017, rel. 2019] 6:50

Doris [EP version] • [Drift "Space" EP version with longer intro] 4:27


Apple Shine for Belfast • [video 2018] 3:15
Appleshine (Film Edit) • [full length version, mp3 2019] 9:42
Appleshine (Film Edit) [album vers / new mix] • [Drift "Atom" EP version 2019] 9:44
Appleshine Continuum • [Underworld & The Necks, mp3 & Drift "Atom" EP 2019] 47:18
Appleshine Continuum [album version] • [Underworld & The Necks, new mix / 13 mins shorter, box set 2019] 34:15
Appleshine (All Of The Lights) • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 5:35

Another Silent Way (Film Edit) • [single 2018] 3:46
Another Silent Way [EP version] • [Drift "Dust" EP version] 5:27
Another Silent Way [album edit] • [longer version, box set 2019] 5:33
A Very Silent Way (#Drift, Ep 1, Pt. 5) • [Underworld & The Necks, stream 2018] 5:07
A Very Silent Way [EP / album version] • [Underworld & The Necks, Drift "Dust" EP version 2018] 10:31
Another Silent Way / Drift Poem / Better Than Diamonds • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 13:58

Dexters Chalk [EP version] • [Underworld and Ø [Phase] , stream & Drift "Dust" EP version 2018] 5:01
Dexters Chalk [album version] • [longer version, box set 2019] 5:25

Low Between Zebras • [Underworld feat. Matthew Trevannion, , Drift "Dust" EP version] 2:57
Low Between Zebras [album edit] • [new mix, box set 2019] 3:00

Universe of Can When Back (#Drift, Ep 1, Pt. 4) • [stream 2018] 3:08
Universe Of Can When Back [EP version] • [Drift "Dust" EP version 2018] 6:04
Universe Of Can When Back [album version] • [new mix, box set 2019] 5:36

Molehill • [mp3 2019] 4:10
Molehill [EP version] • [Drift "Atom" EP version adds long coda, 2019] 5:35

Threat of Rain • [mp3 2019] 15:13
Threat Of Rain [EP version] • [Drift "Atom" EP version loses intro, 2019] 14:50
Threat Of Rain [album edit] • [shorter again, box set 2019] 14:43

Brussels • [mp3 & Drift "Atom" EP 2019] 4:18
Brussels [album version] • [new mix, box set 2019] 4:32

Soniamode • [mp3 & Drift "Atom" EP 2019] 3:30
Soniamode (Aditya Game Version) • [single 2019, box set 2019] 6:20

Dune • [single 2019] 11:09
Dune [EP version] • [different mix on Drift "Heart" EP, 2019] 10:32
Dune [album version] • [new mix, box set 2019] 10:33

Custard Speedtalk • [mp3, Drift "Heart" EP and box set 2019] 9:44
Custard Speedtalk (#DRIFT Ep.3 Pt.2) • [different mix on video] 10:22

This Must Be Drum Street (Film Edit) • [mp3 2019] 6:03
This Must Be Drum Street [EP version, different mix] • [different mix on Drift "Heart" EP, 2019] 5:55
This Must Be Drum Street [album vers / new mix] • [new mix, box set 2019] 7:37

Pinetum • [mp3 & Drift "Heart" EP, 2019] 12:11
Pinetum [album version] • [new long coda mixed in, box set 2019] 13:46

Poet Cat • [mp3, Drift "Heart" EP and box set 2019] 5:40

Listen To Their No • [single, Drift "Space" EP and box set 2019] 5:48
Listen To Their No [radio edit] • [Japanese promo CD] 3:58

Schiphol Test • [mp3, Drift "Space" EP and box set 2019] 8:34

Hundred Weight Hammer • [mp3, Drift "Space" EP and box set 2019] 4:14

Altitude Dub • [mp3, Drift "Space" EP and box set 2019] 8:09
Altitude Dub Continuum • [Underworld & The Necks, Drift Series 1 box set 2019] 31:10

Border Country • [Underworld and Ø [Phase] - mp3, Drift "Space" EP and box set 2019] 6:56
Border Country (Ø [Phase] Dark Room Tension Dub) • [remix 2019] 6:38

Toluca Stars (Film Edit) • [single & box set 2019] 10:18
Toluca Stars [EP version] • [different mix on Drift "Game" EP] 10:18

Mile Bush Pride (Film Edit) • [mp3 2019] 2:51
Mile Bush Pride [EP version] • [cut down on Drift "Game" EP & box set 2019] 1:35

Imagine A Box • [mp3, Drift "Game" EP and box set 2019] 6:02

Tree And Two Chairs (Film Edit) • [mp3 2019] 13:32
Tree And Two Chairs [EP version] • [different mix on Drift "Game" EP & box set 2019] 13:32

Give Me The Room • [video 2019] 9:28
Give Me The Room [EP version] • [different mix on Drift "Game" EP & box set 2019] 9:25

S T A R • [single 2019] 3:36
S T A R [EP version] • [different mix on Drift "Game" EP, 2019] 3:36
S T A R (Rebel Tech) • [exclusive to Drift Sampler Edition, 2019] 3:45
Who is your S T A R ? #London Edition • [video 2019] 0:59
Who is your S T A R ? #MexicoCity Edition • [video 2019] 1:01

One True Piano Need Hand • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 9:42
Roof Off • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 7:11
Do Breakers Trip • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 3:34
Seven Drone Music • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 8:18
Big Bear • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 4:29
Doscentios • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 7:44
Two Arrows • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 3:20
A Moth At The Door • Drift Series 1 box set [2019] 4:45

Happy Christmas from Underworld 🎅 • [video 2019] 0:26

when I was in Mexico I once heard Ballet Lane at a movie theater, it sounded awesome there

I heard the LP in a guesthouse in Krakow, it was being played on the radio

what the... Well now I can't not say that I caught "Two Months Off" coming out of a shop in Tokyo my first time there and danced a little bit. I'm pretty sure it was on the radio and not coming out of a record shop. I was young and full of sushi vinegar.

Happy Christmas from Underworld 🎅 • [video 2019] 0:26

👏👏👏

status: stoned and getting lost in "banstyle/sappys curry"

"banstyle" is like... weightless jazzy dnb that i'd like to hear way more of

It's underrated cuz of what it follows. I'm putting it high!

i took the dubno box set and mashed in all the stuff it's missing. I forgot how good "Minneapolis" is!

Ok, Oblivion with Bells is great. It will be hard to compare songs on that with songs I've loved for 20 years but it's definitely my favorite album they've done after the 90s

I don’t know every single remix and B-Side and outtake to consider myself knowledgeable enough to vote in this poll (I know she’s a classic and all, but does the world really need FIVE official remixes of “Dinosaur Adventure 3D”?), but I’m super excited to see the results. I had no idea they put out so much music in the past ten years and looks like they’re still going amazingly strong 40 years into their career. That is super impressive.

Listen for a couple of weeks and vote!

tfw "sappys curry" goes hard techno all of a sudden

FIVE official remixes of “Dinosaur Adventure 3D”

there's no way i'm listening to any of these, and i like that song. Forget anything that is just gonna feel like homework to you and join in!

imo the only vital "remixes" are the Dark and Long ones (most of these aren't remixes and were labelled like they were for chart considerations?) and the ones for Cups.

and Jumbo Jedi Future Shock something something

i prefer "cherry pie" but when i'm listening to "rowla" and i start to feel like it's slowwwing... dowwwwn.... it's great

q: is "pearl's girl" the greatest song ever recorded by anyone

q: is "big mouth" the greatest harmonica song ever recorded by anyone?

None of the remixes by outside artists are relevant to this poll anyway, so Dinosaur Adventure only had one remix

second toughest was my favorite underworld record for a very long time and when i hear "air towel" i remember why

after all this you're putting something above Second Toughest?

"stagger" too, jeez xp

yeah oblivion with bells is my fave, i arrived at this opinion after a very long period of acceptance and deep reflection

perhaps I've been naive to think Second Toughest could place first

it has a pretty solid chance imo

"Holding the Moth" from OWB is the one that always surprises me with how good it is

conversely dubno may (deservedly) be very difficult to dethrone xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vewj8NR08nE

i'm not going to make youtube embedding a thing and it's not like you can vote for this specific version of "air towel" anyway but it is sooo awesome and i am having a great time listening to it right now

the thing with dubnobass is I discovered it in high school (about a decade after its release) and it quickly became the most important album in the world to me. it also functions as a cross between electro, New Wave, and prog which happen to be my favorite genres

"air towel" is one i've never gotten at all, that repetitive synth loop gets on my nerves without there being much else to hold my attention. that version brad linked is so much better i can't believe it

the thing about second toughest for me is there's about an hour that's absolutely perfect and then there's "rowla" which is a little grating and far inferior to "cherry pie", and "air towel", so it's strange to listen to as a whole.

sorry for liveblogging my way through the catalog by oh my fucking goddd "cups"

Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams... Koi) • [1996 b-side] 10:09

yo wtf i've never heard this before

the thing with dubnobass is I discovered it in high school (about a decade after its release) and it quickly became the most important album in the world to me. it also functions as a cross between electro, New Wave, and prog which happen to be my favorite genres

*listens to underworld all day* wow i really spent 24 hours with the king of snake