this "influences" mix is great, thanks sic!
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 22 February 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
https://store.underworldlive.com/collections/cowgirl-limited-drop/products/cowgirl-limited-drop-cowgirl-limited-edition-vinyl-2021-12
― groovypanda, Friday, 26 February 2021 11:46 (three years ago) link
oh damn it's *that* performance of Rez/Cowgirl, would love to have that but idk if I can justify paying that much
― frogbs, Friday, 26 February 2021 14:24 (three years ago) link
Free Download of Two Months Off from Glastonbury 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHbB8aSZtMI
― groovypanda, Thursday, 20 May 2021 12:57 (two years ago) link
A heartbreaking little memoir from Karl here: https://www.thesocial.com/imposter-karl-hyde-underworld/
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 20 May 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
damn. he's a hell of a writer.
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 May 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
£100 for the Beach Towel bundle 😮
https://store.underworldlive.com/collections/two-months-off-limited-drop
― groovypanda, Thursday, 27 May 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
the Glastonbury Two Months Off is now out as a single with this unreleased early version as a b-side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-phNFssMzSQ
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 27 May 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
The imposter-karl-hyde-underworld/ writing brought a tear to my eye. He *can* write. The beach towel made me think "Hmm".
― djh, Thursday, 27 May 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
i love the beach towel. tempted to order it but the price is ridiculous. i've ordered the 12" and I think that's probably all I 'need' to have.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 27 May 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
All "art" has WTF moments. The beach towel is one of Underworld's. Clearly trying to cash in on the (attempted) re-opening of society this summer.
That said, they are on the Mt. Rushmore of modern electronic music (with - if I continue this silly concept - Autechre, Bjork, and Kraftwerk).
Their more recent work with The Necks cemented their "still relevant" status for me. I'd go so far as to call it their best-ever collaboration.
― co11ective, Thursday, 27 May 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
Nobody makes money from records anymore and touring has been on hold for over a year. That leaves merch, and while an expensive beach towel is not my thing, *somebody's* gonna buy one.
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 28 May 2021 00:58 (two years ago) link
Two Months Off still sounds pretty good! Juanita Boxill's spoken word in the original version really grounded that song I thought
― Dan S, Friday, 28 May 2021 01:41 (two years ago) link
so is the AHDO super deluxe coming
― frogbs, Friday, 28 May 2021 01:42 (two years ago) link
nothing wrong with selling a fucking beach towel, especially one that says "two months off" in a kewl font, sheesh. i'd think about getting it if it were sold separately lol.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 28 May 2021 01:43 (two years ago) link
for real the towel is the most attractive thing here. I bought the Cowgirl single but I'm not going in on this.xps They've got to be making a little bit from putting a couple of archival bits on a 20 quid 12" cmon.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 28 May 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
loved a bit of underworld in the late nineties, seen them a bunch of times, came across this 'chillout' track by them last year and was surprised and taken with the sound, guess I missed a lot of their catalogue that wasn't shouty, moody percussive brit-technounderworld - sola systemhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ciKeiYbfy4
― Swanswans, Saturday, 29 May 2021 11:04 (two years ago) link
I made a playlist of the chiller side of UW, but not all chillout. Really just the stuff that's less played but still incredible. I called it Underworld Preferred and you can find it on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2e1kCLXPU4cypdYShxeLMC?si=x1qSVDcsSKaQ74cvyKFHxg
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 29 May 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
If you're interested in digging further into the various sides of Underworld, our poll results from last year might be fun. Here's the whole thread with rollout and discussion, or this post has youtube playlists with various versions of the winning tracks.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 29 May 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
hey, great, will give these lists a listen
― Swanswans, Saturday, 5 June 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
the band put together a bunch of playlists of various stylistic sides of the band a few years ago - here's the one for the ambient/chillout stuff like "sola sistim": https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WoMpAYOApgQauW5uwTJON
― ufo, Saturday, 5 June 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
listening to brotherslovedub spotify list, nice to reacquaint myself with some of the chiller stuff from beaucoup fish and second toughest....there a strong Alex patteson/the orb feeling to a few of these I hadn't heard, I really like the dubbed out stuff like 'river of bass', can't really think of another 'techno' outfit that manages to integrate a lyricist/vocals so successfully as a texture and on so many flavours of beats and songs
― Swanswans, Saturday, 5 June 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
The single version of Dune into Custard Speedtalk on a loop as I one-two-three-four let it all go forever.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
https://eternalbox.dev/jukebox_index.html
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
i'm almost mad at myself now for not 'getting' underworld after beaucoup fish until now. wtf was wrong with me? hyo is great and owb is even better.
i put the drift sampler on my phone for a sunrise run on a really lovely trail near the mountains the other day, having never heard any of it. halfway through my run, 'custard speedtalk' comes on and just dismantles me cell by cell while i'm chasing the sun down the trail. WOW.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 11 June 2021 01:30 (two years ago) link
:')
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 11 June 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
I remember telling a buddy who was big into UW as a teen about the Drift stuff and he said “cool I’ll check it out some day” then two weeks later he sent me a message like “I just randomly played Dune from that thing you told me, never would have guessed in a million years they could make music like this”
― frogbs, Friday, 11 June 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
Custard is my favorite Drift song.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Friday, 11 June 2021 03:12 (two years ago) link
This is now a number of years old, but never thought that I'd ever see a cover of my favorite Underworld track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4OUm544GkY
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
Good tip-off re Dune, frogbs.
I think I got a bit, I dunno, overwhelmed by the box set in a way that stopped me hearing great tracks.
― djh, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
Born Slippy Deep Pan and Thing In a Book are great. Rest of it is prog tedium like Leftfield. Really hope this revival is replaced by the 90s french speedcore revival soon.
― RobbiePires, Thursday, 1 July 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
Great revival.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 1 July 2021 01:22 (two years ago) link
If Leftfield is prog tedium, what the hell should I use to insult Autechre
― Vinnie, Thursday, 1 July 2021 01:57 (two years ago) link
i just sank into 'dune' this morning, what a mood
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
been caning 'oblivion with bells' too. kind of a heavy record tbh, some of their best lyrics i think? the first side is immense, "ring road" is excoriating. not sure how i feel about the second side yet besides 'boy' and 'best mamgu ever' which are great.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:09 (two years ago) link
"glam bucket" >>>>>>
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:14 (two years ago) link
i have been listening to the live sets they released after oblivion with bells... a lot
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
i will pay a little more attention to glam bucket next time
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:16 (two years ago) link
Leftfield sound pretty great atm actually
― Tim F, Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
"Faxed Invitation" is also amazing, the part when the bass kicks in is one of my favorite UW moments
― frogbs, Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:42 (two years ago) link
^^^ was gonna bring this up
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
Leftfield sound pretty great atm actually― Tim F, Thursday, 1 July 2021 03:40 (seven hours ago)
Nah, just too close to awkward lad in bucket hat bbc radio 1 fan I want to go out with Fern Cotton. What's sounding good is the lo fi 786 approved ronseal biz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_QAiYdLZi8
But then it's aussies and Canadians who are spearheading this revival so I guess you've got to be patriotic about the worst UK products.
― RobbiePires, Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:32 (two years ago) link
If Leftfield is prog tedium, what the hell should I use to insult Autechre― Vinnie, Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:57 (eight hours ago)
Abstract Electro? I would find that a compliment personally.
― RobbiePires, Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:40 (two years ago) link
They're doing Summer festivals - August 21st, Pukkelpop, Belgium - https://www.pukkelpop.be/en/bands/underworld/ ("for fans of: ... Leftfield")
― StanM, Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:42 (two years ago) link
which Australians and Canadians recorded and released the year of weekly Drift singles and whatnots?
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:53 (two years ago) link
I think that’s a reference to the Melbourne —> Vancouver connection thread.
Which in turn i think is probably a reference to Roza Terenzi and D. Tiffany? Though I’m reasonably sure both now life in Berlin, go figure.
― Tim F, Thursday, 1 July 2021 11:46 (two years ago) link
I think that’s a reference to the Melbourne —> Vancouver connection thread.Which in turn i think is probably a reference to Roza Terenzi and D. Tiffany? Though I’m reasonably sure both now life in Berlin, go figure.― Tim F, Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:46 (seven hours ago)
Yeah. It's 2021 lads. clubbing is cloistered and boring, at least in the UK. any pretences it had to being inclusive have been elided by ever more expensive OTD prices and tighter than ever security. There's no spontaneity left in it, you have to treat a night at Printworks more like a consert. Rave utopianism was a cruel trick of history played on the good conscience of artists.
― RobbiePires, Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
Thing In A Book was 1994, and Deep Pan was 1996. If the tens of hours of new material they've done since then (and everything between 1987 and 1996) is an annoying, tedious revival, it might be time for you to stop listening to all of it.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
...and stop attending Underworld's regular fake rave utopian club nights, week after week.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
I’m bemused that those two songs in particular are singled out for not being prog tedium.
― Tim F, Thursday, 1 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link