all of those sound great on shitty phone bootleg played through tiny laptop speakers, so can't wait to (🤞) have a Driftweek to get to listen to the proper versions of each over and over
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
Doesn't sound like an album is about to drop. Would not rule out more Drift!
listened to the interview - definitely sounds more like another Drift-like slew of material, probably not called Drift 2
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Thursday, 6 April 2023 05:06 (one year ago) link
DrIIft
I have a kind of mild OCD where having a Drift Series 1 but not a Drift Series 2 would really bother me
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 April 2023 12:57 (one year ago) link
hoping for your sake they kick it off with "Bird 2"
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 6 April 2023 14:26 (one year ago) link
70yr old men do not need to be making techno
like hell they don't
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:16 (one year ago) link
to be clear i hope they never stop
At this point, I'd rather 70 yo's than 20 yo's
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
It’s really inspiring to see underworld out there still doing this and making vv vital work IMO. Watching Karl dance around like that at his age ❤️ long may he run (and pogo around and swerve in place etc)
― omar little, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
It really kinda is...not THE unsung partnership, but we're talking about 42 years now of working together in some sort of context, not just musical. That's as long a run as the Pet Shop Boys but doesn't seem to be considered as such.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
"Two people helping each other, forever."
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
exactly! how i'm trying to be tbh
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 19:31 (one year ago) link
I remember being so into them in high school and when that 1992-2002 anthology dropped it felt like they might be wrapping it up, even Karl was like "I'm over 40, I don't think I'm gonna be dancing like this in 10 years". so glad he was wrong, I hope they never stop.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
"70yr old men do not need to be making techno" Well, after COVID every open nightclub is a risk. Better to make techno associated with distanced listening instead of dance venues, and then 70-year-old man can contribute just as much as younger musicians.
― Melomane, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
I have to confess that I momentarily read "Underworld - New Tracks - Live at the Royal Albert Hall" as a future event - as a show where they weren't going to play their "classics".
― djh, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:00 (one year ago) link
Smith & Hyde are only in their mid 60s I think?
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
I had a funny conversation about them at prog nite, we were talking about 90s electronic stuff like The Orb (the dude who DJs it is from Manchester), the topic of Underworld came up, and this guy mentions he knows of them as Karl Hyde's "other band", apparently only knowing (and being a huge fan of) the first Freur album. he had no clue what kind of music Underworld did or that they'd been steadily making music for three decades. he also thought for whatever reason that Karl Hyde had recently died. maybe he was thinking about The Prodigy??
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:43 (one year ago) link
70yo people still making techno seem to do a better job than 70yo people still making rock, generally
― scanner darkly, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
their socials saying the Coachella set will be live on Youtube - tomorrow 9 pacific
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 14 April 2023 20:55 (one year ago) link
ta: 55 minute set, on the Mojave stage channel (six out of the seven Coachella stages are being streamed)
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Friday, 14 April 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
:D :D :D at Karl just vibing behind Rick throughout And The Colour Red
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Sunday, 16 April 2023 05:03 (one year ago) link
Great set, they always bring it! hope I've got that energy at 65.
― omar little, Sunday, 16 April 2023 05:11 (one year ago) link
Real nice. Liked the little bits I haven't heard before (not sure the most recent show I've even heard, It's been a while). Cool that it's no longer a total stop between all the songs.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 16 April 2023 13:21 (one year ago) link
New song is good but I wish it was twice as long.
Now going back to the Drift disc with the Necks. They should have released that as a standalone.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 16 April 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
didn't they? or was that just on Bandcamp?
― StanM, Sunday, 16 April 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
lucked into tuning in this morning right before the Coachella playback!I’d love to see Underworld live but North America is only ever going to be sporadic one-offs near festivals, right
― mh, Sunday, 16 April 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
It's available digitally on Bandcamp, but to get a physical version you had to buy the whole Drift box.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 16 April 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
Really good show last night. The energy and joy from both Rick and Karl was so good to watch.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 16 April 2023 20:26 (one year ago) link
*cough* https://archive.org/download/underworld-videos-nuxx
― StanM, Monday, 17 April 2023 16:17 (one year ago) link
They crushed it so hard.
― billstevejim, Monday, 17 April 2023 20:41 (one year ago) link
They played a song I didn't recognize, some good stuff. Yellow and red color scheme for the lighting during it. Anyone know?
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Saturday, 22 April 2023 06:11 (one year ago) link
"And the Colour Red" is a new single. They played:
Juanita 2022Two Months OffDark & Long (Dark Train)King of SnakeRez / CowgirlAnd the Colour RedBorn Slippy .NUXX
― StanM, Saturday, 22 April 2023 07:31 (one year ago) link
Nice bonus vocals by Karl (and Rick!) towards the end of 'Dark Train' here (not heard them do this on the track before)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUrWirnWDMs
― nashwan, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
Zero regrets at finally seeing Bailterspace live last night here in SF but that did mean I had to miss Underworld, who I similarly have never seen. Annoying! One day hopefully.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:25 (one year ago) link
StanM I swear there was at least a segment, with some heavy vocal treatment and some anthemic synth and yellow fill lights red laser as described, that I don't recognize from any of those tracks. Was a highlight for me. Could have been a variation on the end of one of them I guess.
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
They'll probably do the same set tonight, watch again!
A borndirty poster on the SF show: That shit was LOUD. And a lot noisier than expected. This live version isn’t just lean and clean anymore. Karl said they were in rare form tonight too. Huge show.
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
thanks for that archive link, sic. I thought there was only YouTube and a lightly used torrent server. I have to put together a little live video collection.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 22 April 2023 17:19 (one year ago) link
Huge show.
Yeah I'm really glad I caught it. The strobes during King of Snake reprogrammed me somehow.
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Saturday, 22 April 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
xp Stan, not me! But here's someone's "remastered" audio of Coachella week 1 in FLAC.
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Saturday, 22 April 2023 18:23 (one year ago) link
okay apparently the track I'm thinking of was Denver Luna, another new one
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Saturday, 22 April 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
Underworld - Classic or Dud? - the four new songs they've played live this year
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Saturday, 22 April 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
oooh thx (xxpost)
― StanM, Saturday, 22 April 2023 19:26 (one year ago) link
both of them were SO much more fired up than last week that a) the SF show must have absolutely demolished (2200 cap venue!!!) and b) booooo at no between-festivals tour
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Sunday, 23 April 2023 05:20 (one year ago) link
Born Slippy .NUXX (with Yung Lean)
I mean, he was on stage jumping but calling that "with" is a bit much imho
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/underworld/2023/empire-polo-club-indio-ca-4bb8cf56.html
― StanM, Sunday, 23 April 2023 06:16 (one year ago) link
oh! during the intro of the first weekend's Born Slippy he said "this is for Yung Lean"
― StanM, Sunday, 23 April 2023 06:22 (one year ago) link
Mojave channel rebroadcasting right now... and you should be able to scrub this back til they take it down tonight or tomorrow.
Heard "Gene Pool" for the first time.. wow!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 23 April 2023 13:13 (one year ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 23 April 2023 13:22 (one year ago) link
booooo at no between-festivals tour
ah well. That interview for the single release did say they'd be working on music "on tour"... so this leaves a bunch of time for that maybe. Whatever they're up to isn't ready to be announced.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 23 April 2023 13:25 (one year ago) link
I imagine *they* think of a week in California as being on tour - and possibly going home for a month before one more American festival gig as being in tour mode, too.
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Sunday, 23 April 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
was it just me or did that second coachella weekend livestream hit even harder than week 1?
― mh, Monday, 24 April 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link