Album review: Underworld - Barking (Cooking Vinyl)
In the ’90s, everyone loved Underworld and feared the millennium bug. Hence, it makes odd sense that the band has been misfiring consistently since 1999’s ‘Beaucoup Fish’ . With ‘Barking’ , they manage to spark into life just...
Underworld: 'Oblivion With Bells'
Underworld were always the coolest of the ’90s triumvirate of dance music for indie people (see also: Chemical Bros, Prodigy), as their tunes actually sounded better in clubs and they only made records when they needed to. So their first in five...
Underworld : Anthology 1992-2002
Back when Thom Yorke thought electronica was a posh branch of Dixons, Underworld were busy anglegrinding dance into exquisite new shapes. From the blissful twinkling beats of 1992’s ‘Rez’ to the wide-eyed spiritual rush of last year’s...
Underworld : Dinosaur Adventure 3D
If you've got the kind of computer that makes a special noise when you delete things, why not whack the delete key rhythmically for three minutes while keening in a vaguely Celtic manner? That's basically what Underworld have done here and...
Underworld : London Brixton Academy
Karl Hyde and Rick Smith haven't noticed that the fortunes of many established dance acts are in decline. For the first of two absolutely rammed shows in Brixton, the dastardly duo show just how far you can get with functional electronics and a...
Underworld : A Hundred Days Off
Approaching 'A Hundred Days Off', you feel the weight of a techno soap opera bearing down on you. Can you hear the space left by Darren Emerson? When he left two years ago, did he take with him that vital acid house attitude and magic which made...
Underworld : Two Days Off
The shortest possible distance between lagers and lasers, here’s Underworld , now officially Emerson-free, at their sleek and seedy best, and suddenly those superclub closures look a little premature. Driven by the sort of relentless...
Cowgirl
Underworld Cowgirl (JBO) Incredible how much more cerebral Underworld now seem since Darren Emerson 's departure. While he milks the international progressive techno DJ circuit for every penny/peseta/yen/cent available,...
Everything, Everything
You've probably experienced it yourself, first-hand. But where? At a gig? A festival? A Soho art gallery? Sitting on the tube, headphones blaring? Or locating a vein with Renton , Sick Boy , Begbie and Spud ? The Underworld Experience comes...
London Charing Cross Astoria
It's a mega, mega ten-year thing. The seed that germinated as an early-'90s club, grew a fanzine, a label - JBO - and a trance steamroller known as Underworld is celebrating ten years and the crowd is hungry for posh rave thrills. It's...
