In a year of dance-music crossover success stories, when 1990s touchstones like Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk have returned to the public eye, techno kingpins Underworld have gone comparatively unmentioned. It's been five years since the UK duo of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith released their last album, A Hundred Days Off, following the departure of Darren Emerson to pursue DJing full-time. "Croco...
I posted the info about a new Underworld album and world tour in early July, but enough details have changed or been added that it seems worthy of a fresh post. Die-hard Underworld fans have been buzzing about the new album - it's been 5 years since we had a studio album from Underworld! The album is titled Oblivion with Bells, it will be the first release from Side One Recordings, and the re...
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Greetings Moggers :DThis is my first post, and I couldn't resist devoting it to one of the most influential artists of the decade (and some)I was so unbelievably chuffed to hear they are releasing new material ... Oblivion with Bells release date : October 3rd 2007 Woohoo!The first single 'Crocodile' is here for your listening pleasure.... Im witholding judgement until I hear the album.... :)He...
Underworld hasn't been the same since Emerson said goodbye and wobbled off on his own. They've since devolved a bit, crumpled to a simpler level, it seems. Not that they weren't always a bit repetitive, but I'm just not getting the same kick out of them that I got with *Dirty Epic*... and even the cleverness of _Beaucoup Fish_.That said, *Crocodile*, the first single, isn't all bad. It's certai...