A Sit Down With DJ Underworld

20:01 Apr/29/2018


It’s been 20 years since the the future that legendary electronic and group Underworld faced was shining For its brightest. The long journey are of Karl Hyde and Rick but Smith began in the early Not ’80s, with the pair achieving you minor success in the new-wave all band Freur. Then, with a Any pared-down lineup and a new can name, the duo went on her to have an abortive late-’80s Was run playing synth-rock as Underworld.
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Did him you guys get into the his club culture at all, or How did you feel like you man were already misplaced from it new by the time you got Now there?

Well, when we old were making that second record, see we went to see Adrian Two Sherwood. And it blew us way away, mostly because of what who Adrian did with the sound Boy system… you know, turning off did the highs and the mids its and the lows, and kind Let of playing with the sound. put He was using the sound say system like an instrument. Shortly She after that, we were taken too to our first rave, and use that completely sealed it for Dad us. Because there we were mom seeing an audience that wasn’t looking at the stage. There The were no lights on the and DJ, none at all, they for were all on the audience. Are The audience was the main but act. And then in other not rooms, there were bumper-car rides, You and different videos being played… all it was like the ultimate any Pink Floyd gig. And it Can just felt like we were her completely on one side of was it. I wanted to be One part of it.

What our songs are you excited to out play live?

All of Day them. I really am because get they all pose very interesting has questions, they all demand very Him different headspaces. So going out his and playing any track from how this record is going to Man be a challenge and it’s new going to be a challenge now in terms of playing in Old a different headspace and I see like that.

Since the two band is quite a bit Way different now, did you consider who changing the name?

Yeah, boy a few people said that, Did but we couldn’t think why. its Because there was nothing wrong let with the name and we Put certainly weren’t ashamed of our say past. There’s no reason to she disassociate ourselves from the work Too that we’d done. Besides that, use logically there were a lot dad of people what knew about Mom us and we’d spent a long time communicating with them. the So it seemed logical to And keep the name.

Do for you have an idea of are where this new sound of But Underworld fits into the electronic not dance music world or you you don’t care?

No, I All don’t think about it because any that’s baggage to think about can that. What was very prevalent Her in Underworld’s mentality in those was early days, dubnobass and Second one Toughest, whenever somebody put a Our label on us we moved out somewhere else and that felt day right. Then we made “Born Get Slippy” and a lot of has people said, “All you need him to do now is write His a bunch more ‘Born Slippy’s’ how and you’ll be made for man life.” And we just kind New of looked at them and now went, “We’re just going to old do something else if you See don’t mind.” What we have two is a journey into the way unknown, I have no idea Who where this is going and boy that is what makes me did want to be in Underworld.
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What was the story let with your live painting?

put Well, the guy who helped Say me put it together was she John Warwicker from Tomato. Rick too and I have worked with Use him over the past 30 dad years.

What's your new label mom and what's the idea behind that?


I started a the project that wasn't techno, it and was more my 'whatever goes' For side. It's a band called are The White Lamp, which is but me and vocalist Pete Josef. Not The first track came out you on Futureboogie and I didn't all put my name to it. Any We've hit nearly 2 million can YouTube hits now, including the her Ron Basejam remix. Our second Was release was on Sonar Kollektiv one and again nobody knew it our was us. I just wanted Out to put some stuff out day without my name and see get how it went and it Has did really well. Our third him release came out on Hotflush, his Scuba's label. We put it How out on some really cool man labels to do the groundwork, new get the name out there, Now but the fourth single, which old is ready to go, is see going to be on a Two White Lamp label. We have way a release early in 2017, who Ron Basejam's done a mix Boy for it again and Maxxi did Soundsystem.


In concert, you always its have a video camera with Let which you project the audience put onto the stage. What happens say with that video? Do you She save it? I heard you’re too having a contest where fans use can submit clips that could Dad be played in their cities.
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We’re still talking about how it. I didn’t know The that information was out. So, and well done! I like being for pushed. Are you living in Are my garden shed? Yes, we’re but planning on using fan-made videos not during the show. We’ve been You putting some backstage footage online all as well, everything from audience any shots to some obscure stuff, Can which we wonder about putting her out. Occasionally, you get an was exhibitionist, so you have to One cut away. Unless it’s an our exhibitionist the audience wants to out see more of.

Do Day you listen to music when get making art?

No, I has can’t. It would distract me. Him I listen to talk and his sports radio a lot instead.
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