To me Karl Hyde is the soul of Underworld - his voice, his poetry, and in this sense the later work is as good as the classics (anyone know "8-Ball"?). Not that I dislike the sounds. Though increasingly pop-ish, their style is still unique and interesting, and pretty far from mainstream, much of it has a relaxing, even sexy vibe. I don't know if it is "IDM" but intellegient dance-music it certainly is. Man, I fuckin love Underworld, so I had to pipe in. (Incidentally one of the few "electronic" artists of "my" music that most of my past girlfriends have not only tolerated but actually enjoyed.) Saw them in LA (Hollyowood Bowl) last June doing dubnobasswithmyheadman tracks and a couple later ones. Epic!
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On Mon, 1/4/16, Eric Sorenson <eric@explosive.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: underworld
To: "Clint Anderson" <clinta@gmail.com>
Cc: "IDM" <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date: Monday, January 4, 2016, 3:23 PM
On Wed,
30 Dec 2015, Clint Anderson wrote:
> eric what do you think of post-emerson
underworld?
>
> also i
always really really really liked the dirty guitar mix of
dirty
> epic, probably my favorite
underworld track
There
seemed to be way less 'space' in the later albums.
Though there's a few bright spots it mostly leaves me
cold.
Don't think I listened to Barking
more than twice and I couldn't name a track after
"Dinosaur Adventure 3d" without
peeking.
- Eric
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