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October 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 5 – “GAME”

Underworld DRIFT: Episode 5 – “GAME” Smith Hyde Productions Here we have EP 5  of Underworld’s Drift Project. It’s the most recent – and it’s the final installment ahead of a boxed-set treatment. We kick off with the brooding balladry of Toluca Stars (Film Edit), one of several pieces across the series which is both […]
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October 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE”

Underworld DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE” Smith Hyde Productions The bangers and mind-bending delights continue from Underworld on this, the fourth installment of the band’s Drift Project. The first song, Listen To Their No, doesn’t quite do it for me, but there’s a sonic joyousness on display, it’s a bright – lovely – production. Just […]
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September 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 2 – “ATOM”

Underworld DRIFT: Episode 2 – “ATOM” Smith Hyde Productions A whole year of tracks over 52 weeks, tied with a writing and visual project too: Text, films, music. The Drift Project. That’s been Underworld’s aim across the last year. It’s gone so well it seems there’ll be Drift # 2 – or a new name […]
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September 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 1 – “DUST”

Underworld DRIFT: Episode 1 – “DUST” Smith Hyde Productions Always the thinking man’s ravers (oh alright, with a chorus thumping out going “Lager lager lager” they were the drinking man’s ravers too) Underworld started an ambitious project at the end of last year – to release something every week. A whole year of tracks – […]
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August 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Underworld & Iggy Pop: Teatime Dub Encounters

Underworld & Iggy Pop Teatime Dub Encounters Caroline At first you might think of The Orb and David Gilmour collaborating, and wonder if this is just another one of those odd-but-okay scenarios – it doesn’t take too long to put it together though, the original Trainspotting soundtrack was a classic, plenty of great music – […]
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July 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Eno & Hyde: High Life

Eno & Hyde High Life Warp Records You could believe – releasing this album just a couple of months after their first collaborative offering – that Brian Eno and Karl Hyde are lazily serving up the offcuts, the leftovers. But, actually, High Life was recorded – for the most part live – across one week. […]
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May 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Eno & Hyde: Someday World

Eno & Hyde Someday World Warp Records If you have/had huge expectations around this – a “dream pairing” as everyone is saying – the collaborative album by Underworld’s Karl Hyde and Brian Eno you might well be disappointed. This is an album that has plenty of promising starts but never ever nails it; never hits […]
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September 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Trance: DVD

Trance Director: Danny Boyle 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment I thought of Side Effects a fair bit when watching this film, the latest by Danny Boyle. Boyle, like Soderbergh with Side Effects, is having a go at making a pedestrian/absurd Friday night thriller into something just a little bit arty. And has some success with […]
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