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this makes me sad , from resonance 1999:

the daring sound of dubnobasswithmyheadman was a
strident move away from their scripted songs of the
past, and their live performances broke the old
rules too. in fact, there were no rules whatsoever.
not only is an underworld show 100% live, its' 100%
unique - there are no preconceived set-lists, ideas
or rehearsal. 'it's like taking the best of improvised
jazz and the best of djs and just winging it for
three hours. songs are always deconstructed. there will
be familiar motifs, but it's never done the same two
nights running.' and instead of faking their way
through a bad set, they simply stop and leave the stage.
'every night there's a moment where you go, 'ummm,
this is going to fall flat on its face, unless i do
something fast. that's just the nature of improvising.
i guess. it's very rare that it really falls flat
on its face, if it does, then we just stop and start
again. or, because we work with another dj, darren
price, we might say, 'let's take a break,' and he'll
cut into our set. we'll just leave the stage for 20
minutes and reorganize.'

another group to which hyde became a
contributing member is the small collective
called 'tomato' he and smith helped form
after the demise of the first underworld.
this group of eight visual artists shared
a common need to take refuge from the
exploitive manner in which the business
world behaved in the eighties. tomato
was another experiment that not only
became a wellspring of inspiration and
solidarity, but to their surprise, a
profitable business, as well. essentially
a visual communications group, tomato has
blossomed from small jobs doing album
graphics for soul ii soul and the rolling
stones, to their first break directing
tv commercials. unusual ideas, such as
their unconventional ad campaign for
levi's, has won tomato many awards for
their work. tomato is now able to handle
full-scale production work such as the
recent 'pearls girl' video. hyde explains
tomato, 'we were reacting against the
eighties, basically in that sort of 'me'
generation. a bunch of us decided to
rent a space together and carry on being
individuals but have the benefit of being
a gaoup. when you're in a band you annex
yourself away from the world, you're in this
little bottle in the studio on tour with
the same little group of people or you're
at home. with something like tomato, it
open's us up to so much more contact with
the world, so much more in the way of outside
ideas than just being in a little group'