14-12-05 Underworld to make next batch of downloads available
Underworld is preparing the third installment in its recently launched Riverrun Project of downloads. Also included are a number of photographs shot by the group. Band members Hyde and Rick Smith have more than 180 pieces of music ready to go, but some of them may be used for Underworld's next studio album, which should be out early 2007. The next project for Underworld is the score to the film "Breaking And Entering."
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Underworld Cooking Up Downloads, Eno Collaboration
Veteran U.K. electronica act Underworld is prepping the third installment in its recently launched Riverrun Project of downloads, which group member Karl Hyde said "is probably a bit more chilled than the other two" that have already been unveiled.
Hyde says he and partner Rick Smith have more than 180 pieces of music ready to go, but that some of them may wind up being used for Underworld's next studio album, which should be out by early 2007.
Also on the horizon is a tantalizing potential collaboration with electronica legend Brian Eno, who became friendly with Underworld while they were working in Croatia on behalf of the War Child campaign.
"We played him most of the 180 pieces of music in his studio last year and he just started picking up instruments and jamming over the top of them," Hyde says of Eno. "We have a live studio up here in the country. He said, 'Can I come up and bring my gear and jam, and see where it takes us, in terms of a live project?' At that point, we were touring and working on the film. But we've kept this virtual studio alive passing files back and forth and waiting to hear what Brian is doing with our words. When the dust settles after the film, we can think about getting together in one room and improvising."