underworld's influences

[King of Snake]

did anyone mention Steve Reich btw? Definitely a big and rather direct influence on some tracks.

[myshkin]

Wel I've certainly seen them mention Kraftwerk and blaring Beethoven out of their van in the old days.

[noisegeek]

Originally Posted by Jafs

Miles Davis or Robert Miles

I was refering to Miles Davis.
And I still say Rick must have listened to alot of J.S. Bach at some point.

Also, Karl has said in interviews that his writing was (at least in the beginning) influenced alot by Sam Shepherd, and a Japanese writer whose name I've been trying to recall for ages (let me know if you know it). I think it was the dirtyradio interview from a few years back that featured him talking about this.

[myshkin]

Originally Posted by noisegeek

I was refering to Miles Davis.
And I still say Rick must have listened to alot of J.S. Bach at some point.

Also, Karl has said in interviews that his writing was (at least in the beginning) influenced alot by Sam Shepherd, and a Japanese writer whose name I've been trying to recall for ages (let me know if you know it). I think it was the dirtyradio interview from a few years back that featured him talking about this.

Murakami? Japanese author of Norwegian Wood and a few other very respected books? Total guess.

[mmm skyscraper]

Saw this on a ilx thread about Underworld - 'Born Slippy' being similar to Eno's 'Always Returning'

[Lx_Nen]

Ahh! I've always wondered what that fragment at the end of the Stadium house version of the KLF's "What Time is Love" was, and now I know!

[kowalski__]

of course, new order.