The Stone Roses Of Techno

[big screen satellite]

...and other names / quotes about Underworld in the press...(old and new)

i'll list any i find here:

'Underworld: Line Up Includes Darren Emerson, a shit-hot DJ since the age of 15. Big Ice Hockey Fans.'

'Underworld: Spoonman - Progessive is not the word.'

'Ok, so Underworld are the greatest thing since slip on shoes, I agree...' (letter, to NME).

'Tucked up in the Indie Ambient bag are the throbbing Underworld...' - Dubno review.

'Underworld weren't always the hip, happening techno hope of The Future.' - on Underworld Mark I & Freur

'the most important album since the Stone Roses' - Dubno review.

'The First LP from the modish trancebeat trio may not be 'the most important album since the Stone Roses' as the music press swoon, but it has its moments'.

'band of the moment Underworld...'

'Underworld the grateful dead of house plan to play forever...'

'Underworld - The sound of now: this is techno as rock 'n' roll experience.'

'If this album doesn't win the Mercury Music Prize then the judging committee should be given lobotomies and retrained as lavatory attendants in a large pig farm.' - STITI review, it didn't win the Prize....

'Techno Wizard Darren Emerson...'

'...the three-strong Essex Techno Poets...'

'In the world of live techno Underworld are basically the biz.'

'who's the Oasis of Brit dance? Underworld? or Orbital?'

...

other old, but interesting things i've discovered too:

Leftfield are planning to Remix Underworld's next single Dark & Long.
Underworld are set to Remix The Drum Club's Follow the Sun.
Underworld have said collaborations with Michael Stipe and U2 are highly unlikely to be released.



feel free to add any you remember or find on your travels and discuss any of the above...

Matt

[jose m]

underworld to record with steve reich and david hassellhoff for the opening of the olympics........

[negative1]

if you put sources to the other quotes,
we can add it to the wiki.

later
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[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by negative1

if you put sources to the other quotes,
we can add it to the wiki.

later
-1

i'll go back and revist them...although some are simply just clippings with no references sadly...

i'll dig out a few more too...

[votingfloater]

Slightly OT, but I've just had a couple of days with mates from when I was a kid at school - people I haven't seen for 7-13 yrs- and I was shocked at how many UW-tinged memories they had. They're really not that into this stuff either (some of them used to like Runrig ffs) but they all had memories associated with Dark & Long, Cowgirl and BS Nuxx. Must be an age thing.

[Icke]

Interview with Dave Clarke (in Dutch, by 3VOOR12)

WAT IS ER DE AFGELOPEN VIJF JAAR VERANDERD IN DE SCENE?

"Nieuwkomers krijgen te weinig ruimte. Er zijn steeds minder boekers en promotors die nieuw talenten een kans durven te geven. Ze spelen heel erg op safe. Maar wie zit er nu nog te wachten op weer Underworld, en Faithless? Ssssssssssssaaaaaaaaaai!!! Ik vind Firestarter van The Prodigy ook geniaal, maar moeten ze daarom nu weer overal opduiken? Waarom niet eens The Detroit Grand Puba's? Of Antony Rother? Die moet echt doorbreken."

Translation;

What has changed in the scene in the last 5 years?

"Newcomers get less chances. There are less bookers and promotors that dare to give new talent an oppertunity. They play it safe. Who still wants to see Underworld, and Faithless? Booooooooooooooooring!!!! I think The Prodigy's Firestarter is genius, but do they really have to perform everywhere now for that? Why not The Detroit Grand Pubas? Or Anthony Rother? He really has to have a breakthrough."

methinks that all that traveling has hurt his head a bit.

[jose m]

dave clark(e) is a tit

[patrick]

you might be able to find most of the sources easily by googling the strings with quotes around it (if you have it word for word compared to closely fitted)