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| Underworld: Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson, Rick Smith. Underworld's position in the budding electronic universe is unique: Each of its songs is as much a pop tune as a deftly sculpted rhythm track. Not the usual three-minute pop, but interwoven epics that develop over twice the length, using rhythms and loops rather than verses and choruses as building blocks. On SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS (a nod to the hardships of sophomore outings), Karl Hyde, Rick Smith and Darren Emerson create a haunting new language built of dub, ambient, techno, jungle and rock textures, all set to a bass-heavy pulse. And even that fails to describe the dark, dreamlike atmospheres that the trio creates. First off, there are the rhythmic overdoses. The opening "Juanita," clocking in at an epic 16 minutes, features layered, percolating percussion that rides an incessant techno throb down a highway into a psychedelic sunset. "Rowla" takes a punky, distorted-beyond-repair keyboard loop and drops it in the middle of the dance floor, w... |
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Key Information
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| Number of Discs: |
1 |
| Record Label: |
Wax Trax! Records (USA) |
| Artist: |
Underworld |
| Release Date: |
March 19, 1996 |
| Subgenre: |
Electronica |
| Genre: |
Electronic |
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Song List: Disc 1
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- Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love: Kiteless / To Dream Of Love
- Banstyle/Sappys Curry
- Confusion the Waitress
- Rowla
- Pearls Girl
- Air Towel
- Blueski
- Stagger
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