![]() ![]() One of the ways Underworld has remained contemporary is by staying at the vanguard of technology. “When Thom said that, I was like, ‘Thank you very much.’ Since he didn’t have to, you know?” Hyde says. ![]() That resurgence has Underworld headlining Hard Summer 2009 on Saturday at the Forum, one of the biggest dance music events of the year in L.A.įor Underworld, the early 1990s was when it reinvented itself from a funk-rock cowboy band to the sleek, techno unit that went on to record some of the decade’s most seminal moments in electronic music, including “Second Toughest in the Infants” and “Beaucoup Fish.” It also inspired other acts to take up electronics, most notably Radiohead, which acknowledged Underworld at last year’s All Points West Festival when Thom Yorke dedicated “Everything in Its Right Place” to the band, also on the bill. It feels like the early ‘90s all over again.” Then we played that big show in Miami, and it was staggering. Audiences were growing, and younger people were coming out to the shows, including a magical night at the Hollywood Bowl. ![]() ![]() “We did a string of shows a couple of years ago and started to notice that something extraordinary was happening in the U.S.,” says Karl Hyde, frontman for pioneering British electronic music outfit Underworld, in regards to the resurgence of dance culture in America. ![]()
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