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Underworld is tagged as: electronic, techno, electronica, dance, trance

Underworld is a British electronic group formed in 1986 at Romford, Essex, England, by Karl Hyde (vocals, guitar, production) and Rick Smith (keyboards, production). They are best known for their unique mix of techno, trance, dance, ambient and sometimes drum and bass, the vocal parts performed by Hyde as spoken-word streams of consciousness, and for their outstanding live shows. The band gained worldwide fame with Born Slippy .NUXX from Trainspotting soundtrack.
Before Underworld, Hyde and Smith started out in 1979 on The Screen Gemz band while working together in a diner in the city of Cardiff, where both had been studying. In 1983 they recorded two albums for CBS Records with a proto-electroclash new romantic band whose name was a graphic squiggle, later entitled Freur.
In 1986 Hyde and Smith formed Underworld, after disbanding of Freur. They tried a more guitar-oriented funky electropop sound on their two albums released on Sire Records: Underneath the Radar (1987) and Change the Weather (1989). This initial lineup (also called Underworld Mk1) consisted of Karl Hyde, Rick Smith, Alfie Thomas, Bryn Burrows, Baz Allen and Pascal Consoli before sinking back into obscurity and disbanding in 1990.
British DJ Darren Emerson hooked up with Hyde and Smith in 1992 and helped...
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Top 10 Underworld Songs
Born Slippy
Push Upstairs
Jumbo
Two Months Off
Cups
Cowgirl
Pearls Girl
Sola Sistim
Dirty Epic
Beautiful Burnout
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Top 10 Underworld Albums
Beaucoup Fish
Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Oblivion With Bells
Second Toughest in the Infants
Trainspotting Soundtrack
Barking
A Hundred Days Off
Trainspotting
2002 A Hundred Days Off
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