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Wow it was great to see Underworld in Brixton. I had been there a year ago and saw Orbital, they really failed to impress and fell victim to the very airy acoustics in the room resulting in the sound being fucked beyond belief.

Silver Columns fell into this trap too and they had way too much high end, resulting in a whole set that left you covering your ears from the screeching distortion and noise. But from what I heard their stuff sounds fairly interesting and the last song really finished on a high.

Appleblim kept the mood fairly deep and layed on the subfrequencies from the start and between SilverColumns and Underworld. While Underworld were being set up his set was absolutely brilliant with some fantastic mixing... there was some of the smelliest weed going around during this part of his set and by the time he was finished the place was totally on the same level and the excitement in the room was off the scale... this is exactly what was needed from a support act and especially a DJ. Their number one objective is to get everyone on the same page... so that the atmosphere is perfect for the lads when they hit the stage. So contrary to what others were saying about Appleblim i thought he was great!

While Appleblim was doing his first set i spotted Rick at the sound desk checking out the sound. I waited till he left, introduced myself and shook his hand, thanking him for all the great music and good times... he said he was happy to hear there were a few dirts in the crowd .. and as i was just moving away he pulled me back and said "now I hope we put on a good show!".. we had a quick laugh shook his hand again ...FANTASTIC MOMENT! Absolute hero of mine, I was chuffed he took a minute to talk to me!

And well we all know that the gig was how it has been for awhile.

1. Downpipe... sounds absolutely brilliant live!
2. ALAF... This is a fantastic song to sing with and what with everyone is such a good mood there was much linking of arms and belting out the chorus! HEAVEN!!! HEEEAVEN!!!
3. Nu Train... I have head this once before in Dublin, but that time it was at the very start and people had yet to really fill up the venue from the bar.. so this time is was glorious... during the main synth line karls shadow was above the top of the stage.. nearly on the roof.. and it was like he was some sort of god..50ft high on the roof ...amazing...


forget... Ehm ?. Scribble. Great to hear live, a bit like ALAF but with shit drums.. people were into the lyrics and singing more than anything else.. it was still shit as a tune though and the stop at the start and the finish is piss poor, totally breaks up the show and it takes the great old tunes to pick it up again.

Bird 1 - Just does not work live. That Synth Plop does nothing and if it was a snare itd make a huge difference.. but there is nothing to that song really.. the lyrics are even a bit shit tbh... after remixing it I realised its pretty boring.

Between Stars - Liked this once it got into it.. was a bit shit at the start..
Diamond Jigsaw was good i think.. the guitar sounded good (eventually)

Karl broke his hand camera during Rez (i think) and made a joke saying that it actually is written on the camera "Do not dance with this camera"...

During King Of Snake then he didnt have it to use so they filled the room with dry Ice and it was fairly mental - there was a real quick change in the middle of KOS... pretty cool... then they went for the 99-00 era middle section bringing in the piano.... pretty much the same as the rest of the tour.

Rez Cowgirl stole the show for me... loved it, best time i have seen it live... shiver at the climax... EVERYTHING EVERYTHING!

The video during Dirty Epic was not oblivion with bells era.. as someone has suggested here... they used the video by John Warwicker for Bird 1 with the growing plant....

Dirty Epic showed everyonce just how brilliant UW's music could be, and it didnt need to blow your head off... so intricate..

And Moaner... by this point i didnt think id have the energy but low and behold i found something... it got very smokey/dry icey and super intense... total Rave!


Personally i prefer knowing that they are working out the set as they go... that there is some sort of Improv... but to be honest its nice to know that if they have opted for this type of show they have done it well...

They have perfected what they have and from what I heard there was not one mistake throughout... it was pretty much superb - sound and all...

Somebody said there was a shorted TMO... thats not the case i dont think... pretty standard length!

All in all a great night and now i have Dublin on Saturday to look forward to... its going to be the last one in "A very long time" it seems so I hope they do something special for it!