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Originally Posted by lloyd
But rick and darren were producing the songs on stage right in front of you. Choose different loops, different moments to merge in another sample while karl free styled over it. The pure genius that they magically made the tracks by tweaking a full size studio on stage. That made it substantial different from other bands for me.
I explained, by a sketch, to an elder co-worker who always called bands like underworld lazy talentless play button pushers, what did happen on stage. His conclusion after he got the grasp of what sampling was and how one can use it: So in fact, with ready made bits of music, they create the songs on the spot, there isn't a tape playing each evening, playing the same thing over and over again? That was underworld to me.
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You said it, friend! For many years, that's how I explained my obsession with Underworld. "It's never the same set from night to night".
Well, now those days are over, or at least the improvisation is significantly lessened.
I've got dozens of bootlegs to enjoy and a fond memory of a live show in 2007 ( though even then, the improv was on it's way down). We all change. We all reminisce. Bring on new music, UW, and I frankly don't care how you perform it (partially a consequence of living in the US and not getting tour dates).