underworld album/tour
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:57 am
Underworld;
Oblivion with Bells
Out October 2007
Press info:
http://www.Underworldlive.com/index/press
Tour info:
http://www.underworldlive.com/index/live-events
http://www.underworldlive.com
When Underworld released their last album "A Hundred Days off " no onethought it would be nearly 2000 days
until the next one arrived. It hasn't been acase of lazing around in the Essex countryside though as the last 5
years havethrown up the 1992-2002 anthology album, two major film scores (AnthonyMingellas’ "Breaking and
Entering" and Danny Boyles’ 2007 "Sunshine"), a self-published typographic journal "In The Belly of Saint Paul",
a series of pioneeringdigital-only releases, internet-radio broadcasts, a groundbreaking live web-tvbroadcast and
gig in partnership with Apple and Frankfurts’ techno giantsCocoon and countless gigs around the world.
During all of this action Rick and Karl, with the aid of trusty laptops, a couple ofhome studios, Abbey Roads’
legendary facilities and a Pig Shed, have beencarefully developing ideas for the new album "Oblivion with Bells",
an album thatwas finally completed in a flurry of activity and excitement in spring 2007.
True to form Underworld tread their own path through modern electronic musictipping a nod to current sounds,
styles and production techniques but neverafraid to let their song writing and musicianship shine out in this
digital world.
"Oblivion with Bells" draws heavily on Rick and Karls’ vast array of musicalinfluences (Nick Drake, Def Mix,
Ricardo Villalobos, Can, James Holden, Eno)and experiences performing worldwide to create a truly unique
Underworldjourney. The album kicks off like Saturday night with Sven Väth, Simian MobileDisco and Frankie
Knuckles all fighting to get on the decks, then takes you overthe flat fields of rural Essex, through Kings Cross
with its olympic dreams and piss stained alleys, ending blissed out in a hidden cove in Ibiza. Epic technonestles
next to frail acoustics, beatific prose next to sharp urban observation,amazing sound texturing mixed with
mobile phone recordings, rarely has theUnderworld palette been so rich.
The Summer of 2007 sees Underworld playing a handful of European festivaldates (where you can expect new
material to be debuted along side deepgrooves and some classics from the Underworld jukebox) ahead of their
tour, which kicks off in North America in September:
Underworld Live, 2007 (more dates to be confirmed)
June:
Saturday, 30 Wild In The Country, Knebworth, UK
July:
Thursday, 5 Super Bock, Super Rock Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Saturday, 7 Monegroes Desert Festival, Monegroes, Spain
September:
Sunday, 9 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, USA
Tuesday, 11 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, USA
Friday, 14 Central Park Summer Stage, New York, USA
October:
Monday, 8 Guildhall, Southampton, UK
Tuesday, 9 Academy, Birmingham, UK
Wednesday, 10 UEA, Norwich, UK
Friday, 12 Northumbria University, ¢, UK
Saturday, 13 Academy, Glasgow, UK
Sunday, 14 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
Tuesday, 16 Apollo, Manchester, UK
Wednesday, 17 Roundhouse, London, UK
Friday, 26 Tonhalle, Munich, Germany
Saturday, 27 Electronic Beats Festival, Prague,
Tuesday, 30 Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
Wednesday, 31 Electronic Beats Festival, Bratislava,
November:
Thursday, 1 Cocoon Club, Frankfurt, Germany
Saturday, 3 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
Tuesday, 6 Paladium, Koln, Germany
Thursday, 8 The Docks, Hamburg, Germany
Friday, 9 Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Holland
Saturday, 10 I Love Techno, Gent, Belgium
November:
Japan TBC
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yeah baby
got my tickets for nottingham..... still trying to get my mates' arses in gear, but there's no way i'm missing this. rock city is a wicked venue for this kind of gig, it's gonna be an amazing night
