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Underworld snippets from 2015

Underworld at the Hollywood Bowl on 06.21.15.
Today would've marked the long-anticipated return of U.K. electronic duo Underworld to Los Angeles. They were originally scheduled to perform at the Shrine Expo Hall this evening. But like everything else from this unfortunate year, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith had to sadly cancel their highly anticipated U.S. tour.I'm fairly bummed about that, since I …

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deadmau5 @ the Hollywood Palladium on 09.28.19

deadmau5 performs his spectacular "cube v3" show at the Hollywood Palladium on 09.28.19.
Full disclosure … I still don't have anything shiny and new to post just yet. But like many others, I'm still in the same leaky boat, missing all that live music that could've and should've been, had the viral apocalypse effectively been deflected with what should've been some modicum of expediency. Unfortunately, I don't have …

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Underworld’s “Moon in Water,” a “Low Burn,” and a “DRIFT” in four parts

Underworld's Karl Hyde performing at the Hollywood Bowl back in 2015.
I probably should start with early Underworld, and work my way towards the post -Darren Emerson phase. That's essentially everything before 2000, which would be the proper way to introduce these progressive pioneers of the house, techno, and trance arenas.Underworld are essentially legends in the annals of electronic music. They chart way back to 1980, …

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Hidden Empire’s “Black Beauty”

Hidden Empire's Branko Novakovic and Niklas Schäfers. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
I've been away again, lost in another week-long project of mindless intensity and drawn-out hours. The first part is how I felt, the last being what it was. That's my excuse for skipping the last seven days. But I'm back now, recovered and recuperated. So during that time, while slaving away, I was also background …

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