03. William Orbit -- Water From A Vine Leaf (Underwater Mix Part 1)
Mixed by Darren & Rick, before the Underwater credit meant Emerson alone, in all instances after 1993.
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
02. Orbital -- Lush 3-3 (Underworld)
The outside mixes of Lush 3 on the 1993 single were all numbered sequentially, after the two-part originals, rather than having specific mix titles.
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
William Orbit too low (my #1)Love the way it just slowly builds and then erupts into this euphoric Balearic wig out
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
The points span was pretty close for everything, but doesn't mean that much for a small voting pool. However, numbers 10 through 2 went from 100 to 122 points, and we leap ahead more than that range in total for a clear winner on 146:
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
01. Leftfield -- Song Of Life (Steppin' Razor Mix)
From 1992, and apart from Human Behaviour, probably the track with the biggest life outside of its not-yet-Underworld-again remixes.
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:10 (three years ago) link
Worthy winner. My girlfriend at the time was in Uni in Derby so used to go to Progress and Renaissance quite a bit and when this track was dropped (as it often was) the dancefloor would just go off when the bass riff kicks in.
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
The 13-minute Ambient Instrumental of Simply Red came in at #16. Goldie & Rob's The Shadow (Bing Here Mix) is categorically Rick's worst, with one point. Fair fucks to him for giving up on remixes immediately afterward!
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
The Process mix is highly regarded by the DnB heads tho
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
Two votes, 30 points. But it's possible that Rob Playford massaged the DnB back into it with his "additional remix production"!
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
get it together, Rick Smith!/thread
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Ummm... these remixes are all fucking amazing. Especially “Human Behaviour” and the “Gotta get up, gotta get up, downtown” one.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
Really love their remix of Sven Vath - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikkX14qlIpo
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
Omg that graphic.― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:53 AM (eleven months ago)
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:53 AM (eleven months ago)
happy anniversary
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link
I'm in Italy for the first time ever and I can't explain why but the ambulances sound like moaner.
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
this is my first time reading through this thread and it's funny seeing things i said long ago sprinkled in
totally "too much time on ilx", or too much time on ilx in 2005, but i can't hear the opening of "jumbo" without thinking of stevem being annoyed of the sound of the dude banging on the boat
― roxymuzak, Friday, October 18, 2013 10:47 AM
this is still true btw
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
This poll was only three years ago?!
(I still stand by every crack I made on Drift stuff.)
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link
Juanita still robbed
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:22 (one year ago) link
idk if it's their best track but it's kind of the most perfect electronic epic ever made in some sense. that slow build-up, you just can't do it better than that. I admit though the Everything, Everything version is the one I really like
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link
Yep, "Rez" is, sorry, pretty puny in comparison
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
surely someone still has this thread bookmarked and can tell me what underworld song/songs this video game battle track is very much reminding me of!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjACNTXzxOY
def feels inspired by underworld at least to me but i am a rube feel free to tell me i am incorrect
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
(let it get to about 75-80 seconds for the part that made me do the leonardo dicaprio point in real life)
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
it's got a similar feeling to "king of snake"?
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:02 (one year ago) link
but there might be something else you're thinking of idk
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:03 (one year ago) link
could be that! i think i short circuited my brain trying to find it/remember it, playing bits of a bunch of different songs, so nothing sounds right now
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:11 (one year ago) link
Deep Arch? Imagine a Box?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
Dinosaur Adventure 3D?
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 1 June 2023 05:30 (one year ago) link
Could be a live version of King of Snake, perhaps Rowla?
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 1 June 2023 05:31 (one year ago) link
The part 80 seconds in reminds me most of the synth riff that closes out Born Slippy .NUXX tbh
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:30 (one year ago) link
(So yeah “Deep Arch” otm)
definitely has a similar beat to king of snake, maybe just slightly slowed down
― silverfish, Thursday, 1 June 2023 13:25 (one year ago) link
I was listening to it and my mind went instantly to the "Tom and Jerry" verse of king of snake, you could probably just put those vocals on top of this track and it would work
― silverfish, Thursday, 1 June 2023 13:27 (one year ago) link
yeah now that i have let myself not think about it for a day, and gone back to this thread, it really feels like king of snake is what i was thinking of!
anyway when i got to the ONE BATTLE IN THE GAME that has that song i was like "oh wow i kinda don't want this battle to end". whole soundtrack is fun, but not underworld fun until that one part of that one song
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
UW do a ton of those propulsive rolling bass lines though, it's kind of a signature sound for them
― frogbs, Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:31 (one year ago) link
Speaking of UW and video games, look what I found while clearing out old stuff...
https://imgur.io/a/7TNCVrN
I forgot they had a ps2 game!!
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Thursday, 8 June 2023 03:27 (one year ago) link
rong
― bae (sic), Friday, 12 January 2024 18:21 (five months ago) link
not a bad list, I appreciate that Ova Nova is in there, but yea kinda boring finish. feel like I'm kinda alone in thinking NUXX is not a top 20 UW track. nothing against it they just have a really great catalogue.
― frogbs, Friday, 12 January 2024 18:25 (five months ago) link
"dune" at 10 is a fun choice
― ivy., Friday, 12 January 2024 18:26 (five months ago) link
NUXX is classic but almost the best thing about it for me was how it served as a most excellent gateway drug to the rest of their work.
― omar little, Friday, 12 January 2024 18:29 (five months ago) link
I could easily make an alternate top twenty with zero overlap.
― omar little, Friday, 12 January 2024 18:30 (five months ago) link
The UW Drift group on FB lost their mind over that a couple of weeks ago lol. It's like, calm down it's just one person's opinion and doesn't invalidate any of your personal favourites
― groovypanda, Friday, 12 January 2024 18:39 (five months ago) link
my nighttime routine with my 6 year old daughter now involves playing music on my phone, she really likes ambient stuff and luckily my phone is loaded with it. the other day I decided to play some Underworld, first the track "Most 'Ospitable" which was always a favorite of mine. listening close I noticed a number of things - first of all, I guess I get why it's called a "Dark & Long" remix, it does have the same choral noise in it. so there *is* a little similarity there. secondly a lot of the odd noises that float in and out - specifically that ka-thunk guitar noise, I think actually dates back to their mk1/Freur days. I think that aspect makes their ambient stuff unique, not just the sounds but also the way snippets of Karl's voice and recorded conversations weave around everything, reminds me more of what The Orb does than anything else. next up I put on "Wedge/Showlder" and realized it's kind of the same template. such a beautiful piece of music too.
― frogbs, Friday, 12 January 2024 18:43 (five months ago) link
Americans discussing purchasing a vest
is Hyde not the "nice little vest, light" guy?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 12 January 2024 19:46 (five months ago) link
boring finish
i think this poll ended the same way, by combining Rez and Cowgirl's votes?
The real answer is Rez.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 12 January 2024 19:51 (five months ago) link
I really don't think so, idk who it is though. I thought it was just some overheard conversation Karl recorded, iirc he used to carry around tape recorders a lot in those days which is where a lot of the weird dialogue you hear in UW tunes comes from
― frogbs, Friday, 12 January 2024 19:58 (five months ago) link
though it could be Rick as well? I remember once upon a time he did a sound installation for something which was mostly ambient music but there was a really cool aspect to it, he was using these emotionless robot-sounding voices that seemed to be having real mundane conversations, almost as though he had recorded like 15 minutes worth of small talk over dinner and input every word into a text-to-speech app, it sounded pretty unnerving actually
― frogbs, Friday, 12 January 2024 20:04 (five months ago) link
Most Ospitable is so great, still can't believe that it wasn't until the poll that I acquainted with it properly.
― nashwan, Friday, 12 January 2024 23:37 (five months ago) link
What is "Wedge/Showlder" ? Google not giving me any results
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 13 January 2024 08:45 (five months ago) link
they're tracks on i'm a big sister...
― ufo, Saturday, 13 January 2024 13:10 (five months ago) link
I still think “If Rah” is the Barbara track of choice
― the new drip king (DJP), Saturday, 13 January 2024 14:52 (five months ago) link
I don't have much of a problem with that list ... or at least I don't have much of a problem with its top 8
― Wack Snyder (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 January 2024 14:58 (five months ago) link