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Altitude Dub

from DRIFT Episode 4: SPACE by Underworld

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about

Electric chocolate Spacedub oozes along dirt roads at night on the outskirts of Mexico City, where a woman runs a kiosk made from an old truck cab at the gateway to a patch of dirt, and piles of old tyres sleep in the pale light of an all-you-can-eat diner... Altitude Dub rides a groove that glides, snakes, super-quakes along an eight-minute depth charge of a journey that finds Underworld in fully expansive, visionary form with a fusion of digital dub, Japanese freeform noise rock and the fevered intertwining of sax and violin.

“The track was conceived in my hotel room in Toluca, Mexico. It was one of those rare occasions where we had enough space and time, to talk, record and write together. On this particular day our conversation was inspired by a lifelong love of dub, and two talented German guys called Basic Channel who were making dub electronics in the early 90’s.” (Rick)

“The lyric for Altitude Dub came from a period in my life when it felt like I’d reached an impasse, and had to question my thinking as, once again, I set out to navigate the unpredictable seas of relationship mood swings” (Karl)
If you like... River of Bass, Song of Life (Lemon Interupt Mix), Sola Sistim... then Altitude Dub belongs to you.

Altitude Dub features Ichirou Agata from Melt-Banana on electric atmosphere guitar, Lewis Evans from Black Country, New Road on saxophone and Georgia Ellery from Black Country, New Road/Jockstrap on violin.

lyrics

Altitude Dub

I close my eyes
To the shadow of the wind
A force of nature

I shield my eyes
The metal sings
The rhythm of everything

Blow it up
You did it again!
Phone down
Slam!
The winning hand

Everybody different
Everybody the same
The consequence of actions

It’s a silent hurt
A stone dropped in the water
Ripples get everyone

Change
When’s it coming?
Living with the fallout
I’m not leaving
I’m not looking

Drop the violence
Do you want to dance?
Or sit on your hands?

I close my eyes
To the shadow of the wind
A force of nature
Crossing over
I shield my eyes
The metal sings
The rhythm of everything

credits

from DRIFT Episode 4: SPACE, released June 8, 2020
Produced by Rick Smith
Written and Performed by Rick Smith and Karl Hyde
Electric Atmosphere Guitar Performed by Ichirou Agata, Saxophone Performed by Lewis Evans and Violin Performed by Georgia Ellery.
Rick Smith & Karl Hyde are published by Mute Song Ltd. (PRS) for the world excluding the USA, Canada and Mexico and by Big Deal Beats (BMI) administered by Words & Music for USA, Canada and Mexico.
(p) & (c) 2019 Smith Hyde Productions.
Year of Recording 2019

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