Underworld was established in the eighties as Freur and then played synthpop. In the nineties, the group grew under its new name into one of the leading innovators in the electronics. Although easy to recognize the basic elements in the sound of his Underworld (trance, dub, ambient and a touch of punk) Underworlds sound is always more than the sum of its parts. Underworlds trump card is the voice
… of Karl Hyde. With his half-spoken vocals halfgeschreeuwde he sounds like a wacky gospel singer at a house party.more