Our guest today is Travis Thatcher - here is what he had to say about Dubnobasswithmyheadman by Underworld: "This was the first album of the re-invented form of Underworld with Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, eschewing their prior new wave pop for a more focused electronic sound. Working with a young Darren Emerson (who went on to a huge career as a DJ), dubnobasswithmyheadman established the archetype of Underworld’s future releases and received high praise from the music press at the time. I discovered Underworld through the Wax Trax (US) single release of Cowgirl which also appeared on the Hackers movie soundtrack. Thankfully the tune and the record it came from have aged far better than the movie (hack the planet!). As a teen growing up in Eastern PA, I had never heard anything that sounded like them. I was immediately hooked and closely followed their subsequent output. Learning more later about their background in the group Freur and the earlier new wave incarnation of Underworld, their evolution made a lot of sense to me. Dubnobasswithmyheadman was one of the records that Ben and I bonded over when first forming Judi Chicago. Karl Hyde’s vocal delivery is a really great example of using voice as an instrument - you can focus on the texture and timbre and get just as much out of it as you can from his words. Mmm Skyscraper is also a big favorite. The stream of consciousness lyric style is something I am always able to get lost in. I also always dug how much guitar was on this record and how the guitar parts are treated and mixed so seamlessly with the electronics."