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Its that rarest of things, when a song becomes a veritable cultural snapshot of its time. And in the closing scene of Danny Boyles 1996 cinematic masterpiece Trainspotting, Underworlds Born Slippy so sublimely soundtracks the sellout revelation of Ewan McGregors ex-junkie Renton, that it, in a way, poignantly marked the end of the U.K. rave scenes nave but noble idealism and optimism.

Ironic, then, that Underworld were not even actually born of the rave generation. Rather, having long failed as a more conventional band, they opportunistically latched onto the dance scene by slyly recruiting hot young club DJ Darren Emerson. Their 1994 debut album dubnobasswithmyheadman became a genuine zeitgeist marker, and has now been remastered by the bands Rick Smith, with the 20th anniversary edition released this month on Junior Boys Own. A five-disc deluxe edition is also available.

Karl Hyde, who was already 36 years-old upon its original release, recalls it with the enthusiasm of a teenager.

THR: Were you aware that dubnobasswithmyheadman was going to be such an influential record?

Karl Hyde: No, because we didnt even intend to make an album. We were just enjoying making tracks that sometimes applied to the dancefloor and sometimes didnt. Rick started to assemble it into a collection; Im not even really sure what drove him to do that.

Did you have a sense of really being a part of something at that time?

If we were really a part of anything it was a particular club scene that was based around the kind of music that Darren Emerson was playing: Chicago and Detroit house and Junior Boys Own records. It was all about the dancefloor. And thank god it was, because record labels at that time were telling us to get rid of the singer if we wanted to make dance music, or get a drummer if we wanted to keep the singer. At the same time, hundreds of kids were dancing to our music in clubs -- so we knew the record labels were out of synch with what was happening.

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What drew you to Darren Emerson?

Darren was this nineteen year old kid that was really into the Baeleric sound coming out of Ibiza, but also a Beatles fan. He was a rising star in the scene, and he would say to us, bring some of that other stuff in, film music, dub, guitar music. So we developed this very eclectic sound.

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Karl Hyde Revisits the Golden Years of U.K. Dance Music, Trainspotting & the Music of Underworld: 'It Doesnt Sound ...