With a little help from its use in the 1995 film 'Trainspotting', the soundtrack
single 'Born Slippy .NUXX' from Underworld shot the electro trio to number two
in the UK charts in 1995. A huge club anthem and radio hit, the track was
originally a remix of the earlier unsuccessful single 'Born Slippy' that was
picked up and used in Danny Boyle's cult classic.
Karl Hyde and Rick Smith started making music together in the early 1980s as a
guitar-based electro/new wave outfit before teaming up with Essex DJ Darren
Emerson in 1991 and becoming big names on the techno scene thanks t...