We Face a Shining Future
In 1994, I was in an abandoned apartment in Copenhagen, one of those very large apartments with 2 living rooms and 800 rooms incapsulated by concrete, an ugly, empty place. A slummy pseudo-high-rise. Well, now it wasn’t empty anymore. 200 people were listening to some VERY loud techno, dancing, drinking, smoking, dancing, dancing, DANCING! I was like: What’s going on here, man!? Around me people were half naked, sweaty and smelly … And the music? The bass drum was … Umpf, Umpf, Umpf, Umpf! Some crazy guy recited: Skyscraper I love you. And I was just Wowed! I tapped a girl on her shoulder and yelled: “WHO’S THE BAND? … THE MUSIC … WHAT IS IT?!!!” She turned to me, her lips moved and the only thing I could hear was Umpf, Umpf, Umpf, Umpf! from the enormous speakers. 1996: I’m in the movie theatre. Watching Danny Boyles Trainspotting. And then … UNDERWORLD goes crazy: “Drive boy dive boy. Dirty numb angel boy, Yeaah!” This is a great movie, but when I hear that track by UNDERWORLD, it’s
3. juni 2025