Underworld presents Crazy, Crazy
About This Event
Underworld — the long-running British electronic duo of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, formed in the late 1980s out of U.K. club culture and later associated with big beat and electronica — presents Crazy, Crazy at the Knockdown Center. The evening is framed as both band and performance project, reflecting their hybrid approach to songwriting, DJ practice and live electronics; their sets favor momentum and repetition over spectacle.
About Crazy, Crazy
Now at Knockdown Center, *Crazy, Crazy* places Underworld in a DJ and electronic context that reads less like a one-off set and more like a chapter in a long-running practice. The British group, formed in 1987 and anchored by Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, has stayed present through multiple eras of club culture and electronic production. New York has long been a proving ground for this kind of music, and presenting it in Queens situates the work inside the city’s ongoing late-night arts infrastructure. The critical point is simple: longevity here functions as an aesthetic, not just a résumé.
About the Artist
Underworld
Underworld is the long-running British electronic group centered on collaborators Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, active since the late 1980s. Emerging from the U.K.’s club culture and later associated with big beat and electronica, they work at the seam between songwriting, DJ practice, and live electronics.