Underworld - 'Pearls Girl' live at Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2017

Underworld performing Pearls Girl (from Second Toughest in the Infants) at a special one off event at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam in 2017.

Listen to a live studio jam that sees Pearl’s Girl stretched out like elastic. It’s an exploration of the Second Toughest… track that turns the original inside out and back to front over twenty six minutes of thundering drums, deep techno, elegiac ambience and beyond:

Underworld are a true one-off - at home headlining the world’s biggest festivals and events, playing underground techno clubs and warehouses, sound-tracking theatre productions or taking over art galleries, disused shoe shops and Japanese department stores.

Having cemented their place in the ’90s underground techno scene, the group’s definitive breakthrough came in 1996 when their timeless anthem ‘Born Slippy (Nuxx)’ became the soundtrack of a generation after it was featured in the film Trainspotting. The success of that single catapulted the band from the underground into the heart of the mainstream.

The following two decades saw them build on that success while never compromising; selling millions of albums, performing countless sold-out shows, providing scores to productions by Academy Award winning directors Anthony Minghella and Danny Boyle, exhibiting in galleries, and sound-tracking the Opening Ceremony to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The critical and commercial success of the band’s Grammy nominated 2016 album ‘Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future’ saw them headline stages at Coachella, Glastonbury and Summer Sonic.

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[equiposistemas]

Born Slippy was the popular tune. But Pearl's Girl was the masterclass hit.

[Anchorwind]

22? years later and I still can't get enough of Pearls Girl

[timejesus]

Taking one of their classic tunes and tweaking it just that little bit to bring it up to date. I'd like to see Underworld do this with the rest of their 90s back catalogue. It would be stellar!

[pandarosamusic]

Rick Smith looks like an absolute dark wizard in this video

[leighmeeks]

Both albums Beacoup Fish & Second Toughest in the infants are both absolute classics. Pearls Girl and Born Slippy are masterpieces in music. Made me fall in love with Electronic Music.

[maddogUK]

Rick with long hair looks like the mad musical scientific genius he is.

[uwi]

23 years after its release, this song is still doing great! Awesome

[ilgazkuruyazici]

Underworld is the Led Zeppelin of electronica. And this song is Whole Lotta Love...

[vasylsklepkovych]

It was produced in 1998 but still sounds fresh. True masterpiece!

[markom.]

Everything Everything was filmed 17 years prior and quality is ... just ... next lvl

[Estorium]

This, Rez and Cowgirl are my top 3 Underworld songs. Pearls Girl was always the underrated classic.

[scrambledegg]

FFS, when Rick is clearly feeling it you know it's a belter.

[ThisIsTheInternet]

Please release this show on Youtube, or as a download, or something. Just wow. Beautifully filmed. The sound quality is exceptional.

[QuigsAnton]

Karl and Rick just make timeless classics. This is as perfect now as it was in 96

[КириллПашков-чф]

Just look on the singer face. He has full deep on the thing. And that's why it's so georgious. So real. That's a masterpiece.

[EricWarren]

These guys can still bring it. Man, oh man.

[paaao]

These guy's were pure fucking genius. Still have memories of hearing them in the mid 90s, and being like WTF is that! and I didn't like dance music one bit. No one has yet come close to what they pulled off.

[MTOP]

28 years later this track still hits hard, absolutely defined the breakbeat and drum and bass sound

[AncientZiggurat]

Magical. Would have loved to have been there. This was the first Underworld song I ever heard, back in the late 90s. 20+ years of amazing, timeless music.

[mentasmmafia]

Underworld live is addictive as hell....