The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have announced that British electronic music pioneers Underworld have been appointed Music Directors for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Underworld duo Rick Smith and Karl Hyde will work alongside British filmmaker and producer Danny Boyle, Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony and will be responsible for all the music in the three-hour ceremony taking place on July 27 2012.
To coincide with this announcement Shock are pleased to announce the release of two compilations of Underworld singles, rarities and collaborations. The band have revisited the 1992-2002 Anthology and refreshed it with more material to go some way to complete the picture of the first two decades of Underworld in a 3-disc set. To compliment that release, the band have compiled a single disc set A Collection which features many of the bands biggest tracks alongside recent collaborations with High Contrast and Tiesto (The First Note is Silent), Mark Knight and D.Ramirez (Downpipe) and Brian Eno (Beebop Hurry).
