Iggy Pop and Underworld

Teatime Dub Encounters EP

Caroline International

What do Iggy Pop and Underworld have in common? Quite a lot actually. They're both acts that deserve their status as legends, pushing the boundaries of the genres they work in. Neither act has let age be a barrier (how can Underworld frontman Karl Hyde be in his 60s?!) - and their work is as edgy now as it was in their youth.

And of course, both acts featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack, their music opening and closing the film. It was T2 Trainspotting, the sequel, that helped inspire their new collaborative EP, Teatime Dub Encounters.

At nearly 30 minutes long, it's a lengthy but solid piece of work. The highlight is definitely Bells And Circles, premiered to a surprised audience at the BBC Biggest Weekend in Belfast. Pop recounts getting high in more ways than one on a plane while trying to pull an air hostess, before Hyde joins in with an anthemic chorus.

Rob Barker