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C8 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1998 ENTERTAINMENT Underworld transformations TONE DEF Continuedjrom ligeC7 ON NOVEMBER 21 WE'LL BE Dropping a few NAMES 1 vy ft -L Thin Bed Line A Bug's Life Univenal Pictures Stepmom Paramount ThnuKh this may have the makings of mi overnight success, 41-year-old Hyde isn't hearing it. Tracing his partnership with Underworld techguy Rick Smith back some 18 years, the pair have been through their share of musical rnnsfor mat ions. "That tends to manifest in our music." he jxiints out. "So the sounds just get broader and broader. We're all fans of Kraft werk and we all like dub music reggae nnd stuff like that.

From there it's very "We all love dub (reggae). From a very early nne, I was listening to (Brit radio D.J) John Peel under the bed-sheets late at night. I le'd be playing this bizarre stuff that was so dubbed out. 'WHITE DUB BAND' "When Rick and I had our first band, our thing was to try to amalgamate a very rasta-oriented dub sound with the very white electronic music coming out of Germany We always thought that Kraftwerk were Just a white dub band, really." Thus spawned Underground's trippy technohouse grooves coloured by Hyde's abstract beat poetics. Thus the three-hour live shows and continued inspiration into the later years.

What's it all about for Hyde? "Stuff that makes you move, makes your body groove, stuff that's great for a film in your head. I think that dancing produces a great film in your head anyway." Underworld plays Metropolis tomorrow (10 p.m. $30, $15 including party by the respected house hop innovator when he kindly returned my call earlier this week. St. Germain is finally resurfacing from a lengthy hiatus (otherwise known as record label squabbles) to drop a now-out reggae 12 Inch ond begin work next month on a full length follow-up to 1995's excellent Boulevard album.

Remarkable for its understated mix of live Jazz, minimal house beats, blues vocals and the odd stripped-bare hip-hop track, Boulevard is a succulent, Impeccably tasteful foray into the reclusive world of one of club music's most unwilling stars. PACKING FUSTIC Reticent, or perhaps unable, to dig too deeply Into the ultimate meaning of his music, St. Germain bottom-lines, "Ce que j'ai surtout e'est un profond respect pour la 'black music' en general." Asked what plastic he'll be packing when he rolls into town this weekend, he had an even more direct response: "House (pronounced 'ha ousse'), house et house, quol." SL Germain performs at the Hang the DJbig bash, Saturday night with Roger Sanchez, wo Victor Calderone (canceled) and with, like, a million other DJs. Call (514) 859-9080 for location; tickets $30; for Underworld, too: $45. That's Wazoo to you.

Brooke Strauss is the funky white girl dropping fly-girl rhymes over disco-hop grooves one of the few examples of good rhyming by a non-hip-hop head for local groove outfit Wazoo. They'll be the featured artists on MusiquePlus's DemoClip next month but, more imminently, they'll be throwing it down live this Monday at Isart and direct to radio as part of CKUT's Underground Sounds with fellow locals Rev 32 and Trip the Off (8-10 p.m., $4). i fill I.Vt 20th Century Fox Alliance Buena Vista Enemy OfThe State Columbia Pictures The Rugrats Movie Paramount Pictures For Underworld it's all aboufstuff that makes you move.1 Saturday see below). And the thingamajig plugs into the whatsit. While my tape recorder was outrageously unco-operative in docu- menting my conversation with reclusive Parisian-suburb live-athome-with-my-parents-even-though I'm-28 DJ-hero St.

Germain (aka Luc Navarre), I will nonetheless proceed with the promotional lowdown offered Top 20 Singles Montreal Metro Week of Nov. 15 Top 20 Albums Montreal Metro Week of Nov. 15 Last This Star Trele Insurrection Warner Brothers Home Fries Jack Frost You've Got Nail Patch Adams Polygram IN OUR SPECIAL Week Week National McLACHLAN TRIAL Superstar growing impatient Singer keen to have her say on the stand 3 1 2 4 ArtistTitle Celine DionThese Are Special Times Alanls MorissetteSupposed Former U2Bestof U2: 1980-90 (WAdd'l CD) Various ArtistsNotre Dame de Paris U2BestofU2: 1980-90 Phil CollinsHits HOLIDAY EDITION Of I George MichaelLadies Gentlemen Lauryn HWMiseducation of Lauryn Hill BeckMutations This Last Week National ArtistTitle Week 1 Elton JohnSomethingCandle 2 2 9 StardustMusic Sounds Better 3 6 StardustMusic Sounds Better 1 4 3 U2Sweetest Thing Part i 3 5 2 Alanls MorlssetteThank 4 6 7 U2Sweetest Thing Part 2 5 7 10 BrandyMonicaBoy Is Mine 6 8 26 Cypress HillTequila Sunrise 9 9 29 Beenie ManWho Am I 10 10 14 MonicaFirst Night 11 8 Stars on 54lf You Could 18 12 28 666Paradox 12 13 13 Sheryl CrowMy Favorite Mistake 11 14 31 Depeche ModeWhen I Lose (Part 1) 19 15 47 AerosmlthI Don't Want To 13 IS 11 MadonnaPower Of Good Bye 7 17 18 InojTime After Time 14 17 35 Beastle Boyslntergalactic 19 58 Depeche ModeWhen I Lose (Part 3) -19 63 i PortlsheadGlorytimes PIX OF THE FLIX 1 .2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 2 4 9 5 6 10 8 19 38 20 46 22 71 15 12 26 33 6 5 8 13 12 9 IAN BAILEY Canadian Press VANCOUVER Sarah McLachlan has disputed the claims of the man who is suing her, saying it's frustrating to have to sit silent while awaiting her chance to tell her side of the story to a judge, "I am looking forward to the opportunity," the superstar singer told reporters yesterday. Asked what she found so frustrating, she responded: "That I have to wait and be patient." Kevin ParentGrand Parleur Various MC MarioMC Mario Dance 2001 Celine DlonS'll Suffisalt D'Aimer Bryan AdamsOn a Day Like Today PortlsheadPNYC 112Room 112 RushDifferent Stages R.

KellyR. R.E.M.Up m-JWm mm 11 Darryl Neudorf is suing McLachlan, saying he didn't receive sufficient cash or credit for helping her develop four songs on her 1988 debut album Touch. McLachlan has attended each day of the trial, which is into its third week, as her song-writing talents i Jr i WW McLachlan: "I have to wait." ENTER TO WIN IS Top 10 Albums Week of Nov. 15 This Last Week National ArtistTitle Week 1 1 Lauryn HIIIMiseducation of L.Hill 1 2 3 112Room 112 3 5 R. KellyR.

4 6 MonicaThe Boy Is Mine 3 5 7 Cypress HillIV 2 6 4 BrandyNever Say Never 4 7 11 PrasGhetto Supastar 5 8 2 Knock Life 9 17 Janet JacksonVelvet Rope 9 10 8 Dru HillEnter The Dru 8 Top 10 Hard Music Week of Nov. 15 This Last Week National ArtistTitle Week 1 1 RushDifferent Stages 2 5 Aerosmlthlive-A Little South 1 3 4 KornFollow The Leader 3 4 3 Marilyn MansonMechanical Animals 2 5 2 Rob ZombieHellbilly Deluxe 6 6 7 KIssPsycho-Clrcus 5 7 6 Black SabbathReunion 4 8 8 RammstelnSehnsucht 7 9 9 Motley CrueGreatest Hits 8 10 10 Our Lady PeaceClumsy 10 A4AJCE THII A INrEMMNMENT. mm mmt ft i have been questioned. McLachlan described the period when she was making Touch as "incredibly exciting." She was 19 and had moved from Halifax to do her first record with Nettwerk Productions in Vancouver. "I was moving to a big city.

I had a fantastic opportunity. I remember being thrilled." The soft-spoken Neudorf, who continued his testimony yesterday, was recruited to be part of that opportunity Touch's cover notes credit McLachlan for solo writing of all but two cuts on the album. Work on the other two is shared between McLachlan and Darren Phillips, who has testified for Neudorf. Neudorf is credited with helping coordinate pre-production work on the mmm Enter to win a Santa sack fun of great holiday classic including newly released holiday videos and (Ds PLUS a Famous Players Big Card which entitles the winner and a guest to unlimited new movies for one year! VERSAILLES LOEWS MOfifWBSIgv ByWUSMgSBSM IDOWVAL 4 album, production assistance ana inspiration." "These are serious allegations against myself and Nettwerk," said McLachlan. "We should be here to defend them.

I need to be here to hear the case and, frankly, while people are giving their testimony." McLachlan said Nettwerk had been prepared to settle out of court, but mediation in the dispute failed. "(The dispute) is going to have some closure one way or another. I am looking forward to that," she said. The singer joked that the experience has provided some fuel for her creativity and said she might even get a song out of it. "There are a few songs in (this experience), actually," she said smiling.

"I have been very prolific lately." FAMOUS FXAVtRS ii MIMOUB PLArtW Cf 1 1 OTJfOM lS CJHf MAS (KJZTO rjNCM Pit angtognowT corns lawm. res BGEs ste adele Rating based on retail record sales Source: From SoundScan, Inc. Burnett shows go to UCLA LOS ANGELES All 284 episodes of The Carol Burnett Show will be housed for posterity at the University of California, Los Angeles. "I'm so happy that we can share the many years of music and sketches from our shows with the students of UCLA and people interested in the entertainment industry," Burnett said in announcing her donation. "This is a wonderful way for the material to continue to have a life." The popular television comedy hour aired on CBS from 1967 to 1978 and won 25 Emmy Awards.

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