Joe's first memories are of sitting in a corner by the stereo, strapped in with a pair of massive headphones. Obsessed by the music he heard, he spent half his childhood listening to his parents old vinyl of 50s and 60s pop, and the other half sneaking off to listen to his old brothers collection of rap music. As he learned to play instruments and write music, the sounds he produced were clearly equal parts of these two worlds: Beatles and Beastie Boys, Frankie Vallie and Run DMC, The Temptations and LL Cool J. The fusion produced an original sound that defies an easy description.

Not only an innovator for the genre defying music he creates, but also for the way in which he creates it. Joe's groundbreaking live show is a modern day interpretation of the one man band. Utilizing live looping technology, Driscoll loops beatbox (oral percussion) to create the drum tracks live, then adds multiple layers of guitar and other instruments. One man creating the soundscape of a full band, a one of a kind live experience that has seen him in demand throughout the world.



Underworld are Rick Smith and Karl Hyde. Their peerless first album - dubnobasswithmyheadman - was released to universal acclaim in 1994. In the thirty years since that mould breaking debut, the band have established their reputation as one of the most groundbreaking and important electronic acts of all time, one that constantly pushes creative boundaries, twists genres and refuses to stay still. In those thirty years, their music has soundtracked approximately 100,000,000 nights out, and the mornings after. In the past year alone, Underworld have played live in front of over half a million people all across the globe.

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