Global Underground is a music label founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolizes the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s and first manifesto for high-end DJs such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman and Darren Emerson. Sasha (born Alexander Coe on 4 September 1969 is a Welsh DJ and record producer Paul Oakenfold (born 30 August, 1963 in Greenhithe, Kent, UK) is a Record producer and a popular trance John Digweed (born Thomas John Digweed 1 January 1967 in Hastings, England) is a British DJ and Record producer Danny Tenaglia (born March 7, 1961) is a New York -based DJ and music producer Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series Dave Seaman (born April 29 1968) went to school in Garforth West Yorkshire is a British Dance music DJ and Record producer Darren Emerson (born 30 April 1971, in Hornchurch, England) is a dance music DJ, and later joining member of the UK electronic
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Background
Global Underground also refers to a series of electronic music compilation albums which reflect the performances of high profile DJs in venues from around the world. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of The Global Underground series was released by a record label formerly known as Boxed which featured several sister series such as Nubreed and Electric Calm. Boxed (legal name Club Parasite Ltd was a Record label which has released around forty mix albums from DJs such as John Digweed, Nick Warren, and Boxed closed in 2001 and was superseded by Global Underground Ltd. Boxed (legal name Club Parasite Ltd was a Record label which has released around forty mix albums from DJs such as John Digweed, Nick Warren, and Since its first release in 1996, the series gained huge success and became a hallmark in the progressive house world. The music featured is mostly progressive house, but there are some house, trance, and breakbeat releases. House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Trance is a style of Electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub- genres of Electronic music, usually characterized The first five installments were live recorded from respective clubs, while the rest are mixed and recorded in a studio.
Conceptual Development
Each issue in the series is based on the idea that Global Underground would take DJs to play a party in one of the most unusual, exotic clubbing locations on Earth. The set is then release in a 2CD format that is formatted to capture the night of the party and the overall feel of the DJ visit in music, contemporary photography and extensive sleeve notes.
Essential Quality Features
There are consistent characteristics in almost every album in the series including:
- Each album being mixed by a globe-trotting DJ. Audio mixing is the process by which a multitude of sound sources are combined into one or more channels A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience
- The prominent influence of the location on the music and packaging.
- Extensive sleeve notes describing local clubbing scene and/or venue often written by Mixmag Editor Dom Philips. Mixmag is a British Dance music and clubbing Magazine. With a circulation of 37139 and a readership of 276000 as of August 2008 it claims
- Each album consisting of two discs. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio
- The song list is edited from the complete set based on a retrospective view of the performance.
International Recognition
Billboard has recognized Global Underground as the first DJ mix compilation to place high-quality photographs of DJs on the album covers. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially-released audio recording product or Album. This, it further asserted, played a part in turning DJs into superstar figures within the culture of electronic dance music. "Super Star" redirects here for the Sibel Tüzün song see Süper Star. Synonyms Since around the mid-1980s electronic dance music has enjoyed popularity in many Nightclubs and as of 2006 is the predominant type of music played in [1]
Thrive Releases
Thrive Records, the US distributor for early Global Underground releases had a different numbering scheme for Global Underground albums. Thrive Records is a United States based independent electronic Record label. The releases came with a different artwork, but were otherwise the same.
Catalog
This is the complete listing of available albums in the Global Underground main series which includes the sequential number of the album in the series, the performing DJ/producer, the location in which the performance took place and the official release date. The listed catalog numbers are for the British releases. The numbers on the albums distributed by Thrive in the United States are shown in parentheses - those without such labels do not have a differing release number.
GU Official
- GU001 Tony De Vit, Live In Tel Aviv, Release Date: November 11, 1996
- GU002 not released (In Thrive's release numberings, 002 is Oakenfold's New York mix. Tony De Vit ( September 12, 1957 &ndash July 2, 1998) was a club Disc jockey. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel Global Underground is a music label founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd )
- GU003 Nick Warren, Live In Prague, Release Date: March 24, 1997
- GU004 Paul Oakenfold, Live In Oslo, Release Date: June 9, 1997
- GU005 Tony De Vit, Tokyo, Release Date: October 27, 1998
- GU006 (US: GU001) John Digweed, Sydney, Release Date: October 13, 1998. Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Paul Oakenfold (born 30 August, 1963 in Greenhithe, Kent, UK) is a Record producer and a popular trance (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. Tony De Vit ( September 12, 1957 &ndash July 2, 1998) was a club Disc jockey. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. John Digweed (born Thomas John Digweed 1 January 1967 in Hastings, England) is a British DJ and Record producer Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4
- GU007 (US: GU002) Paul Oakenfold, New York, Release Date: Jan 19, 1999
- GU008 Nick Warren, Brazil, Release Date: October 13, 1998
- GU009 (US: GU003) Sasha, San Francisco, Release Date: November 9, 1998
- GU010 (US: GU004) Danny Tenaglia, Athens, Release Date: February 15, 1999
- GU011 (US: GU005) Nick Warren, Budapest, Release Date: June 14, 1999
- GU012 Dave Seaman, Buenos Aires, Release Date: August 23, 1999
- GU013 Sasha, Ibiza, Release Date: December 28, 1999
- GU014 John Digweed, Hong Kong, Release Date: December 14, 1999
- GU015 Darren Emerson, Uruguay, Release Date: May 23, 2000
- GU016 Dave Seaman, Cape Town, Release Date: August 22, 2000
- GU017 Danny Tenaglia, London, Release Date: May 23, 2000
- GU018 Nick Warren, Amsterdam, Release Date: July 25, 2000
- GU019 John Digweed, Los Angeles, Release Date: February 27, 2001
- GU020 Darren Emerson, Singapore, Release Date: July 3, 2001
- GU021 Deep Dish, Moscow, Release Date: August 21, 2001
- GU022 Dave Seaman, Melbourne, Release Date: May 21, 2002
- GU023 James Lavelle, Barcelona, Release Date: October 1, 2002
- GU024 Nick Warren, Reykjavík, Release Date: March 18, 2003
- GU025 Deep Dish, Toronto, Release Date: June 10, 2003
- GU026 James Lavelle, Romania, Release Date: March 9, 2004
- GU027 Danny Howells, Miami, Release Date: March 29, 2005
- GU028 Nick Warren, Shanghai, Release Date: July 18, 2005
- GU029 Sharam, Dubai, Release Date: October 3, 2006
- GU030 Nick Warren, Paris, Release Date: February 19, 2007
- GU031 Dubfire, Taipei, Release Date: April 2, 2007
- GU032 Adam Freeland, Mexico City, Release Date: June 7, 2007
- GU033 Layo & Bushwacka!, Rio De Janeiro, Release Date: October 1, 2007
- GU034 Felix Da Housecat, Milan, Release Date: May 12, 2008
- GU035 Nick Warren, Lima, Release Date:
- GU Sampler Series Releases
- GUSAM001 The Forth, Departures, Release Date: October 27, 1998
- GUSAM002 The Forth, Arrivals, Release Date: 1999
- GUSAM003 The Forth, Destinations, Release Date: January 29, 2001
- GUSAM004CD The Forth, Locations, Release Date: 2001
- GUSAMUS001CD The Forth, Passport, Release Date: 2001
- GUSAM005CD The Forth, Exposures, Release Date: 2004
- GUSAM006CD The Forth, Synchronised, Release Date: October 2005
- GUSAM007CD Dubfunk, Synchronised 2, Release Date: November 6, 2007
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He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Dave Seaman (born April 29 1968) went to school in Garforth West Yorkshire is a British Dance music DJ and Record producer Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Sasha (born Alexander Coe on 4 September 1969 is a Welsh DJ and record producer Ibiza (Eivissa is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain John Digweed (born Thomas John Digweed 1 January 1967 in Hastings, England) is a British DJ and Record producer Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Darren Emerson (born 30 April 1971, in Hornchurch, England) is a dance music DJ, and later joining member of the UK electronic Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Dave Seaman (born April 29 1968) went to school in Garforth West Yorkshire is a British Dance music DJ and Record producer Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the Danny Tenaglia (born March 7, 1961) is a New York -based DJ and music producer London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west John Digweed (born Thomas John Digweed 1 January 1967 in Hastings, England) is a British DJ and Record producer Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Darren Emerson (born 30 April 1971, in Hornchurch, England) is a dance music DJ, and later joining member of the UK electronic Singapore Deep Dish is a duo of DJ and House music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali " Dubfire " Shirazinia Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Dave Seaman (born April 29 1968) went to school in Garforth West Yorkshire is a British Dance music DJ and Record producer Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 James Lavelle (born 1974 in Oxford, England) is a DJ, electronic recording artist and record label boss Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series For the Greater Reykjavík Area see the Greater Reykjavík Area. Deep Dish is a duo of DJ and House music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali " Dubfire " Shirazinia Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario James Lavelle (born 1974 in Oxford, England) is a DJ, electronic recording artist and record label boss Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Danny Howells (born on 24 November 1970) is an English producer and DJ. Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million Sharam Tayebi (or known simply as Sharam) is an Iranian-American DJ & Producer, forming one half of the Grammy award-winning Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Ali Shirazinia, more commonly known as Dubfire, is an Iranian-American Disc jockey. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of Adam Freeland is a UK -based DJ and producer synonymous with breakbeat based electronic music Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico Layo & Bushwacka! is the pseudonym of DJs Layo Paskin and Matthew Benjamin Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil Felix da Housecat (born Felix Stallings Jr on August 27, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers on a coast overlooking
Prototype
- PRO:001 Seb Fontaine, Release Date: April 29, 1999
- PRO:002 Seb Fontaine, Release Date: November 2, 1999
- PRO:003 Seb Fontaine, Release Date: April 18, 2000
- PRO:004 Seb Fontaine, Release Date: May 29, 2001
Nubreed
Nubreed features mix albums from what Boxed considers "up-and-coming DJs", though it has featured experienced DJs such as Satoshi Tomiie. Seb Fontaine (born Jean Sebastian Fontaine Having worked at various other clubs in London, he eventually became a resident DJ at one of the UK's largest club nights A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track Satoshi Tomiie is a Japanese House music producer and DJ. He has written music for numerous soundtracks including for the Animatrix
- NuBreed Series Releases
- NU001 Anthony Pappa, Release Date: March 13, 2000
- NU002 Danny Howells, Release Date: September 28, 2000
- NU003 Steve Lawler, Release Date: October 9, 2000
- NU004 Sander Kleinenberg, Release April 9, 2001
- NU005 Lee Burridge, Release Date: August 13, 2001
- NU006 Satoshi Tomiie, Release Date: July 29, 2002
24:7
24:7 is a series where DJs are asked to put together a set of two notably contrasting halves, based on the conceptual opposites of 'day' and 'night'. Nubreed 001 is a DJ mix album released by Boxed as part of their Nubreed series on Global Underground. Anthony Pappa is a DJ from Melbourne Australia. After meeting Sasha and John Digweed during an Australian tour he decided to move to Great Britain Nubreed 002 is a house music mix album in the Nubreed series by Boxed. Danny Howells (born on 24 November 1970) is an English producer and DJ. Nubreed 003 is a house music mix album in the Nubreed series by Boxed. Steve Lawler is a British House music producer and DJ born in Birmingham, England. Nubreed 004 is a DJ mix album mix and compiled by Sander Kleinenberg as part of the Nubreed series Sander Kleinenberg (born 1971 Delft) is a Dutch Disc jockey and Record producer. Nubreed 005 is a DJ mix album mix and compiled by Lee Burridge as part of the Nubreed series Lee Burridge is an internationally known house and Breakbeat DJ. Nubreed 006 is a DJ mix album mix and compiled by Satoshi Tomiie as part of the Nubreed series Satoshi Tomiie is a Japanese House music producer and DJ. He has written music for numerous soundtracks including for the Animatrix
- 24:7 Series Releases
- GU247001 Danny Howells, Release Date: July 21, 2003
- GU247002 Lee Burridge, Release Date: September 15, 2003
Chill out compilations
Electric Calm is a series in the chill or "calm" side of electronica while Afterhours is similar to the Back to Mine series. Back to Mine is a series of Mix albums usually (though not always mixed by renowned DJs or composers of Electronic music. Both Afterhours and Electric Calm, along with GU "Sampler" CDs, were compiled and mixed by the Global Underground resident DJ, The Forth. The Forth is an electronic music duo consisting of Scott Dawson and Andrew Archer.
- Electric Calm Series Releases
- GUEC001 The Forth, Release Date: September 30, 2002
- GUEC002 The Forth, Release Date: August 25, 2003
- GUEC003 The Forth, Release Date: February 13, 2006
- GUEC004 Dubfunk, Release Date: October 1, 2007
- Afterhours Series Releases
- GUAF001 The Forth, Release Date: November 11, 2002
- GUAF002 Pete Tong, Release Date: February 21, 2005
- GUAF003 Trafik, Release Date: January 29, 2007
- GUAF004 Trafik, Release Date: July 16, 2007
- GUAF005 Unknown, Release Date: March 30, 2008
Lights Out
In 2002, former NuBreed DJ Steve Lawler was given his own imprint on the Global Underground label that he titled "Lights Out". The Forth is an electronic music duo consisting of Scott Dawson and Andrew Archer. Steve Lawler is a British House music producer and DJ born in Birmingham, England. The concept of the series of mixed CDs was to bring the darker, grittier side of the dancefloor into the spotlight. Steve Lawler was allowed to dive into what were considered new territories of time including remixing tracks for his compilations. He also included music and methodology that had never been used on studio mixed CDs before.
- Lights Out Series Releases
- GULO001 Steve Lawler, Release Date: June 24, 2002
- GULO002 Steve Lawler, Release Date: October 27, 2003
- GULO003 Steve Lawler, Release Date: October 3, 2005
GU Music
In 2003, the Global Underground franchise began their "GU Music" imprint. Up until this time, they were strictly a label that dealt in DJ compiled and mixed CDs. GU Music allowed Global Underground to get into full length artist albums and Vinyl/CD/MP3 single releases. The GU Music team commented: "Having nurtured some of the worlds finest DJs we have applied this expertise to original music, cherry picking the coolest future talent from across the globe. . . " They have featured releases from such artists as UNKLE, Lostep, and Trafik. Unkle (also written as UNKLE and UNKLE) is a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy Trafik is an electronic music duo consisting of Andrew Archer and John Elliott In 2007, it expanded with the release of the compilation GU Mixed that starts a new occasional series of the same name that will consist of music sought from GU Music.
- GU Music Album Releases
- GUMU001 Pako & Frederik - Atlantic Breakers, Release Date: October 20, 2003
- GUMU002 Trafik - Bullet, Release Date: October 4, 2004
- GUMU003 Lostep - Because We Can, Release Date: April 17, 2006
- GUMU004 The Remote - Too Low To Miss, Release Date: June 26, 2006
- GUMU005 Sissy - All Under, Release Date: 2006
- GUMU006 Dark Globe - Nostalgia For The Future, Release Date: 2006
- GUMU007 Trafik - Club Trafikana, Release Date: August 6, 2007
- GUMU008 Roland Klinkenberg - Mexico Can Wait, Release Date:August 20, 2007
- GUMU009 Eelke Kleijn - Naturally Artificial, Release Date:October 2, 2007
- GUMU010 Pako & Frederik - The Alert, Release Date:November 5, 2007
- GU Mixed Releases
- GUMIX1CD CD1, CD2, CD3 In mixed and unmixed formats
- GUMIX1CDX CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 Limited Edition in mixed and unmixed formats
- GUMIX2CD CD1, CD2, CD3 In mixed and unmixed formats, Release date: September 3, 2007
- GUMIX2CD CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 Limited edition in mixed and unmixed formats, Release date: September 3, 2007
GU002
GU002 was the never released second installment in the Global Underground series. Trafik is an electronic music duo consisting of Andrew Archer and John Elliott Global Underground jumped directly from GU001: Tony De Vit - Live In Tel Aviv to GU003: Nick Warren - Prague, which resulted in a lot of controversy and rumours on the nature of GU002. Tony De Vit ( September 12, 1957 &ndash July 2, 1998) was a club Disc jockey. Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his seven albums released in the Global Underground series In fact, GU002 does exist in form of the tape pack of Tony De Vit's Tel Aviv CD and the actual catalogue number of the release is GU002T. When Boxed started the GU series in 1996, they did not have a clear vision about the numbering scheme (later to become part of their image), which resulted in the "missing" release.
References
External links
- Global Underground's Official Website
- Global Underground at Discogs
- Global Underground at Discogs
- Global Underground at Discogs
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