― g, Tuesday, 12 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
I've liked a lot of the GU releases, but the degree of obsession people have with them is scary. There are message boards out there where people will debate over their favorite first 11 seconds of track 11 on any GU album. I am not making this up.
They're made by a Newcastle based label called Boxed. I know they're working on something with Steve Lawler. Their biggest flaw was going too far down the 'feel my tribal drum patterns' route of tribal/ progressive house with no tunes. They took a lot of flack for the whole 'prog is boring' movement too. I'm not going to judge until I hear it, but I have a terrible feeeling the Lawler thing will go this way.
― Anna, Tuesday, 12 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Mr Noodles, Thursday, 14 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― patrick, Friday, 15 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
any more thoughts on these? listening to the tony de vit one now, and it reminds me of stuff I'm hearing whenever i go out to dance these days.
― Dominique, Monday, 23 August 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
It is a shame what happened to Global Underground. The founders, the "Boxed boys" sold the rights to the series years ago (to Ministry of Sound, IIRC). The releases which have appeared since, especially in the last decade, are sporadic and all over the place stylistically. I can only assume that any DJ who wants to create a fancy mix CD for his own career and promotional purposes, can just pay for the rights to call it a Global Underground volume.
― Melomane, Monday, 13 April 2020 15:18 (five years ago)
The YouTube channel Super Progressive is worth checking out for GU fans. Lots of investigational reports and interviews with the DJs involved. Answers questions I had going back to the 1990s.
Reawakens my interest in this music and I’d like to head to a club and hear a set. But I think clubs have changed since the days of “be yourself” and “everyone come together” values, and I’m not sure a single man in his forties with no particular charisma is going to be allowed in.
― Melomane, Sunday, 30 July 2023 21:24 (one year ago)
^^ haha u forgot the djs tho
― the late great, Monday, 31 July 2023 01:50 (one year ago)
apologies to all british progressive djs named after apostles
― the late great, Monday, 31 July 2023 01:51 (one year ago)