Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

[gerald wb]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

https://soundcloud.com/global-underground-ltd/gu40-hamburg-solomun-minimix/s-xlp0O

minimix if anyone cares

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Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

So many bad decisions, the should have got Zabiela to do one around 02/03 probably Fancuilli to. Voorn would have been a good contender in recent years. Instead they got DJ's no one carred about.

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Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

Is anyone going to actually buy it?

[useyurbrain]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

does anyone know if they are planning to release a special edition CD set?? I think this mix will certainly deserve one.

[Illuminate]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

^I think you may have answered that final question, in the first paragraph of your response.

[el presidente Highsteppa]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

GU did have a fair number of misfires in the tail end of their releases, partly because the "scene" had moved on and changed and the massive Trance/Progressive House tidal wave had died down, leaving a pretty big vacuum.

They tried to adapt and branch out with releasing mixes by Felix the Housecat, Carl Cox (sorry, I love the guy, but that cd sucked) and others. The better cd's like Sultan's Nubreed didn't offset how disconnected GU felt with the changes going on in dance music at the time.

I was particularly disappointed with the Plump DJ's mix, which was a total disaster. How the fuck do you screw up a breaks cd by two masters of the genre?

[PartyInGreece]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

Why is my post edited you fascists?!?!

[sbando]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

Balance's reputation is what keeps the thing going. We can name a few exceptions but that doesn't mean the medium isn't obsolete.

[DIDI]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

^^ Balance is alive and well. And some of the record labels seem to be putting out at least some Cds

[sbando]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

I think it is dead, unless it's an alternative dj (Dixon, Lawrence, Robag) and the tracks are either unreleased or obscure.

[PartyInGreece]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

I don't think the MIX cd is dead. Labels like Fabric and Balance...and more recently Digweed Live In....they're still going strong. Frankly I think that GU is better than all of them, despite some bad releases like the 3rd James Lavelle (not that it's actually bad..just not unique at all....and sucking Dubfire's dick), Sharam and Felix. And frankly the Dubfire GU was pretty crappy too.

Someone on this thread really touched on something important....with the access to unreleased music these guys have, they really out to do better track selections. Global UNDERGROUND. Not fucking Global Rebroadcast.

[sbando]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

Yeah, I've still got affection for the series

^This.


Isn't the retail mix CD dead, though?

[el presidente Highsteppa]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

Yeah, I've still got affection for the series - being at the parties for my hometown earned a lot of loyalty from me, even if the mix CD was bordering on awful.

[TheVrk]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

Regardless of GU being a shadow of its former self, i'll still always give every mix a few listens.
Hoping for the goods

[Illuminate]

Re: Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

GU, really?

Sasha, moves on.