Global Underground 001: Sydney

John Digweed, Global Underground (Series), Various Artists - Dance & DJ - House, Various Artists - Dance & DJ - Techno/Rave | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Thrive
• ASIN: B00000F1EA
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,571 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Imagine [Imagination 1]

2. Blu Savannah

3. Wonky

4. Filter

5. Flood

6. Towards Omega

7. Elements [The Chant]

8. Down the River [McBuffalo Mix]

9. Spiritual [That Kid Chris Mix]

10. Slap Me Some Skin

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Apache Spur [Silversonic's Smoking Mix]

2. Rub a Dub

3. Subversal

4. Release [Dub]

5. Autobahnana

6. Steel Blue

7. Stargazer

8. Words (For Love) [PVD's "Four Love" Mix]

9. Propaganda

10. The Unexplained

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, August 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Global Underground 001: Sydney (Audio CD)

Listening to the first nothern exposure series got into john digweed and sasha. And when i got john digweeds global underground in sydney i was not disappionted. The first CD is slower dark hypnotic and quite minimal at times. interesting to listen to punchy mixing and sounds that fly from your left ear to your right.Ending with the perfect progressive tune (Albion Air) to get you ready to accept the second CD. The second CD is the better one as it slowly build straight from the start. flawless mixing, sometimes in key and good variation between trance & techno. This CD reaches the best part when Deepsky's Stargazer hit's it's breakdown and from then you are hooked. then brought down in energy only a (bit though)by PvD's Words, and then some more progressive grooves to finish of one of my all time favourite CD's

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Those who dislike the first disk are not to bright!, July 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Global Underground 001: Sydney (Audio CD)

I've read all the previous comments and most of the people reviewing this CD don't seem to comprehend it. The general comment is that nobody enjoys the pace of the fist CD. Well to all you bananas out there who only listen to this type of music for the sole purpose of dancing I say "Wake up". The fist disc was designed for people who like to chill, watch a sunset or sunrise and make passionate love while being in that induced state of mind. This music is not only for you speed junkies who need their fast pace sound to keep them "up". The entire compilation does keep me very satisfied.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid, December 16, 1999

By 

Courtney L. Sorensen "co_mba_student" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Underground 001: Sydney (Audio CD)

You may read how this album is "repetitive" and how that's a bad thing. But you gotta keep in mind this is a progressive house/trance album, with a strong emphasis on trance! If you don't like repetitive beats, then trance isn't your thing, so quit looking around this genre!

So what is trance? There's actual research on trance states that stemmed from research on the Shaman. The shaman induces a trance state to perform his "work." That trance state is brought about by repetitive drumming. Given actual brain studies, they've found that a certain range of steady beats per minute releases chemicals in an area of your brain (and dammit I forgot what it's called! ) where serotonin is concentrated. The result is an induced trance state.

Maybe you find that kind of music boring to listen to.

I find it wonderful! Digweed works the deep throbbing beats on this album to an amazing tempo. And I'd have to say...this is the album that got me hooked on the world DJ scene.