Global Underground 030: Paris

Nick Warren | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Global Underground
• ASIN: B000HDRA44
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,986 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. After

2. Strange Parallels

3. Zusammenallien

4. Sedatives

5. Whiskers

6. Being Around You

7. Revtone

8. Roll Your Own

9. Living In A

10. Lonely Planet

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I Miss

2. Blue Fountain

3. Cosmopolitan Drink

4. Head Down (Jay P)

5. B Side

6. Neptune

7. None Verbal

8. Paradise Rockers

9. Fivevivezero

10. One Morning By The Riverside

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Who but Nick Warren could be tapped for Global Underground's landmark 30th release, a journey through downtempo trippiness, silky minimalism, and sparkly house, set against the backdrop of the City of Light? After all, the Bristol spinner had already been at the controls for no fewer than six GU releases, and his last outing (GU28: Shanghai) blew the doors off most everything else released in the genre that year. On Paris, he returns to the haunting, spaced-out soundscapes that made his Reykjavik mix (GU24) a series favorite. The first disc goes downtempo; the backward melodies and marching psychedelia of Tripswitch's "Strange Parallels" make the case that the album should come with a drug interaction warning, while Joey Fehrenbach's "Being Around You" hypnotizes with a synth line that tumbles through the stereo spectrum like a waterfall in slow motion. Disc 2 gallops from the gate to the glacial sighs of August's "I Miss" and the eerie vocals of Blue Fountain's "Sweep" that chant "I'm your sorrow...I'm your shadow." Later on, Oliver Moldan and Isma Ae's "Fivefivezero" pounces on the unsuspecting with a relentless, pulsating lead and Eelke Kleijn's "8 Bit Era Dub" swings harder than a prizefighter. On display through it all is Warren's affinity for pulling the truly innovative and strangely compelling tunes from the ocean of often derivative electronic dance music, leading one to believe that if there are vinyl shops in alternate dimensions, he has likely rooted through their crates. Like his other GU releases, Warren's Paris begins to reveal its secrets only after a number of listens--but fans of this DJ's DJ would have it no other way. --Brent Kallmer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A convert to progressive house, March 9, 2007

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Jmark2001 (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Global Underground 030: Paris (Audio CD)

I usually do not like house or mixes as they are so repetitive. It seems like every kid with some software thinks that he can be a DJ. The result is a lot of junk. I am 51 years old and do not buy a lot of music but this is the third Nick Warren album I have bought. It is great driving music, headphone music, etc. The mix is rarely dull and always great background. Nick Warren always delivers.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perpetually uplifting and interesting, April 3, 2008

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Kitty (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Global Underground 030: Paris (Audio CD)

This CD rocks! It calmly and magically drives you to do whatever you want to do, whether it be dance, work, play with your kids or pets, relax, or celebrate. Not being an aficionado for this type of music (read the other reviews for their takes), I can't analyze this CD further except to confirm that it has struck a chord with me and the rest of my family (including our young children). Kudos to Nick Warren!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best CD of the year, March 21, 2007

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Vlad Abramovich "Judokavlad" (Miami, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Underground 030: Paris (Audio CD)

Thank God for Nick Warren. CD 2 is by far the best thing I've heard in years, mixed to perfection as always. CD 1 is a really good chill-out lounge CD....CD 2 instant classic.
Buy it don't copy it. Support the industry.