Customer Reviews

Global Underground - London

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Danny Tenaglia finally gets it right and delivers a 5 star gem. Global Underground London is an excellent double cd set that takes you on a tribal house journey into the underground. You can't really compare these sets with the ones from Athens since they're a totally different feel and brand of house music. London is strictly deep underground house with a heavy tribal influence unlike the trance/house sound of Athens. This is wonderfully mixed with an excellent music selection. The beats are pumpin and the bass is deep. There are no weaknesses in these sets and this is without question Tenaglia's finest work yet.

CD 1 clocks in at over 71 minutes and is excellent expression of deep tribal house music. There are too many choice titles to list but the numbers are 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 11. This is good stuff and I recommend it to any tribal house heads. CD1 rates 5 stars.

CD 2 clocks in at over 72 minutes and is composed of tribal, underground and even some trance house. The mixing is quality and the music selection is diverse but excellent. The tempo of this set is a little slower than cd 1 but still comes off well. Cuts of choice are "Magical Digital Drum", "Basic", "Phoenix", "Burning", and "Ways of Love." CD2 rates 4.75 stars.

This is an excellent cd for anyone interested in house music. You have variety, excellent mixing and beats that are deep and forceful. You shouldn't have any problem dancing to these sets. Whether you're starting out in house music or a veteran, you'll want to add this to your collection.

Let's get it straight, there are DJs and there is Danny Tenaglia. Danny will get John, Sasha, Dave, Paul, Nick and Darren on the dance floor any time. I feel this is one of his best compilations, although Tenaglia is best enjoyed when hearing him spin live. (anybody out there remembers the legendary 8-hour Miami set..........)

Disc 1 is very original, it the first two tracks are tribal, african, jazzy type "o" house, after that you will hear pure house, building up to a progressive climax.

Disc 2 is a beautiful remix which consists out of progressive & deep house, you will also hear some trance-like tracks, but it never goes over the edge.

Overall this is a deep, dark, sexy, sleazy, intense compilation with great beats and even more soul. Tenaglia uses only the best parts of each track and he remixes them, creating a unique vibe. He definately goes the extra mile. The only thing better is experiencing Tenaglia live! This is absolutely a must have. If you do not get this, then you do not understand house. (and as you know, not everyone understands house music, it's a soul thing......)

You will find many different styles in this set: House, Tribal Beats, Trance, Vocal (CD1 tends more towards House and CD2 - my favorite- towards trance). But the diversity of styles, Danny's mixing and tracks' order creates a nearly perfect set, fluid, homogeneous and different. What mostly amazed me is that I found it very familiar and at the same time strange, very conventional and at the same time futuristic (especially CD2). If you are searching for the very high quality we used to find in Sasha's "San Francisco", Digweed's "Sidney" or Nick Warren "Budapest" don't hesitate to buy this one. CD2 alone is worth getting the set.

After buying tons of CDs trying to find one that matches this set I think I may have to give up. Although I love Disc 1, the true gem in this set is Disc 2. I have listened to this hundreds and hundreds of times and to this day I love it as much as I heard it the first time. From the beginning, Microworld's Signals is a simple, repetitive loop that lasts for 10 minutes, but for some reason it hooks you and you find your head bobbing and fingers tapping. It really sets the tone for the whole CD, whose highlights include Elegia's "Basic," Vegas Soul's "Junk Funk" and Art of Trance's "Monsoon." However, tbe single best track on this album is the unbelievable remix of Schiller's "Ruhe." A similar mix can be found on the 2nd CD of Sasha and Digweed's Communicate, but this version is the one and only. Unbelievably deep bass, great drums and dark, eerie german vocals. A true masterpiece. The only drawback to this set is the mastering, as mentioned by a previous reviewer. The volume is set way too low and turning it up only starts to distort the bass. Unfortunate, but Tenaglia's mix itself is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

This is my first music review. I like disc 1 so much that it made me have the courage to write a review. I really dont listen to disc 2, but disc 1 is so cool, latin rythms mixed with perfect percussions and specially the first 4 tracks with anada projects great song cascades of color.....my god. I had the pleasure to see danny live in NYC at Vynil, I went out that night with top siders and danced for 5 straight hours straight. DT is amazing. Open your head and let him lead you.

Danny Tenaglia does it again with this mixCD brought to us by the people at Global Underground/Boxed. It's, well, it's good stuff. Like Athens, Tenaglia is essentially bringing much more of a tribal/deep house sound to a series dominated by trance, but it's oh-so-very appropriate. After all, if it's all about the music, well it'll be tough to find better music than this.

Disc one works the tribal/deep house sound much more so than the second disc. Heavy on the percussion, this disc works a vibe that brings to mind drum circles under open stars just as much as it does circles of dancers under strobe lights. Overall, there's this ethereal yet sinister quality that gets built up over the course of the CD. Musically, it experiences its first (mind you, FIRST) peak with Onephatdeeva's "In and Out of My Life" --- but thematically, the mix takes it's first sharp upward turn at Coco Da Silva's "Suadade" with the first appearance of the "enchantment" sample.

Disc two continues the deep/tribal sound, but also has more trancey elements to it. The percussive elements riding over top of the underlying cadence of the kickdrum never quite cease, but the fade a bit as the music becomes a little less percussive and a little more melodic. Fortunately, Tenaglia's signature sound is maintained throughout -- that dark, sinister, yet extremely sexy undercurrent. Yes. Oh, yes.

So, do yourself a favor and pick this up. Then, do yourself the favor of reading the liner notes. Most excellent.

This is good music, very good music. To be honest, you really cant go wrong with the Global Underground label. But anyways, the variety of different musical styles guarantees that almost everyone will like significant portions of both cds. As a trance lover myself(specifically an Oakenfold lover), I still appreciated Dannys track selection here, especially the end of disc2(which becomes very trancey). Disc1 ends with a Martin Luther King speech which really didnt fit in very well but other than that it was very good. Very sexy music. ALSO PLEASE NOTICE THE PRICE OF THIS CD(14 BUCKS for 24 awesome songs mixed almost perfectly). Thats a good deal. Dont pass it up. peace

The only thing I have to say about this CD is "JUST BUY IT"! With so much quality, and mostly unrelease tracks, this is a cd for the new "raver" or the "seasoned" techno jihad-ers out there in the Global Underground universe. Global Underground has been the answer to the "watered down phone DJ's that are out there today claiming their fame when they will be fogotten in less than 6 months. Danny is a darn good DJ that knows his music and knows how to affect the senses while you dance yourself into an oblivion!

Don't take my word for it, find out for yourself!

Troy

this review is in part review and in part response to christian c. (another reviewer of this disc). disc 1 is soulful and danny driving funk toward the second half (w/o losing the soul) but it is not accurate to say that danny is the only ones who has noticed this kind of house music. this IS house music! 'sands of time' or men of the nile's 'watch them come' and especially not anada projects 'cascades of color' there are classic deep dancefloor shakers. if you did that kind of soul then check dj's like tony humphries, larry heard, little 'louie' vega...etc. i'm hardly saying this is all those dj's spin, but it's a tip in the right direction. the 1st disc is hot.

the second disc...is not.

As a Grammy-nominated remixer, producer, and DJ, Danny Tenaglia wears many hats in the game of house music. The double disc "Global Underground - London" has been universally praised as a must-have for dance music lovers. You will get no argument from me. Disc 1 is a mixture of Latin influences and African beats set to soulful grooves and infectious rhythms. The mixing is well done and it's an impressive showcase of Tenaglia's talents as a DJ. Disc Two somewhat falls short of the greatness of Disc One; the first two tracks are kinda dull and are a challenge to sit through. It's not until the third track do we get any momentum, and for the rest of the disc, we get more traditional house grooves that don't have the Latin/African vibe of Disc One. I really like Tenaglia's style, as he successfully works with different flavors and textures throughout "Global Underground - London." However, I have to dock a star mainly for the rather disappointing sound quality of the recording. The music on this disc simply didn't project like the rest of my house CDs; it pretty much sounds like a twice-copied homemade tape. That's unfortunate, because this is an otherwise very good disc. Despite that complaint, the music on "Global Underground - London" is unmissable for any lover of dance music.