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| Artist: Danny Tenaglia
Label: Global Underground
Category: Music
List Price: $22.98
Buy New: $19.49
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 52049
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 664612201721
EAN: 0664612201721
ASIN: B00004XO7H
Release Date: September 25, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Ships from UK by express airmail, US buyers pay only US postage
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Sands of Time - Next Evidence | | • | Watch Them Come - Men From The Nile | | • | New Day | | • | Cascades of Colour - The Ananda Project | | • | Touched by God - Katcha | | • | In and Out of My Life - One Phat Deeva | | • | Definition of House - Minimal Funk | | • | Saudade - Coco Da Silva | | • | Spark That - Da Boo | | • | Back to the Q - Nathan Hawks | | • | Tribal Phunk - Peace Division | | • | 19 Bullets - Dietrich Schoenemann |
Disc 2
| • | Signals - Microworld | | • | Otradnojoe - DJ Linus | | • | Magical Digital Drum | | • | Basic - Elegia | | • | Phoenix - Evolution | | • | Dominica - F2 | | • | Junk Funk - Vegas Soul | | • | Burning - MK | | • | Ruhe - Schiller | | • | Ways of Love - Patrick Reid | | • | Monsoon - Art of Trance | | • | Live 1999 |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Tenaglia, the DJ's DJ, has always smashed down dance music's divisions by mixing whatever he pleases without losing a smidgeon of musical impact. So it's no surprise that Global Underground: London, a double CD mixed live in London isn't a fusty, dusty artifact full of novelty tracks. Forever passionate about the music as well as his mixing, Tenaglia's choices are inspired by what really works on the dance floor. Peace's Divison's "Tribal Funk" is wonderfully voracious, and ATFC's "In and Out of My Life" sits just on the right side of screaming-diva house. By concentrating on subbed-out electro house in all its sweeping orchestral glory, London rocks and soothes in equal measure. There are plenty of blueprints and uplifting twists, such as Minimal Funk IV's epic "Definition of House" and Vegas Soul's teasingly groove-oriented "Junk Funk," but that's not all. Tenaglia has split the CDs so each one leans toward either house or trance, each never to the detriment of the other. So for the most part, the second CD is a sexy, blissfully escapist soundtrack, and the first is super-funky house above all else. If you own other Tenaglia compilations, then you already know what his mixes sound like--taut bass lines, musical beats with a soulful edge, and plenty of extended, glorious breakdowns. If you don't, then this anthemic and occasionally ethereal mix will be both banging and astonishing. --Maxine Kabuubi
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
 The groovy GU April 28, 2007
TeHpWNaG3 (Milwaukee, WI)
Jungle and house with just a touch of trance. Very tribal and sexy-smooth. Totally different from any other GU release out there, Danny cooly went against the grain of the progessive trance scene. Danny Tenaglia, the first American GU DJ, had some serious balls doing this one out of London imho. Not as dark as John Digweed's Los Angeles mix, but it's the deepest mix in GU's arsenal.
Where as most GU's seem to have a distinct "personality shift" separating the two discs, GU:17 London's second disc picks right up where the first disc left off. A very mellow listen and not very dancey.
 A Nice Blend of House vs Trance March 18, 2007
Cloudman (Vancouver, BC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Danny Tenaglia is one of those DJ's who likes to include music from all of electronica's genres in his sets. He does so again in this two disc compilation.
Disc 1 leans heavily towards house music while disc 2 enters the realm of trance and progressive house. I think both discs work and the track selection is fairly decent.
One thing I love about Danny Tenaglia is his choice of tracks to open a set. Global Underground 017: London is no exception. I think the first 2 or 3 tracks on both discs are the strongest elements for this album. On the other hand I wasn't too thrilled at his closers for both discs especially for disc 1.
It would be great to hear a set that opens brilliantly as per his trademark, but continues to stay with a more tribal house feel throughout. Tenaglia has an uncanny knack for mixing great tribal beats (usually in the first half of a set) which are sadly abandoned midway through a set. If he would put out a compilation that ends as strongly as it starts...
Both discs get 4/5 stars.
 hmmmm.well I don't know about these reviews January 20, 2007
Pimptastic L Tickle (PHX)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
usually GU offers the best in DJs and house music...this one man I got to pass..too slow...sounds like a slower version of Oakenfold or Digweed. God it was hard to listen to each track....christ...
I also got the Athens GU 10 hoping he would deliever... he didn't... so their ya go
The best tribal/deep house mix I've ever heard... February 23, 2006
Sterling F. (New York, NY United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
The reason why I like Tenaglia... February 19, 2006
Barefoot Contessa (Massachusetts)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have both the Athens and London GU collections. This is by far the better one. This is also the first thing I bought by him. I am in love with the tracks "New Day" (number 3 on disc one) and "In and out of my life" (number 6 on disc one). The words in both pieces I adore.
My only slight negative would be he has a tendency for repetitiveness in background beats within the tracks, but really this doesn't bother me so much because I love the song selection. I listen to these CDs at least once a week! He deserves the 5 stars!
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