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Global Underground: Los Angeles | 
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| Artist: John Digweed
Label: Global Underground
Category: Music
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 68713
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 664612201929
EAN: 0664612201929
ASIN: B00005852U
Release Date: March 5, 2001
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Condition: CD1 ONLY! FREE EXPEDITED SHIPPING! Very Good Front Insert! CD has been professionally resurfaced, has some residual scattered superficial scratches, plays perfectly! No tray art. Ships 1st Class/Internationally in a plastic envelope/bubble mailer w/o jewel case!
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Apollo Vibes - CP, Pole Folder | | • | Love in Traffic - Kelli Ali, Satoshi Tomiie | | • | Penetration - Madam | | • | Your Lovin' | | • | Riding - Shelley Preston, | | • | Music | | • | Paranoize | | • | Mine to Give - Photek | | • | Groove Is in the Air | | • | Musica | | • | 1-800 Ming - Brothers Love Dubs |
Disc 2
| • | Sanctuary - Jimmy Van M | | • | Strapped - White Room | | • | My Release | | • | Adyssa - DJ Gogo | | • | Inner Laugh - Roland Klinkenberg | | • | Fall - Way Out West | | • | One Last Time - Quivver | | • | Genesis - Cass | | • | Carnival XIII - Breeder, John Digweed | | • | One - Aria | | • | Energy - Salt Tank |
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Last year, the dark house and relentless pace of John Digweed's Hong Kong Global Underground mix was a shock to even electronic music's surreal, cannibalistic consciousness. Digweed has never been a glow-stick-waving Goa hippie by any means, but Hong Kong was a nuclear winter of subterranean rhythms, bouncing off the moldy walls and testing once again techno's shaky, constantly evolving genre definitions. It had suddenly become crystal clear that Detroit-style industrialism has finally and completely mind-melded with trance. So it's not surprising, then, that his latest, Los Angeles, continues along that same cold, brawny vein. Still, you might suspect a Digweed recording from the City of Angels would be a glitzier affair. But L.A. has always had a sinister edge, an almost apocalyptic feeling that the whole city could crumble at any minute under the weight of broken dreams and loveless ambitions. Digweed latches onto that vibe right off on the first disc, spinning "Love in Traffic" from noted producer-DJ Satoshi Tomiie. In Digweed's hands, the track grinds itself against your ears with a detached, dirty passion, indulging in a slowly burning build. From there, he taps ever deeper into the filthy heart of primal dance music, coalescing his mix around scrappy, metallic cross-rhythms, shadowy bass lines, and cruel, selfish beats. His work on the second disc is even sexier, as Digweed takes advantage of what's come before to flex his muscular ears and turn up the juice on what at this point must be a sweaty mess of makeup, silicone, and six-pack abs. It's almost vicious, the timing this man has in dropping down a needle on irresistible records like "The Fall" by Way Out West, but we must accept his glorious brutality, gather up the sad remnants of our self-respect, and make our way home in the soft morning light. Saturday night happens 52 times a year, after all. --Matthew Cooke
Album Description
John Digweed's 3rd installment in the popular Global Underground series. Throughout the first set, Digweed focuses more on the house aesthetic, emphasizing Satoshi Tomiie's work; the second set, as expected, heads into more heady territory, as proven producers such as Breeder and Cass get emphasized, along with a number of Bedrock records. 2 CD's in a O-card.
Album Details
Contains a standard jewelcase & includes a 16-page full-color booklet. The entire CD comes packaged in a full color matte laminated slipcase.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 75 more reviews...
 old school and deep November 30, 2007
P. Rusk (healdsburg, ca USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
r u in doubt its killer it builds and throws down yes its old but its Mr D at one of his best and a personal fav 1st disc is over the top
if only LA was as cool
Go Spelunking With John Digweed as Your Guide September 3, 2007
Cloudman (Vancouver, BC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If a fan of either the Global Underground city series or John Digweed (or both) was forced to chose a single GU album by John Digweed as their favorite, I predict that the majority would list GU13:Hong Kong. GU06:Sydney would be next with this album a distant last place.
Global Underground 19:Los Angeles would be my pick, and by a wide margin. I liked the first discs of both his previous GU albums, but the second discs failed to leave an impression on me. Not so with this album.
"Journey to Deep Space" may be a better title for this review since disc 1 launches off with "Apollo Vibes". However, Digweed's remaining track selections are much less spacey-sounding than his usual. This keeps the set (and the album overall) deeper, darker, and more sinister sounding that any commercial set I've heard mixed by Digweed before. I could have done without track 2, "Love in Traffic" and a couple of tracks are mediocre in the middle of the mix. Otherwise the set is very strong and ends brilliantly with "1-800-Ming" by Brothers Love Dubs.
Disc 2 is very impressive from beginning to end. Finally, an album where the set featured on the second disc has Digweed staying focused on the journey or theme he started the listener on until the very end. Personally I prefer this type of set and track selection, versus ones that try to cram in as many beats per minute (ie. like what happens on both disc 2's of his Sydney and Hong Kong albums).
The album cover and city location are deceiving in terms of electronica style that is featured. An east coast city in twilight would better reflect the great sets featured inside.
Disc 1 gets 4/5 stars and disc 2, 4.5/5 stars.
Seamless and shatteringly good June 5, 2007
PowerUser (Los Angeles, CA USA)
This is one of the releases that made Digweed as prolific as he is today. Stupendously good; masterfully done.
Awesome Dark Mix November 5, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I started to buy mixes I read the review for this and was turned off from buying it originally. I decided to download it first and after I listened to it a couple times, it really, really grew on me. I ran out and bought is soon after. I used to listen to a lot of trance (PvD, etc.) but my tastes it seems, have matured and this is now one of my favorite cds. Highly recommended for fans of "dark, trippy, progressive house".
 An interesting perspective of the City Of Angels March 1, 2006
HarpoMarx42
Digweed, with GU019, has shifted his style to trance and deep house breaks that, like Dom Phillips said, crackles over rhythmic urban landscape. Some tracks (Apollo Vibes, Mine To Give) sound like IDM, whilst others (Penetration, Love In Traffic, Genesis) have many hard house breaks (although the former two tracks were performed by hard house god Satoshi Tomiie, and the later by the more trance-veering Cass)
I would say that this has a harder edge than the other California GU soundtrack (GU009/GU003 Sasha:San Francisco) but it cuts well. My suggestion: the cd should've been mixed with Der Dritte Raum or Junkie XL instead of Brothers Love Dubs (no offense, but 1-800 MING just doesn't fit the LA picture for me)
Oh well...enjoy!
P.S. this is my 1st GU release that I own!
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