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Solomun - Global Underground 40: Hamburg

41 durable postsStarted 2014-07-23Latest 2014-10-02
#146093Post 1 of 41

[IMG]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c354/sbando/Solomun-GU_zpsf714a2ef.jpg[/IMG]

[url="http://www.balancemusic.com.au/news/solomun-marks-the-return-of-the-global-underground-cities-series/"]Solomun marks the return of Global Undergrounds City series [/url]

[QUOTE]After a 4 year break Global Underground returns with the 40th edition of the legendary ‘City’ series. [...]

For this special edition of the ‘City’ series Global Underground fittingly hosted the release party in the highly regarded club Ego in Solomun’s home city of Hamburg where he played for more than 6 hours. [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=252"]Solomun[/url] himself ran the club for 7 years before he came into dance music notoriety by winning Mixmag’s ‘DJ of the Year’ in 2012 as well as ‘Best Producer’ at the DJ Awards Ibiza. He has also further cemented his place in the top ranks of the dance music world with his successful label Diynamic and his club nights at Sankeys, Ibiza.[/QUOTE]

TRACKLIST:

  • Christian Löffler - Blind
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1463"]Mooryc[/url] - Simply
  • Sevensol & Bender - Captain Trollig
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1721"]Avatism[/url] - Different Spaces
  • Lake People - Point in Time
  • Jonas Mantey - Sie Ist Schoen
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=719"]Bonobo[/url] - Cirrus
  • The Elite DJ Phono - New Years Eve
  • Animal Trainer - Dragon Games
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=525"]Superpitcher[/url] - Heroin
  • Broken Bells - Holding On For Life ([url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=252"]Solomun[/url] Remix)
  • PLANNINGTOROCK - Lets Talk About Gender
  • Jai Paul - Jasmine
  • SOHN - The Wheel
  • Margot - Voice Chord
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=243"]Oliver Huntemann[/url] - Schatten
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=252"]Solomun[/url] - Medea
  • Sossa - Moog
  • Manuelle Musik & Steffen Sonnenschein - Adonis
  • Daniel Avery - Naive Response
  • Oliver Giacomotto - Lovin Berlin
  • Karl Friedrich - Claps
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1538"]Audiojack[/url] - Machine Code
  • Fango - Wek (Despejado Mix)
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=137"]Radio Slave[/url] - My Bleep ([url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=561"]Roman Flügel[/url] Mix)
  • Voiski - Ad Infinitum
  • The Rice Twins - For Penny & Alexis
  • Alter Ego - Gary (Boys Club Mix)
  • [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=298"]Ada[/url] - BUM BUM
#1721123Post 2 of 41

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I will be straight out to buy this LOL

#1721124Post 3 of 41

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I saw they posted a few weeks back that they had done the GU Party. Yet another poor move.

#1721125Post 4 of 41

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Jooris Voorn would have been a more suitible candidate.

#1721126Post 5 of 41

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Solomun is without a doubt one of the best house music producers in the last couple of years (5 or so) but i don't like him as a DJ too much.. let's see what he is up to with this release..

#1721128Post 6 of 41

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he has 44 followers on MS

#1721163Post 7 of 41

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I will check this one out for sure

#1721165Post 8 of 41

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is this for real? comes quite unexpected, no?

#1721166Post 9 of 41

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why so many old tracks in there... weird. with the access he could have to new unreleased material.

#1721185Post 10 of 41

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I liked that Saturday I'm in Love comp he did a few years back, but most of his DJ stuff lately has been pretty cheesy.

Who put up the cash to bring GU back?

#1721197Post 11 of 41

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After have hearing the Felix "the cat" comp. I can listen to any compilation.

#1721208Post 12 of 41

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GU, really?

Sasha, moves on.

#1721254Post 13 of 41

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[FONT=comic sans ms]Regardless of GU being a shadow of its former self, i'll still always give every mix a few listens. Hoping for the goods [/FONT]

#1721258Post 14 of 41

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Yeah, I've still got affection for the series - being at the parties for my hometown earned a lot of loyalty from me, even if the mix CD was bordering on awful.

#1721273Post 15 of 41

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[QUOTE]Yeah, I've still got affection for the series[/QUOTE]

^This.

Isn't the retail mix CD dead, though?

#1721537Post 16 of 41

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I don't think the MIX cd is dead. Labels like Fabric and Balance...and more recently Digweed Live In....they're still going strong. Frankly I think that GU is better than all of them, despite some bad releases like the 3rd James Lavelle (not that it's actually bad..just not unique at all....and sucking Dubfire's dick), Sharam and Felix. And frankly the Dubfire GU was pretty crappy too.

Someone on this thread really touched on something important....with the access to unreleased music these guys have, they really out to do better track selections. Global UNDERGROUND. Not fucking Global Rebroadcast.

#1721552Post 17 of 41

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I think it is dead, unless it's an alternative dj (Dixon, Lawrence, Robag) and the tracks are either unreleased or obscure.

#1721574Post 18 of 41

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^^ Balance is alive and well. And some of the record labels seem to be putting out at least some Cds

#1721577Post 19 of 41

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Balance's reputation is what keeps the thing going. We can name a few exceptions but that doesn't mean the medium isn't obsolete.

#1721638Post 20 of 41

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Why is my post edited you fascists?!?! ;)

#1721853Post 21 of 41

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GU did have a fair number of misfires in the tail end of their releases, partly because the "scene" had moved on and changed and the massive Trance/Progressive House tidal wave had died down, leaving a pretty big vacuum.

They tried to adapt and branch out with releasing mixes by Felix the Housecat, Carl Cox (sorry, I love the guy, but that cd sucked) and others. The better cd's like Sultan's Nubreed didn't offset how disconnected GU felt with the changes going on in dance music at the time.

I was particularly disappointed with the Plump DJ's mix, which was a total disaster. How the fuck do you screw up a breaks cd by two masters of the genre?

#1721882Post 22 of 41

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^I think you may have answered that final question, in the first paragraph of your response.

#1723021Post 23 of 41

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does anyone know if they are planning to release a special edition CD set?? I think this mix will certainly deserve one.

#1723075Post 24 of 41

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Is anyone going to actually buy it?

#1723085Post 25 of 41

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So many bad decisions, the should have got Zabiela to do one around 02/03 probably Fancuilli to. Voorn would have been a good contender in recent years. Instead they got DJ's no one carred about.

#1723534Post 26 of 41

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[URL="https://soundcloud.com/global-underground-ltd/gu40-hamburg-solomun-minimix/s-xlp0O"][SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/global-underground-ltd/gu40-hamburg-solomun-minimix/s-xlp0O[/SOUNDCLOUD][/URL]

minimix if anyone cares ;)

#1723563Post 27 of 41

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[QUOTE=♫♫♫♫♫♫;1137313]So many bad decisions, the should have got Zabiela to do one around 02/03 probably Fancuilli to. Voorn would have been a good contender in recent years. Instead they got DJ's no one carred about.[/QUOTE]

I kind of thought that Zabiela and Voorn would have been more suited for the Nubreed series - especially Zabiela since he's always been doing his own thing.

#1729298Post 28 of 41

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Well, I didn't expect too much about this, but is a good comp. very surprised about it, and the most important, sounds much much much serious than the last experiments of GU.

#1729313Post 29 of 41

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Disc one has great tracks on it BUT the mixing is so uninspired in places (just quick blends, tracks not fitting together...) it's disappointing. Could have been a great mix if he had put some more effort into the mixing imo. Have not listened to disc 2 yet.

#1729381Post 30 of 41

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^^^^

Agree, some good tracks on it but some mixes between the tracks sounds awful, seems made it by a rookie.

#1729449Post 31 of 41

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Decent tunes, really like the Broken Bells remix that's thrown on there. Not one of their best, but a welcome return to form.

#1730124Post 32 of 41

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Ok so people are saying this has some decent tunes on..... but more importantly I need to know before buying, are the sleeve notes written by Dom Phillips and his 'random adjective generator' ?!?!?!?

#1730131Post 33 of 41

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[QUOTE=gerald wb;1137977][URL="https://soundcloud.com/global-underground-ltd/gu40-hamburg-solomun-minimix/s-xlp0O"][SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/global-underground-ltd/gu40-hamburg-solomun-minimix/s-xlp0O[/SOUNDCLOUD][/URL]

minimix if anyone cares ;)[/QUOTE]

Thanks - will check it out

#1730132Post 34 of 41

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I'll never forget listening to Sasha "Ibiza" for the first time - a definite GU highlight for me (and San Francisco too ;) )

#1730284Post 35 of 41

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completely missed this!

is it worth getting back on the GU bandwagon though?

#1730292Post 36 of 41

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yeah im vaguely familiar with this fella.... is this worth getting because i hope it is

#1730349Post 37 of 41

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[QUOTE=gerald wb;1140400]Disc one has great tracks on it BUT the mixing is so uninspired in places (just quick blends, tracks not fitting together...) it's disappointing. Could have been a great mix if he had put some more effort into the mixing imo. Have not listened to disc 2 yet.[/QUOTE]

Just finished listening to CD 1 and I agree with this. While some of the tracks are really nice the mixing at parts is sub-par specially in the age of computer mixing. I could look past this since I was enjoying the mix but the last 15-20 minutes are just a pile of cheese put on top of each other except for the last track "The Wheel" by SOHN which I really like.

I give it 2.5 out of 5 would have been 3.5 if it wasn't for those last 20 min

#1730353Post 38 of 41

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CD 2 is like we're used to from other GU instances much more dance floor orientated. The mixing on it is actually good and I enjoyed the mix from start to finish. Will give CD 1 a couple of more listens before I write it completely off.

All in all I give this release a 3/5 solid but nothing spectacular.

#1730660Post 39 of 41

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ok, judging from your review I will never listen to this

#1730761Post 40 of 41

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yeah im prob gonna just pass too....

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