''Global Underground 015: Darren Emerson, Uruguay'' is a DJ mix album in the
Global Underground
Global Underground is a British record label and compilation series founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolised the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s and first manifesto for hi ...
series, compiled and mixed by
Darren Emerson
Darren Paul Emerson (born 30 April 1971) is an English musician, DJ and producer best known as a former member of the British electronic music musical ensemble, group Underworld (band), Underworld.
Career
Early life
Emerson began mixing Hip h ...
. The mix is a retrospective look at a set at the La Morocha club in
Punta del Este
Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este later became internationally known as a resort for the Latin and North American j ...
,
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
.
A popular techno and
deep house
Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard ( ...
DJ for many years in his own right, Darren Emerson's global profile had gone stellar with the huge success of
Underworld
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld.
...
, particularly following their chart-bothering re-release of
Born Slippy. While making this mix out in Uruguay, on an afternoon stroll along the beach, Darren dropped the bombshell to GU's Andy that he was thinking of leaving the band.
Andy tried to persuade him otherwise - at least until the album was out - but his mind was made up and the story was soon to break in the dance media anyway. Darren's departure was a big shock to his fans, but it made his debut GU mix one of his first public statements after the decision. As such, it became symbolic of his solo intent.
It's a bold and tasty showcase of Emerson the club DJ, taking GU into deeper techno territory than it had gone before, while still joining the dots in terms of progression and an expansive musical vision. The prog purists of the day, who were still enraptured by the recent
Digweed and
Sasha GU mixes, were a little fazed by this one. However, Darren holds his own superbly over both CDs, introducing the likes of
Speedy J and
Dave Clarke to new ears.
Track listing
Disc one
#
The Orb
The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential 19 ...
- "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld" – 7:31
# Holy Ghost - "Twister" – 4:34
# Trevor Rockcliffe - "Take a Chance" – 4:10
# HALO & Hipp E - "Funk Your Body" – 3:29
# Chaser - "Tall Stories" – 5:32
# Combustible - "Carnival" – 4:56
# Bert Dunk - "Groove Y'all" – 4:11
# Meeker - "Save Me" – 6:09
# Saints & Sinners - "Pushin' Too Hard" – 7:23
# Deetron - "Decipher Language" – 5:55
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Speedy J - "Rise" – 4:41
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Dave Angel - "Rematch" – 3:57
# Ron Trent - "Altered States" – 7:51
Disc two
# Paul Jacobs - "Soul Grabber Part 3" – 4:02
# David Duriez - "Plastic Music" – 2:00
# Genetic Grooves - "Cloud 99" – 1:45
# Aaron Carl - "Dance Naked" – 6:44
# Freelance Science - "Can U Feel Tha Funk" – 4:09
# Lil' Louis & the World - "French Kiss" – 4:54
# Sixteen B - "It Doesn't Have to End" – 4:18
# Anti Trance Terrorists - "Pig Jam" – 2:41
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Dave Clarke - "The Compass" – 4:34
# Christian Smith - "Mojito" – 1:51
# Pascal F.E.O.S. - "I Can Feel That" – 6:34
# Plastic Avengers - "Chukus Mahunkus" – 2:01
# Sound Stream - "Let's Break" – 4:39
# Reaver - "Electrophonic" – 4:47
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Westbam - "Mr. Peanut" – 3:33
# Changing Shape - "M" – 3:06
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Paul Rutherford - "Get Real" – 5:54
References
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Darren Emerson albums
2000 albums
Global Underground
DJ mix albums