Product description Our product to treat is a regular product. There is not the imitation. From Japan by the surface mail because is sent out, take it until arrival as 7-14 day. Thank you for you seeing it. .co.uk Beats aficionado and all-round scenester, James Lavelle, has always had a way with a beat. Here, we get to see what the Mo Wax head honcho can turn up with a set of turntables and a wide choice of tunes for Global Underground 23 in Barcelona. On CD 1 he begins, appropriately enough, with DJ Shadow's brooding "Mongrel Meets It's Maker" before heading steadily towards nu skool breaks territory via cuts like Leftield's "Dusted" (featuring Roots Manuva), Thomas Bangalter's "Night Beats", building an infectious set that features Layo and Bushwacka's "Let The Good Times Roll", Sasha's "Fundamental", Evil9's "Crooked" and the excellent Unkle remix of Ian Brown's 'Fear'. CD 2 initially starts with a loose, four-four sound courtesy of Pitch Black's "Underground Sound" but soon brings back the pin-sharp syncopation with artists like Meat Katie, Rennie Pilgrem and Soul Of Man. Lavelle finally gets his tech house tendencies out halfway through this second mix, stringing together bubbling tracks from Peace Division, Duncan Gray, Lee Burridge, FC Kahuna and Halo before coming to a simmer with "There Goes The Fear" by Doves. Competent enough, but hardly the cutting edge stuff you might expect from a man perpetually hyped as a luminary. --Paul Sullivan
J**L
all good!
good old school tunes - good disk condition.
A**A
Five Stars
No problems with this puchase!
A**E
Five Stars
THANKS!!
J**G
Can he do wrong?
In the days of the international superstar DJ, one may ask where thwere is room for the smaller and arguably better DJs. Global Underground has, for some years now, released great house and dance, and this latest offering is no exception. CD1 just gets better and better, though each track has value on its own. The is a huge amount of variety from DJ Shadow and his more downbeat tune to the uplifting drums and heavy base of Sotero. Having heard James Lavelle rock Fabric, I wondered whether this would sound good on my hifi at home but it does not disappoint - he is so good. CD2 merges from big tunes to more downbeat tracks from the likes of Hybrid and the Doves. In the shops now is a special edition with an extra CD, containing a video and various other features. My advise - stop what you are doing and go and buy this album!!
F**N
Good mix but needs a few teaks to make it better
Not a mix that instantly strikes you as a classic - the opening tracks on both discs are a little indifferent, and these are the moments when a DJ really needs to put the attention grabbers out. The music settles down to an agreeably mainstream GU feel towards the end of both discs. After a couple of listens through it's likely this will simply join the growing heap of "oh yeah that's another GU mix album" - while the pile of classics from this series remains titchy.
S**D
fully charged!
We all know what Lavelle can do. No exception here. This Global underground mix is an eclectic mix of steady ass tunes as dark sharp breaks roll on from a hip hopish start. The ship later charges head on into the storm of mass elecrick madness only to breathe in the eye of the storm with two exclusive mixes of up- and coming stars of Mr Brown & doves. Solid. Get it!
M**S
Good tunes, questionable mixing...
I bought this album on the strength of Lavelle's reputation, as well as a great choice of tracks - especially on disc one. The tunes on this album do not indeed disappoint. Lavelle's contribution however, is questionable. Each song ends, a new one begins...this is the general flow of the collection. Whilst CD 2, including a more tech-house mix, does feature minimal mixing and fading between tracks, those listeners searching for a display of DJ-ing talent or innovation will be sorely disappointed with this set. I loved the tunes on this album, but feel that I could quite easily be listening to a simple complilation, with some cross-fading to link the tracks together - nothing more.
T**N
Lavelle is the man
Another masterpiece. From the man who brought you UNKLE, a club mix from the edge of excellence
N**N
Five Stars
Very satisfied! Thank you!
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