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| image = <div style="background-color: #000000;>[[file:Global Underground logo.png|250px]]</div>

| genre = [[Trance music|Trance]], [[Progressiveprogressive Househouse]], [[Progressive House|Trancetrance Househouse]]

| url = {{URL|www.globalunderground.co.uk}}

'''Global Underground''' is a musicBritish record label and compilation series founded in 1996 by [[Andy Horsfield]] and James Todd. The label symbolised{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s and first manifesto for high-end DJs such as [[Tony De Vit]], [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]], [[Paul Oakenfold]], [[John Digweed]], [[Danny Tenaglia]], [[Nick Warren]], [[Dave Seaman]], [[Darren Emerson]], [[James Lavelle]], [[Carl Cox]], and [[Solomun (DJ)|Solomun]].

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has recognized Global Underground as the first DJ mix compilation to place high-quality photographs of DJs on the [[album cover]]s. This, it further asserted, played a part in turning DJs into [[superstar]] figures within the culture of [[electronic dance music]].<ref name="billboard">{{Citation | last=Mason | first=Kerri | date=17 June 2006 | title=BeatBox: Wink with a Nod to Compilations | periodicalmagazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=118 |issue=24 | page=62 | issn= 0006-2510 }}</ref>

[[File:GlobalUndergroundMap-World.PNG|thumb|centerright|This map shows the countries which have been featured in the GU series through GU038GU043.|600px]]

* GUSAM002PRO:001 The[[Seb Forth, ArrivalsFontaine]], <small>release date: 29 April 1999</small>

* GUSAM003PRO:002 The Forth,Seb DestinationsFontaine, <small>release date: 292 JanuaryNovember 20011999</small>

* GUSAM004PRO:003 TheSeb Forth, LocationsFontaine, <small>release date: 200118 April 2000</small>

* [[GlobalPRO:004 UndergroundSeb Passport|GUSAMUS001]] The Forth, PassportFontaine, <small>release date: 29 May 2001</small>

* ''Nubreed 003'' (2000) by [[Steve Lawler (DJ)|Steve Lawler]]

In 2002, former NuBreed DJ [[Steve Lawler (DJ)|Steve Lawler]] was given his own imprint on the Global Underground label that he titled "Lights Out". The concept of the series of mixed CDs was to bring the darker, grittier side of the dancefloor into the spotlight. Steve Lawler was allowed to dive into what were considered new territories of time including remixing tracks for his compilations. He also included music and methodology that had never been used on studio mixed CDs before.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

* [[GULO001]] Steve Lawler, <small>release date: 24 June 2002</small>

* [[GULO002]] Steve Lawler, <small>release date: 27 October 2003</small>

* [[GULO003]] Steve Lawler, <small>release date: 3 October 2005</small>

===FundacionGU DJ===

* GUFUN001CGUDJ001 [[SashaNic (DJ)|Sasha]] - [[Fundacion NYC]]Fanciulli, <small>release date: 1327 JuneApril 20052009</small>

In 2003, the Global Underground franchise began their "GU Music" imprint. Up until this time, they were strictly a label that dealt in DJ compiled and mixed CDs. GU Music allowed Global Underground to get into full length artist albums and Vinyl/CD/MP3 single releases. The GU Music team commented: "Having nurtured some of the worlds finest DJs we have applied this expertise to original music, cherry picking the coolest future talent from across the globe..." They have featured releases from such artists as [[UNKLE]], [[Lostep]], and Trafik. In 2007, it expanded with the release of the compilation GU Mixed which started a series of the same name that consisted of music sought from GU Music.{{factcitation needed|date=July 2020}}

In Boxed's UK releases, GU002 was the never released second installment in the Global Underground series (in Thrive's US re-numbered releases, Paul Oakenfold's ''New York'' mix was released as GU002). Global Underground jumped directly from GU001: [[Tony De Vit]] - Live In Tel Aviv to GU003: [[Nick Warren]] - Prague, which resulted in a lot of controversy and rumours{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} on the nature of GU002. However, GU002 does exist in form of the tape pack of Tony De Vit's Tel Aviv CD as the actual catalogue number of the release is GU002T. When Boxed started the GU series in 1996, they did not have a clear vision about the numbering scheme (later to become part of their image), which resulted in the "missing" release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodedmagazine.com/andy-horsfield-gu-interview/|title=FEATURE INTERVIEW: Andy Horsfield - My vision for Global Underground was always to make it something really special and to spend a lot of time and money to make that vision a reality, we work the very best in the world be it DJ's, photographers or writers, I'm glad to say there's no such thing as second best at GUHQ|date=4 October 2015}}</ref>

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