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Global Underground
Global Underground
Founded	1996
Founder	Andy Horsfield
Genre	Trance, progressive house, trance house
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	London
Official website	globalunderground.co.uk

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Global Underground is a British record label and compilation series founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolised^{[citation needed]} 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, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, Darren Emerson, James Lavelle, Carl Cox, and Solomun.

The name Global Underground originally refers to a series of electronic music compilation albums which reflect the performances of various DJs in venues around the world. The Global Underground series was released by a record label formerly known as Boxed which featured several sister series such as Nubreed and Electric Calm. Boxed closed in 2001 and was superseded by Global Underground Ltd. Since its first release in 1996, the series was well received and became a hallmark in the progressive house world.^{[citation needed]} The dance music style featured is mostly progressive house, but there is some house, trance house, hard house, techno and breakbeat included in the releases. The first five installments were live recorded from respective clubs, while the rest are mixed and recorded in a studio.

Background

Each issue in the series is based on the idea that Global Underground would take DJs to play a party in one of the most unusual, exotic clubbing locations on Earth. The set is then released in a 2CD format that is formatted to capture the night of the party and the overall feel of the DJ visit in music, contemporary photography by photographer Dean Belcher and extensive sleeve notes.

There are consistent characteristics in almost every album in the series including:

Each album being mixed by a globe-trotting DJ.
The prominent influence of the location on the music and packaging.
Extensive sleeve notes describing local clubbing scene and/or venue often written by Mixmag Editor Dom Phillips.
Each album consisting of two discs.
The song list is edited from the complete set based on a retrospective view of the performance.
Photography by Dean Belcher

International recognition

Billboard has recognized Global Underground as the first DJ mix compilation to place high-quality photographs of DJs on the album covers. This, it further asserted, played a part in turning DJs into superstar figures within the culture of electronic dance music.^[1]

Thrive Records was the U.S. distributor for some of the early Global Underground releases. Global Underground albums had an alternate numbering sequence and had different artwork, but were otherwise the same.

Catalogue

This is the complete listing of available albums in the Global Underground main series which includes the sequential number of the album in the series, the performing DJ/producer, the location in which the performance took place and the official release date. The listed catalog numbers are for the British releases. The numbers on the albums distributed by Thrive in the United States are shown in parentheses - those without such labels do not have a differing release number. Global Underground also has several "sub-series" entitled Nubreed, Prototype, 24:7, Electric Calm, Afterhours, and most recently Global Underground DJ.

GU official

This map shows the countries which have been featured in the GU series through GU043.

Title	Artist	Release date	Peak chart positions
Title	Artist	Release date	UK Comp ^[2]	UK Dance ^[3]	US Dance ^[4]	NL ^[5]
001: Tony De Vit, Live in Tel Aviv	Tony De Vit	11 November 1996	—	—	—	—
002^[a]	None	Not released
003: Nick Warren, Live in Prague	Nick Warren	24 March 1997	39	—	—	—
004: Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo	Paul Oakenfold	9 June 1997	21	—	—	—
005: Tony De Vit, Tokyo	Tony De Vit	6 November 1997	68	—	—	—
006: John Digweed, Sydney^[b]	John Digweed	13 April 1998	16	—	—	—
007: Paul Oakenfold, New York^[c]	Paul Oakenfold	25 May 1998	12	—	43	—
008: Nick Warren, Brazil	Nick Warren	27 July 1998	27	—	—	—
009: Sasha, San Francisco^[d]	Sasha	9 November 1998	18	—	—	—
010: Danny Tenaglia, Athens^[e]	Danny Tenaglia	15 February 1999	16	—	—	—
011: Nick Warren, Budapest^[f]	Nick Warren	31 May 1999	20	—	—	—
012: Dave Seaman, Buenos Aires	Dave Seaman	23 August 1999	26	—	—	—
013: Sasha, Ibiza	Sasha	28 September 1999	12	—	—	—
014: John Digweed, Hong Kong	John Digweed	14 December 1999	24	—	—	—
015: Darren Emerson, Uruguay	Darren Emerson	15 May 2000	20	—	—	—
016: Dave Seaman, Cape Town	Dave Seaman	14 August 2000	22	—	—	—
017: Danny Tenaglia, London	Danny Tenaglia	18 September 2000	21	—	—	—
018: Nick Warren, Amsterdam	Nick Warren	6 November 2000	24	26^[g]	—	—
019: John Digweed, Los Angeles	John Digweed	26 February 2001	14	—	11	—
020: Darren Emerson, Singapore	Darren Emerson	2 July 2001	33	—	—	—
021: Deep Dish, Moscow	Deep Dish	29 October 2001	25	37^[h]	13	—
022: Dave Seaman, Melbourne	Dave Seaman	29 April 2002	31	—	8	—
023: James Lavelle, Barcelona	James Lavelle	30 September 2002	18	—	19	—
024: Nick Warren, Reykjavik	Nick Warren	24 March 2003	34	—	25	—
025: Deep Dish, Toronto	Deep Dish	2 June 2003	33	30^[i]	1	—
026: James Lavelle, Romania	James Lavelle	1 March 2004	27	—	26	—
027: Danny Howells, Miami	Danny Howells	28 March 2005	33	—	14	—
028: Nick Warren, Shanghai	Nick Warren	12 July 2005	44	—	14	—
029: Sharam, Dubai	Sharam	2 October 2006	35	1	—	—
030: Nick Warren, Paris	Nick Warren	19 February 2007	44	2	20	—
031: Dubfire, Taipei	Dubfire	2 April 2007	42	2	—	—
032: Adam Freeland, Mexico City	Adam Freeland	4 June 2007	42	3	—	—
033: Layo & Bushwacka!, Rio	Layo & Bushwacka!	8 October 2007	44	4	—	—
034: Felix Da Housecat, Milan	Felix Da Housecat	13 May 2008	53	11	—	—
035: Nick Warren, Lima	Nick Warren	13 October 2008	57	1	—	—
036: Darren Emerson, Bogotá	Darren Emerson	9 February 2009	71	11	—	—
037: James Lavelle, Bangkok	James Lavelle	3 August 2009	31	8	—	—
038: Carl Cox, Black Rock Desert	Carl Cox	1 February 2010	38	12	—	28
039: Dave Seaman, Lithuania^[6]	Dave Seaman	27 September 2010	39	24	—	—
040: Solomun, Hamburg^[7]	Solomun	31 August 2014	72	25	—	—
041: James Lavelle, Naples^[8]	James Lavelle	6 November 2015	41	5	23	—
042: Patrice Bäumel, Berlin^[9]	Patrice Bäumel	29 March 2019	48	5	—	—
043: Joris Voorn, Rotterdam^[10]	Joris Voorn	30 October 2020	—	—	—	—
044: Amelie Lens - Antwerp^[11]	Amelie Lens	25 November 2022	—	—	—	—
045: Danny Tenaglia - Brooklyn^[12]	Danny Tenaglia	22 November 2023	—	—	—	—
046: ANNA - Lisbon^[13]	ANNA	June 2024	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Prototype

Prototype was the first of a sub-series of releases separate from the mainline albums, was given to DJ Seb Fontaine to test if a spin-off series would be successful which after decent sales led to other series being produced like nubreed.

PRO:001 Seb Fontaine, release date: 29 April 1999
PRO:002 Seb Fontaine, release date: 2 November 1999
PRO:003 Seb Fontaine, release date: 18 April 2000
PRO:004 Seb Fontaine, release date: 29 May 2001

Nubreed

Nubreed features mix albums from what Boxed considers "up-and-coming DJs", though it has featured experienced DJs such as Satoshi Tomiie.

NuBreed series releases

Nubreed 001 (2000) by Anthony Pappa
Nubreed 002 (2000) by Danny Howells
Nubreed 003 (2000) by Steve Lawler
Nubreed 004 (2001) by Sander Kleinenberg
Nubreed 005 (2001) by Lee Burridge
Nubreed 006 (2002) by Satoshi Tomiie
Nubreed 007 (2009) by Jim Rivers
Nubreed 008 (2009) by Sultan
Nubreed 009 (2016) by Habischman
Nubreed 010 (2017) by Oliver Schories^[14]
Nubreed 011 (2018) by Theo Kottis
Nubreed 012 (2018) by Denney

24:7

24:7 is a series where DJs are asked to put together a set of two notably contrasting halves, based on the conceptual opposites of 'day' and 'night'.

24:7 series releases

GU247001 Danny Howells, release date: 21 July 2003
GU247002 Lee Burridge, release date: 15 September 2003

Lights Out

In 2002, former NuBreed 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.

Lights Out series releases

GULO001 Steve Lawler, release date: 24 June 2002
GULO002 Steve Lawler, release date: 27 October 2003
GULO003 Steve Lawler, release date: 3 October 2005

GU DJ

Similar to nubreed a spin off series of albums given to newer DJs within the scene.

GUDJ001 Nic Fanciulli, release date: 27 April 2009
GUDJ002 Plump DJs, release date: 12 October 2009
GUDJ003 Wally Lopez, release date: 27 April 2009
GUDJ004 Tom Novy, release date: 15 November 2010

GU Music

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.^{[citation needed]}

GU Sampler series releases

GUSAM001 The Forth, Departures, release date: 27 October 1998
GUSAM002 The Forth, Arrivals, release date: 1999
GUSAM003 The Forth, Destinations, release date: 29 January 2001
GUSAM004 The Forth, Locations, release date: 2001
GUSAMUS001 The Forth, Passport, release date: 2001
GUSAM005 The Forth, Exposures, release date: 2004
GUSAM006 The Forth, Synchronised, release date: October 2005
GUSAM007 Dubfunk, Synchronised 2, release date: 6 November 2007

GU Music album releases

GUMU001 Pako & Frederik - Atlantic Breakers, release date: 20 October 2003
GUMU002 Trafik - Bullet, release date: 4 October 2004
GUMU003 Lostep - Because We Can, release date: 17 April 2006
GUMU004 The Remote - Too Low to Miss, release date: 26 June 2006
GUMU005 Sissy - All Under, release date: 2006
GUMU006 Dark Globe - Nostalgia for the Future, release date: 2006
GUMU007 Trafik - Club Trafikana, release date: 6 August 2007
GUMU008 Roland Klinkenberg - Mexico Can Wait, release date: 20 August 2007
GUMU009 Eelke Kleijn - Naturally Artificial, release date: 2 October 2007
GUMU010 Pako & Frederik - The Alert, release date: 5 November 2007
GUMU011 Rogue Audio - Haphazard, release date: 21 April 2008
GUMU012 Alex Dolby - Psiko Garden, release date: 17 June 2008
GUMU013 The Last Atlant - A Cloudburst of Colors, release date: 25 August 2008
GUMU014 Anil Chawla & Dale Anderson - Roadhouse, release date: 23 February 2009
GUMU015 Trafik - None But the Brave, release date: 21 June 2010

GU Mixed Releases

GUMIX1CD CD1, CD2, CD3 In mixed and unmixed formats, release date: 21 May 2007
GUMIX1CDX CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 Limited Edition in mixed and unmixed formats, release date: 21 May 2007
GUMIX2CD CD1, CD2, CD3 In mixed and unmixed formats, release date: 3 September 2007
GUMIX2CDX CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 Limited Edition in mixed and unmixed formats, release date: 3 September 2007
GUMIX3CD CD1, CD2, CD3 In mixed and unmixed formats, release date: 16 June 2008
GUMIX3CDX CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 Limited Edition in mixed and unmixed formats, release date: 16 June 2008
GUMIX4CD CD1, CD2, CD3 In mixed format, release date: 25 May 2009

Anniversary compilations

GUXCD GU10 10th anniversary compilation release date: 15 May 2006

Fundacion

Fundacion series releases

GUFUN001C Sasha - Fundacion NYC, release date: 13 June 2005

Chill out compilations

Electric Calm is a series in the chill or "calm" side of electronica while Afterhours is similar to the Back to Mine series. Both Afterhours and Electric Calm, along with GU "Sampler" CDs, were compiled and mixed by Global Underground themselves.

Electric Calm series releases

GUEC001 The Forth, release date: 30 September 2002
GUEC002 The Forth, release date: 25 August 2003
GUEC003 The Forth, release date: 13 February 2006
GUEC004 Dubfunk, release date: 1 October 2007
GUEC005 Trafik, release date: 7 December 2009
GUEC006 Trafik, release date: 21 August 2015
GUEC007 Trafik, release date: 19 May 2017

Afterhours series releases

GUAF001 The Forth, release date: 11 November 2002
GUAF002 Trafik, release date: 21 February 2005
GUAF003 Trafik, release date: 29 January 2007
GUAF004 Trafik, release date: 16 July 2007
GUAF005 Unknown, release date: 30 March 2008
GUAF006 Unknown, release date: 28 July 2008
GUAF007 Unknown, release date: 22 April 2016
GUAF008 Unknown, release date: 20 April 2018

GU002

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]} 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.^[15]

References

^ See #GU002
^ Numbered 001 in the US release.
^ Numbered 002 in the US release.
^ Numbered 003 in the US release.
^ Numbered 004 in the US release.
^ Numbered 005 in the US release.
^ UK Dance Albums chart positions prior to 2005 were not counted. This album re-entered the chart in 2007.
^ UK Dance Albums chart positions prior to 2005 were not counted. This album re-entered the chart in 2007.
^ UK Dance Albums chart positions prior to 2005 were not counted. This album re-entered the chart in 2007.

^ Mason, Kerri (17 June 2006), "BeatBox: Wink with a Nod to Compilations", Billboard, vol. 118, no. 24, p. 62, ISSN 0006-2510
^
- "Chart Log UK | Various Artists". Zobbel. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "Official Compilations Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^
- "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^
- "Nick Warren - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "John Digweed - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "Paul Oakenfold - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "Deep Dish - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "Dave Seaman - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ "Carl Cox - Chart history". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ "Dave Seaman - Lithuania : GU39". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Solomun - #GU40 Hamburg". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "James Lavelle Presents UNKLE Sounds – Naples #GU41". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Patrice Bäumel - Berlin #GU42". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Joris Voorn drops new melodic tech-house record 'Nea Skioni': Listen". We Rave You. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ "Amelie Lens – Antwerp #GU44". Discogs. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "Danny Tenaglia – Brooklyn #GU45". Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "ANNA - Lisbon #GU46". Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ Cheah, Jason. "Pulling out all the stops for a night of EDM fun". The Star Online. Star Media Group Berhad. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^ "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". 4 October 2015.

External links

Official website
GU Music discography at Discogs
Boxed discography at Discogs
Global Underground Ltd. discography at Discogs

[6] See #GU002

[7] Numbered 001 in the US release.

[8] Numbered 002 in the US release.

[9] Numbered 003 in the US release.

[10] Numbered 004 in the US release.

[11] Numbered 005 in the US release.

[12] UK Dance Albums chart positions prior to 2005 were not counted. This album re-entered the chart in 2007.

[13] UK Dance Albums chart positions prior to 2005 were not counted. This album re-entered the chart in 2007.

[14] UK Dance Albums chart positions prior to 2005 were not counted. This album re-entered the chart in 2007.

[billboard-1] Mason, Kerri (17 June 2006), "BeatBox: Wink with a Nod to Compilations", Billboard, vol. 118, no. 24, p. 62, ISSN 0006-2510

[2] 
"Chart Log UK | Various Artists". Zobbel. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
"Official Compilations Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[12] "Chart Log UK | Various Artists". Zobbel. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[13] "Official Compilations Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[3] 
"Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[15] "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[4] 
"Nick Warren - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
"John Digweed - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
"Paul Oakenfold - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
"Deep Dish - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
"Dave Seaman - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[17] "Nick Warren - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[18] "John Digweed - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[19] "Paul Oakenfold - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[20] "Deep Dish - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[21] "Dave Seaman - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[5] "Carl Cox - Chart history". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[15] "Dave Seaman - Lithuania : GU39". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[16] "Solomun - #GU40 Hamburg". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[17] "James Lavelle Presents UNKLE Sounds – Naples #GU41". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[18] "Patrice Bäumel - Berlin #GU42". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[19] "Joris Voorn drops new melodic tech-house record 'Nea Skioni': Listen". We Rave You. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

[20] "Amelie Lens – Antwerp #GU44". Discogs. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[21] "Danny Tenaglia – Brooklyn #GU45". Retrieved 8 August 2023.

[22] "ANNA - Lisbon #GU46". Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[23] Cheah, Jason. "Pulling out all the stops for a night of EDM fun". The Star Online. Star Media Group Berhad. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[24] "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". 4 October 2015.

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People	Andy Horsfield
GU official	GU001 (1996) GU003 (1997) GU004 (1997) GU005 (1998) GU006 (1998) GU007 (1998) GU008 (1998) GU009 (1998) GU010 (1999) GU011 (1999) GU012 (1999) GU013 (1999) GU014 (1999) GU015 (2000) GU016 (2000) GU017 (2000) GU018 (2000) GU019 (2001) GU020 (2001) GU021 (2001) GU022 (2002) GU023 (2002) GU024 (2003) GU025 (2003) GU026 (2004) GU027 (2005) GU028 (2005) GU029 (2006) GU030 (2007) GU031 (2007) GU032 (2007) GU033 (2007) GU034 (2008) GU035 (2008) GU036 (2009) GU037 (2009) GU038 (2010) GU039 (2010)
GU Sampler series releases	GUSAMUS001 (2001)
Anniversary compilations	GU10 (2006)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	France BnF data
Artists	MusicBrainz
Other	MusicBrainz label