''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 group Underworld. Career Early life Emerson began mixing hip hop records at the age of 14, and by ...

. 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 grew to become a resort for the Latin and North American jet set and tourists. T ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of 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 the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

. 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 "Born Slippy .NUXX" is a song by the British electronic music group Underworld. It was first released as the B-side to another track, "Born Slippy", in May 1995. The fragmented lyrics describe the perspective of an alcoholic. After it was used ...

. 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 Jochem George Paap (born 14 February 1969, in Rotterdam), known by his stage name Speedy J, is a Dutch electronic music producer based in Rotterdam. His breakthrough came with the release in 1992 of the minimal techno track "Pullover". He releas ...

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 ...

- "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 #

- "Rise" – 4:41 #

Dave Angel Dave Angel (born David Angelico Nicholas Gooden; 13 May 1966) is an English techno musician. Angel was born in Chelsea, London, England.Cooper, SeanDave Angel Biography, AllMusic, retrieved 15 June 2011 He is the son of a London-based jazz mus ...

- "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 # 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 #

Westbam Maximilian Lenz (born 4 March 1965), known by his stage name WestBam, is a German DJ and musician. He is the co-founder of the record label Low Spirit. Career Lenz started his musical career in 1978 in the punk scene of his birth town Münster ...

- "Mr. Peanut" – 3:33 # Changing Shape - "M" – 3:06 # Paul Rutherford - "Get Real" – 5:54

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Darren Emerson albums 2000 albums Global Underground DJ mix albums Acid house albums