John Digweed - Global Underground, Sydney

John Digweed is a world class DJ and consummate craftsman: this is his album. You can make your own video. Dom Philips. Mixmag Editor

This CD is part of a series that sells on the DJ's reputation and not the hits included, will show you how.

It is Digweed's current range of style's and lengthy, pace-building mixing that you'll find show cased on this double CD, although you'll barely notice the changes. He weaves CD1 (RealAudio) from the dreamy 6am dynamics of Fortunato & Montresor's 'Imagine', through Astral Matrix's unnerving , percussive 'Toward Omega' He catches the wave of Danny Tenaglia's 'Elemants', crashing to shore in time for the classic Frankfurt trance of Jam & Spoon. Fatama Morgans fluttering, rhythmic 'Apache Spur' opens CD2 (RealAudio), the trancier end of Digweeds rainbow , the mix picking up pace as it eases into Sound of Sim's driving, dramatic 'Rub-A-Dub'. Halfway, Deepsky's 'Stargazer' lets the leash off the acid and all hell breaks loose, Paul Van Dyk's 'Words' pumps melodies into the sky and Ylem's eerie 'Out of it' eases its pounding back for a colourful climax.

John Digweed treitert mij. Na 1 maand deze cd beluisterd te hebben heb ik een hekel aan alle Nederlandse club-dj's.
Bah, ze zijn zo droog, smakeloos, saai en vooral NIET ORIGINEEL. (Een paar uitzonderingen hier en daar).
En daarmee raak ik meteen de spijker met de hamer (Of is het: Sla ik de hamer op zijn kop?).
House zit in Nederland in een slop. Het is niet spannend meer.
Altijd diezelfde acts, diezelfde dj's die week in week uit allemaal dezelfde sets neerzetten en er veel geld mee verdienen.
Stelletje muziekhoeren zijn het!

God Digweed
Nu ik mijn kwakje ben kwijtgeraakt ga ik verder met John Digweed.
De Global Underground compilatie bestaat uit twee grandioze cd's vol met de heerlijkste platen die je oren ooit kunnen horen.
Geen van de twee is de beste. Ze zijn alletwee pure klasse.
John mixt als een god en de gehele cd lijkt wel een set van 5 uur als je je laat gaan.
Heerlijk gewoon.
De eerste vier keren dat ik de cd beluisterde heb ik meteen na de eerste cd de tweede opgezet om maar dat ,,lekkere'' gevoel weer terug te krijgen.
Dit is trippen met een hoofdletter T. En het is nog legaal ook.
Nu maar hopen dat de overheid zulke grandioze cd's niet gaat verbieden....
Vooral het nummer Propaganda van Vintage Millenium is heerlijk....Pfoe, pfoe!!

Deze cd mag zeker niet in je collectie ontbreken. Dit is stoer, dit is John Digweed op zijn best.

1. Imagine
2. Blu Savannah
3. Wonky
4. Filter
5. Flood
6. Towards Omega
7. Elements
8. Down The River
9. Spiritual
10. Slap Me Some Skin
11. Blue
12. Psycho Samba
13. Air
1. Apache Spur
2. Rub-A-Dub
3. Subversal
4. Release
5. Autobahana
6. Steel Blue
7. Stargazer
8. Words
9. Propaganda
10. The Unexplained
11. Keep Hope Alive
12. Out Of It

(CLick on underlined track for RealAudio)

Constantly striving to be different from the current crop of top-name jocks, Sasha and Digweed have moved back to the formidable style that made their names. Gone are the endless breakdowns of the epic house heyday. Now with their progressive sound pared down to the basics, this dynamic duo are ready to rock.

From their first visits to America in '94, at Orlando's seminal Aahz club to their unstoppable monthly at New York's Twilo, Sasha and John Digweed have captured American audiences with their impeccable selection and an uncanny ability to work any crowd into a frenzy. As a result, they've been voted amongst the top ten DJ's in the world in DJ Magazine with Sasha holding 5th place and John Digweed at number 7. The duo are the first English DJs ever to hold a US residency and over the past two years Sasha and Digweed have become Twilo's biggest draws. Their monthly residency boasts a line around the block 'til the early morning and over 4,000 punters dancing their asses off each and every month.

World renowned, Sasha and John Digweed are unparalleled studio maestros--Sasha's remixed everyone from Madonna to the Pet Shop Boys and John Digweed's What You Dream Of under his alias Bedrock was huge on the Trainspotting soundtrack. Like a wave breaking into perfect shape, Expeditions highlights Sasha and Digweed's seamless blend of classics and new material. From Matt Deary's massive mix of Mike Coglan's Silence (a tribute to Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence) to Sasha's own ethereal Belfunk, this is a diverse collection that will do the rounds in your stereo for years to come.

John Digweed and Sasha - Northern Exposure

Northern Exposure

1996 Ministry of Sound NECD1

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Heliopolis (Eedupolis Dog Mix)

Mixed by Sasha and John Digweed, this is a well put together double CD including FSOL, William Orbit, Apollo 440, Underworld and loads more. Probably called intelligent techno or something similar, it's nice to hear Michael Dog and Andy Guthrie's mix of Heliopolis again, as well as what you can do with 2 copies of Last Train...