Global Underground: Sydney

• Artist: John Digweed
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• Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Type: Mix-album
• Genre: Electronica

Review

Following his name-making collaborations with Sasha in the Northern Exposure series, John Digweed made his solo album debut with Global Underground: Sydney. The double-disc set moves along steadily through a range of mainly progressive house tracks, demanding a bit of patience from listeners expecting lots of hands-in-the-air action. Digweed opens the album wonderfully with Fortunato & Montresor's "Imagine" and Liquid Language's "Blu Savannah." From there he opens up a bit, pacing his way toward an excellent finale to the first set, Albion's "Air," by way of Danny Tenaglia's midset percussion workout "Elements." The second set is a likewise varied affair, albeit one that's a bit more intense than the first, highlighted by the back-to-back punch of Deepsky's "Stargazer" and Paul Van Dyk's "Words." Regardless of the careful pacing, welcome variety, and choice highlights, however, Global Underground: Sydney isn't one of Digweed's more memorable mixes, seeming relatively uneventful compared to some of the more colorful ones he followed with. [The differently packaged U.S. and U.K. versions share the same track listing.] ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Imagine [Imagination 1]	Ralf Beck, Jedra Dayl		(4:13)
Blu Savannah	Liquid Language, Dino Lenny	Liquid Language	(3:43)
Wonky			(4:27)
Filter	Jan Siebert	Jan Driver	(5:20)
Flood	Mathew K. Turner, Michael J. Strathdee	Shapeshifter	(8:41)
Towards Omega	Rev. Andrew Johnson	Astral Matrix	(3:13)
Elements (The Chant)	Danny Tenaglia	Danny Tenaglia	(4:13)
Down the River [McBuffalo Mix]	Ronny Jay, P. Kane, P. Pringle	Hong Kong Trash	(8:11)
Spiritual [That Kid Chris Mix]	Johnny de Mairo, Nicholas Palermo, Jr.	Abundance	(3:28)
Slap Me Some Skin	Henry Olsen, Alfie Thorberg	Brother Brown	(8:34)
Blue	David Alvarado	David Alvarado	(3:13)
Psycho Samba			(5:28)
Air	Ferry Corsten	Albion	(6:02)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Apache Spur [Silversonic's Smoking Mix]		Fata Morgana	(8:02)
Rub-A-Dub	Roland Klinkenberg		(3:26)
Subversal		Georgio	(5:16)
Release [Dub]	Andrew Byrne		(6:01)
Autobahnana		Mortal	(5:30)
Steel Blue		Pako & Frederik	(7:47)
Stargazer	Jason Blum	Deepsky	(4:28)
Words [PVD's Four Love Mix]	Paul van Dyk	Paul van Dyk	(5:31)
Propaganda	Pablo Gargano	Vintage Millenium	(5:46)
The Unexplained	Pablo Gargano	John Digweed, Pablo Gargano	(5:37)
Keep Hope Alive (Lyrics)	Ken Jordan	The Crystal Method	(7:31)
Out of It	Jon Hibbitt	Ylem	(5:23)

Credits

Christopher Rouse (Producer), Georgio (Performer), Rick Essig (Mastering), Henry Olsen (Producer), Danny Tenaglia (Producer), Danny Tenaglia (Performer), Evolution (Producer), Mortal (Producer), The Crystal Method (Performer), Paul van Dyk (Producer), Paul van Dyk (Performer), John Digweed (Compilation), John Digweed (Mixing), Nicholas Palermo, Jr. (Producer), Roland Klinkenberg (Producer), David Alvarado (Producer), David Alvarado (Performer), Brother Brown (Performer), Jan Driver (Performer), Pablo Gargano (Arranger), Pablo Gargano (Producer), Pablo Gargano (Performer), Lando (Performer), Hong Kong Trash (Performer), Vintage Millenium (Performer), Abundance (Performer), Ylem (Performer), Deepsky (Performer), Liquid Language (Producer), Liquid Language (Performer), Dino Lenny (Producer), Jason Blum (Producer), Georgio Schultz (Producer), Jan Siebert (Producer), Ralf Beck (Producer), Ferry Corsten (Producer), Mathew K. Turner (Producer), Michael J. Strathdee (Producer), Alfie Thorberg (Producer), Silversonic (Producer), Silversonic (Remixing), Astral Matrix (Performer), P. Kane (Arranger), P. Kane (Producer), P. Pringle (Arranger), P. Pringle (Producer), J. Scott (Producer), Dom Phillips (Liner Notes)