Afterhours: Global Underground

Afterhours: Global Underground

Afterhours: Global Underground

ASIN: B0006SSRM4

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Global Underground's highly acclaimed, "alternative", "leftfield" clubbing series has returned with its second installment, Afterhours 2!!! This mix compilation follows the original Afterhours that, with its limited release, has become bit of a cult classic in most post clubbing circles.

This double-disc set is riddled with a variety of twisted, dubby, tripped out tunes perfect for the morning after, and features phenomenal new music from some up and coming artists alongside darker, spacier moments from the likes of Primal Scream, Tricky, Boards of Canada and Slam.

To complete the Afterhours experience, Global Underground has included an extra bonus DVD with five short and visually stimulating films.

Afterhours: Global Underground,Various Artists,Global / Afterhours,Album Rock,Dance Collections,Dance Music,Pop,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,V/a Compilations
Afterhours: Ibiza
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Afterhours: Ibiza
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Global Underground
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    CompilationsCompilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop
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    ASIN: B000R9QEZO
    Release Date: 2007-07-09

    Tracks:

    1. Happy
    2. Girls In Hats
    3. Knight Rider
    4. Young Folks
    5. F.O.G.
    6. Texas
    7. Riot In Belgium
    8. Acvtiv 8 (Vix Vapo Mix)
    9. Freak
    10. Face (The Teenagers Mix)
    11. Police Dogs (Linus Loves Mix)
    12. Listen Up (Tronik Youth Remix)
    13. Yeah (Jimpster Remix)
    14. Goodbye Pluto V2
    15. Trauermusik
    16. Horse With No Name
    17. La Routinelle
    18. Flight Lb7475
    19. Mund Zu Mund
    20. Chromaphobia
    21. Moan (Trentemoller Remix)
    22. Zentitude
    23. Monsters Of The Deep
    24. Amunicja
    25. Last Night In Vegas
    26. Quipa (Etienne De Crecy Mix)
    27. Tin Foil
    28. West
    29. Bug In Me System
    30. Positive Education
    31. Boom (Dub Beats)
    32. At Les
    33. Beautiful Song
    34. Summit
    35. Shiver (Ewan Pearson Remix)
    36. 6am Sedna (Ambient Edit)
    37. Maroon Balloon
    38. Shards
    39. Sacrifice Theme
    40. The Big Chill
    41. Like You (Thugfucker Instrumental Reprise)
    42. Elegant Suite (Part 3)
    43. Opium (Make Or Break Mix)
    44. Pimento Grove
    45. Glad We Did
    46. So Comfortable

    Album Details

    Global Underground Continue to Carve Out a Unique Niche in Dance Music with the Afterhours Series.
    Afterhours 3: Mixed
    Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
    • Great but does'nt beat Afterhours 1
    • A step backwards
    • A mixed bag...
    		 Afterhours 3: Mixed
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Global Underground
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000LPR53O
    Release Date: 2007-01-30

    Tracks:

    1. Channel Suite 1 - The Cinematic Orchestra
    2. Rotspots from the Crap Map - L. Pierre
    3. Keep Going - Boozoo Bayou, Tony Joe White
    4. Keep on Searching - Kraak en Smaak
    5. Listen to the Drums [Clignacourt Edit] - Outlines/Irfane
    6. Zum Zum - Mike Monday
    7. African Pirates [JD73 Remix] - Nightmares on Wax
    8. Superrob [Henrik Schwarz Mix] - Tosca
    9. Question [Sterotyp's Booty Call Remix] - Fauna Flash
    10. Do Dirt - Stereotyp aka Moerth
    11. Born to Be Mild - Sinner DC
    12. Requiem [A Flotating Leaf Always Reaches the Sea Dub Mix] - Killing Joke
    13. Skyblue Pink - Morgan Geist
    14. Atoms [Flight Delay Dub] - Dark Globe
    15. Out of Body - Innersphere
    16. Custom Made - Audio Rouge,
    17. Twin of the Sun - The Last Atlant
    18. No Hay Banda - Andrew K

    Tracks:

    1. Wonderful Life - Carl Craig
    2. Uranium - Radioactive Man,
    3. Try 4 Love - Kevin Swain
    4. Space Woman/In Spirit [Boom Boom Mix] - Charlie, Dilemma
    5. Supernature [Original 12' Mix] - Cerrone
    6. Another Station [Todd Terje Remix] - Lindstr
    7. Wah Wah Wah - Voltique
    8. Shonky - Solar
    9. Blue Pills - Clubbervision
    10. Superlicious - Swoop
    11. Punisher - Zen-Kei,
    12. Dirty Word [**** Dub] - Trafik
    13. Come with Us - Kevin Swain
    14. In Stereo - Ticon
    15. Your Mind [Trafik's Reprise Edit] - Richard Dinsdale
    16. Timmy's Turn [Original Mix] - Motion 040
    17. Moss - Gus Gus,
    18. Manila [Ewan Pearson Mix] - Seelenluft
    19. I Gotta Thang [Uh Huh Mix] - Cass & Mangan

    Tracks:

    1. Obscure Hobbies - Pako & Frederik
    2. Dropped - Nick Galea, Sam Greive
    3. So Long [Kahuun Remix] - Sissy
    4. Like You [Native's Dub Lin Remix] - R3Mote
    5. Reversed Cloud - The Last Atlant
    6. Rhythmshaker [Eelke Kleijin Ambient Mix] - Nick Hogendoorn, , Eelke Kleijn
    7. Turning Up - Cristian Paduraru
    8. Leftorium - Dale Anderson, Anil Chawla
    9. By Heart [Trafik's No Fear Dub] - Rachel Lamb

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Great but does'nt beat Afterhours 1.......2007-05-16

    Afterhours 3 keeps to the underground appeal with diverse tracks and genres. Not as good as afterhours 1 or 2, but has memorable tracks especially on CD2. Trafik's track progressive is a dirty word is a great indication that their second up coming album is going to be one of my highlights for music this year.

    A great mix, but compared to afterhours 1 and 2 the main difference would be that you can dance to these CDs.

    2 out of 5 stars A step backwards.......2007-03-09

    I liked the first two afterhours compilations, mostly because they are so downbeat and emotional. There was a concept in those albums. Now global underground (In my point of view, a very unrespectable company or "label") gave the opportunity to amateur computer-music geeks to become a part of what was a fine series of compilations (and good compilations are so hard to find) without using any criteria.
    There is a lack of criteria also at choosing unrepresentative tracks by major artists like Cinematic Orchestra and gusgus.
    Two stars, because I only like no more than four songs. And they're no big deal at all.

    3 out of 5 stars A mixed bag..........2007-02-10

    The first two Afterhours compilations were phenomenal, taking music ranging over twenty years and weaving them into a moody, brooding, often ominous, affair. These two comps have stayed in heavy rotation since they were released. So I was really pumped for this one.

    After listening to Disc 1 it seemed as if this was going to be another trippy groove. It has a similar feel, starting out on the darker side and slowly easing into a funky feel with Kraak & Smaak's "Keep On Searching" peaking with Outlines' "Listen to the Drums." Upbeat but not too much but it still lacks the often creepy sound of the first two mixes. It's got more of a funky, retro kind of feel through the first half of the mix.

    The weakest spot on Disc 1 is the right in the middle with "Do Dirt" kind of like cake that doesn't rise. It doesn't work. At all. In fact, I dislike it so much I've taken CoolEdit and edited the song right out of the mix. Really. I've cut Fauna Flash's "Question" in half and edited "Do Dirt" and Sinner DC's "Born to Be Mild" to about 30 seconds between the two tracks just for continuity. I'm a whole lot happier with the mix now.

    However, the blending of the last six songs on the disc is some of the best I've heard on a DJ mix in some time paying homage to a sound reminiscent of the best of the moody late 80s electronica sound of the likes of Tangerine Dream.

    Then there is Disc 2. It is really disappointing. It starts off promising for the first four or five tracks but peaks at Cerrone's "Supernature" and then freefalls into cheesy, retro disco fodder. I've tried listening to it several times to give it a chance and find myself skipping tracks, frustrated. Though there is an overall moodiness to the mix that holds it together, in the end it simply merges into one long drone of uninspired sameness. Honestly, I doubt I'll ever play it again unless it's to confirm how uninspired it is.

    Disc 3 is a pleasant surprise offering some fairly head bobbing tunes. At least it gives hope that electronica isn't quite tapped out. However, I find myself wondering why these weren't somehow mixed in with Disc 2 making this a two disc set. As Disc 3 is unmixed, with a little creativity you can probably pick and choose from the tracks on Disc 3 and mix them with Disc 2 and make your own mix.

    Sadly, though, gone are the snippets of odd dialogue, the vast array of sounds and the quirkiness that made the first two in the series so interesting. No talk of the end of evolution, no talk of love with an inflatable doll and definitely not as dark. This one flows more like a traditional DJ mix.

    Overall, though, four stars for discs 1 (after edit) and three stars for Disc 3 (because as unmixed tracks you can play around with them) and two stars for disc 2 rounding up to three stars for the mix.

    By the way, if you are looking for a mix more akin to the first two volumes, I recommend checking out Disc 3 from Steve Lawler's Viva set. He takes the concept and really trips it out some more. Two of the songs from Afterhours 2 are on the mix and The Doors "tribute" at the end is a great touch.
    Afterhours v.2
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Essential
    • Gorgeous...
    • Should be called "come-down"
    • A tale of two discs......
    • OTHERWORLDLY
    		 Afterhours v.2
    The Forth
    Manufacturer: Global Underground
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    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0006SSRM4
    Release Date: 2005-02-15

    Tracks:

    1. Olvis - The Sea
    2. Penumbra Deep Listening
    3. Stef, Pako & Frederick - Magic Shop (Trafiks Aftercuts Edit)
    4. Slam - Kill The Pain
    5. 7 Hurtz - 3 Sisters
    6. Sissy - I See You (Dub Mix)
    7. Boxsaga - Steppin
    8. Spanna - Phere
    9. 7 Hurtz - Pump
    10. Psycorps - Collusion
    11. Boards Of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden
    12. The Aloof Featuring Ricardo Nicolia - On A Mission
    13. Burnt Friedman - IVe Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
    14. K-Roxx - Grand
    15. Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home A Heartache
    16. Tricky - Hollow
    17. Forth Into The Outside
    18. Trafik - Surrender (Green Ice Mix)
    19. The Album Leaf - Over The Pond

    Tracks:

    1. UNKLE - I Need Something Stronger
    2. Colder- One Night In Tokyo
    3. Cotton Belly Tempest Dub
    4. Primal Scream Jailbird (Weatherall Dub Chapter 3 Mix)
    5. Dub Chemist - Wobbly
    6. Rockers Hi Fi - Push Push (Re-Rub) (Trafiks Aftercuts Edit]
    7. Nush - Nush (Trafiks Aftercuts Edit)
    8. Leonine- Wrong Intentions
    9. Murcof- Memoria (Sutekhs Trisagiorion Mix)
    10. Dominik Eulberg - Der Zug Der Kraniche:Boten Der Vererung
    11. Visage - Fade To Grey (Trafiks Aftercuts Edit]
    12. Psychonauts -Empty Love
    13. Telfon Tel Aviv- My Week Beats Your Year
    14. Murcof - Memoria
    15. Trafik - Echoes (Petters Slow Dub)
    16. Jon Hopkins- Circle
    17. Closer Musik - One, Two, Three (Ewan Pearson Remix)
    18. Sinner DC - Alice
    19. Subside - Home To An Empty House

    Album Description

    Global Underground's highly acclaimed, "alternative", "leftfield" clubbing series has returned with its second installment, Afterhours 2!!! This mix compilation follows the original Afterhours that, with its limited release, has become bit of a cult classic in most post clubbing circles.

    This double-disc set is riddled with a variety of twisted, dubby, tripped out tunes perfect for the morning after, and features phenomenal new music from some up and coming artists alongside darker, spacier moments from the likes of Primal Scream, Tricky, Boards of Canada and Slam.

    To complete the Afterhours experience, Global Underground has included an extra bonus DVD with five short and visually stimulating films.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Essential.......2007-03-28

    Afterhours 2 contains big tracks by major electronic (and some, not so electronic) artists. What is interesting, is that this double album has a general sad mood.
    Disc 1 gives you an introduction to dark ambient, including a timeless masterpiece by boards of canada, Roxy Music (!) and Tricky. Very emotional. Some tracks remind me the "Force Tracks" ambient era.
    Disc 2 goes from trip-hop to electronic dance music, with some dark tinges.
    Afterhours 2 has marked a hiatus with my electronic music taste. Now I'm trying to find moody but "intelligent" artists. I don't like dance music or progressive anymore. And that's a step forward, for me.

    5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous..........2006-12-10

    I would call this alternative music. Not in the sense that it is heavy, industrial or otherwise socially subversive, but in the sense that it is, especially at first listen, rather odd, peculiar and just plain weird. But that is its charm and the weirdness is only because we too often think in genres or categories. These are difficult to label and because there is such an array of diversity on here it is impossible to categorize this in any particular way.

    Just like the first Afterhours CD this one takes a mix of disparate artists from across the spectrum and mixes them into one continuous groove. But this is not like most DJ mixes where the intent is to take the listener toward some kind of climax. It's kind of got a drifting, dreamy "afterhours" kind of feel, a fitting title for the album.

    Someone mentioned that this is creepy. I thought so too at first. Maybe I've gone over to the dark side but after listening to this over and over again I find it to really settle me down into a reflective mood, appreciative of the stranger things in life. In other words, this album makes me think.

    This one isn't as moody or brooding as the first though overall the dreamy atmosphere is more consistent. Though there are no standout songs such as Bola's "Pae Paoe" or Brooklyn Funk Essentials' "I Got Cash" somehow a hodgepodge of artists such as UNKLE, Boards of Canada, Roxy Music, Trafik and Tricky are woven together in a way that works. It's perfect for those frames of mind when you just wish to drift a little and not be boxed into one artist or one style of music that won't hold your wandering mind.

    Afterhours 3 is slated for release in early 2007. Can't wait.

    By the way, CD 3 of Steve Lawler's "Viva" takes the feel of this album (and a few tracks from it) and goes into new territories. I highly recommend that one as well.

    2 out of 5 stars Should be called "come-down".......2006-03-23

    Warning - this album set is VERY VERY chill. Spacy, ambient and minimal. The DVD seems to be a lot of what looks like "stock" footage looped and pulsed to the beat. Very stroby. I say play the DVD video but listen to something else for audio. The CD's themselves would be best suited when you're trying to fall asleep after a long night/morning of partying. Lot's of tracks, but each one is fairly short.

    4 out of 5 stars A tale of two discs.............2006-03-08

    This is a very unique set, perfectly suited for those early morning chill out sessions after the clubs.....and equally as good while driving at night. Both CDs are quite good, however CD1, in my opinion, is the real highlight of this set. Standout tracks from CD1 include: Sissy - I See You; Boxsaga - Steppin'; Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache; and the whole series of tracks that begins with Tricky - Hollow and ends with the sublime Green Ice mix of Trafik's Surrender. This is where disc one should have ended in my opinion, but The Album Leaf - Over the Pond is a decent closer. Hauntingly beautiful disc from start to finish.

    CD2 is a different story. It just doesn't hit me in the same way. The vibe is a bit more bubbly and less low-key, in my opinion. The tracks are solid enough, but nothing all that compelling. The only standout that really caught my attention was Visage's Fade to Grey. Compared to the first disc, this one is a bit of a disappointment. I was hoping for more. All in all a solid release from the GU boys, and a great addition to any electronic collection.

    3 out of 5 stars OTHERWORLDLY.......2005-05-14

    You don't have to pop a pill, chew nasty fungus or snort anything up your nose to feel like you are trippin' a mile above earth... this CD will do it for you. All I can say is CCCCCRRREEEEEEPPPPPYYYY.... I am not sure if I like it yet, I got it yesterday so I will have to listen more. CD2 is more appealing to my taste.

    Talk about dark. They should have called it After AFTER hours. It goes from lazy, to a sort of dramatic mourning feel, then a little sexiness... and for the most part the whole thing just sounds kind of EVIL. I just picture someone laying on the floor in a drug haze, spiraling down the rabbit hole. Either that or people sitting at 8AM in silence at a club with a wicked grin, bobbing to the beat.

    It is definitely unique... totally moody tunes...I would borrow it from a friend before you buy though to make sure it is something you would dig.

    It also comes with a clubbing DvD which is pretty fun. I love watching and listening.
    Afterhours 3: Unmixed
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Afterhours 3: Unmixed
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: Global Underground
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000LPR53Y
      Release Date: 2007-03-05

      Tracks:

      1. Chanel 1 Suite - Cinematic Orchestra
      2. Rotspots From The Crap Map - L. Pierre
      3. Keep Going - Bozoo Bajou
      4. Keep On Searching - Kraak And Smaak
      5. Listen To The Drums - Outlines
      6. Zum Zum - Mike Monday
      7. African Pirates - Nightmares On Wax
      8. Superrob - Tosca
      9. Question - Fauna Flash
      10. Do Dirt - Stereotyp
      11. Born To Be Mild - Sinner SC
      12. Requiem - Killing Joke
      13. Sky Blue Pink - Morgan Geist
      14. Atoms - Dark Globe
      15. Out Of Body - Innersphere
      16. Custom Made - Cass
      17. Twin Of The Sun - The Last Atlant
      18. No Hay Banda - Andrew K.

      Tracks:

      1. A Wonderful Life - Carl Craig
      2. Uranium - Radioactiveman
      3. Try 4 Love - Kevin Swain
      4. Woman Dilemma In Spirit - Charlie Spacer
      5. Supernature - Cerrone
      6. Another Station - Lindstrom
      7. Wah Wah Wah - Voltique
      8. Shonky - Solar
      9. Blue Pills - Clubbervision
      10. Superlicious - Swoop
      11. The Punisher - Zen Kei
      12. Dirty Word - Trafik
      13. Come With Us - Kevin Swain
      14. In Stereo - Ticon
      15. Your Mind - Richard Dinsdale
      16. Timmy's Turn - Motion 040
      17. Moss - Gus Gus
      18. No - Seenluft Manila
      19. Bonus Track 1 - Various Artists

      Tracks:

      1. Obscure Hobbies - Pako & Frederik
      2. Dropped - Nick Galea & Native
      3. So Long - Sissy
      4. Like You - The Remote
      5. Reversed Cloud - The Last Atlant
      6. The Rhythmshaker - Nick Hogendoorn & Eelke Kleijin
      7. Turning Up - Christian Paduraru
      8. Leftorium - Anil Chawla & Dale Anderson
      9. Bonus Track 1 - Various Artists
      Afterhours: Ibiza
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Afterhours: Ibiza
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Global Underground
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000R9QEZY
        Release Date: 2007-07-23

        Tracks:

        1. Happy
        2. Girls In Hats
        3. Knight Rider
        4. Young Folks
        5. La Ritournelle
        6. Relax
        7. Texas
        8. Activ8
        9. Freak
        10. Face
        11. Linus Loves
        12. Listen Up (Tronic Youth Mix)
        13. Trauermusik
        14. Flight Lb7475
        15. Mouth To Mouth
        16. Chromaphobia
        17. Moan
        18. Zenitude
        19. Monsters Of The Deep
        20. Sing Sing
        21. Last Night In Vegas
        22. Quipa
        23. Tin Foil
        24. People Like Them
        25. Bug In Me System
        26. Positive Education
        27. At Les (Carl Craig Remix)
        28. Beautiful Song
        29. Summit
        30. Shiver (Ewan Pearson Mix)
        31. Shards
        32. Elegant Suite (Part 3)
        33. 6am Sedna
        34. Pimento Grove
        35. Opium
        36. All The Way Down
        37. Like You (Thugf*Cker Reprise)
        38. Sacrifice Theme
        39. Glad We Did
        40. Maroon Balloon
        41. The Big Chill

        Album Details

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