Nick Warren - Global Underground 018: Nick Warren - Amsterdam


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Label: Boxed, Boxed
Catalog#: GU018CD, gu018cd
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Mixed, Cardboard Slipcase
Country:UK
Released:06 Nov 2000
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House, Trance
Credits: Artwork By [Design] - Studio Lobster
DJ Mix - Nick Warren
Notes:Track 1.06 improperly credited as the track "Hedfuk," on the packaging
None of the remixes are mentioned in the track listing, only in the publisher credits.
Track 1.03 is written as "I'll Call U."
Track 2.02 is misspelled as "Ajuna."
Barcode: 6 64612 20182 0
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Tracklisting:

1.01 Weekend World The Word (7:45)
    Written-By, Producer - Martin Cartledge
1.02 Ariane Eternity (8:43)
    Producer - Ariane
  Written-By - James Holden
1.03 Soul Mekanik I'll Call You (7:16)
    Engineer - Roland Bass
  Producer - Soul Mekanik
  Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Holt* , Bourne*
  Written-By - Warm (5)
  Written-by, Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Bass*
1.04 Way Out West Intensify (Peace Division Remix) (8:14)
    Producer, Mixed By - Way Out West
  Remix - Peace Division
  Vocals - Ally Kennen
1.05 Hipp-E & Tony* Present Soul Interactive Riddem Control (4:46)
    Written-By, Producer - E. Galavis* , T. Hewitt*
1.06 Main Element Delta Of Venus (8:03)
    Producer - Main Element
  Written-By - Gwill Morris
1.07 Mumps Mechanisms E-H (4:58)
    Written-By, Producer - Uros Umek*
1.08 Fluke Bullet (Cannonball) (5:41)
    Written-By - Jonathon Fugler* , Michael Bryant* , Michael Tournier*
1.09 James Niche Isolated (5:07)
    Written-By, Producer - James Niche
1.10 PMT Gyromancer (6:01)
    Written-By, Producer - Will Brunner
1.11 Soul Driver States Of Mind (6:24)
    Written-By, Producer - Hywel Dunn-Davies
2.01 H - Bomb* Groove Attack (4:46)
    Written-By, Producer - Hywel Dunn-Davies
2.02 DJ Gogo Anjuna (7:52)
    Written-By, Producer - DJ Gogo
2.03 Futureshock Sparc (6:34)
    Producer, Mixed By - Futureshock
  Written-By - Alex Tepper , Phil Dockerty
2.04 Neil Himmons Play (5:28)
    Producer - Andy Holt , Mick Park*
  Written-By, Producer - A. Holt* , M. Park* , N. Himmons*
2.05 Zenith (8) Swarm (Chemical Dub) (7:24)
    Written-By, Producer, Arranged By - Christian Parkinson
2.06 Sonic Infusion Reformatted (5:29)
    Written-By, Producer - Pascal FEOS*
2.07 Nick Hook Enhanced (Mike Monday & Nick Hook Mix) (4:43)
    Engineer - Mike Marshall
  Producer, Remix - Mike Monday
  Written-By, Producer - Nick Hook
2.08 Revolt Dive Into The Deep (5:58)
    Written-By, Producer - Arno Asmus
2.09 Thomas Heckman* & Marc Romboy Ultra Vixens (5:11)
    Written-By, Producer - Marc Romboy , Thomas Heckman*
2.10 Mark Shimmon vs 3rd Degree* Interstellar (8:21)
    Written-By, Producer - Hurst* , Shimmon*
2.11 Halo Varga* Future! (Jaimy & Kenny D Remix) (6:25)
    Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Jaimy & Kenny D*
  Written-By, Producer - Halo Varga*
2.12 Ariane Eternity (Stripped Mix) (1:53)
    Producer - Ariane
  Written-By - James Holden
User Reviews:
djinsomnia, Aug 28, 2001

Nick Warren shoots off on a futuristic tangent from 90s trance with this latest compilation in the Global Underground series. Each track has its own journey, the first CD has an ambient trance feel whilst the second exhibits some very fresh baselines. Funky elements synergise well with the dark and sleazy house heard throughout.

Starting off slow with crisp ambient sounds, CD1 has a melodic feel to it. Nicks own work under the name of Way Out West on Intensify has a great baseline with several of the earlier tracks meandering between funk, dark progressive house and light trance including the appropriately titled Hedfuk. Bullet by Fluke is a great example of Nicks ability to use a twisted vocal sample as a reprise prior to hitting a peak. The sonic sound scapes of Gyromancer by PMT and Arabic chants of Soul Drivers States of Mind end CD1 on an appropriately disturbing note.

Fast funk starts off CD2 with Groove Attack by H-Bomb, gradually building with harder sounds into the squelchy hardfunk of Sparc by popular remixers Futureshock. Listening to Play by Neil Himmons, I could easily imagine myself running through a grotty dark stormwater drain. Swarm by Zenith has a similar baseline to Out of Control by the Chemical Brothers but a much more sinister feel. Twisted vocals feature again in Nick Hooks Enhanced as well as Ultra Vixens by Thomas Heckman & Mark Romboy which is complimented by subsonic and resonant baselines. Future by Halo Varga exhibits several direction changes whilst the Stripped Mix of Eternity at the end gradually sucks all the new sounds away, safely keeping them for your next listen.

If you buy dance music only to shake your butt, nod your head or tap your feet, do not buy this. The Deep new sounds that Nick Warren compiles on this CD deserve a thorough listen and a willingness to have the mind swept away from reality, whether it is on the dance floor or in the lounge room. Another fine example of dance music re-inventing itself by the Cluboxed label.

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