Dubai

I love the Global Underground series, but not every track in every mix is my taste or to my liking. There are several excellent mixes in the series by the likes of Nick Warren, Sasha, James Lavelle, Darren Emerson, and recently Dubfire and Felix Da Housecat, but few are completely enthrawling and constantly rocking. Nick's 'Reykjavik' mix, Darren's 'Bogota', and Dub's 'Taipei' have great pace and tempo and some really awesome, memorable tracks, and Lavelle's mixes add a change of pace to the series by giving us some sweet breakbeats and UNKLE stuff, but Sharam's 'Dubai' mix blows just about everything else away! This set is a non-stop, banging ride through one slamming song after another.It starts off slightly soft with the sexy Nicka & Alse mix of 'Sugar(Sweet Thing)' by DYAD10, but quickly kicks it up a notch w/ some hot tracks by Spider & Legaz, 16 Bit Lolitas (who both have a couple more tracks on here as well), and Syntax. Felix's mix of 'Bliss' is just AWESOME! The guitar riff is looped seamlessly and sped up slightly to move w/ the added bass and beats. These are all house tracks, and so are most of the others on this and disc 2, but they are interrupted by the heavy, dark techno beat of 'Majorca Roots' before being connected up again w/ Deep Dish's mix of PVD's 'Other Side' (another favorite & one of the longest). This is the best version of this song I've heard. It really compliments the vocals very well. Then we have Dave Aude's Redux/Dub of Lunascape's 'Mindstalking', practically unrecognizable from its original soft/light sound. It's been remolded nicely into a VERRRY HOT smashing club thumper and is probably my second favorite song on the whole set just because of Kyoko Baertsoen's vocal loop. Check out the original as well(kind of Bristol-sounding). The disc lightens up a bit after this, still keeping pace, though. Gabriel & Dresden fans will love the 16 Bit Lolitas vs. Motorcycle track. The last 3 songs mesh seemlessly and close the first half very well. Iio's Nadia Ali spices up John Creamer & Stephane K's 'Something To Lose' and Aude pops up again to remix 'Stillettos', again unrecognizable, and again a great change. Hot/Sexy track! Pig and Dan's electro-tinged 'Eiffel Nights' wraps up side one.The mix takes a break from kicking your teeth in with the lighter old-school nineties-sounding 'Direct Me' before getting back to business w/ some more heavy stuff. 'Everlasting' by Miss Nine is about the only other light track before Nadia's second appearance on AV Buuren's 'Who Is Watching' & the ending by Planet Funk. 'Connected' is a little bit electro and Simon and Shaker's 'Zero' has some excellent dark techno vibes, but Aude's mix of 'Smaller' by Suite 117 gets back to the heavy house groove. This is my favorite track! I love the vocal and the music Freakin' ROCKS! Takes a nice guitar sample break in the middle, but keeps tempo and rhythm to build back into the bass and beats. AWESOME!!! Twotrups' 'Cello Track' is the next stand-out w/ its Gabe&Dres vibe and cool string samples. Again the last few tracks mesh seamlessly to tie the whole thing together. Kanzyani's mix of 'Feedback' by Acquaviva & Madox is HEAVY!!! Sweet hard techno, super-up-tempo track! Another Fave! (check out Trouble Soup's stuff if you like this - I recently discovered Madox and Santos got together to form that group! cool! 'Everyday' is a nice 'end-of-the-night track to fade out to.Overall I think disc one is stronger, but neither one has a single track that you're going to want to skip and they book-end each other well. Not only the best GU set, but one of the coolest and hottest electronic mixes I've ever heard! Most of these sets tend to be too 'underground', but this one has so much life in every track, it's amazing. Also, almost every track contains vocals which helps. I like these more, usually, than instrumentals, especially when those are too repetitive. This set also has some of the most stunning photography of all the mixes. This one is definitely worth the extra money if you can find the Deluxe version. They sometimes are hard to get good/perfect copies of. Check This Out and ENJOY!

For starters the idiot that gave this 1 star also gave Balance 008 1 star so it's apparent that he has no credibility when it comes to the latest house music. As for myself I have to say that this year I had been waiting for a house CD like this for some time.This is definitely one of the best house sets to come out of 2006.Disc one is more laid back than disc two (an afterclub type disc) and is probably a 4 star disc in itself, but wait until you hit disc 2. Sharam kicks it up a notch with some of the best driving beats and vocals. Just enough of both will get you pumping all the way through to track 10. It starts slow but ramps up fast. It steadily keeps you satisfied all the way through to track 10, at which point it takes a turn. Almost as if to let the crowd get a breather. Track ten starts to go toward tribal beats without vocals. That's cool for about 5 minutes, but it goes on for about 2.5 tracks. I would have liked to see Sharam use some tracks from the first CD here if he was going to slow it down, but oh well. After the rather lackluster tracks of 11 and 12 he starts his return flight home bringing you in for the finale. (In my opinion he probably could have done without tracks 11 and 12 since it's too long of a break from the first 10 tracks) After the break 13 is solid while 14 leads you off with a vocal dance-beat filled reprise in "Feedback"... "I'll be chasin' you home..."Make no mistake this isn't comparable to a disc like Renaissance the Masters series, since it's the house that will make your girl want to get out of her seat at the club and hit the dance floor. It's solid (dark at times) powerful dance house on the second disc that just radiates energy.I can see the lasers cutting through the fog machine now with the strobe hitting the whole dance floor bouncing up and down...Buy this set if for no other reason than for disc 2.Keep the beat going Sharam...

(CD1- The Club) is great. Ive been fairly impressed with most of the albums that deep dish has released. Their Global Underground: Toronto set was very good, and their Global Underground: Moscow set was decent though not a favorite. Sharam (1 half of deep dish) has definitely come into his own with this work. Just when you think the pace might be about to slow down or dull up, it only gets better. Think along the lines of sashas ibiza, only more funky, and more modern. It does not give you a chance to catch your breath from the moment it starts. Track selection, clever track placement, and the over all flow is really good. Its complexity and depth is just enough to keep you fully enveloped without sounding to over worked and emotionless; while its melodic and dramatic pace is so much that it doesent ever get mushy sounding or corny like so many other progressive/house albums suffer from. CD2 slows it down a little, but never strays from being rich and intelligently mixed. However, by no means does it compare to CD1. The real star is the first CD. Not since Sashas global undergrounds have i been able to sit through an entire CD and not feel as if its getting boring or repetative.

Excellent

I've enjoyed everything I've heard from these guys immensely over the years. I will always regret not seeing them when they came to my hometown on multiple occasions during the mid 2000's... DAMN~

Another typical dose of house, progressive house and trance rolled into 2 great discs. Sharam has a great mix of sounds and styles well mixed into a fantastic compilation of dance music. I would highly recommend for any GU fan of these genres of music.

Absolutely stellar mix with a real party vibe that has been absent on many of the new GU releases. Sharam remains a tastemaker and a brilliant DJ with a simple attitude towards mixing; that is to say he simple gets out of the way of a bevy of amazing songs. Highly, highly recommended.

I had never heard of this DJ before but I got this CD a while back and I love it!!!

Toll, gefällt mir sehr. Sehr anspruchsvolle elektronische Musik, kein Disco Techno, der einen bald langweilt. Das kann man auch wunderbar im Hintergrund laufen lassen. Sehr schöne Melodien. Together we rise, Everyday sind meine Highlights.

Habe die ltd. Edition bestellt, da ich ein grosser Fan von Global Underground, im speziellen Deep Dish bin. Diese Compilation hat mich aber völlig enttäuscht, absolute Durchnittskost, langweilige Tracks auf beiden CD's, Stimmungsfaktor = einschläfernd. Kein Wunder also das die Jungs hier keinen Erfolg haben, bei solchen Compilations.Was war da in Dubai nur los, vielleicht hatte Sharam einfach nur einen schlechten Tag/Abend....Schade ums Geld