Global Underground 043 - Joris Voorn in Rotterdam

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Posted by Mr Game+Watch on Aug-06-2020 15:02:

Global Underground 043 - Joris Voorn in Rotterdam

https://www.facebook.com/GUMusic/vi...387465008123824

Just announced. I wasn't a fan of the Patrice Baumel one (thought there were so many parts where the flow and the pacing just flatlined) but I love Voorn, and his 2019 EM was one of the best sets I've heard last year. Just wondering how the hell they'll fit the TL on the back of the CD case :P

Posted by LoveHate on Aug-06-2020 19:31:

makes sense he would do it in his backyard, considering the travel ban , it used to be a tradition for dj's to travel to Asia or south America to mix this, with that being said I'm looking forward to it .

Posted by Paradox Lost on Aug-07-2020 00:01:

Hey, they made the TL fit on Balance 14, I'm sure they'll work something out here.

Anyway, another big step in the right direction. At this rate I imagine GU will eventually find itself somewhere between Balance and Fabric, though I wouldn't be surprised if it just becomes another Balance with a different titling system.

Speaking of titles, I was reflecting on how Voorn was planning to use one another one of his technical megamixes to reflect the flavor of Rotterdam, when I found myself asking: how much have these cities really factored into the mix in the first place? I mean, there's nothing distinctly 'Taipei' about GU: 31, or 'San Francisco' about GU: 09 (yes, except for the Haight Street-sounds intro that preceded the first disc- one of the few times I can actually recall GU doing anything to add the city's flavor into the music itself). The only mix that actually 'felt' like its respective city was GU: Reykjavik.

Or maybe that was never the point, but GU has always pushed this angle of being 'transported' to the respective city such that I suspect it's intended to be a bit more than merely a retrospective mix of a recent set that was played there. This whole 'city series' gimmick may have been an effective marketing tool, but I wonder if it's ultimately little more than that.

Those booklets sure are nice though, and make for great collector pieces. Glad I still have all of mine.

Posted by Mr Game+Watch on Aug-07-2020 19:30:

Hmm, yeah the only CDs that I really felt accurately conveyed their host city were Reykjavik, as you said, as well as Digweed in HK. The first disk especially conveyed the back alleys of HK, while the climax of both disks made you feel as you were on top of Mt Victoria.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Aug-08-2020 10:14:

I think it's a misconception that the Cities Series was ever about capturing the feel of a locale. The whole point was of a global underground - IE: the same sound all over the world. Really the concept was two ravers from Newcastle, Northern England flying a series of mostly British DJs around the globe and taking the sound of British superclubs with them. It's only really in recent years that the DJs have become more international and there's been more of an attempt to tie DJ and city together.

Posted by Paradox Lost on Aug-21-2020 21:26:

Re: Global Underground 043 - Joris Voorn in Rotterdam

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch
Just wondering how the hell they'll fit the TL on the back of the CD case :P

I just realized what an adorably outdated concern this is. The whole point of posting a TL to the back of a CD case was so you could flip it over at the music store and decide if you wanted to buy it, but both CD's and especially music stores are a thing of the past. And anyone who buys a special physical copy will have already seen the TL online, so they can stick it in anywhere they want now. Man we're so old.

Posted by LoveHate on Sep-02-2020 02:11:

#GU43: Joris Voorn � Rotterdam � Tracklist:

1. Kettel � Hongkong
2. Innere Tueren � Eden (Version)
3. Zenzizenz � Umi
4. Joris Voorn � Alpha 7
5. Cyspe � Void
6. Microglobe � Trust
7. Joris Voorn � Midi Sans Frontieres
8. Nathan Fake � Pentiamonds
9. NEAT � Them Gs
10. President Bongo/�ttar S�mundsen � 1� Quadrante (Club Version 1)
11. P�pe � Recollection
12. Shade Of Drums � Path
13. S.Channel � Distant Shores
14. Swoose � Lotus
15. Andu Simion � Olymp
16. Fredo Guerre & Francisco Ruiz-Tagle � Little Helper 361-6
17. Biosphere � Black Mesa (feat. Joan Lorring & Leslie Howard) (Joris Voorn Remix)
18. Disarmed: Disarmed (Lovestruckk Remix)
19. D-Leria � Landed in Another Place
20. Marino Canal � White Atlas
21. HyperSOUL-X � The Eastern Nations (Main HT)
22. Floppy Sounds � Entertainment (Blue Miniature Morph)
23. Joris Voorn � GU43 Ambient Fill
24. Raxon � Introspect
25. Aisha Devi � O.M.A. (Abul Mogard Remix)
26. Plastikman � Disconnect
27. Kaap � Overtoom
28. Joris Voorn � Ultron
29. Die Wilde Jagd � Morgenrot (Vactrol Park Remix)
30. Julien Chaptal � Amazone
31. Linn Elisabet � Uncommitting
32. Genius Of Time � Peace Bird
33. Marino Canal � Curious Eyes
34. GHEIST � Der Blaue Reiter
35. Joris Voorn � Sonder
36. Reeko � Blue Tool#1
37. Reeko � Street Tool#4
38. Feral � Polar Sun
39. Atom� & Tobias. � Aux I
40. Pulso � Dentro Del Pimpollo Est� La Nuez
41. States Of Flux � Road
42. P�pe � Recollection
43. Joakuim � View
44. Ohm & Kvadrant � Skagerak
45. Tibi Dabo � Hire The Birds (DJ Balduin Powerdive Mix)
46. Joris Voorn � Float
47. Kaufmann � Black Horsey
48. Joris Voorn � Auto Drone 1
49. P�r Grindvik � The Act
50. Martin Landsky � Triage
51. Secret Cinema & Joris Voorn � Syrinx
52. Willaris. K � Cobaki Sky (Prequel)
53. Blue Veil � Jaguar Eyes
54. Reeko � Control Tool#2
55. States Of Flux � Pro12Arp
56. Joris Voorn � The Matrix
57. Sky Civilian � Open Door (Joris Voorn Edit)
58. Artefakt � The Blue Hour (Valentino Mora Cosmic Trans Rephrase)
59. Joris Voorn � God

CD2
1. Mario Hammer And The Lonely Robot � Razljub�t
2. Fennesz � In My Room
3. nthng � Shine
4. Luigi Tozzi � A New Hope
5. Landside � Signs Of Change (Etapp Kyle Remix)
6. Joris Voorn � Kassandria
7. Crump � Bones
8. Reggy Van Oers & Joachim Spieth � Mammatus
9. Joris Voorn � Acid Flow
10. Bode Frequency � Time Machine (Dub Mix)
11. Raimond Ford � Astral Angel
12. Human Space Machine � Rebirth
13. RAAM � Raam 8.8 64
14. Linn Elisabet � Charioteers
15. Markus Suckut � F-0710 to Frankfurt
16. Joris Voorn � Nea Skioni
17. PAN-AL � It�s Nice To Miss You Too
18. Christian Bloch � Construct (VC-118A Remix)
19. Bxentric � Envelope
20. Joris Voorn � Echo
21. Joris Voorn feat. Sky Civilian � Fever Dreams
22. Conforce � Atrum
23. Fadi Mohem � Life Cycle
24. Primal Code � Caimano Tribe
25. Rone � Esperanza (Joris Voorn Remix)
26. Joris Voorn � Navigator
27. Colyn � Khazad Dum
28. Joris Voorn & Speedy J � 35mm
29. natural/electronic.system. � Libeccio
30. Marincu � Slip Side
31. Metric System � Studio 440-3
32. Perko � Rounded
33. Ohm & Kvadrant � �resund
34. UBX127 � Kopat
35. AD & The Persuader � Construct 1621
36. Qindek � Come Closer (Edit Select Remake)
37. Yamaneko � Fall Control
38. Joris Voorn � The Tower Of Naphtali
39. Bakground & Sangam � Carousel
40. Kolsch � Shoulder Of Giants (Joris Voorn Remix)
41. Blue Veil � Return To Forever
42. Bode Frequency � Time Machine (Dub Mix)
43. Luigi Gori & Frankye Lova � Narrow (Ataman Live Remix)
44. Brian Cid � Be One
45. Ness � Bionic Harp
46. LSG � The Train Of Thought Remix (Joris Voorn Remake)
47. Joris Voorn � Psyche
48. CJ Bolland � There Can Only Be One
49. Einmusik � Dread (No Drums Mix)
50. Lie2You � Obsession (JV Edit)
51. Dicabor � Ix (Robert Babicz)
52. Noun (Daniel Avery & Roman Fl�gel) � Meeting Of The Minds
53. Monarke & Soul Button � Passage
54. Jonathan Kaspar � Kali
55. John Beltran � It�s Because Of Her
56. Monotronique � First Touch
57. Paraphex � What We Leave Behind

Posted by Sykonee on Sep-02-2020 03:16:

quote:

23. Joris Voorn � GU43 Ambient Fill

Future banger alert!

Posted by Mr Game+Watch on Sep-02-2020 03:41:

Some nice tracks on there, Genius of Time - Peace Bird is a particular favorite of mine.

Posted by LoveHate on Sep-02-2020 07:04:

i heard the booklet is 34 pages long, so it might be worth getting the physical for that , and yes lot of jams on there....incuding ambient fill.

Posted by Syntonic on Sep-09-2020 23:23:

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46. LSG � The Train Of Thought Remix (Joris Voorn Remake)

One of my favorites from Lieb - curious to hear what this remake sounds like and if it'll be released.

Posted by djthunderbird on Nov-06-2020 17:22:

So it was released today. I'm currently 11 minutes in and the beginning is very promising!

Posted by Syntonic on Nov-06-2020 18:56:

I just skimmed through the tracks on Apple Music and I might end up picking this up. I like how his remix of L.S.G. - Train Of Thought is featured on the trailer. It stays pretty true to the original but added some twinkly sounds to it. I hope it is released in full length version.

I see a listing on Juno that claims to be an unmixed version with 28 tracks on the first disc and 27 on second and it includes the remix of Train Of Thought. Nothing like that is listed on the GU shop and digital release on Beatport has it omitted with others tracks too.

Posted by djthunderbird on Nov-06-2020 19:47:

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Originally posted by Syntonic
L.S.G. - Train Of Thought is featured on the trailer. // I hope it is released in full length version.
I see a listing on Juno that claims to be an unmixed version with 28 tracks on the first disc and 27 on second

That is probably the mixed version that is just mislabeled by juno as the track count is identical to the chapters that this mix is divided into according to the .GU043 landing page

I've now almost finished listening to it. Initial reactions are twofold. On one hand I absolutely love it. The allaround quality is untouchable. Musical content is enjoyable, mixing is top notch. Ebb and flow of the mix is solid. The mix does not feel rushed in any way. The obscene amount of tunes sit in the mix comfortably without anything standing out too much.

And this is my main gripe. I feel that there are too few (almost no) real peaks in this mix. Sure it flows perfectly, has its ups and down, troughs and valleys, but the intensity never rises above a certain treshold. There is plenty of tension-release type moments happening, but whenever the atmosphere starts to thicken, air is let out of the balloon. So many opportunities for true peak time crazyness feel missed by the restraint. The above feels a bit redeemed by the final 20 minutes of CD2, but still - the energy could have gone so much higher. I know that it could most likely be mitigated by cranking the speakers to 11. Will try it sometime.

All in all its a very strong mix. Joris Voorn has taken his characteristic sound and perfected the balance014 formula. I will definitely keep this in my playlist for a long time. The replay factor is strong. I recommend!

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-24-2020 00:04:

It's quite nice. Better than Patrice Baumel's entry into the series, which tried a similarly, but slightly less ambitious, cluttered tracklist. In terms of studio craft, Voorn has been doing this for over a decade now and knows how to keep these mash-up mixes from sounding too busy.

However, as always, I feel the Essential Mix he did last year was miles better. I need to re-listen to that set and compare, but it felt like that one was very similar in style but had some genuine bombs at its peak. This is more of a smooth, club-flavoured soundscape; a mood trip with beats, the kind of thing I'd play while reading a sci-fi novel.