Rating:
Genre:
Electronica
Release Date: 09/03/2002
For his first
Global Underground mix,
Satoshi Tomiie goes with the club-orientated
progressive house style associated with the popular series of DJ mix albums. Over the course of two discs he drops two dozen or so lengthy tracks with huge bottom ends and an emphasis on dark, trippy melodies every now and then. He structures the two discs similarly, building toward an intense peak or two halfway through each of the two discs before slowing the music down a bit before finishing with standout vocal tracks, namely
Kings of Tomorrow's
"I Want You (For Myself)" and
Max Graham's
"Tell You." For the most part,
Tomiie sticks with
progressive house, dipping occasionally into some
breaks but almost never into
trance. He also sticks with the leading
progressive house labels of the moment --
Yoshitoshi,
Bedrock,
SAW,
Forensic -- and other
house labels like
Choo Choo and
Twisted that traditionally offer a less progressive style of
house. Overall,
Tomiie approaches his first
Global Underground: Nubreed mix appropriately. He crafts a mix very representative of the series during the early 2000s, meaning of course that he isn't afraid to drop the big records at the right moments. Because
Tomiie does precisely this, his contribution to the long-running series is just as good as any.
~Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
;)
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