This is the second in a series of DJ mixes I recorded to celebrate what I consider to be the vintage age of progressive house and progressive trance in the late 90s and early 00s. Throughout this time, labels like Rhythm Syndicate, Pitch Black, Bedrock, Forensic, Saw, Vapour, Hook, Alphabet Street, Sonic City, Tune Inn, Fluid, Silver Planet, Baroque and Propulsion were releasing wave after wave of incredible music: deep, dark, brooding and intense tracks you could get lost in, often with a tough, tribal edge.

Inspired by early albums in the Global Underground series, these are my take on GU mixes if I was able to go back in time and compile them from the records I was buying around then. In particular, some of the tracks included have been remastered from the original 12” vinyl as they’ve never been re-released as digital versions.

I hope you enjoy this trip back down memory lane. More mixes to follow when I get the chance.

Tracklist (artist/title/mix/label):

1. Randall Jones & Tigerhook Corp: Beautiful Thang (Disciples of Smoke retouch) – Bedrock Records

2. Chris Micali: So Easy (original mix) – Vapour Recordings

3. Interflow: Storyreel (Satoshi Tomiie remix) – Baroque Records

4. Chris Micali: God Gave Us (original mix) – Vapour Recordings

5. Dave Begg: Structured (original mix/2-Way mix) – Hook Recordings

6. Singo: Plexi Music (CL McSpadden remix) – Propulsion Records

7. Fred Numf vs Etienne Overdijk: Illusion Of The Truth (Mara remix) – Black Hole Recordings

8. Pitch Black: Fingers Burnt (original mix) – Rhythm Syndicate Records

9. Ralphie B: Massive (D. Ramirez remix) – Data Records

10. Jewel Kid: Break My Heart (Jon Rundell vox mix) – Nervous Records

11. Darkhouse Family: Robot (King Of Spin remix) – Rhythm Syndicate Recordings

12. Chris Cowie: Habana (original mix) – Hook Recordings

13. Mike Hiratzka & Justin Scott Dixon: Two Worlds (original mix) – Propulsion Records