- Audio CD (Aug 1 2008)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Fusion
- ASIN: B00004XNDI
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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#71,724 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #27 in Music > Dance & DJ > Turntablists
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Intro - Street Bums | |||
| 2. Platform - Freaky Chakra | |||
| 3. Solid Space Business - Attaboy | |||
| 4. Protect Your Mind - DJ Sakin & Friends (Van Bellen mix) | |||
| 5. Resurrection - Classified Project | |||
| 6. Resurrection E.P. - Medway | |||
| 7. Lecture - Slickmick | |||
| 8. Blue Stream - Sneaky Alien | |||
| 9. Empress II - Funk Function | |||
| 10. Bulgarian - Travel (Incisions remix) | |||
See all 14 tracks on this disc
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Intro - Sasha | |||
| 2. Narcotik - Blue | |||
| 3. Hale Bopp - Der Dritte Raum | |||
| 4. Illuminatus - Hope | |||
| 5. Clarkness - Dave Kane | |||
| 6. Acoustic Principles - Eclipse 8 | |||
| 7. Psionic - Mana | |||
| 8. The Chain - Breeder | |||
| 9. Change Me - Paragliders | |||
| 10. Twilo Thunder - Breeder | |||
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Product Description
Product Description
This is the best trance mix of the first half of 1999, at least. Sasha (of Northern Exposure fame) has produced a double-disc set that climbs every house and techno peak while rolling effortlessly along top-quality, luscious trance-techno plateaus. With disc one, think mountains, air, and sweat under clear blue skies, the dreamy trance escapism of DJ Sakin and Friends' "Protect Your Mind" setting the tone. By the time Slickmick's "Lecture" delivers its pumping techno voice, the underlying subliminal metronomic beats have become wholly engaging. Disc two evokes the atmosphere of a great all-night session, and Sasha brings the mix down the hard-stepping edge of trance-techno, as with Mana's "Psionic," and into a hypnotic land of minimalism, illustrated perfectly by the flat beats of Breeder's "The Chain." Generally, the second journey recalls the subterranean feel of the great Berlin nightclubs from years ago. But just to keep things mobile, Breeder's "Twilo Thunder" is fused with the sensibilities of older Jean Michel Jarre material, offering a dreamy breather from the energy. Global Underground's San Francisco is as good a Friday night mix album as you can get. Indeed, if you match this up with a couple of Northern Exposure sets, some friends, and no limits, the hottest club in town could be your place. --Steffan Chirazi
Product Description
With pure, transcendental dance-floor ecstasy, Sasha's patient mixes and cosmic samples on this double-CD set establish him as one of the best DJs on the planet. Finding the twists and turns among the endlessly inventive rhythms and mind-blowing sample transitions here is an essential journey for lovers of trance-techno everywhere. --Matthew Cooke
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
Too Much Trebel...Not Enough Base?
Nov 29 2007
Format:Audio CD
Sasha's first appearance under Global Underground came with the ninth release of its city series: San Francisco. Deemed by many as his finest mix to date?! Can't say I agree with that bold statement. To me, San Francisco is a very forgetable album in all aspects except for Sasha's impecable mixing (which is a feature on almost all of his commercial and live sets).
Disc 1 is marginally better than disc 2 in its track selection save the overabundance of vocal tracks.
Disc 2 can actually get annoying if listened to from start to finish (at least it is for me today). Too many old school trance rhythms that helped to segregate the genre of trance music as "white boy" music. Thin baselines, drum-rolls, and the ever present organ sound. Sounds too similar to something Oakenfold would sling together. You have to commend the Welch native for making such an incredible second effort with his subsequent GU release: Ibiza. After hearing this album, I never fathomed Sasha could produce such a masterpiece.
Disc 1 gets 3/5 stars, Disc 2, 2/5 stars.
Disc 1 is marginally better than disc 2 in its track selection save the overabundance of vocal tracks.
Disc 2 can actually get annoying if listened to from start to finish (at least it is for me today). Too many old school trance rhythms that helped to segregate the genre of trance music as "white boy" music. Thin baselines, drum-rolls, and the ever present organ sound. Sounds too similar to something Oakenfold would sling together. You have to commend the Welch native for making such an incredible second effort with his subsequent GU release: Ibiza. After hearing this album, I never fathomed Sasha could produce such a masterpiece.
Disc 1 gets 3/5 stars, Disc 2, 2/5 stars.
It is 2004 and I still listen to it
April 27 2004
Format:Audio CD
Years later, and a fairly large House music collection built up with me since then, Sasha's GU San Fran is one of the compilations I still love listening to every now and then. Just love everything about it, what else can I say?
Incredible. A must-own.
Nov 16 2003
Format:Audio CD
Quite often, you see loads of hype around GU CDs (or, heck, almost any series of DJ mixes) because, for the most part, if the CD rocks, maintains it's pace, and is danceable, people will enjoy. I tend to think of myself as a more discerning dance music fan in that I prefer mixes and overall DJ performances to showcase more than just a repetitive beat but also a sense of passion for electronic music itself. I want to feel power and passion in the mix and a sense of stream-of-conciousness. Not just "here's another dance song hit played loudly." GU's San Francisco was heard by my ears just as I was about ready to never listen to another DJ mix ever again, having tired from the scene and loads of mediocre CDs. Sasha has done some hit-and-miss things, and I can't say I really enjoy a lot of his self-made material, but this particular mix is astounding, I don't give a crap if it WAS mixed by computer or what. (for the record, GU DJs always have input into the final CD..it isn't just randomly put together by some nobody) It restored my faith in good DJ compilations (and since then I've gone on to find some of the real gems in the GU series) and techno/dance music in general; that when you're in the mood for something very dancy and rhythmic, there IS stuff out there that's both visceral yet artistic and pays attention to the music itself, and not just a relentless beat. Hold this CD set on a pedestal for it is one of the best out there.
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Most recent customer reviews
i'm a bit biased but....
i have to say, (as i was entering new preferences for my amazon account) i was looking through the recommendations that amazon pulled up for my friend sasha and the GU09 came up. Read more
Published on Feb 6 2003 by Guy Richards Oldhams
another classic for the ages
What is there to say? Golden age, golden touch, magic, magic, magic, purity, exctasy.
Published on Sep 2 2002
dont take my word for it
i cant say anything that hasnt been said about this cd sasha knows how to lay it down, if you took the time to click this cd go ahead and buy it impossible to be dissapointed
Published on Aug 15 2002 by daniel
Absolute favorite Trance Effort
Sasha's San Francisco is by far my favorite in the Global Underground series and would rank as my favorite Trance CD period. Read more
Published on April 12 2002 by nusandman
More than three years later....still the absolute benchmark
The most amazing thing about Sasha is the fact that no matter the age of the record he spins, be it an acetate that you won't get your hands on for another six months or if it's... Read more
Published on April 11 2002 by Joshua A. Gonzalez
Disk1... One of the greatest mixes ever!
Sasha is a wonderful sound I can definitely dig. Imagine a more funky, upbeat, playful version of the sonic progression of Digweed. Read more
Published on Mar 29 2002 by seb
Brilliant!
Sasha is fantastic. This CD is for anyone who is into house, techno, electronica but not of the obnoxious, stupefying, repetitious kind. Read more
Published on Mar 25 2002 by C. Choudhury
Brilliant!
Sasha is fantastic. This CD is for anyone who is into house, techno, electronica but not of the obnoxious, stupefying, repetitious kind. Read more
Published on Mar 25 2002 by C. Choudhury
bliss...
This is the album that i always come back to. This set is magical from beginning to end. A work of art from a masterful artist. Read more
Published on Mar 7 2002 by Nicholas Mitchell
God chills to this.
I have been playing vinyl for 12 years now and followed Sasha (Alexander Coe)for most of that. No one else can create an atmosphere like him. Read more
Published on Feb 8 2002
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