RichM Would I care about all the old GUs? Prob not as that wasnât my scene, and I want something which represent the here and now
My mates in our youth who were into band music didnât want to listen to their dadâs music, but wanted their own scene. You look back now and question why my mates didnât just listen to the stones and Beatles rather than oasis and blur.
Sure, but thatâs why theyâve been bringing in DJs who have recent prominence like Amelie Lens and Joseph Capriati.
People bought each yearâs âNow Thatâs What I Call Musicâ compilation, or âMinistry of Sound: Annualâ compilations in their droves each year even though theyâd been going on for ages - although the concept for the CDs were the same each time, the music was new. If GU were just getting Nick Warren back to do 90s prog mixes you might have more of a point.
âDJ Kicksâ is also still going with newer DJs like Avalon Emerson, Peggy Gou, Honey Dijon, DJ Boring etc.
What sort of difference in concept would you shift GU to anyway? I donât think itâs as if the notion of a âGlobal Undergroundâ shouldnât still have appeal. What kind of other angle would greater encourage a young contemporary audience to buy mix CDs?!
