[kparker]

some weird shit

Disk 1

1. Olvis - The Sea
2. Penumbra – Deep Listening
3. Stef, Pako & Frederick - Magic Shop (Trafik Aftercuts Edit)
4. Slam - Kill The Pain
5. 7 Hurtz - 3 Sisters
6. Sissy - I See You (Dub Mix)
7. Boxsaga - Steppin'
8. Spanna - Phere
9. 7 Hurtz - Pump
10. Psycorps - Collusion
11. Boards Of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden
12. The Aloof Featuring Ricardo Nicolia - On A Mission
13. Burnt Friedman - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
14. K-roxx - Grand
15. Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home A Heartache
16. Tricky - Hollow
17. Forth – Into The Outside
18. Trafik - Surrender (Green Ice Mix)
19. The Album Leaf - Over The Pond

Disk 2

1. Unkle - I Need Something Stronger
2. Colder- One Night In Tokyo
3. Cotton Belly – Tempest Dub
4. Primal Scream – Jailbird (Weatherall Dub Chapter 3 Mix)
5. Dub Chemist - Wobbly
6. Rockers Hi Fi - Push Push (Re-rub) (Trafik Aftercuts Edit)
7. Nush - Nush (Trafik Aftercuts Edit)
8. Leonine - Wrong Intentions
9. Murcof - Memoria (Sutekh Trisagiorion Mix)
10. Dominik Eulberg - Der Zug Der Kraniche:Boten Der Veränderung
11. Visage - Fade To Grey (Trafik Aftercuts Edit)
12. Psychonauts - Empty Love
13. Telfon Tel Aviv - My Week Beats Your Year
14. Murcof - Memoria
15. Trafik - Echoes (Petter Slow Dub)
16. Jon Hopkins - Circle
17. Closer Musik - One, Two, Three (Ewan Pearson Mix)
18. sinner dc - Alice
19. Subside - Home To An Empty House
20. Beanfield - Tides Feat. Bajka (Accapella)

Global Underground's first foray into the realm of post clubbing came at the end of 2002 as the first 'Afterhours' album was released. An album that in the time that has passed since has become a bit of a cult classic, with it's limited release only serving to further it's legend.

With the main Global Underground albums focusing on the worldwide clubbing scene, taking us on an hedonistic tour of some of the finest cities, countries and clubs the planet has to offer with some of the world's best DJs as our guide, 'Afterhours' quite simply took us wherever we wanted to go, and where the journey started and ended was our own choice. The album became a soundtrack for that place that exists between the the weekend and a return to normality, bridging the divide between the ying and the yang of everyday life, or quite simply providing a form of escapism whenever we so desired.

'Afterhours 2' picks up where the first album left off, drawing together a diverse range of music far more encompassing than it's predecessor, whilst keeping the mood and ethos intact. Featuring excellent new music from up and coming artists and unreleased material signed Global's singles label GU[Music], the mix sprawls across two discs, varying greatly in both genre and tempo. Darker, spacier moments are intertwined with an eclectic collection of material spanning over 30 years, all compiled and mixed by Andrew Archer & John Elliott, who collectively as Trafik have cut up, re-edited and remixed a lot of the music, compiling music from 'often forgotten about' record collections with the focus on the 'weird and wonderful'. The result is a mix album that has that “mashing of sounds, music and, most importantly, craziness that is essential to any after-club debauchery you may partake in.

This double CD album is also complimented by a bonus DVD with five short films, each providing a visual narrative of Afterhours experiences, including the original Afterhours movie for the first time. Two separate EPs featuring some of the material that influenced or is included in the mix will also coincide with the album's release, allowing vinyl connoisseurs to recreate their own Afterhours experience wherever and whenever they so choose.

There aren't that many albums that can lay claim to having Unkle, Primal Scream, Visage, Boards Of Canada, Tricky, Roxy Music and The Aloof included side by side, but Afterhours is not an album that follows convention. It in fact dispels and contradicts the whole idea, as where it begins is your choice, and where it ends is limited only by the confines of your mind.