Global Underground 012: Buenos Aires (CD2)

Dave Seaman · 1999

The second disc of Buenos Aires is the tougher and more trance-focused half of Seaman’s first Global Underground release. After the Force Mass Motion remix of “One of the People”, the mix settles into long, dark progressive builds through Red Shift, Planisphere and Christian West. Origin’s “Refined Intricacy ’99” forms the extended centrepiece before the closing stretch becomes deeper and more hypnotic. It is forceful without turning frantic, with Seaman controlling the pressure across the full disc rather than chasing individual peaks.

Recommended if you like: Sasha’s Ibiza-era sound, Planisphere, Origin and the darker end of late-1990s progressive trance.