Always at the vanguard of modern dance music, "Convergence" finds Mango Alley moving toward a new singularity. Melding diverse ribbons of music into a collective woven strand, a new project brings together a collection of the finest underground house, curated by the scene's most important tastemakers, channels and influential voices. Where the confluence of music and mind emerge, a powerful new force flows from within to create a vortex of sonic patterns that reach the very core of progressive music's ineffable quality. Convergence 002 by EMERGE — A Compilation Built on Trust, Passion & Collaboration From the night sky a new dawn rises over the horizon. Emerging bright and clear, a golden thread weaves across the preeminent industrial heartland of Glasgow. A tapestry of cutting-edge electronic music transforms the cityscape with a global community of underground giants. This is more than just a music release. It's a gathering of artists who share a thread that leads back to Glasgow and to Graham, whose friendships, late‑night conversations, dancefloor memories and decades of club culture stewardship have quietly woven this community together. Every artist involved — whether a global icon or a rising star — has a story that intersects with this city and its people. EMERGE is a tribute to the legendary names that have graced a cosmopolitan skyline. From the clouds below a Clyde sunset, the moon lights the way across a diluted ink black sky where charting a path from Scotland to Europe and South America to Australia, finds a trinity of Steven McCreery, Kit Lawson and Gowzer at the heart of a bright and vivid constellation that can be seen the world over. Projecting outwards, a galaxy of leading lights in the underground firmament radiate sonic waves as Hernán Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, Dave Seaman & Danny Howells sit alongside a new breed of iridescent stars that has seen GMJ & Matter, Dmitry Molosh, Just Her and HAFT spark new connections and friendships.

Always at the vanguard of modern dance music, "Convergence" finds Mango Alley moving toward a new singularity. Melding diverse ribbons of music into a collective woven strand, a new project brings together a collection of the finest underground house, curated by the scene's most important tastemakers, channels and influential voices. Where the confluence of music and mind emerge, a powerful new force flows from within to create a vortex of sonic patterns that reach the very core of progressive music's ineffable quality. Convergence 002 by EMERGE — A Compilation Built on Trust, Passion & Collaboration From the night sky a new dawn rises over the horizon. Emerging bright and clear, a golden thread weaves across the preeminent industrial heartland of Glasgow. A tapestry of cutting-edge electronic music transforms the cityscape with a global community of underground giants. This is more than just a music release. It's a gathering of artists who share a thread that leads back to Glasgow and to Graham, whose friendships, late‑night conversations, dancefloor memories and decades of club culture stewardship have quietly woven this community together. Every artist involved — whether a global icon or a rising star — has a story that intersects with this city and its people. EMERGE is a tribute to the legendary names that have graced a cosmopolitan skyline. From the clouds below a Clyde sunset, the moon lights the way across a diluted ink black sky where charting a path from Scotland to Europe and South America to Australia, finds a trinity of Steven McCreery, Kit Lawson and Gowzer at the heart of a bright and vivid constellation that can be seen the world over. Projecting outwards, a galaxy of leading lights in the underground firmament radiate sonic waves as Hernán Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, Dave Seaman & Danny Howells sit alongside a new breed of iridescent stars that has seen GMJ & Matter, Dmitry Molosh, Just Her and HAFT spark new connections and friendships.

Always at the vanguard of modern dance music, "Convergence" finds Mango Alley moving toward a new singularity. Melding diverse ribbons of music into a collective woven strand, a new project brings together a collection of the finest underground house, curated by the scene's most important tastemakers, channels and influential voices. Where the confluence of music and mind emerge, a powerful new force flows from within to create a vortex of sonic patterns that reach the very core of progressive music's ineffable quality. Convergence 002 by EMERGE — A Compilation Built on Trust, Passion & Collaboration From the night sky a new dawn rises over the horizon. Emerging bright and clear, a golden thread weaves across the preeminent industrial heartland of Glasgow. A tapestry of cutting-edge electronic music transforms the cityscape with a global community of underground giants. This is more than just a music release. It's a gathering of artists who share a thread that leads back to Glasgow and to Graham, whose friendships, late‑night conversations, dancefloor memories and decades of club culture stewardship have quietly woven this community together. Every artist involved — whether a global icon or a rising star — has a story that intersects with this city and its people. EMERGE is a tribute to the legendary names that have graced a cosmopolitan skyline. From the clouds below a Clyde sunset, the moon lights the way across a diluted ink black sky where charting a path from Scotland to Europe and South America to Australia, finds a trinity of Steven McCreery, Kit Lawson and Gowzer at the heart of a bright and vivid constellation that can be seen the world over. Projecting outwards, a galaxy of leading lights in the underground firmament radiate sonic waves as Hernán Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, Dave Seaman & Danny Howells sit alongside a new breed of iridescent stars that has seen GMJ & Matter, Dmitry Molosh, Just Her and HAFT spark new connections and friendships.

Always at the vanguard of modern dance music, "Convergence" finds Mango Alley moving toward a new singularity. Melding diverse ribbons of music into a collective woven strand, a new project brings together a collection of the finest underground house, curated by the scene's most important tastemakers, channels and influential voices. Where the confluence of music and mind emerge, a powerful new force flows from within to create a vortex of sonic patterns that reach the very core of progressive music's ineffable quality. Convergence 002 by EMERGE — A Compilation Built on Trust, Passion & Collaboration From the night sky a new dawn rises over the horizon. Emerging bright and clear, a golden thread weaves across the preeminent industrial heartland of Glasgow. A tapestry of cutting-edge electronic music transforms the cityscape with a global community of underground giants. This is more than just a music release. It's a gathering of artists who share a thread that leads back to Glasgow and to Graham, whose friendships, late‑night conversations, dancefloor memories and decades of club culture stewardship have quietly woven this community together. Every artist involved — whether a global icon or a rising star — has a story that intersects with this city and its people. EMERGE is a tribute to the legendary names that have graced a cosmopolitan skyline. From the clouds below a Clyde sunset, the moon lights the way across a diluted ink black sky where charting a path from Scotland to Europe and South America to Australia, finds a trinity of Steven McCreery, Kit Lawson and Gowzer at the heart of a bright and vivid constellation that can be seen the world over. Projecting outwards, a galaxy of leading lights in the underground firmament radiate sonic waves as Hernán Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, Dave Seaman & Danny Howells sit alongside a new breed of iridescent stars that has seen GMJ & Matter, Dmitry Molosh, Just Her and HAFT spark new connections and friendships.

Global Underground

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Focus, integrity and substance, all allied to a relentless work ethic and that essential (if indefinable) sprinkling of magic dust, have kept Nick Warren at the top of the electronic music tree for not far short of forty years. In that timespan, Nick has been tour DJ for Massive Attack, held a residency at Cream, been a Glastonbury regular, and become the UKs most successful export to Argentina (in no small part due to his touring brand The Soundgarden). As half of Way Out West, he has helped write (and re-write) the rule book for club-based electronic acts, achieving true longevity without compromise. He has curated over a dozen essential compilations – a mainstay of the Global Underground series whose heavyweight influence is still felt to this day, an in-demand decknician for pivotal brands such as Renaissance and Balance, and the very first DJ entrusted with creating a blueprint for the now iconic Back to Mine series. Its quite the CV, a career many can only dream of. But Nick has long had one further itch in need of scratching. Inspired at a young age by his dads Jean-Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream albums, coming of age with experimental labels like 4AD and Factory, roots deep in the dub-wise scene of his native Bristol, a long time collector of exotica and obscure film soundtracks…all that knowledge and passion has long been crying out to be channelled into a Warren solo album. All of which brings us to the career-defining Turbulence. The world is certainly a turbulent place as Nick gets set to unleash his masterwork, but the musical turbulence at work here arguably takes its lead from other interpretations of the word – turbulence as a feeling of heightened intensity, turbulence marked by a sense of unpredictability. Turbulence is a window into Nicks musical soul, and the myriad styles and influences that reside there, drip-fed into a melodic melting pot to create a unique sonic stew. Tempos and styles switch and interlock effortlessly, the mood ebbs and flows like the best DJ sets, and the running order, from the ethereal opener Loveland all the way through to the achingly beautiful closing cut Sadly (in tandem with Tripswitch, one of several noteworthy collaborations) showcases an artist at the top of his game, and with a deep understanding of the concept of the long player. We all need some turbulence. https://web.facebook.com/SoundgardenSessions/