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Welcome ... |
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I say, welcome to the world’s only site that tells you everything you should know about the most soulful artist since Marcus Miller, the man who justified the first capital letter of House Music, the man who, once he touched your ears and heart, puts a spell on you ‘cause you can’t stand a single day without his Class-A complex rhythms and funky basslines: Glenn Underground !!! Indeed, welcome to the world’s only site that tells the tale of one of the greatest crimes in Chicago history (since Al Capone destroyed his first parking meter, 7th of May 1929): To leave a man in the shadow of a growing (both popular and professional) musical genre with his original black roots, while he is, without a doubt, by far the one and only Master of it. Yes, GU is known by few, but those who know him are convinced that he deserves the whole world to spread his wordless message. Inner peace through easy listening, eternal joy through unique dance floor experiences, ego-boosting through just owning his records while nobody else does ... |
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What We Want (or: What is This Site all About ?) |
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want JUSTICE !!! Why is GU’s music less known than that of Mateo & Matos, Dan Curtin, Derrick Carter while his music is *even*
better? Why are his records so damn hard to find? Why does
not one decent European House DJ ever plays one of his
beauties? WHY HASN'T ANYBODY EVER FU** HEARD OF HIM DAMN IT!
Why, Oh Why??? So we want to clear this out, right ?
It is clear that, as GU is not a very well-known artist here, not much attention is being paid to him in articles about music. We take the hard labour to find out as much information as possible about the Master of Deep Houze. If you happen to know any interesting information, we'd be more than happy to include it in these pages. Looking forward to it!! |
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GU and his friends Boo Williams and Tim Harper from the Strictly Jaz Unit (picture: peacefrog) |
| What We Want from YOU (like in ’interaction’ ?) | |
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Well yes, your cooperation of course. Help us to make sure GU gets the appreciation he deserves: on the Net, in the music shops, on parties and events. How do so? First of all, you have to get to know the man yourself, or get to know him some more. So read on and find out some more about GU, ask for his stuff in the shops, look around on the shelf, buy something, put it on: every day at least two and a half hours once you’ve done that you’ll discover the addictive beauty of his music and your attempts to favourise the spreading of his name and music will flow naturally and automatically out of the deep appreciation of his work . So then for the next step. Search for him elsewhere on the net, pass this site through to other music lovers, link us with your site, bring him on as a subject on IRC instead of starting a discussion whether or not the temperature of water rises any more once it has reached 100°C (by the way: if it’s pure water, it won’t), just think about him now and then while online and we hope to see the amounts of hits increasing when entering "Glenn Underground" in any search engine Furthermore, If you have any music-addicted friends, parents, children, dogs or cats: make them listen to GU, agree with them that he is truly the greatest, put his music on at the appropriate volume so that your neighbours can enjoy him too, write his name with your finger on the condensed bus windows, listen to his music, shout GU! when feeling depressed -you’ll feel better!, give a free tape to the hospital to increase the success of several therapies, listen to his music, ask the shop assistant if she knows GU, if she does...! |
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Williams, one of the friends of GU and member of The Strictly Jazz Unit, spinning the decks ! (picture: formaldehyd) |
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| Just a Second... Who the Hell are "WE" ? | |
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"WE" are just us = four
young boys really, R-E-A-L-L-Y addicted to GU. Our home base is
K-Town, Belgium. |
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| Now Get to the Point, Pleaze: Who is GU ? | |
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is where the fun starts (and the crap stops)! You’ll get
interviews, pictures, reviews, more pictures, a super-detailed
discography, even more pictures (shit, we went over 300GB! Hey,
Bart: Put that scanner down, put it down I say, p.u.t. i.t.
d.o.w.n. NOW!) and as much nonsense as we could possibly
imagine about his personal life because afterall, there is only
one thing that matters: the MUSIC. You know the saying: Believe half of what you see, none of what you hear and for sure, never mind the stuff flushed down your modem |
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| The Man Behind the Music | |
Artist Name: Glenn Underground(a.k.a. C.V.O, GU, Soul Survivors, Strictly Jazz Unit) Okay, cut the crap, we’ll finally admit it: His name is far from original or catchy, more like ordinary and uninspired, but if you dare to laugh with it, our Anti-GU-Insult-On-Line-Webbot (AGIOB) will spray 10k of acid in your eye next time you click your right mouse button!, too bad if you’re left-handed hahahahaaaahhhh !!.
Real Name : Glenn Crocker |
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| His uncle is Dae-Dae and helped Glenn a lot becoming the high quality artist he now is. He is part of the Strictly Jaz Unit which consists of Glenn Underground, Boo Williams, Brian Harden, Tim Harper, Dae-dae, Cei-Bei and possibly others. On a lot of Glenn Underground's records you will find a reference for C.V.O. which stands for "Chicago's Very Own". There is not much else known about the life of one of the world's greatest but unrewarded artists, since Glenn Underground probably lives up very much to his name, that is underground ! He is a real house legend and it is being told he makes his music always after midnight. Not surprising for the kind of deep soulfull tracks he produces ! | |
| Oh yes, now I get it: The man makes records, doesn't he? | |
| Euhhmmvery ingenious of you, but anyway, even if you can figure that out, then when should we be able to please all readers with this fairly complete DISCOGRAPHY. Yes ! | |
