Darren Emerson

DJ and producer Darren Emerson was once a member of dub-strewn acid house collective Underworld. And lest you forget, he opens and closes his new mix compilation, GU36: Bogotá, with the then-progressive trio's 1993 epic "MMM Skyscraper I Love You." The two CDs this bookends are Emerson's third entry for Global Underground, coming many years after 2000's Uruguay and 2001's Singapore, and show a restless soul with one foot still in the stadiums.

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Shine at the Shelborne Hotel

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Shine at the Shelborne Hotel

1801 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: South Beach

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Darren Emerson: With Dennis Ferrer and Jon Cowan. Friday, February 20. Shine at the Shelborne, 1801 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets cost $15 in advance from wantickets.com. Women drink free till midnight. Ages 21+ with ID. shinesouthbeach.com

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• Darren Emerson
• Underworld (Band)
• Bogota
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Neither minimal techno nor its recently reunited deep house cousins command much attention across these 2 hours 28 minutes of big-room tech-house. On the first disc, the highlights include Jagged's "Hello Kool Nice (Quarion Remix)," Emerson's own "Home," Pete Heller's "Sabotage," Nikitin & Semikashev's "Reflection Vector," and Maja's "If You Love Me Tonight (Passarani Mix)." The tracks jack with an unrelenting, adamant clap and varicose bass lines. Disc two follows similarly, with synthetic praise choruses dropped in between tension-elevating dropouts. Top tracks include selections by Kerri Chandler (remixed by Argy), Josh Wink, Mathew Jonson (remixed by Adam Beyer), and Spirit Catcher. In 2009, aqueous chords and electro tropes are no longer Emerson's prime accelerant. Still, the occasional massive crescendo remains a driving force, tying together decades of mischief.