News 2001

26 december 2000
- Great News! We've received an e-mail from Glenn Crocker personally, giving us props for all the work we've done to make this site. Thanx, Peace & Respect to Chicago's Very Own!
- A whole lot of missing cover pictures have been added to the reviews section. This means the maxi singles, albums and co-productions pages have been updated. Big ups & thanks to dj Léandre for providing the scans! There are also 2 new pics added to the interview page.
- A Real Audio version of GU's Strictly Jazz Unit vol 2 mixtape and some rare GU pics are available at the Deep House Music Page. The links section has been updated.
- The credits page has also been updated, we've added some names of people who helped us building up this website with as much info as possible. Thanks to everyone!

04 december 2000
- At last we managed to find a copy of one the first GU recordings ever: "We Have arrived" (Chicago Underground records) !!! 
- The discography has been updated and we also added a review for this release.

25 november 2000
- The cover pictures from the first GU release on Balance records (Party Time), have been added to the 12" reviews section. Thanks to Tony Mayfield for the scans!

02 november 2000
- The new Nite Life Collective 12", produced by Glenn Underground, has been released:
Nothing But A Groove/Nothing But A Dub (NLC 021)
- The discography has been updated.
- There is a special 2 hour recording available at BetaLounge of GU's chi-town deep-house set on 02/Sep/00 at Staple, you can listen to it in RealAudio here.
- The links section has been updated.

14 october 2000
- Second release on a brand-new US label called "L'Amour" and the always productive Glenn Underground joins Naked Soul for another set of deep chicago trax!
Here's the press information:
L'AMOUR RECORDS 002 : NAKED SOUL & GLENN UNDERGROUND - Voices Of Ituri 12"
Combining Pygmee samples and gospel piano to create an unforgettable sound. Lush organic chords and driving bass will keep the floor moving. Flip takes Evelyn Champagne's "Love Come Down" with deep bass and jazzy keys.
- And of course we had to update that, ever growing, discography section again!

09 october 2000
- The Glenn Underground track on the "Abstract Fusion Part 2" is called Chicago Heights and as far as we know exclusive to this compilation.
- The cover CD that comes with the July 2000 issue of Muzik Magazine contains an exclusive A:xus mix of  Guidance tracks, including Glenn Underground's "Fly With Me (ubq vinyl soul mix)"
- This means there's yet another update for the discography!

03 october 2000
- Nite Life Collective n°20 has been released featuring one remix from GU:
NATURE LOVE: Speak Softly (Nite Life Collective NLC 020)
Speak Softly (original mix, "Waiting Ooh" mix, Glenn Underground "CVOs Jazz Unit" mix, "Speak So Dub" mix) 
It is possible this is a genuine GU production under the "Nature Love" disguise, but we are not a 100% sure about that!
- The discography has been updated.

30 september 2000
- Trackmode records has released the "Abstract Fusion Part 2" compilation featuring a new GU track. However we don't know what the title of the track is. 
- We have reason to believe some new GU releases are planned on Nite Life Collective. Since the NLC site hasn't been updated in a while we haven't got any more information.
If anyone can provide us with some detailed information about any of these new releases, please contact us.
- The discography has been updated. Thanks to Léandre for informing us about some of the new additions.

02 september 2000
- The events section has been updated. 

18 august 2000
- A while ago we mentioned an upcoming collaboration between Glenn Undergroud / Leroy Burgess / Patrick Adams. The first maxi single, called "Let Me Know You're Feel'n Me" will feature remixes from Frankie Knuckles. 
(This information was found at the official Leroy Burgess site)

- In the July 2000 issue of a German magazine called RaveLine, Boo Williams mentioned the following track in his playlist: Glenn Underground : Nothing but a Groove : NLC. So this might be GU's next release on Nite Life Collective.
The discography has been updated.

16 august 2000
- The release of a new GU production has been announced at the Trackmode records website. Release date is set to january 2001. The discography has been updated. 
(Thanks to Tom for informing us)

05 july 2000
- A review for the new GU album "Lounge Excursions" has been added.

27 may 2000
- The new GU album "Lounge Excursions" has been released on Guidance recordings. It's been added to the discography, more info coming as soon as we can lay or hands on this LP.

17 may 2000
- Today we've added the review for Operation Jaz-House.

15 may 2000
- As you can see the complete site-redesign is now on-line, enjoy!
- Together with that we've added tons of new cover-scans and reviews at the reviews pages.
- The GU discography has als been brought up-to-date with all the latest releases.

11 may 2000
- After a long wait, all the stuff seems to have been released in the same week!! Today we received the message that the new GU 12" : Society Rules on Guidance is also available! More details ASAP. (Thanks to "dj Red-D" aka "Bart from Deinze" for the info!)

10 may 2000
- Two new GU records have been released this week!
The long awaited Operation Jaz-House (Nite Life Collective records 018) and totaly out of the blue: Essentials Pt.3 (Dusttraxx records 021). Detailed info and reviews will be added as soon as we receive these 12".

11 april 2000
- We've found new information about an upcoming GU album. It's a collaboration with Patrick Addams and Leroy Burgess, 2 famous disco/funk producers from the 1970s! It's supposed to be released on Dusttraxx/NLC this summer. Thanks to Jason Thain for the info!

09 april 2000
- Great news: From now on you can access the GU website at our very own domain!!! 
HTTP://WWW.FREESTYLEGROOVES.COM/GU

18 february 2000
- Some minor changes & additions were made to the GU discography. Thanks to Darrell 'Mr Music' Pryor for the info!

14 february 2000
- We've added 2 new links. 

11 february 2000
- The broken links at the reviews section were fixed and the Real-Audio files are now working again. 

08 february 2000
- Another update for the GU discography.
- New events added.

05 january 2000
- Some minor updates added to the discography.
- New events added.

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