THERE ARE FEW CERTIFIED "LEGENDS" IN THE DJ WORLD. FEW THAT HAVE HAD THE STAYING POWER TO MOVE DANCEFLOORS ACROSS THE WORLD FOR DECADES. FEW WHO COULD EVOLVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE YOUNGER, NEWER FACES OF DANCE MUSIC. DANNY TENAGLIA IS ONE OF THE FEW. I CAN RECALL GETTING MY HANDS ON A COPY OF HIS GLOBAL UNDERGROUND: ATHENS DISC BACK IN 2000, AND IT'S STILL AS FRESH TODAY AS IT WAS BACK THEN. ON THAT MIX, YOU COULD TELL YOU WERE LISTENING TO A DJ WHO WAS AHEAD OF THE CURVE.BACK THEN, MOST DJ'S STUCK TO ONE STYLE. THE GREAT ONES MADE IT ALL WORK. SOULFUL HOUSE, DRIVING TECHNO, AND ELECTRO BEFORE ELECTRO MADE IT'S MARK. LISTENING TO IT MADE ME STRIVE TO BE A BETTER DJ, AND IT IS STILL A SEMINAL PIECE OF DANCE MUSIC HISTORY FOR MANY. NOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE MAN HIMSELF...
"The tale of Danny Tenaglia's love affair with music, and the world's subsequent romance with him, is one of the critical veins in the body of dance music. He is every dancer's secret discovery; a random purchase at the record store, a reluctant night out that unexpectedly turned magic. Explosive success came not behind a major label release, or a world tour, or a radio hit remix: It happened when enough people had the private Tenaglia experience for themselves..."
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