Throwback Thursday: Satoshi Tomiie, Nubreed 006 Global Underground

With Godskitchen, Cream and Ministry of Sound all back on the flyers in 2026, it is difficult not to think about the era those names once defined. So pour yourself a cup of tea, or a neat Jamieson’s whiskey as I have, and come back with me to the summer of 2002, when Global Underground handed one of house music’s most respected figures a series that was built for newcomers.

I should say from the outset that this one is a guilty pleasure. Not because the mix needs excusing, but because of how often it has found its way back into the car, the headphones and, for a good few years, the record bag. Satoshi Tomiie has been one of…