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…





