Audio CD review:
Fat Boy Slim & Paul Oakenfold - Essential Selection, Vol. 1

Fat Boy Slim & Paul Oakenfold - Essential Selection, Vol. 1

Band: Fat Boy Slim & Paul Oakenfold Title: Essential Selection, Vol. 1 Rating: Release Date: 16 May, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Walter Wanderley - Summer Samba 2: Armand Van Helden - Necessary Evil 3: Alan Braxe - Vertigo (Virgo Edit) 4: Hardy Hard - Funky Music 5: Major Force - Return of the Original Art Form 6: Ceasefire V. Deadly Avenger - Evil Knievel 7: Art of Noise - Metaforce 8: Size 9 - I'm Ready 9: Fatboy Slim - Everybody Loves a Carnival 10: Fatboy Slim - Jack it Up (DJ Delite) 11: The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 12: Soul of a Man - Beween the Eyes 13: DJ Stew Feat. The Buddha Monks - Funky Fresh 14: Mr. Spring - Blaxxtraxx3 (Funky Nassau) 15: Mr X & Mr Y - 1956 16: Scanty Sandwich - Because of You 17: Underworld - Born Slippy 18: Groove Armada - At the River 19: Jaya - Precession (Subterranean EP) 20: Luzon - The Baguio Track 21: The Unknown - The Spirit 22: Mono Culture - Free (Extended Vocal Mix) 23: Perfect State - Perfect State (Original Mix) 24: Brainchild - Symmetry C (Lange Breakbeat Remix) 25: Skip Raider Featuring Jada - Another Day 26: Jan Johnston - Flesh (Tilt Mix) 27: Solar Stone - Seven Cities 28: Z2 - I Want You 29: Philippe Van Mullem - Secret Folder (Pt. 1 & 2) 30: Moogwai - Viola (Original Mix)

Editoral Review The Essential Selection, Vol. Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold, two of the most famous DJs in the world and kings of big beat and house, respectively, are supremely showcased in this double-CD collection.  1 glorifies each mixmaster's equal, yet mutually exclusive talents in roof raising. The back-to-back discs are an enlightening example of the yin and yang of club music; Fatboy Slim's grounded, drier, giddier expressions of overlapping funk and disco juxtapose Oakenfold's spatial, entrancing continuum supplemented with buzzing, flatulent bass lines, and celestial synths. Both DJs are experts in flow, building beats seamlessly into climactic moments of frenzied, adrenaline-fueled euphoria, then swinging the vibe down again with the subtlety and patience of a free-falling feather. No doubt Fatboy Slim is known for his deliberate lack of subtlety stylistically, but when placed in this context, immediately compared to Oakenfold's ethereal grooves, it's evident that Stormin' Norman possesses copious finesse. Because of their stylistic polarity, like platinum and gold, these DJs shine with matched but multihued brilliance, and like soil and sun, are indispensable components of a diverse dance music ecology. --Beth Massa .. You can see a complete list of all Fat Boy Slim & Paul Oakenfold discography, or go back to the Fat Boy Slim & Paul Oakenfold tabs