Audio CD review:
Paul Oakenfold - Global Underground: New York

Paul Oakenfold - Global Underground: New York

Band: Paul Oakenfold Title: Global Underground: New York Rating: Release Date: 23 February, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Bliss - (Mystica mix, featuring Mystica) 2: Rescue Me - (featuring Jamie Myerson) 3: Summersaut - (featuring Taste Experience) 4: Water - (F.O.S. Main Vocal mix, featuring Fathers Of Sound) 5: Flood - (featuring Solar Stone) 6: Life In Mind - (L.I.M. Vocal mix, featuring Life On Mars) 7: Remixes - (Paul's remix, featuring The Touch/Chelsea) 8: Mantra - (featuring E Razor) 9: Everytime - (Nalin & Kane mix, featuring Lustral) 10: Paradise - (featuring Miro) 11: 3 Drives On Vinyl - (featuring Greece 2000) 12: Inside Your Arms - (featuring Ambrosia) 13: Leave Planet Earth - (featuring Talisman & Hudson) 14: Composure - (featuring Junk Project) 15: Air - (featuring Albion) 16: Burning Flame - (featuring Krystal) 17: Balla Con Ritmo - (featuring Cyclone Tracy) 18: Rollercoaster - (Oaky's Courtyard mix, featuring Amoeba Assassin) 19: Nautical Bodies - (featuring Planet Heaven) 20: Hypnotise - (Talisman & Hudson remix, featuring Virus) 21: Dream Univers - (featuring CM) 22: Sex Drive - (M&B's Instructor mix, featuring Private Production) 23: Deeper Love - (Symphonic Paradise mix, featuring BBE)

Editoral Review Oakenfold (who has remixed and spun for U2 and coproduced the Happy Mondays) obviously has a phenomenal record collection. Arguably the most famous DJ in the world, circa 1999, and certainly one of the most influential across all fields of music, London mixmaster Paul Oakenfold enjoys his first Global Underground release in America with a two-disc set that goes to the farthest corners of modern dance-club music. Using the hues and vibes of Manhattan, Oakenfold weaves together a landmark house set for those who have never heard one. The first disc is smattered with trancey house grooves, with swirls of funk thrown in for good measure, thanks to Solar Stone's "Flood" and an effortless high-energy mix that allows brief recuperative moments before once again taking off à la the segue from Lustral's "Everytime" into Miro's "Paradise. " The second disc sees Oakenfold playing around with some spacier jungle flavors, such as Ambrosia's "In Your Arms," before enjoying a breakbeat-fueled journey through Talisman & Hudson's "Leave Planet Earth," then effortlessly easing on into trance-house warmth again with Albion's "Air. " New York shows that Oakenfold is certainly one of the smoothest operators behind the decks today. Unfazed by the confusing subgenres of electronica, Oakenfold fondly embraces them all, fashioning sets of rich diversity. As with Global Underground's other releases, this disc is a great starting point for those who wish to dip their feet into club land's musical culture. --Steffan Chirazi .. You can see a complete list of all Paul Oakenfold discography, or go back to the Paul Oakenfold tabs