Fluoro [Import]

Paul Oakenfold, Various Artists | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Musicrama/Koch
• ASIN: B00005B8QP
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #620,855 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. We're Not Alone

2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

3. Mystery Land

4. This Love

5. Little Buddha

6. Teleport

7. Conspiracy

8. Sugar Rush

9. Cute Name

10. Banks of Babylon

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Craven Leaves

2. New Kicks

3. Adagio for Strings

4. Kabalah

5. Love Remembered

6. Prophase

7. Atlantis

8. Play Dead

9. Real Nightmare

10. Lost in Love

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Oakenfold, January 22, 2001

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Andrew M. Schirmer "violist/student" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fluoro - Mixed By Paul Oakenfold [IMPORT] (Audio CD)

Due to the price, I put off buying this for a long time. That doesn't mean you should! Listening to this, listening to other Oakenfold sets and seeing him live - you really understand why this man is so amazing! His unique understanding of music coupled with his extremely eclectic taste, makes for a fascinating listening experience. Take the last part of disc two, for instance. How does Oakey end his set? Two dark trance bangers are followed by (drumroll, please) JUNGLE! Don't start shaking your head now, because it works! And that's the great thing about Oakenfold.

"Perfecto-Fluoro" is basically a showcase of Goa Trance artists signed on Oakenfold's Perfecto-Fluoro label, back at the height of Goa's public appeal (1996). While the sound quickly wore out its welcome (This month's issue of "Muzik" even gave Oakenfold a "Goa denial rating") this album shows that "Oakey" truly believed in the style. Tracks by artists such as Juno Reactor and Man With No Name are mixed alongside film soundtrack music by composers Wojciech Kilar ("Dracula"), Ryuichi Sakamoto ("Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"), and the venerable Ennio Morriccone ("The Mission"). There's even a snippet of Barber's Adagio for Strings straight out of "Platoon." And it's not half as cheesy as its interpolation into Skip Raiders "Another Day."

By no means is this "original" Goa Trance. The sound had been evolving since the 1980's and Oakenfold was actually one of the last to catch on. BUT, he made the first real effort to bring it to public attention.

People try and compare Paul Oakenfold with Sasha and Digweed (two fine DJs in their own right). These DJs spin different (though at times, overlapping) styles of music! Sasha & Digweed have always spun house music (though the line between house and trance is increasingly blurred these days with 'Hard House' and 'Progressive Trance') and Oakenfold has spun everything from hip-hop to house and beyond. The man may not be the most clever DJ, but he's broken more records than anybody.

This man's all over the map, musically; so it's a shame that people try to lump him in one category. Buy "Perfecto-Fluoro: Oakenfold" and keep an open mind.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!!, December 6, 2000

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Chris Tringali "Trig42" (Quincy, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fluoro - Mixed By Paul Oakenfold [IMPORT] (Audio CD)

This was the first Oakenfold mix I ever heard, and by far the best. I have been searching for something similar for about 3 years now, and I am continually disappointed. If you are looking for tired, cheesy, overdone house and techno just live every other DJ mix out there, you won't find it here.

Disc 1 is a little more mainstream of the two, but still very good. It begins at a moderate pace, and then slows down for a brief film-score interlude before jumping into some upbeat trance with "Mystery Land" and "This Love." Following is another slower interlude, which and then rockets into the very electronic tracks "Teleport," "Conspiracy," and "Sugar Rush." The rest of the set continues in this manner, intellignetly changing tempoes and attitudes throughout.

Disc 2, which by itslef is the greatest CD I have ever heard, is an amazing mix of pounding techno and electronica (i.e. "Kabalah"), mixed with light and ambient film score ("Adagio for Strings" right out of "Platoon"), mixed with some excellent drum & bass ("Revisions"), and mixed still with some incredible darker trance tracks ("Real Nightmare"). The constant change in tempo and attitude will keep you listening attentively, and keeps playing with your emotions as they progress. True, at first glance (and even while you are listening) these songs appear to have no business being on the same CD, but they are so incredibly mixed that you will fall in love with them all.

A lot of people complain about the music contained in this set, saying it is nothing like Oakenfold's "other stuff." Well, this is true, it is *very* different. Some do not like the inclusion of the slower tracks, but I find them emotional and inspiring. Overall they only add to the experience of this already incredible mix. This is the best trance and techno mix I have ever listened to, but those of you who don't agree are entitled to that... it certainly is very different. It's very hard to compare this to anything else I've heard, so I can't really recommend it based solely on comparison, which makes paying the import price that much harder. But if you can relate to anything I've said above, it is truly worth it...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Error on Track Listing!, December 11, 2000

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Kevin Teeter (Seattle, Washington United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fluoro - Mixed By Paul Oakenfold [IMPORT] (Audio CD)

Paul Oakenfold - Fluoro Disc 2. THe name of the first track on Disc 2, is "Craven Leaves" NOT "Graven Leaves" as you have on your website. Also, this is a 2 disc set, not one disc with 26 tracks. The First cd is 15 tracks long, and the last track on disc one is "Floor Space" Disc Two starts with "Craven Leaves" and ends with Revisions. I hope this helps out all of the Oaky fans out there. kteeter69