Global Underground: New York [Import]

Paul Oakenfold | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Global Underground
• ASIN: B00004UC8L
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,881 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #50 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > Techno-House
  • #100 in Music > Dance & DJ > Trance

Track Listings

Disc: 1

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)

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Inside Your Arms - (featuring Ambrosia)

2. Leave Planet Earth - (featuring Talisman & Hudson)

3. Composure - (featuring Junk Project)

4. Air - (featuring Albion)

5. Burning Flame - (featuring Krystal)

6. Balla Con Ritmo - (featuring Cyclone Tracy)

7. Rollercoaster - (Oaky's Courtyard mix, featuring Amoeba Assassin)

8. Nautical Bodies - (featuring Planet Heaven)

9. Hypnotise - (Talisman & Hudson remix, featuring Virus)

10. Dream Univers - (featuring CM)

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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. Oakenfold (who has remixed and spun for U2 and coproduced the Happy Mondays) obviously has a phenomenal record collection. 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

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Understand this people, September 28, 2000

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Damien Schwader (Ft. Collins, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Underground: New York (Audio CD)

Hey there everyone well here we have what we thought was another new Paul Oakenfold disc. Well sorry to dissapoint you but this has been reissued by the company who bought out the original Global Underground. Most CD's are being printed again...sucks for those of us who hunted down the original copy only to find it reissued. NOTE: In case you are fans of Sasha: Global Underground San Francisco don't buy the new one it is also being reprinted. Now all I should say is this, if you couldn't tell the track listing was the same either you aren't a big enough fan or you just didn't read them.

Anyway I'll say what I said the first time...I don't understand why this disc is so amazing. Yes I am an Oakenfold fan, but I feel he was stronger mixing and spinning GOA (as dead as some think this is, just cuz GOA is older doesnt mean it's not good anymore) Anyway, this is an OK disc. I give it four cuz well Oakie is just plain good and underrated. It is also rumoured that this disc; along with tranceport were spun on three boards. Just as the infamous Carl Cox does. I am getting tired of repetitive trance, with what people claim as overlapping and complexity. That stuff isn't complex; it's dull, unemotional and uncreative (easily programmed and looped like our buddies Trance Control and Paul Van Dyk's new disc) But this is where the review come into play. Oakenfold obviously felt strongly about every track, these songs are somewhat "epic." This is a style of trance that I don't believe is exercised enough. It is similiar to GOA, but not quite as ethnic sounding. And well this is a hard style to attain through the "underground" sound that most new york still has. Oakenfold seemed to accomplish this though. His mixing is nice, subtle, yet refined. His track picks are weak: the only downside of the album. 75 percent of this album is good...more than anything I would have to argue that the second disc is the only one worth the buy. Another downside is this disc is on a VERY trendy label, so most od the music is overrated anyway. There are better Oakenfold discs out there (Fluro, Essential Millenium, not the two disc set and commercialized yet gorgeous Tranceport) Bottom line: decent buy, though he has better and don't expect something new if you have Global Underground 002 it is the exact same album.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smooth low-key trance, September 28, 2000

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Charles Knight (ny, ny USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Underground: New York (Audio CD)

This is probably the most sophisticated, well-mixed Oakenfold CD available, with "Resident at Cream" a close, more-anthemic second (I have high hopes for the upcoming "Perfecto Presents Another World") . Half the reason I'm writing this review is to jack up the star rating on this CD, which, as of this writing, was a mere 3/12 stars, largely because of two jokers who already had the same CDs under a different Global Underground release ( GU 2, I think) and gave it 1 star out of bitterness that they spent good money twice (I sympathize). Memo: In this great era of repackaging, check tracks BEFORE you purchase. But really people, don't spoil it for the rest of us, as I am sure you agree, this is some of the smoothest, low-key and melodic trance there is. Oakie's "Tranceport" is much more driving and anthemic (some would say cheesy), if you like that sort of thing (and I do), but this is much more refined, softer trance but with enough drive to keep your feet tapping if you aren't a yodel. It is also suitable for dinner parties, a way to expose trance to friends who don't know about this vital genre without beating them over the head with it (more than a few of my friends have been very grateful). I personally like both of his styles, as well as some of the darker harder trance of Nick Warren (see GU: Budapest) and Dave Seaman ( see GU: Buenos Aires). There are also a few drum-and-base oriented tracks, notably the first 2 on the second CD, "Inside Your Arms" and "Leave Planet Earth." Even if you hate d n'b, still get this essential CD and skip those 2 tracks, but keep an open mind. This is warm, classy d n'b, and I find most of the genre pretty cold (Grooverider, Spring Heel Jack come to mind). If you like those 2 tracks, other examples of this type of drum and base, which frequently have soothing female vocals, are Kruder and Dorfmeister's "Conversions" (the first drum and base CD I liked, and I got it only because I thought I was getting more of the dubbed-out chillness of K + D Sessions and DJ Kicks. Surprise: This is smooth Viennese-influenced drum-and-base), A Man Called Gerald's "Essence", and Lamb's "Lamb". But make no doubt about it, THIS IS A TRANCE CD, probably the warmest and smoothest I own. However, if you want harder stuff, go check out Budapest, Buenos Aires, and many more.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If I could give this six stars I would, August 28, 2000

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Kamran Khajavi-Nouri - See all my reviews

This review is from: Global Underground: New York (Audio CD)

Anyone interested in seeing what the whole craze about Paul Oakenfold is about pick this CD up. In particular listen to tracks 8-12 on CD2: its an amazing ride journey. Summersault (now becoming a favorite in clubs), Bliss, and Rescue Me are very nice songs on CD1. Greece 2000 is I think overplayed, and probably should not have been on this album. CD2 however really is great! And I dont know quite how to explain this but I was listening to CD2 as I was driving into New York City recently and it really does seem to capture a lot of what New York means to a lot of people. An excellent double CD! Get it! Id say this CD is even better than Oakie's Cream CD, but at half the price, a much more economical pic! JUST BUY THIS CD AND THANK ME LATER!!!!!

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