Paul Oakenfold — Global Underground 004 Live in Oslo, 1997

This fine mix was record­ed live at Cos­mopo­lite Club in Oslo, Nor­way, as part of the Quart Fes­ti­val. The two-cd set shows two rather dif­fer­ent sides of Oakenfold’s con­sid­er­able tal­ent. The first cd is very mel­low drum & bass merg­ing into goa trance, bare­ly dance-able, but quite enter­tain­ing to lis­ten to. The sec­ond cd is live­ly house that would be best enjoyed on your feet. This comes from the peri­od when the club scene was prob­a­bly at its peak in Europe. Nei­ther part is a “dense” mix (tracks come togeth­er only a few bars at a time). There is noth­ing here that has the impact of Tran­ce­port, but it’s a good sol­id set. Lucky were the Nor­we­gians on that floor.

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