Fluoro - Mixed By Paul Oakenfold [IMPORT]

This is more industrial club DJ music that is fast trance, with lots of very early beeps and beats. I would only recommend this one if you are a die-hard Oakenfold fan or if you want to listen to some fast trance with lots of fast drums. It does not really peak as much as his better CDs and certainly is devoid of the magic, but there is a DJ in the making here. This may have been good for its time but there is a lot better Oakenfold out there (and some worse ones!) when all is said and done.

This is very fast and early and not the best Oakenfold you can start with. I certainly recommend Tranceport over this one or Great Wall and prefer those CDs to this one but as you can see die-hard lovers of Oakenfold will rate this CD highly. I would not recommend starting here though.


The best blend of classical and electronica ever.   December 13, 2003
Mr. Ik Johns (Wales, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I was fortunate enough to get this first time around in the UK (The 2 disc version), where it failed to sell many copies on release unfortunately. But it is probbaly my most played album over the past few years.

The true talent of Oakenfold shines through here, as both a mixer and also as an ear for great music. The way the music flows from beautiful classical score to deep and thoughtful trance and back again has never been bettered. This is one of the few albums that I would say is beautiful, perfect for listening to in a darkened room or with your eyes closed.

I am even more impressed now as a number of these artists were not even household names in their own house at the time. The brilliant Astral Projection, Transa, Y Traxx and Man With No Name steal the show in my opinion but the album in quality from start to finish.

Disc 1 starts in chill out mode and regularly returns there in between some very cool sections of Goa and Trance.

Disc 2 is slightly harder overall but starts out with the achingly beautiful chimes of Zbigniew Preisner (Craven Leaves), quite possibly one of the most eerily beautiful tunes I've heard in a long long time.

Just out of inteest here is the full track listing (with artist).

Disc 1
01 H.H.C. - We're Not Alone
02 Ryuichi Sakamoto (Duplicate) - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
03 Y Traxx - Mystery Land
04 Red Sun - This Love
05 Ryuichi Sakamoto (Duplicate) - Little Buddha
06 Man With No Name - Teleport
07 Terrorvision - Conspiracy
08 Man With No Name - Sugar Rush
09 Eric Serra - Cute Name
10 State Of Emergency - Banks Of Babylon
11 Juno Reactor - Jungle High
12 Ennio Morricone - Miserere
13 Virus - Moon
14 Grace - If I Could Fly
15 Our House - Floor Space

Disc 2
01 Zbigniew Preisner - Craven Leaves
02 Johann - New Kicks
03 Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings
04 Astral Projection - Kabalah
05 Wojciech Kilar - Love Remembered
06 Transa - Prophase
07 X-Section - Atlantis
08 Bjoerk & David Arnold - Play Dead
09 Ozaka OZ - Real Nightmare
10 Legend B - Lost In Love
11 Jamie Myerson - Revisions

Truely inspiring, I only wish that there were more like this. 5 out of 5 in any language.

I know I paid only 25 for this (about $25) at the time, but it really is worth the $48 or whatever it is these days. You will never regret it.


One of Oakie's Best by far!   July 23, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is my 6th addition to my ever growing Oakenfold collection and fuels my ambitions to keep it growing. Fluoro is rated at the top of my collection along with all other Oakie albums i've acquired. The Trance and Break Beats mixed with the Ambience gives this album a balanced fulfillment of what Oakenfold is capable of. I have yet to be disappointed. Five Stars!!!!