This week's selection was an old standby whenever I needed to put in a few solid hours of studying at college. Recorded in late 1999 in Shanghai, China, it was part of the Essential Mix World Tour 12 part series that Paul Oakenfold anchored that year.
There are several tracks to love in this two hour mix, although track 3, "Symphonic Music", was always the one that kept me coming back to this MP3 over the years. The performance as a whole still stands as perhaps my favorite Oakenfold recording, in close competition with his Global Underground 002 New York compilation.
For those of you disenchanted with his current musical direction, or curious as to why he gained such international stardom, this mix is an excellent example of why he's assured his place in electronic music history.
Paul Oakenfold - Essential Mix Live from Rojam Shanghai, China 1999-09-26
01. TasteXperience - Highlander (Original Mix)
02. Everything But The Girl - Five Fathoms (Club 69 Future Club Mix)
03. Team Progress - Symphonic Music (Sunrise Mix)
04. Vengaboys - Paradise (Album Mix)
05. Desyfer - 831 (Original Mix)
06. Eve - Riser (Christian West Remix)
07. The Blackmaster - Solid Tube
08. Amanda Ghost - Filthy Mind (Boy George & Kinky Roland's Trancesexual Mix)
09. ID (Sample)
10. Moogwai - Viola (Original Mix)
11. Space Manoeuvres - Stage One (Orkidea Remix)
12. Mobile Bitch - Sex For Pleasure
13. Planet Perfecto - Bullet In The Gun (Saturday Mix)
14. Skip Raiders - Another Day (Perfecto Trance Mix)
15. Amoeba Assassin - Speedway Revisited
16. Georgio Moroder - The Chase (Perfecto Remix)
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