007 Disc 2. Jesus Christ. IDK what I was expecting, but it assuredly was not that. Opening up with 2 jungle tracks, followed by a 5 minute ambient SH101 solo… Talk about great flow and track placement. Oakey clearly learned something during the time he spent mixing Disc 1, because the beat matching and cue points at least make some kind of sense on this disc. Once you get past the warm up tracks, that is. I had legitimately only ever heard one of these tunes before, so IDK what track titles are, but that Waiting For The Burning Flame tune was a bop. Had me doing the Crystal Light Challenge in my office.
I think the high point of the mix, at least for me, was towards the end when he actually pulled off an in key mix. What I liked about it was that even though the transition was sounding good his natural reaction was to bail as soon as possible. And it absolutely wasn’t because the prior record ended. No. Mid bar the track he was mixing out of just suddenly fades into nothing over the course of 2 beats. Talk about a master at the height of his craft! After listening to both discs, I think it is obvious Disc 2 is the connoisseur’s choice. It has less to do with 2 being good, than it does with 1 being the worst Dj mix I have ever heard; live, studio, or otherwise. I swear at one point he starts a tune by cuing it on the second beat of the record that it’s proceeded by. What a crime that Twilo, the prog Mecca, is captured for the series of record with a mix from Paul fucking Oakenfold.
So anyways, is Oslo Disc 2 any good?
