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Genre:
Electronica
Release Date: 01/13/2008
Perfecto's third feature for world master-mixer (and
Perfecto label boss)
Paul Oakenfold delves into the same cold, clinical, nearly spiritless tracks that fans and non-fans alike expect from the dean of sleek
progressive trance. Compared to several of his previous mixes, though,
Ibiza is practically a barnstormer, featuring
Oakenfold working through tighter
techno (a
Plump DJs remix of
Elektronauts'
"Bumper"), spooky
house (
Perfecto favorite
Timo Maas), a stray track from
Radiohead's
Kid A that works well in context, and remixes of
Depeche Mode (by
Danny Tenaglia) and longtime friends
U2 (his own version of
"Beautiful Day"). It's clear
Oakenfold is slowly yet surely attempting to budge the large, immobile
trance masses with a few songs outside their normal range (could the track titled
"This Is Not a Breakdown" be a small joke?). Yes, he's largely content to trawl through his acreage of A&R white labels and construct yet another two-disc journey through the chilly realms of
trance, but he also expands his grasp on the larger world of
electronic dance.
~John Bush, All Music Guide
;)
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