Global Underground 007: New York

Paul Oakenfold’s second entry in the Global Underground series, released May 25, 1998 on the Boxed label. The set is drawn from a night at Marc Ballrooms in New York City, and it doubles as a snapshot of his Cream residency in Liverpool — several of the tracks were courtyard anthems he’d already been playing there for two years.

By 1998 Oakenfold was near the top of DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJs poll, and this mix marked his return to the GU catalogue after the label’s breakout success. It reached number 12 on the UK Compilation Chart — trance and progressive house built for a room, not a chart, getting there anyway.

Two discs, about two and a half hours combined: CD1 leans trance and progressive house, CD2 drifts into breakbeat, drum and bass, and downtempo toward the end. AllMusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars.

CD1 (1998)

CD2 (1998)

Tracklist

CD1

1. “Bliss” (Mystica Mix) — Mystica
2. “Rescue Me” (feat. Carol Tripp) — Jamie Myerson
3. “Summersault” — Tastexperience
4. “Water” (Main Vocal Mix) — Fathers Of Sound
5. “Day By Day” (Red Jerry Remix) — Solarstone
6. “Life In Minds” (Vocal Mix) — Life On Mars
7. “The Touch” (Paul’s Remix, feat. Chelsea) — The Coffee Boys
8. “Mantra” — E-Razor
9. “Everytime” (Nalin & Kane Mix) — Lustral
10. “Paradise” (Red Jerry’s Remix) — Miro
11. “Greece 2000” — Three Drives On A Vinyl

CD2

1. “Inside Your Arms” — Ambrosia
2. “Leaving Planet Earth” — Talisman & Hudson
3. “Composure” — Junk Project
4. “Air” — Albion
5. “Burning Flame” — Krystal
6. “Balla Con Ritmo” — Cyclone Tracy
7. “Rollercoaster” — Amoeba Assassin
8. “Nautical Bodies” — Planet Heaven
9. “Hypnotise” (Talisman & Hudson Remix) — Virus
10. “Dream Universe” — C.M.
11. “Sex Drive” (M & B’s Instructor Mix) — Private Productions
12. “Deeper Love” (Symphonic Paradise) — B.B.E.