Fluke - 1997 & Oakenfold - 2002

 I'm getting ready to go to the annual Asian Food Festival being held at an arena here in town, so I'm going to make these quick and easy

Up first, at the peak of the Electronica craze of the late 90s, Fluke was a strong second-tier player in the field.  They had made some incredible remixes for some of my favorite artists, I enjoyed their Atom Bomb for Wipeout, so this album was a natural necessity.  It's pretty good.  But, it already pushes the 80minute CD envelope, an doesn't have any b-sides, and just a few mixes.  So, aside from the one additional mix, this is a straight up album release.  It's pretty cool...

A huge fan of Paul Oakenfold, I was pretty hyped when this one came out.  It remained entirely cool for me for about a year, but then tracks started to lose their coolness.  In the end, only a few of the tracks have really stood the test of time for me, but I look back on this one with a sense of fondness.  Ready Steady Go is an absolute rocker.  I always turn that one up.

Now, I'm off to sample some Asian cuisine.  Whether it be homecooking, street food or restaurant quality, I don't know, but I'm dying to find out.  I am working toward starting my own Food Truck with an Asian Street Food theme, so tonight is a definite necessity.  I am to the the point where all I need is the $$$ and I can open up.  I have the skills, knowledge, research and concept ready to go.  So, if you have about 75,000 you're willing to bet on my success, I'd love to take your money and try.....   Yeah I thought so.  ;)

Fluke - Risotto - 1997

Oakenfold - Bunkka - 2002

PSB - Disco 3 - 2002

Disco 3 was released the year after Release and two years after the Break 4 Love single. It was also released before PopArt, the Best of... Collection.  I had a great time listening to this one.  BUT....

I didn't like the fact that when they released Disco 3, they had these great new tracks on there, but then a bunch of mixes from Release.  Well, you know me.  That couldn't be.  The mixes from Release need to go to Release.  So, I've switched up D3 to make it it's own album.  Between the singles released for PopArt and the new tracks from the original D3, there were plenty to fill it up.

Track 00 is a Radio One Jingle that opens this collection PERFECTLY.

Tracks 01, 02, 03, 05 and 08 were the new tracks for Disco 3

Tracks 04 and 06 were the singles from PopArt

Tracks 07, 09, 10 and 11 were the b-sides from the two PopArt singles

Tracks 12 through 16 were some of the remixes from the singles, including the Break 4 Love single.

Plenty for a fabulous PSB set that is lightyears better than the original.  Yes, there were some great mixes from the Release singles, but we'll get to those when I do the Release album.

And again, a great collection of tunes to listen to at about 1:30am in the morning....

PSB - Disco 3 - 2002