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 | Title : Bunkka
Author : Oakenfold, Paul
Release Date : 20020618
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Despite Paul Oakenfold's status as 'the world's most successful DJ' (according to the Guinness Book of Records, no less), and producing bands like the Happy Mondays and U2, Bunkka is his first real stab at solo superstardom. Abandoning the podium trance with which he made his name, Bunkka sees Oakenfold marrying Hybrid-like breakbeats with rock, hip-hop, and progressive house--not to mention a healthy dose of pop. Add an impressive list of guest vocalists--Tricky, Nelly Furtado, Ice Cube, Perry Farrell, Hunter S Thompson(!)--and a slew of radio-friendly tunes, and it soon becomes clear that Oakey has gone straight for the populist jugular. Fair enough, but no amount of star turns, catchy choruses, and occasional flashes of brilliance can hide the fact that Bunkka is fundamentally a patchy album. It occasionally pushes the right buttons, but its blunt, schizophrenic nature risks compromising Oakenfold's appeal with his traditional fan base.
Buyer Reviews :
Being a big fan of Paul Oakenfold's earlier albums 'Tranceport' and 'Perfecto Presents Another World', I wasn't too sure whether I ought to get 'Bunkka' or not since I am still iffy on his current experimentations with acid breakbeats. Of course I changed my mind since I thought Oakey's work on the 'Swordfish' soundtrack was much improvement from that wretched 'Voyage Into Trance'. Here on 'Bunkka', the material is all original with guest artists contributing their vocals to the songs. A couple of the singers I am not familiar with, Carla Werner and Tiff Lacey. When I first listened to the album, my initial response was 'uh?'. I wasn't quite impressed at the time but after a few more listens, 'Bunkka' grew on me. I will say that 'Bunkka' isn't like 'Tranceport' or 'Another World' but it isn't horrible like 'Voyage Into Trance'. Somewhere in between those albums is 'Bunkka', a mixture of trance and acid breakbeats and a tinge of hip hop. My personal favorite song off the album is 'Southern Sun' (vocals by Carla Werner). 'Southern Sun' is classic Oakey. The wistful female vocals and light, dreamy trance beats melds together very well. Well executed. I hate to admit this but I loved Crazy Town's Shifty Shellshock's vocal contributions to 'Starry Eyed Surprise'. Normally I can't stand Shifty since I loathe Crazy Town but I was surprised to find myself enjoying his rapping to Oakey's beats. 'Get Em Up' is another cool hip hop/techno song that I dug a lot on. Ice Cube sounded tight on this album. The only track I was iffy on was 'Time of Your Life'. That song did nothing for me as does Perry Farrell's vocals either. I enjoyed this album a lot, more than I expected to.
(by Erica Anderson)
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