Paul Oakenfold - A Lively Mind

Paul Oakenfold's new release has been totally working for me over the last couple of days.

I've never been a big Trance fan but there are some really fun tracks on this record; just the type of stuff a developer can throw on in the midst of deadlines, politics, bullshit distractions and lack of sleep filled days when unit testing and debugging is right up on the list with slitting your wrists while drinking your own vomit.

Graphic I realize but it's been one of those weeks.

The thing opens with 'Faster Kill Pussycat' featuring Brittany Murphy. Yes, Brittany Murphy and it's fucking good - sexy, sultry, pumping steadly enough for me to grab a stride and finish a bunch of html form validation for flight load manifests required by the FAA. I'm sure neither Oakenfold nor Murphy ever imagined churning out a groove to serve that end but I bless them just the same.

Check out 'Sex 'N Money (Featuring Pharrell Williams', 'Save The Last Trance For Me', 'Not Over (Featuring Ryan Tedder)' and 'Set It Off (Featuring Grandmaster Flash)' (not super terrific but fun to hear GF) - that'll get you started.