''Bunkka'' is the debut studio album by English electronic musician and producer

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mas ...

, released under the name Oakenfold. It was released in 2002 under the Maverick label. It is also Oakenfold's best selling album to date, with sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies worldwide. In response to how his dance-focused audience would react to the album, Oakenfold said "I hope they realise that in any forms of music you need to push the boundaries. I've been inspired by all kinds of music, from hip-hop to guitars to dance, and hopefully the dance audience will understand that." The album was released to mixed reviews.

Track listing

# " Ready Steady Go" (featuring Asher D) – 4:13 # " Southern Sun" (featuring Carla Werner) – 6:57 # "Time of Your Life" (featuring Perry Farrell) – 4:17 # "Hypnotised" (featuring

Tiff Lacey Tiffany "Tiff" Lacey (born 29 October 1965) is an English trance and electronic dance music (EDM) vocal singer, songwriter, author, and painter. She is the vocalist on several electronic music singles. Best known for her international singles ...

) – 6:34 # "Zoo York" (featuring Clint Mansell and

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) – 5:25 # "Nixon's Spirit" (featuring Hunter S. Thompson) – 2:48 # "Hold Your Hand" (featuring

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) – 3:39 # " Starry Eyed Surprise" (featuring

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) – 3:48 # "Get Em Up" (featuring Ice Cube) – 3:50 # "Motion" (featuring

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) – 6:24 # "The Harder They Come" (featuring

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and Tricky) – 3:50 # "Mortal" (Japanese bonus track also available on "The Harder They Come" single) – 6:42

Personnel

* Paul Oakenfold – keyboards, programming, drums, production, mixing, vocal engineering * Hunter S. Thompson – vocals, spoken word *

– vocals * Ice Cube – raps *

– vocals * Asher D – raps * Perry Farrell – vocals *

– vocals * Tricky – vocals * Carla Werner – vocals *

– raps *

Grant Lee Phillips Grant-Lee Phillips (born Bryan G. Phillips; September 1, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He led the group Grant Lee Buffalo in the 1990s, afterwards launching a solo career. He features as the town troubadour ...

– vocals, background vocals, guitar * Mark Ralph – guitar * Phil Corderone – guitar ("Ready Steady Go" and "Nixon's Spirit") * David Rhodes – guitar ("Get Em Up") * Emerson Swinford – guitar * Christian Twigg (

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) – bass guitar ("Ready Steady Go" and "Get Em Up") *

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– keyboards Additional personnel *

Steve Osborne Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Do ...

– production, programming, mixing, vocal mixing * Andy Gray – production, programming, engineering, mixing * Carmen Rizzo – production, engineering, vocal engineering * Jeff Turzo – production, mixing * Ed Chadwick – assistant engineering * Pete Davies – programming, engineering * Chris Blair – mastering * Anton Corbijn – photography

Song appearances

* "Ready, Steady, Go", appears in a number of the films, video games and other media, including: '' The Bourne Identity'', ''

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and an episode of the TV series ALIAS. Oakenfold produced a Korean style lyrical version of "Ready, Steady, Go" for the film ''Collateral''. * "Zoo York" (which features a sample of Clint Mansell's Winter: Lux Aeterna and Bally Sagoo's Qurbani Qurbani) was used in the trailers for the films '' Sunshine'' and '' Babylon A.D.''. * "Starry Eyed Surprise" has been used in television commercials for

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Charts

References

External links

* 2002 debut albums Paul Oakenfold albums Maverick Records albums {{2000s-house-album-stub