Oceania, finally, is nothing that Deep Forest or Enigma or even Art Of Noise haven't already done. The culture being utilized here is that of the Maori, native tribes of New Zealand. I have no reason to doubt the duo's sincerity in attempting this meld, but the results leave themselves open to criticism. None of the words to the songs on the album are in English, but a translation is provided. This is a pity, because human potential movement jargon is what it is in any language.
Cooperation is the key to achieving our goals.
Well, yeah, maybe, but in the words of Johnny Mercer, I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics than that for a song. This album is at least 10 years too late to be of any use as a novelty, and it's not strong enough to make it on its own merits. A pleasant but unexciting listen. All rights reserved.