Paul Oakenfold Perfecto Presents Another World
Perhaps realizing that the market for progressive trance mix albums was fast approaching saturation amidst a raft of inferior products, displayed a touch more variety with his 2000 edition,. Scattered all over this collection are the usual trance producers (, Tone Depth, ) and signings to his Perfecto label one would expect, but also incorporates snippets from more atmospheric sources, including and ' soundtrack classic,. And he even tapped Perfecto stalwart to apply the trance treatment to 's 'Baby I'm Gonna Leave You,' a process that doesn't transform the song as much as it applies a sleek backing to a few of 's bluesier vocal lines. Except for these stylistic detours (two tracks from, with one each from and the group's vocalist ), is the same old trance album. There are a few intriguing anthems that manage to wear out their welcome over the course of seven minutes and up, plenty of breakdowns to maintain attention on the dancefloor, and an overall pleasant sound that simply floats by without making much of a positive impact. Is probably treading dangerous ground here, considering that nods to traditional non-dance artists fly right over the heads of his core audience, even while they seem like calculated gestures to those who recognize the references.
Contents.Biography Early life Oakenfold was born 30 August 1963 at. His father delivered the. He lived in, then, attending, then studied to be a chef for four years and worked at the. Early career: 1980–84 Paul Oakenfold describes his early life as a 'bedroom DJ' in a podcasted interview with 's 24 Hours, stating he grew up listening to.Oakenfold's musical career began in the late 1970s, when he met Trevor Fung andbegan helping him DJ in a wine bar. Here in, he also met Rumours where he played and popular bands.In 1981, 18-year-old Oakenfold and his friend Ian Paul moved to. Oakenfold worked as a courier in West.
During this time, was overtaking dance music as the most popular sound in the area (see ). Oakenfold and Paul used fake identification to sneak into various dance clubs, like Studio 54, where they met members of the band, and, whom they also interviewed, claiming to be and journalists.Returning to London, Oakenfold began breaking into the mainstream, as an man for. At that time, he signed, as well as. Oakenfold appeared on the programme for children with a breakdancing crew.
He became a promoter and British agent for the. Since then, he appeared at The Project in playing soul and music. Perfecto Records and fame: 1985–91. Main article:In 1987, Oakenfold travelled to the island of for a week to celebrate his birthday.
Trevor Fung, Nicky Holloway, Ian Saint Paul, Danny Rampling and Johnny Walker accompanied him. Oakenfold convinced the owner of a venue in England to host an 'Ibiza Reunion' party after-hours. He had previously made an attempt, but it failed as the crowd was not prepared for the style until 1987 when the party was successful. After that, the night became a classic and became one of the UK's major acid house nights, known as Spectrum at in. The party was best known for the 'Theatre of Madness', as more than 1,500 people were present on Monday nights, until it went down; with the financial issues it changed its name to the 'Land of Oz'. Artists like DJ'd in the VIP area known as the 'White Room', which gave Oakenfold more free time, and then he began producing music under the alias ' in 1988. Members included Nick Divaris, and Micky.
Also in 1988 he decided to create a place where new artists could develop their careers. At that moment, was born.He collaborated with his friend on various projects. In 1990, he worked with Terry Farley, and Osborne on two remixes for. The remixes of 'Rave On' and 'Hallelujah' were released on the Madchester Rave On EP, as well as 'Step On', a covered version adapted from ' 1971 hit 'He's Gonna Step On You'.
The song reached the Top 5 position in the UK. He was invited as a guest DJ to Spike Island, a with. Pleased with the last single, the Happy Mondays gave Oakenfold and Osborne the opportunity to produce their third studio album,. The album entered the UK charts at #1 with pre-sales of 150,000. The album was named 's '1990 Album of The Year', and both Oakenfold and Osborne won the 1991 for 'Best Producer'. “This is a tremendous record and a gauntlet chucked at all the other would-be legends in town.
Wild, brash, corrosive funk rock, grimly northern and yet pan-cultural in a Tesco shoplifter kind of way.”— says in a 9 out of 10 review.As they continued releasing only four singles as, in Full Frequency Range Recordings (FFRR) founded and run by, the duo created a new alias under the name Perfecto. They remixed 's 'Safe From Harm' as well as many others.
Was formed in the late 1990s, consisting of Oakenfold and Osborne and various singers, including jazz singer and Patti Low.Tours and nightclubs: 1992–2000. 'I disagreed with the way the club was going and it's time to move on.'
— responded Paul Oakenfold.In September 1994 and again in 1998 he teamed up with and to remix the 's song and 's song. He began producing his own tracks as well, continuing to remix songs from popular artists. He began using, something he discovered on the beaches of in, fusing it with similar-sounding European tracks to create his own distinct sound. He took this to the mainstream in 1994 and created a pair of two-hour sets for 's the first of these was broadcast in the early hours of Sunday 20 March 1994, with the second being the legendary 'Goa Mix' broadcast on Sunday 18 December 1994.
In 1995, he became the first DJ to play on the main stage at the for 90,000 people, which he considers his favorite. His album became the #1 essential dance collection of Boston Beat during 1996 with 's. The group Grace dissolved in 1997 as Oakenfold was touring as a performance DJ more frequently and could not commit to recording.On 9 June 1997 Oakenfold created (GU004) which is a double mix CD in the series, compiled and mixed by Oakenfold; it is the first work he created for GU. The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in, as part of the official launch of the. It showcases Oakenfold's eclectic taste in music at the time, as the mix combines various forms of dance music.
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In 1997, Oakenfold mixed one disc of the double album, a UK compilation series. Oakenfold became Cream's resident DJ from 1997 – 1999.
During this time, he began to concentrate on the release of in 1998.In 1998 and 1999, Oakenfold took the first place in 'DJmag's Top 100 DJs'. With the two-year contract as a resident in 's Cream, it was in 1999 that he released on., the US distributor for early releases had a different numbering scheme for the Global Underground albums, due to this (GU007) was released as (GU002) in the United States only.
The compilation was released on 25 May 1998, with the US release on 19 January 1999. This was the second production from Oakenfold with GU and it contained trance, progressive house, progressive trance,. This became his last work with GU. In 1999, he moved to the United States where he went on tour.In 2000, he created fourteen tracks of jazz, soul, house and goa based styles with Mitchell Oakenfold.
Twenty-four and scratches loops and sounds were included too, each consisting of six seconds; the album cover says 'Only for DJs and Producers' and was released on Music of Life.In March 2000 he teamed up with, and to remix 's song. He produced a remix.Sometime before July 2000, he teamed up with to write and produce the for the reality show under the name. The series started airing on 18 July 2000, with the theme later released as a single. The programme and theme moved over to from 18 August 2011 to 5 November 2018.In September 2000 he opened the new station with a live mix from the famous London club.Oakenfold appeared in the intro scene of, which featured him using his turntables to activate the video game and control various players. He also composed the games soundtrack, which featured 7 tracks including a remix of the official anthem of the tournament.Pioneer in America: 2000–01.
Main articles:, andAfter his success in Europe, one of Oakenfold's first major events in America was 's on 22 July 2000. The 500 acre indoor and outdoor central California location had the biggest dance capacity ever in America. An estimated 80,000 dancers and music lovers from, and were welcomed that day. Cyberfest 2000, also known as the 'Festival Of The Future' featured other DJs such as,. Cyberfest 2000 paved the way for other major events in the area such as the in Los Angeles in 2010.In 2001, Oakenfold took part in the first tour. This tour featured,.
He later released a new,.2001 also saw the release of the video game, for which Oakenfold produced one track, 'See It'.sold over 150,000 copies of Oakenfold's previous Global Underground: New York. A spokesperson for the label claimed that in the US, demand for UK dance music had been increasing in the past couple of years, and now made up over two-thirds of the label's sales.
The Global Underground New York office opened in on in. The Mekka Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as the 'electronic ' took place in ten cities in the US and during August and September, including,. The event featured Paul,. Oakenfold next moved to to work on film soundtracks and to focus his DJing stateside. In 2001 he created the soundtrack for the film, contained a transformation of 'Planet Rock' into a seven-minute trance anthem. Most of the tracks are collaborations with, the remix of 's 'Lapdance' which gained total notability from other tracks. The soundtrack was produced under and and distributed through.Oakenfold recorded a track with vocalist at the end of the year for his new album.
In an interview with, Shellshock said that the track known as ' was created after the pair met at a Crazy Town show. “I am a big fan of his music and we just kicked back and talked and said that we should do something. I already laid the rough vocals for it and (we are) going to go in right when I'm done with this tour and finish it.”— said Shellshock.Bunkka: 2002–04. Main articles: andIn 2002, became his first official studio album when he signed to.
The name Bunkka came from 's studio in the UK, where the album was recorded. An extended play was released featuring live versions of four songs under Peoplesound Records. It is also Oakenfold's best selling album to date, with sales largely exceeding 1,000,000 (1 million) copies worldwide.“For the past 10 years I've been creating music under various different names, but I was never comfortable with putting out an Oakenfold record. It was, however, an idea that I'd been thinking about for a long time and, my colleague in some of the production work I was doing at the time, kept putting pressure on me, saying 'you should do it, you should do it'. So eventually I felt it was time to make that record.”— said Paul Oakenfold. 'I'm a big fan of and she's on the record. She's got this wonderful way about her, she's extremely talented and a great vocalist.
Most of all she's good fun, she doesn't take it as seriously as some people do.' 'I'd always wanted to do something that represented my own musical background. I grew up on pop music, I love guitar bands and I was very influenced and involved in hip-hop during the early days, so I wanted to build from those roots upwards rather than doing a contemporary dance record.'
— said Paul Oakenfold on several interviews.The album features vocals from Jane's Addiction vocalist on 'Time of Your Life' and of Los Angeles rock and rap band on '; on 'Get Em Up'; and and on 'The Harder They Come'. The album contains appearances by of on ', and, founder of the 90's Los Angeles rock band is also included with 's version of his song 'Motion'. Bunkka also provided the start to three new artists, on the smash single ', on 'Hypnotized' and on 'Hold Your Hand'.
's spoken words are provided on 'Nixon's Spirit'. The world-renowned musician 's composition was adapted in an electronic version on the tracks 'Zoo York'.
In 2002, named Oakenfold in their list of the '50 Bands To See Before You Die'. In 2002, Oakenfold revealed he had struggled with as a child and announced his intention to help dyslexic children.In 2002, Oakenfold remixed 's ', the song was released under and was followed by the album's next two singles after 'Starry Eyed Surprise', ' and '. 'Southern Sun' with was first issued as a of 'Ready Steady Go' until it was included on 's compilation with his own remix of the song. 'Southern Sun' became a smashing hit as it was then released as the of 'Ready Steady Go' in mid-2002, 'Ready Steady Go' was featured in commercials, the game 2003, game, the pilot for the television program, and as the theme song for 2006. It appears in the video game series in DDR Ultramix for the, episode 'Dogtown' and the episode 'Snowman'. Ready Steady Go was also listed as the number 1 song that makes you drive faster. Also in 2003 he remixed another hit soundtrack for 'Elvis Presley' which charted fairly well after his 2003 remix of 'Rubberneckin' made the top three in Australia and top five in the UK.
This remix contributed to the. In an earlier episode, 'The Imposter', of, a 2005 series on, a character Travis Strong DJed to the song, acting as if it were his own. It has more recently been used in the film adaptation of 's novel, and it was reproduced with lyrics for the film, the song has also been used during the performances of extreme freestyle water ski jumpers, the song later became the theme song for the TV Show since 2003 until 2005.
An EP of 'The Harder They Come' was released on Perfecto and featured other works from Oakenfold and other artists. On the event, in 2002 at Speke Airfield DJs such as Oakenfold, Seb Fontaine, performed along, and, the event also featured live appearances from,. In 2003 he released the fourth single of his album, Hypnotized which became successful enough to be included on Paul's next compilation from the 'Perfecto Presents.' Series, ' included the remix of the song as well as tracks like ', 's ', 's remix of 's ' and Paul's recent remix of ' song. In 2003 he produced a remix of, a 1988 hit by French pop icon.With the event of that took place in 2004, Oakenfold released a compilation of songs he played during the event as well as tracks influenced by the environment and the vibe of deejays such as, Eddie Halliwell, Adam Sheridan, and Alex Kidd at the / and Arena. A Lively Mind, Greatest Hits and side work: 2005–07.
Main articles:;;; andIn 2005, Oakenfold was contacted by the car manufacturer to create a free promotional CD available from.com to promote a new Toyota car. The CD contained only seven songs which he worked on with Ian Green; the album was entitled Feed Your Mind.“I think the was the most memorable experience. It's a very unique venue that never had a DJ play there before me. The likes of and the had performed there so it's a truly magnificent place – it holds about 15,000 – and it was a big achievement for me as much as Wembley and the Great Wall because it had never been done. After seeing that gig, 's management were there and asked me to be the opening act for her on her 2006 tour, which also added to the experience!”— said Oakenfold in a interview.During Oakenfold's career he has remixed a variety of songs from, like ', ', ', ' and later in 2008 ' from her album, Oakenfold went on tour with Madonna for two months opening her presentation in the, previously he had supported her in 2004 at in. His sets lasted for an hour and a half, followed by Madonna's two-hour show.Oakenfold remixed the theme as the theme song for the TV series,.
He also contributed with his single 'Beautiful Goal' for the video game. His single 'Ready Steady Go' was composed for the 2005 video game. His second studio album, was released on 6 June 2006. Receiving unsuccessful reviews, the first single ', a collaboration with the actress, was released on 2 May 2006; the second single was '. Both songs stand out from the rest, as most of the album has a more trance-like feel. Gregory Jeffries from stated the album might have been in the nominated albums of dance music in 1997 but not in 2006, as the album has guitars with disco sounds that might be only appealing to trance addicts.
'I've done so many remixes from the likes of the to Snoop Dogg etc, but you can only get a certain amount on the CD. It was difficult for me but I had to choose what I wanted and what I felt were the best mixes that showcased my art in the best way.' — said Oakenfold.In 2007, he played live at the which created a piece of orchestral music with electronic music. The event took place in Miami for 10,000 people with a 75-piece orchestra, he wrote a piece of music which he described as 'difficult'. In 2007 he was nominated to 2 (IDMA) at the (WMC), Best Underground Dance Track for 'Faster Kill Pussycat' and Best Full Length DJ Mix CD for '.
2007 saw the publication of the first official biography of Paul Oakenfold, written by of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve fame. Paul Oakenfold: The Authorised Biography was published by on 24 September 2007. Oakenfold is a self-professed supporter of clubs. It was thought that he played a zombie in the movie however this is incorrect, he was offered the opportunity but turned it down. He also scored the soundtrack for the 2007 Japanese CGI anime film.In October 2007 he released his which features his best performance tracks. Oakenfold was a judge for the 6th and 7th annual Independent Music Awards. In October 2007 Oakenfold remixed ' number one hit ', which became the lead remix off the release.
Oakenfold has created more than one hundred remixes, and has sold over 5,000,000 (5 million). More recently, he has been touring in to promote his new album. The tribute album was released in November in the with a 2-CD set and a 3 CD version with the same number of songs. It was also released in the with only 20 tracks in one CD; it featured some remixes from the original version but it also included two new remixes which are; 's ' song and his remix of 's ' which was used for the film. Exclusive 2008 remixes from Oakenfold were also included from 's ' song, 's ', Eisbaer from Grovezone, ' by and a remix of Paul's own 'Southern Sun'. Releases with Catalog#: UL 1602-2 included a of live show and documentary. The compilation consists of tracks which influenced his career and musical persona, with artists such as,.
Pop Killer and film scores: 2008–2014. Main article:In 2008, he released the last single from his last studio album, Not Over.
This was a new version ' which he produced while working with Osborne as and in collaboration with from. The song was covered by as '.
In 2008, Oakenfold worked on for various films and television programs such as, Fever,. In mid-July Oakenfold ended his world tour promoting his greatest hits album. He also joined again in her in,. After touring, he began his residency in on 30 August, where he plans to release a new album titled Decade of Dance and write the score for the film. In the fall of 2008, he started his first Resident DJ position in the United States.
'Paul Oakenfold Presents: Perfecto Las Vegas' was conceptualized specifically for, the legendary 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m 2) nightclub and concert venue at the known for its special effects and international headliner acts. From July to August 2009, he again opened Madonna's concerts for the Sticky & Sweet Tour in Europe. In 2009 Paul's third studio album was announced to be actually named Pop Killer, and not Decade of Dance as the article from The Sun stated.He also worked with Madonna on her third greatest hits collection, and her final release with Records. The first single was released on 3 August 2009, it is also titled ' and was produced by Oakenfold.
He also remixed a past demo 'It's So Cool' from, and it is included as a bonus track on iTunes.Oakenfold remixed a song called 'Firefly' from the album Gossy. In 2010, Oakenfold returned to the US as a DJ at. Paul Oakenfold at Sutra, OC, in 2012In February 2012 Oakenfold headlined a huge one-off event for club brand Goodgreef at the famous Tall Trees venue in the UK.
Later in the year, he performed alongside Californian band at the June 2012 After Party at Moscone Center in.Since October 2012, Oakenfold has served as an advisor to, an online home for.In 2014, Oakenfold remixed A3's single 'Come With Me'.Oakenfold co-wrote a song for 's twenty-fifth studio album: '. It was released on 18 June 2013 as the album's lead-single.Oakenfold recently remixed a song by British pop singer and up-and-coming new electronic project DedRekoning on their single 'Only Child', released on September 8, 2014 through Oakenfold's label. Isina: 2015–present Since May 2015, Paul is heading the department of DJs and EDM vocalists at Isina, worldwide talent search and development mentorship program.
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