Paul Oakenfold
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Paul Mark Oakenfold is a British
record producer
and a trance
DJ.
's 24 Hours, stating he grew up listening to The Beatles
. Later 21-year-old Paul Oakenfold and Ian Paul moved to 254 West 54th Street. Studio 54
's Steve Rubell
ran the place and only allowed popular people inside. Oakenfold and Paul used fake passes to sneak into places in New York
where they met Maze
, Bobby Womack and Bob Marley
, whom they also interviewed, claiming to be NME
and Melody Maker
journalists. Other people were Brooke Shields
, Cher
, Donald Trump
and Bianca Jagger, Warhol, Dali
and Yves Saint Laurent.
Paul Oakenfold's musical career began in the late 1970s, when he started playing soul
in a Covent Garden
wine bar. Here, he met Trevor Fung as well as Rumours
in London
where he played Earth, Wind and Fire and popular British
bands
. In 1984, he spent several months in New York City
's West Harlem
. During this time hip-hop was the most popular sound in the area (see 1984 in music
). He began breaking into the mainstream as he was working as an A&R
man for Champion Records
. At that time, he signed DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, as well as Salt-n-Pepa
. He also appeared on the Blue Peter
BBC
programme for children with a breakdancing crew. He also became promoter and British agent for the Beastie Boys
and Run-D.M.C.
; Since then, he began his presentations at The Project in Streatham
playing soul and jazz
music.
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 acid house
style until 1987 when the party was successful. Since then, the night became a classic and became one of the UK's major acid house nights, known as "Spectrum at Heaven in Charing Cross". Spectrum became popular in The Sanctuary. As a bigger space was required, it turned into the Heaven club, which was run by Oakenfold and Paul. 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 Alex Paterson
DJ'd in the VIP chillout area known as the "White Room", which gave Paul more free time, and then he began producing music under the alias name "Electra
" in 1988. Members included Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" Rocca
and Micky. Also in 1988 he decided to create a place where new artists could develop their careers. At that moment, Perfecto Records
was born.
He strongly collaborated with his friend Steve Osborne
working on various projects. In 1990, he worked with Terry Farley, Andrew Weatherall
and Osborne on two remixes for Happy Mondays
. 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 John Kongos
' 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 gig
with The Stone Roses
. Pleased with the last single, the Happy Mondays gave Paul and Osborne the opportunity to produce their third studio album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
. The album entered the UK charts at #1 with pre-sales of 150,000. The album was named NME
's "1990 Album of The Year", and both Paul and Osborne won the 1991 Brit Award for "Best Producer".
As they continued releasing only four singles as Electra
, in Full Frequency Range Recordings (FFRR) founded and run by Radio 1's
Pete Tong
, the duo created a new alias under the name Perfecto. They remixed Massive Attack
's "Safe From Harm" as well as many others. Grace was formed in the late 1990s, consisting of Oakenfold and Osborne and various singers, including jazz singer Dominique Atkins
and Patti Low.
released their song "Even Better Than the Real Thing
", the Perfecto remix reached a higher charted position than the original song. In 1993 with the success of his last remix as Perfecto, he was hired by U2
to provide the warm-up sonics to their Zoo TV world tour, and replaced BP Fallon
on the 1993 legs in Europe
and Australia
, New Zealand
, and Japan
, with more than fifty shows in Zooropa '93 and Zoomerang from 7 May to 10 December of the same year.
He began producing his own tracks as well, continuing to remix songs from popular artists. He began using Goa music, something he discovered on the beaches of Goa
in India
, 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 BBC Radio 1
's Essential Mix
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 Glastonbury Festival
for 90,000 people, which he considers his favorite gig
. His album Perfecto Fluoro
became the #1 essential dance collection of Boston Beat during 1996 with Jamiroquai
's Travelling Without Moving
. 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 Global Underground 004: Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo (GU004) which is a double mix CD in the Global Underground
series, compiled and mixed by Oakenfold; it is the first work he created for GU. The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in Oslo
, Norway
, as part of the official launch of the Quart Festival
. It showcases Oakenfold's eclectic taste in music at the time, as the mix combines drum and bass
, progressive house & progressive trance, and goa trance
. In 1997, Oakenfold mixed one disc of the double album Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6
, a UK house music
compilation series. Oakenfold became Cream's resident DJ from 1997 - 1999. During this time, he began to concentrate on the release of Tranceport
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 Liverpool
's Cream, it was in 1999 that he released Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream.
on Virgin
. Thrive Records
, the US distributor for early Global Underground
releases had a different numbering scheme for the Global Underground albums, due to this Global Underground 007: Paul Oakenfold, New York (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, drum and bass
, progressive house, progressive trance, breakbeat
and Downtempo
. This became his last work with GU.
In 1999, he left the UK and Europe
and moved to the USA where he went on tour. A
In 2000 he created fourteen tracks of jazz, soul, house and goa based styles with Mitchell Oakenfold. Twenty-four FX
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. It is not considered his first studio album, as it only included useful tools for deejays.
In August and September 2000, he teamed up with Andy Gray
to write and produce the theme for UK Big Brother
TV series under the name Elementfour
. The single "Big Brother UK TV Theme" by Elementfour made it to #4 on the UK Singles Chart.
In September 2000 he opened the new Digital Radio
station Ministry of Sound Radio
with a live mix from the famous London club.
In 2001, Oakenfold took part in the first Area Festival
tour. This tour featured Incubus
, Carl Cox
, The Orb
, OutKast
, and The Roots
. He later released a new compilation album
, Perfecto Presents: Ibiza
; The album features the essence which has inspired his dance music focused on Ibiza
.
Global Underground sold over 150,000 copies of Paul Oakenfold's previous Global Underground: New York. A spokesperson for the label revealed 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 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan
. The Mekka Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as the "electronic Lollapallooza" took place in ten cities in the US and Canada
during August and September, including New York
, Los Angeles
, Toronto
and San Francisco. The event featured Paul, Armand van Helden
, De La Soul
, LTJ Bukem
, Josh Wink
, Derrick Carter
, Roni Size
, Deep Dish
, BT, Crystal Method, Carl Craig
and Überzone
. Since Oakenfold had been working in the American market for a long time especially during 2001, he moved to Los Angeles
to work on film soundtracks and to intensify his DJing commitments Stateside. In 2001 he created the soundtrack for the film Swordfish
, Swordfish: The Album
contained a transformation of "Planet Rock" into a seven minute breakbeat
trance anthem. Most of the tracks are collaborations with Andy Gray
, the remix of N.E.R.D.'s "Lapdance" which gained total notability from other tracks. The soundtrack was produced under Village Roadshow and Warner Bros.
and distributed through London-Sire Records
.
Paul recorded a track with Crazy Town
vocalist Shifty Shellshock at the end of the year for his new album. In an interview with Rolling Stone
in the US, Shellshock said that the track known as "Starry Eyed Surprise
" was created after the pair met at a Crazy Town show.
became his first official studio album when he signed to Maverick
. Bunkka is a compilation of styles which Paul has learned to mix throughout his career; the blending in of progressive trance with goa makes the album different from other conventional dance album. The name Bunkka comes from Peter Gabriel
'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.
The album features the vocals from singers from Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell
on "Time of Your Life" and Shifty Shellshock of Los Angeles
rock and rap band Crazy Town
on "Starry Eyed Surprise
" with popular Ice Cube
on "Get Em Up", Tricky
and Nelly Furtado
on "The Harder They Come". The album contains the appearances of Asher D of So Solid Crew
on "Ready Steady Go" and Grant Lee Philips, founder of the 90's Los Angeles rock band, Grant Lee Buffalo
, is also included as part of the disc with Carmen Rizzo
's version of his song "Motion". Bunkka also provided the start to three new artists, Carla Werner
on the smashing single "Southern Sun", Tiff Lacey
on "Hypnotized" and Emiliana Torrini
on "Hold Your Hand"; Hunter S. Thompson
's spoken words are provided on "Nixon's Spirit". The world-renowned Pakistan
i musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's composition was adapted in an electronic version on the tracks "Zoo York". In 2002, Q magazine
named Paul in their list of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". In 2002, Oakenfold revealed he had struggled with dyslexia
as a child and announced his intention to help dyslexic children.
In 2002, Paul remixed David Arnold
's widely popular "James Bond Theme
", the song was released under Warner Bros. Records
and was followed by the album's next two singles after "Starry Eyed Surprise", "Ready Steady Go
" and "Southern Sun
". "Southern Sun" with Carla Werner
was first issued as a B-Side of "Ready Steady Go" until it was included on Tiësto
's In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama compilation with his own remix of the song. "Southern Sun" became a smashing hit as it was then released as the A-Side of "Ready Steady Go" in mid-2002, "Ready Steady Go" was featured in Saab
commercials, the EA Sports
game Tiger Woods PGA Tour
2003, THQ
game Juiced, the pilot for the television program Las Vegas
, NASCAR
theme song for 2006, It appears in the video game series Dance Dance Revolution
in DDR Ultramix for the Xbox
, Fastlane
episode "Dogtown" and the Alias
episode "Snowman". Ready Steady Go was also listed as the number 1 song that makes you drive faster by UpVenue. Also In 2003 he remixed another hit soundtrack from one of the greatest artists in history of music 'Elvis Presley' which hit the chart fairly well when Presley's renewed fame continued with this remix in 2003 (this time by Paul Oakenfold) of "Rubberneckin'", which made the top three in Australia and top five in the UK. This remix of Rubberneckin had contributed a lot to the Elvis of the 21st century. In an earlier episode, "The Imposter", of Radio Free Roscoe
, a 2005 series on The N, 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 (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker) of Anthony Horowitz
's novel Stormbreaker
, The Bourne Identity
and it was reproduced with Korean
lyrics for the movie Collateral
, 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 TRL Italy
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 Creamfields
event, in 2002 at Speke Airfield DJs like Paul Oakenfold, Seb Fontaine, Paul van Dyk
performed along Dave Clarke, Jon Carter
, Richie Hawtin
and Felix Da Housecat
, the event also featured live appearances from Basement Jaxx
, All Saints
, Death In Vegas
and Moloko
. 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, "Perfecto Presents: Great Wall" included the Deepsky
remix of the song as well as tracks like Motorcycle's
"As the Rush Comes
", Björk
's "Pagan Poetry
", UNKLE
's remix of Ian Brown
's "F.E.A.R." and Paul's recent remix of Madonna's
"Hollywood" song.
With the event of Creamfields
that took place in 2004, Oakenfold felt inspired enough to release a compilation of songs he played during the event as well as tracks influenced by the environment and the vibe of deejays like Paul Van Dyk
, Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten
, Judge Jules
, Fergie, Tall Paul, Eddie Halliwell
, Chris Lawrence
, Adam Sheridan, Shan
, and Alex Kidd
at the Cream
/Goodgreef & Mixmag
Arena.
During Paul's career he has remixed a variety of songs from Madonna
, like "What It Feels Like For A Girl
", "Hollywood", "American Life
", "Sorry
" and later in 2008 "Give It 2 Me
" from her album Hard Candy
, Paul went on tour with Madonna for two months opening her presentation in the Confessions Tour
, previously he had supported her in 2004 at Slane Castle
in Ireland
. His sets lasted for an hour and a half, followed by Madonna's two-hour show.
Oakenfold remixed the Transformers
theme as the theme song for then-new TV series, Transformers Cybertron. He also contributed with his single "Beautiful Goal" for the 2005
video game. His single Ready Steady Go was composed for the 2005 video game Juiced. His second studio album, A Lively Mind
was released on 6 June 2006. Receiving unsuccessful reviews, the first single "Faster Kill Pussycat
", a collaboration with the actress Brittany Murphy
, was released on 2 May 2006; the second single was "Sex 'n' Money
". Both songs stand out from the rest, as most of the album has a more trance-like feel. Gregory Jeffries from Allmusic 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.
In 2007, he played live at the Boston Pops 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 International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) at the Winter Music Conference
(WMC), Best Underground Dance Track for "Faster Kill Pussycat" and Best Full Length DJ Mix CD for "A Lively Mind
". 2007 saw the publication of the first official biography of Paul Oakenfold, written by Richard Norris of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve fame. Paul Oakenfold: The Authorised Biography was published by Bantam Press
on 24 September 2007. Oakenfold is said to be a big fan of Chelsea F.C.
It was thought that he played a zombie in the movie 28 Weeks Later
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 Vexille
.
In October 2007 he released his Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1
which features his best performance tracks. Oakenfold was a judge for the 6th and 7th annual Independent Music Awards
to support independent artists. In October 2007 Oakenfold also remixed Britney Spears
number one hit Gimme More
, which became the lead remix off its release. Paul Oakenfold has created more than one hundred remixes, and has sold over 5,000,000 (5 million) long plays. More recently, he has been touring in British
universities to promote his new album and autobiography
. The tribute album was released in November in the United Kingdom
with a 2 CD set and a 3 CD version with the same number of songs. It was also released in the United States
with only 20 tracks in one CD; it featured some remixes from the original version but it also included, two new remixes which are; Justin Timberlake
's "My Love
" song and his remix of Hans Zimmer
's "Jack Theme Suite
" which was used for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Exclusive 2008 Remixes from Paul were also included from Mark Ronson
's "Stop Me
" song, Radiohead
's "Everything In Its Right Place
", Eisbaer from Grovezone, "Missing
" by Everything But The Girl
and a remix of Paul's own "Southern Sun". Releases with Catalog#: UL 1602-2 included a DVD
of live show and documentary. The compilation consists of tracks which influenced his career and made his personality what it is nowadays, with artists like The Cure
, Happy Mondays
, The Stone Roses
, Massive Attack
, U2
, Olive
, The Smashing Pumpkins
, Madonna
, and Underworld
.
" which he produced while working with Osborne as Grace and in collaboration with Ryan Tedder
from One Republic. The song was also covered by Klaxons
as "It's Not Over Yet". In 2008, Oakenfold worked on film scores for various films and television programs such as Californication
, The Heavy, Fever
, The Bourne Identity
, and Speed Racer
. In mid-July Paul ended his world tour promoting his greatest hits album. He also joined Madonna
again in her Sticky & Sweet Tour
in London
, Santiago
, Buenos Aires
, Rio de Janeiro
and Sao Paulo
. After touring, he began his residency in Las Vegas
on 30 August, where he plans to release a new album titled "Decade of Dance" and write the score for the film Humboldt Park. 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 Rain Nightclub
, the legendary 25000 square feet (2,322.6 m²) nightclub and concert venue at the Palms Casino Resort known for its special effects and international headliner acts. From July to August 2009, Paul 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 Celebration
and her final release with Warner Bros.
Records. The first single was released on 3 August 2009, it is also titled "Celebration
", it was produced by Oakenfold. He also remixed a past demo "It's So Cool" from the American Life, and it is included as a bonus track on iTunes.
Paul Oakenfold has remixed a song called Firefly which is from the latest Matt Goss
album Gossy. In 2010 he returned to the US as a DJ at Rain Nightclub
.
Oakenfold performed on Halloween at the 2010 Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Oakenfold confirmed that Pop Killer is scheduled for an early 2012 release and will feature of cross-genre talent, including Cee-Lo, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Matt Goss.
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record producer
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and a trance
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DJ.
Early Career: 1979–84
Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band. He describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" in a podcasted interview with VancouverVancouver
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's 24 Hours, stating he grew up listening to The Beatles
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. Later 21-year-old Paul Oakenfold and Ian Paul moved to 254 West 54th Street. Studio 54
Studio 54
Studio 54 was a highly popular discotheque from 1977 until 1991, located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan, New York, USA. It was originally the Gallo Opera House, opening in 1927, after which it changed names several times, eventually becoming a CBS radio and television studio. In 1977 it...
's Steve Rubell
Steve Rubell
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ran the place and only allowed popular people inside. Oakenfold and Paul used fake passes to sneak into places in New York
New York
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where they met Maze
Maze (band)
Maze a soul / quiet storm band, also known alternately as Maze featuring Frankie Beverly and Frankie Beverly and Maze, was established in San Francisco, California in the early 1970s.-Career:...
, Bobby Womack and Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
, whom they also interviewed, claiming to be NME
NME
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and Melody Maker
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journalists. Other people were Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
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, Cher
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, Donald Trump
Donald Trump
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and Bianca Jagger, Warhol, Dali
Salvador Dalí
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and Yves Saint Laurent.
Paul Oakenfold's musical career began in the late 1970s, when he started playing soul
Soul music
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in a Covent Garden
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wine bar. Here, he met Trevor Fung as well as Rumours
Rumours
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in London
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where he played Earth, Wind and Fire and popular British
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bands
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. In 1984, he spent several months in New York City
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's West Harlem
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. During this time hip-hop was the most popular sound in the area (see 1984 in music
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). He began breaking into the mainstream as he was working as an A&R
A&R
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man for Champion Records
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. At that time, he signed DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, as well as Salt-n-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa
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. He also appeared on the Blue Peter
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BBC
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programme for children with a breakdancing crew. He also became promoter and British agent for the Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
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and Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
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; Since then, he began his presentations at The Project in Streatham
Streatham
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playing soul and jazz
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music.
Perfecto and Fame: 1985–91
In 1987, Oakenfold travelled to the island of IbizaIbiza
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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 acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
style until 1987 when the party was successful. Since then, the night became a classic and became one of the UK's major acid house nights, known as "Spectrum at Heaven in Charing Cross". Spectrum became popular in The Sanctuary. As a bigger space was required, it turned into the Heaven club, which was run by Oakenfold and Paul. 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 Alex Paterson
Alex Paterson
Alex Paterson is an English musician and co-founder of the ambient group The Orb, in which he has worked since its inception....
DJ'd in the VIP chillout area known as the "White Room", which gave Paul more free time, and then he began producing music under the alias name "Electra
Electra (band)
Electra was an electronic musical band founded by Paul Oakenfold in close collaboration with his friend his friend Steve Osborne. Electra was made up of Paul Oakenfold, Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" Rocca and Micky in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
" in 1988. Members included Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" Rocca
John Rocca
John Rocca became known first as a dance music performer, remixer and record producer. During the early 1980s, John Rocca formed, played with, wrote for, produced and managed his first musical band, Freeez, with success...
and Micky. Also in 1988 he decided to create a place where new artists could develop their careers. At that moment, Perfecto Records
Perfecto Records
Perfecto Records is a United Kingdom based Trance record label founded by Paul Oakenfold in 1989.-History:Perfecto was founded by electronic music record producer and DJ Paul Oakenfold in 1989...
was born.
He strongly collaborated with his friend Steve Osborne
Steve Osborne
Steve Osborne is a multi-platinum selling British record producer. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, such as New Order, Doves, U2 and KT Tunstall. During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team, a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; the artists...
working on various projects. In 1990, he worked with Terry Farley, Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall is a DJ, producer, and remixer.Andrew, Terry Farley, Cymon Eckel and Steve Mayes started Boy's Own initially as a fanzine commenting on fashion, records, football, and other issues...
and Osborne on two remixes for Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
. 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 John Kongos
John Kongos
John Kongos is a singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 1971 Top 10 hit single, "He's Gonna Step On You Again".-Career:...
' 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 gig
Gig (musical performance)
Gig is slang for a musical engagement in which musicians are hired. Originally coined in the 1920s by jazz musicians, the term, short for the word "engagement", now refers to any aspect of performing such as assisting with performance and attending musical performance...
with The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
. Pleased with the last single, the Happy Mondays gave Paul and Osborne the opportunity to produce their third studio album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....
. The album entered the UK charts at #1 with pre-sales of 150,000. The album was named NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
's "1990 Album of The Year", and both Paul and Osborne won the 1991 Brit Award for "Best Producer".
As they continued releasing only four singles as Electra
Electra (band)
Electra was an electronic musical band founded by Paul Oakenfold in close collaboration with his friend his friend Steve Osborne. Electra was made up of Paul Oakenfold, Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" Rocca and Micky in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, in Full Frequency Range Recordings (FFRR) founded and run by Radio 1's
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
Pete Tong
Pete Tong
Peter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...
, the duo created a new alias under the name Perfecto. They remixed Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
's "Safe From Harm" as well as many others. Grace was formed in the late 1990s, consisting of Oakenfold and Osborne and various singers, including jazz singer Dominique Atkins
Dominique Atkins
Dominique Atkins is a jazz and dance singer from London. She has been a member of Grace, Mekka, Space Brothers, and Ursula's World. Her hit singles include "Not Over Yet", "Skin On Skin", "If I Could Fly", "Down To Earth", and "I Want To Live". She co-wrote and sang on Tilt's 1999 hit single...
and Patti Low.
Tours and Nightclubs: 1992–2000
In 1992, when U2U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
released their song "Even Better Than the Real Thing
Even Better Than the Real Thing
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" is the second song on U2's 1991 album Achtung Baby. It was released as the album's fourth single on 7 June 1992.-Writing and recording:...
", the Perfecto remix reached a higher charted position than the original song. In 1993 with the success of his last remix as Perfecto, he was hired by U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
to provide the warm-up sonics to their Zoo TV world tour, and replaced BP Fallon
BP Fallon
BP Fallon is an Irish DJ, author, and photographer. He currently lives in New York.At a young age Fallon became a famous personality and broadcaster in Ireland, moving on to music journalism and photography....
on the 1993 legs in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, with more than fifty shows in Zooropa '93 and Zoomerang from 7 May to 10 December of the same year.
"There's no chance whatsoever. Seb FontaineSeb FontaineSeb Fontaine is an English house music DJ.Fontaine had his first DJ gig at Crazy Larry's on the Kings Road, London, but he soon progressed to residency at the Fridge in Brixton in 1989....
is our resident and is contracted until the end of the year. Paul will be doing some dates and playing CreamfieldsCreamfieldsCreamfelds is a large dance music festival featuring DJs and live acts. It is held annually on the August Bank Holiday weekend in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, just outside of Liverpool where it had previously been held for a number of years. It is renowned for being headlined every year by the...
but that's it. I think his reason to leave (HomeHome (nightclub)Home was a music venue and nightclub located at 1 Leicester Square in central London. It was closed by Westminster Council in late March 2001 due to evidence of open drug-dealing occurring within the club. The club went into receivership shortly after it was closed...
) had more to do with increased demands on his time in the US."— said a spokesperson from Cream
Cream (nightclub)Cream, based at the Nation nightclub in Liverpool, is one of the best-known night clubs in the UK. Cream began life as a weekly house music night at Nation, and ran in this format for 10 years, from October 1992 to June 2002...
to nme.com.
"The reason he left was simply because he had so much on this summer and he felt it wouldn't have been fair to play one week and not the other."— added an Oakenfold spokesperson.
"I disagreed with the way the club was going and it's time to move on."— responded Paul Oakenfold.
He began producing his own tracks as well, continuing to remix songs from popular artists. He began using Goa music, something he discovered on the beaches of Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, 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 BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
's Essential Mix
Essential Mix
The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 03:00 and 05:00 Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, The Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music....
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 Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
for 90,000 people, which he considers his favorite gig
Gig (musical performance)
Gig is slang for a musical engagement in which musicians are hired. Originally coined in the 1920s by jazz musicians, the term, short for the word "engagement", now refers to any aspect of performing such as assisting with performance and attending musical performance...
. His album Perfecto Fluoro
Perfecto Fluoro (Paul Oakenfold album)
-Overview:Recorded eighteen months after the ground-breaking Goa Mix, Fluoro utilizes the same 'epic' approach and feel, with liberal use of excerpts from film soundtracks .There are also several snatches of movie dialogue sampled on some of the...
became the #1 essential dance collection of Boston Beat during 1996 with Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as...
's Travelling Without Moving
Travelling Without Moving
Travelling Without Moving is the third studio album released by British Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai. Released in 1996, the album features the international hit single "Virtual Insanity"...
. 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 Global Underground 004: Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo (GU004) which is a double mix CD in the Global Underground
Global Underground
Global Underground is a music label founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolizes the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s and first manifesto for high-end DJs such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, Darren...
series, compiled and mixed by Oakenfold; it is the first work he created for GU. The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, as part of the official launch of the Quart Festival
Quart Festival
The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway....
. It showcases Oakenfold's eclectic taste in music at the time, as the mix combines drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
, progressive house & progressive trance, and goa trance
Goa trance
Goa trance is a form of electronic music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India.-History:The music has its roots in the popularity of Goa in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a hippie capital, and although musical developments were incorporating elements of industrial music and EBM...
. In 1997, Oakenfold mixed one disc of the double album Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6
Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6
This is a remix album by Paul Oakenfold & Mike Cosford .-Disc 1 Paul Oakenfold:# Garbage - "Milk" # Depeche Mode - "It's No Good" # Slacker - "Your Face"# Orbital - "The Box"# Ascension - "Some One"...
, a UK house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
compilation series. Oakenfold became Cream's resident DJ from 1997 - 1999. During this time, he began to concentrate on the release of Tranceport
Tranceport (album)
Tranceport is a mix album released by Paul Oakenfold in 1998. It was released on Kinetic Records.-Track listing:#Dream Traveler – Time #Three Drives On A Vinyl – "Greece 2000 "...
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 Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
's Cream, it was in 1999 that he released Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream.
Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream.
Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream. is a DJ mix album by Paul Oakenfold.-Disc 1:# "Mystery Land" # "Butterfly" # "Blue Fear" # "Shine" # "Someone"...
on Virgin
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
. Thrive Records
Thrive Records
Thrive Records is a United States based independent electronic record label. It also operates as a part of ThriveDance label.-History:...
, the US distributor for early Global Underground
Global Underground
Global Underground is a music label founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolizes the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s and first manifesto for high-end DJs such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, Darren...
releases had a different numbering scheme for the Global Underground albums, due to this Global Underground 007: Paul Oakenfold, New York (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, drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
, progressive house, progressive trance, breakbeat
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
and Downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
. This became his last work with GU.
In 1999, he left the UK and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and moved to the USA where he went on tour. A
In 2000 he created fourteen tracks of jazz, soul, house and goa based styles with Mitchell Oakenfold. Twenty-four FX
Sound effect
For the album by The Jam, see Sound Affects.Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media...
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. It is not considered his first studio album, as it only included useful tools for deejays.
In August and September 2000, he teamed up with Andy Gray
Andy Gray (musician)
Andy Gray is a British songwriter, composer, and record producer.-Film scores:*TT3D: Closer to the Edge *CSI Miami original song*Saab Saab North America...
to write and produce the theme for UK Big Brother
Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
TV series under the name Elementfour
Elementfour
Elementfour was a music producing duo made up of Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray. They collaborated in writing and producing the tune as a theme song for Big Brother...
. The single "Big Brother UK TV Theme" by Elementfour made it to #4 on the UK Singles Chart.
In September 2000 he opened the new Digital Radio
Digital audio broadcasting
Digital Audio Broadcasting is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format....
station Ministry of Sound Radio
Ministry of Sound Radio
A UK based radio station operating since 1999, it is now found on the Ministry of Sound website as streaming audio.Current MoS radios DJs include X-Press 2, Hed Kandi residents Des Paul and Andy Norman, Markus Schulz, Ross Allen, Stuart Patterson, Terry Farley, DJ Storm, Hospital Records, The Idjut...
with a live mix from the famous London club.
Pioneer In America: 2000–01
After his success in Europe, one of Oakenfold's first major events in America was Fresno, California's Cyberfest on 22 July 2000. The 500 acre Indoor & Outdoor central California location had the biggest dance capacity ever in America. An estimated 80,000 dancers & music lovers from Seattle, Reno, Phoenix, LA, San Diego, and virtually every other city anywhere near Fresno were welcomed that day. The reason for the success of the event was because it was a virgin location which is only 3 hours from the Bay Area and 4 hours from Los Angeles. Cyberfest 2000, also known as the "Festival Of The Future" featured other major global djs like Chemical Brothers, BT, & Carl Cox. Indeed, Cyberfest 2000, the pioneer event in America would pave the way for other major events in the area like the Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles which brought in more than 100,000 event goers from around the globe in 2010.In 2001, Oakenfold took part in the first Area Festival
Area Festival
The Area Festival was a music festival founded by popular electronic musician Moby, who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of Lollapalooza", and wished to create a similarly "genuinely eclectic, interesting, alternative music festival". Moby organized the first such...
tour. This tour featured Incubus
Incubus (band)
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...
, Carl Cox
Carl Cox
Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...
, The Orb
The Orb
Throughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...
, OutKast
OutKast
Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...
, and The Roots
The Roots
The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...
. He later released a new compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, Perfecto Presents: Ibiza
Perfecto Presents Ibiza
Perfecto Presents Ibiza is a remix album by Paul Oakenfold.-Disc 1:#"Waiting" #"Superstar" #"This Is Not a Breakdown"#"Megatron"#"Bumper" #"Idioteque"#"Into the Dawn"...
; The album features the essence which has inspired his dance music focused on Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
.
Global Underground sold over 150,000 copies of Paul Oakenfold's previous Global Underground: New York. A spokesperson for the label revealed 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 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. The Mekka Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as the "electronic Lollapallooza" took place in ten cities in the US and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
during August and September, including New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and San Francisco. The event featured Paul, Armand van Helden
Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...
, De La Soul
De La Soul
De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...
, LTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem is the stage name used by the drum and bass musician, producer and DJ Danny Williamson . He and his record labels Good Looking and Looking Good Records are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music....
, Josh Wink
Josh Wink
Josh Wink is an electronic music DJ, label owner, producer, remixer, and artist. He is a native of Philadelphia, United States. A pioneering DJ in the American rave scene during the early 1990s, Wink was the most prominent exponent of the tribal forms of techno and house in the U.S...
, Derrick Carter
Derrick Carter
Derrick Carter is an American house producer and DJ from Chicago, Illinois. He is regarded as one of the best underground house key players currently active and is particularly popular in Europe.-Biography:...
, Roni Size
Roni Size
Roni Size is a British record producer and DJ, who came to prominence in 1997 as the founder and leader of Reprazent, a drum and bass collective...
, Deep Dish
Deep Dish
Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
, BT, Crystal Method, Carl Craig
Carl Craig
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs...
and Überzone
Uberzone
Überzone is Anaheim, California native Timothy Wiles, is an electronic musician. He has also been known as Q, named after the popular character in the James Bond series....
. Since Oakenfold had been working in the American market for a long time especially during 2001, he moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to work on film soundtracks and to intensify his DJing commitments Stateside. In 2001 he created the soundtrack for the film Swordfish
Swordfish (film)
Swordfish is a 2001 crime-thriller film, directed by Dominic Sena and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones. The film is an action thriller that was also notable for Halle Berry's first topless scene...
, Swordfish: The Album
Swordfish (soundtrack)
Swordfish: The Album is the original soundtrack of the 2001 film Swordfish. It was produced by Paul Oakenfold under Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. and distributed through London Sire Records, Inc.- Track listing :...
contained a transformation of "Planet Rock" into a seven minute breakbeat
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
trance anthem. Most of the tracks are collaborations with Andy Gray
Andy Gray (musician)
Andy Gray is a British songwriter, composer, and record producer.-Film scores:*TT3D: Closer to the Edge *CSI Miami original song*Saab Saab North America...
, the remix of N.E.R.D.'s "Lapdance" which gained total notability from other tracks. The soundtrack was produced under Village Roadshow and Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
and distributed through London-Sire Records
London-Sire Records
London-Sire Records was an American-based record label owned by Warner Music Group, created in 2000 with the merging of Sire Records and London Records. Seymour Stein remained at the helm as CEO. The binding of the two companies, however, proved to be largely unsuccessful...
.
Paul recorded a track with Crazy Town
Crazy Town
Crazy Town is a rap rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer. The band is best known for their 2001 single, "Butterfly", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart...
vocalist Shifty Shellshock at the end of the year for his new album. In an interview with Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
in the US, Shellshock said that the track known as "Starry Eyed Surprise
Starry Eyed Surprise
"Starry Eyed Surprise" is the title of a song produced by Paul Oakenfold. It was released in July 2002 as the second single from his album Bunkka. It features vocals by Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town. It was later included on Shifty Shellshock's 2004 album "Happy Love Sick", and Oakenfold's 2007...
" was created after the pair met at a Crazy Town show.
Bunkka: 2002–04
In 2002, BunkkaBunkka
Bunkka is the title of an album by electronica artist and DJ Paul 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.- Track listing :...
became his first official studio album when he signed to Maverick
Maverick Records
Maverick Recording Company is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:...
. Bunkka is a compilation of styles which Paul has learned to mix throughout his career; the blending in of progressive trance with goa makes the album different from other conventional dance album. The name Bunkka comes from Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
'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.
"I'm a big fan of Nelly FurtadoNelly FurtadoNelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
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 by 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 the vocals from singers from Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William...
on "Time of Your Life" and Shifty Shellshock of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
rock and rap band Crazy Town
Crazy Town
Crazy Town is a rap rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer. The band is best known for their 2001 single, "Butterfly", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart...
on "Starry Eyed Surprise
Starry Eyed Surprise
"Starry Eyed Surprise" is the title of a song produced by Paul Oakenfold. It was released in July 2002 as the second single from his album Bunkka. It features vocals by Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town. It was later included on Shifty Shellshock's 2004 album "Happy Love Sick", and Oakenfold's 2007...
" with popular Ice Cube
Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
on "Get Em Up", Tricky
Tricky
Tricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...
and Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
on "The Harder They Come". The album contains the appearances of Asher D of So Solid Crew
So Solid Crew
So Solid Crew is an electronic and urban musical collective from South London, England, whose hits include "Oh No " and "21 Seconds", the latter reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 2001. Another hit, "They Don't Know", reached number three in November 2001 and "Haters" got to...
on "Ready Steady Go" and Grant Lee Philips, founder of the 90's Los Angeles rock band, Grant Lee Buffalo
Grant Lee Buffalo
Grant Lee Buffalo is a rock band based in Los Angeles, California, consisting of Grant-Lee Phillips , Paul Kimble and Joey Peters . All three were previously members of another Los Angeles band, Shiva Burlesque.-Career:...
, is also included as part of the disc with Carmen Rizzo
Carmen Rizzo
Carmen Rizzo is a producer and music engineer who has worked with Alanis Morissette, Oakenfold, Kate Havnevik, Huun-Huur-Tu, Temposhark, Jem, Niyaz and Esthero. In addition, he has recorded his own albums entitled The Lost Art of the Idle Moment , Ornament of an Imposter , and Looking Through...
's version of his song "Motion". Bunkka also provided the start to three new artists, Carla Werner
Carla Werner
Carla Werner is a singer and songwriter from New Zealand who began her music career at age 11.Her first major record deal was in 2002 with Columbia Records, Sony Music and was followed by the release of her debut album Departure in 2003...
on the smashing single "Southern Sun", Tiff Lacey
Tiff Lacey
Tiff Lacey is a singer/songwriter from Crayford, Kent, England, and the vocalist behind many trance and house hits. Except for her vocal abilities, she's also known for the fact that she usually writes lyrics that differ considerably from the standard hooks in the genre.-Singing career:Tiff Lacey...
on "Hypnotized" and Emiliana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.-Early life:Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of...
on "Hold Your Hand"; Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...
's spoken words are provided on "Nixon's Spirit". The world-renowned Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's composition was adapted in an electronic version on the tracks "Zoo York". In 2002, Q magazine
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
named Paul in their list of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". In 2002, Oakenfold revealed he had struggled with dyslexia
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, or rapid...
as a child and announced his intention to help dyslexic children.
In 2002, Paul remixed David Arnold
David Arnold
David Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
's widely popular "James Bond Theme
James Bond Theme
The "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since Dr. No. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film....
", the song was released under Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
and was followed by the album's next two singles after "Starry Eyed Surprise", "Ready Steady Go
Southern Sun / Ready Steady Go
"Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go" is a double single produced by Paul Oakenfold and released on his 2002 album Bunkka. It features vocals by Carla Werner. Remixes by DJ Tiësto appear on the single release and on Tiësto's album In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama of the same year...
" and "Southern Sun
Southern Sun / Ready Steady Go
"Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go" is a double single produced by Paul Oakenfold and released on his 2002 album Bunkka. It features vocals by Carla Werner. Remixes by DJ Tiësto appear on the single release and on Tiësto's album In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama of the same year...
". "Southern Sun" with Carla Werner
Carla Werner
Carla Werner is a singer and songwriter from New Zealand who began her music career at age 11.Her first major record deal was in 2002 with Columbia Records, Sony Music and was followed by the release of her debut album Departure in 2003...
was first issued as a B-Side of "Ready Steady Go" until it was included on Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
's In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama compilation with his own remix of the song. "Southern Sun" became a smashing hit as it was then released as the A-Side of "Ready Steady Go" in mid-2002, "Ready Steady Go" was featured in Saab
Saab
Saab AB is a Swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer Saab Automobile, and between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania, known as Saab-Scania.-History:"Svenska...
commercials, the EA Sports
EA Sports
EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...
game Tiger Woods PGA Tour
Tiger Woods PGA Tour
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR is a series of video games developed and published by Electronic Arts featuring professional golfer Tiger Woods, among other pros on the PGA Tour....
2003, THQ
THQ
THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices...
game Juiced, the pilot for the television program Las Vegas
Las Vegas (TV series)
Las Vegas was an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the ficticional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and...
, NASCAR
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
theme song for 2006, It appears in the video game series Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...
in DDR Ultramix for the Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
, Fastlane
Fastlane (TV series)
Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4 began rebroadcasting the complete series. After finishing its initial run on the network, Fastlane stopped airing on G4...
episode "Dogtown" and the Alias
Alias (TV series)
Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
episode "Snowman". Ready Steady Go was also listed as the number 1 song that makes you drive faster by UpVenue. Also In 2003 he remixed another hit soundtrack from one of the greatest artists in history of music 'Elvis Presley' which hit the chart fairly well when Presley's renewed fame continued with this remix in 2003 (this time by Paul Oakenfold) of "Rubberneckin'", which made the top three in Australia and top five in the UK. This remix of Rubberneckin had contributed a lot to the Elvis of the 21st century. In an earlier episode, "The Imposter", of Radio Free Roscoe
Radio Free Roscoe
Radio Free Roscoe was a Canadian television series filmed in Toronto, Ontario. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment, and it first aired on 1 August 2003 on Family, in Canada. It has also been dubbed in French in the province of Quebec and aired on VRAK.TV...
, a 2005 series on The N, 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 (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker) of Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Craig Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter. He has written many children's novels, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider and The Diamond Brothers series and has written over fifty books. He has also written extensively for television, adapting many of Agatha Christie's...
's novel Stormbreaker
Stormbreaker (novel)
Stormbreaker is the first novel in the Alex Rider series by British author Anthony Horowitz. It was released in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2000 and in the United States on 21 May 2001...
, The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency . The film also stars Franka...
and it was reproduced with Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
lyrics for the movie Collateral
Collateral (film)
Collateral is a 2004 crime thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. It was directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie. It was Mann's first feature film to be shot mostly with high-definition cameras. Mann had previously used the format for portions of Ali and for his CBS drama...
, 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 TRL Italy
TRL Italy
Total Request Live was the Italian version of the American show of the same name that originated in 1999. Originally broadcast weekdays at 2.00 p.m., its time slot was changed as it ran into its second season. It was broadcast at 3.00 p.m...
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 Creamfields
Creamfields
Creamfelds is a large dance music festival featuring DJs and live acts. It is held annually on the August Bank Holiday weekend in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, just outside of Liverpool where it had previously been held for a number of years. It is renowned for being headlined every year by the...
event, in 2002 at Speke Airfield DJs like Paul Oakenfold, Seb Fontaine, Paul van Dyk
Paul van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
performed along Dave Clarke, Jon Carter
Jon Carter
Jon Carter is an Essex, England-born DJ who initially rose to prominence as a big beat electronica DJ. However, as his career progressed both his productions and his DJ sets became known for including a variety of musical styles.-Biography:...
, Richie Hawtin
Richie Hawtin
Richard Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s...
and Felix Da Housecat
Felix da Housecat
Felix da Housecat is an American DJ and record producer, mostly known for house music and electroclash. His name was inspired by Felix the Cat....
, the event also featured live appearances from Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...
, All Saints
All Saints (group)
All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...
, Death In Vegas
Death in Vegas
Death in Vegas are a psychedelic rock and electronic rock band from the United Kingdom, comprising two permanent members: Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes...
and Moloko
Moloko
Moloko were an Anglo-Irish electronic/pop duo consisting of Róisín Murphy from Wicklow, Ireland and Mark Brydon, from Sunderland, England.- Origin of band name :...
. 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, "Perfecto Presents: Great Wall" included the Deepsky
Deepsky
Deepsky is an electronic music act based in Los Angeles. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Deepsky formed in 1992 when its two founding members, J. Scott Giaquinta and Jason Blum, met at the University of New Mexico...
remix of the song as well as tracks like Motorcycle's
Gabriel & Dresden
Gabriel & Dresden is the project name of the DJs and producers Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden from San Francisco. Their popularity and activities were centered in the United States. They won the WMC award as Best American DJ twice in 2007 and 2008, the same day the group split-up...
"As the Rush Comes
As the Rush Comes
As the Rush Comes is a 2004 song by the American progressive group Motorcycle with vocalist Jes Brieden. The rock-inspired song was a number one single on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in 2004, where it would also become the first year-end number one Dance Airplay track that same year, and...
", Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
's "Pagan Poetry
Pagan Poetry
"Pagan Poetry" was the second single from singer Björk's album Vespertine. The single peaked at number 38 in the UK and number 12 in Canada. It was written and produced by Björk with additional production by Marius De Vries and mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent...
", UNKLE
UNKLE
Unkle are a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
's remix of Ian Brown
Ian Brown
Ian George Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses, which broke up in 1996 but are confirmed to reunite in 2012. Since the break-up of the Stone Roses he has pursued a solo career...
's "F.E.A.R." and Paul's recent remix of Madonna's
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
"Hollywood" song.
With the event of Creamfields
Creamfields
Creamfelds is a large dance music festival featuring DJs and live acts. It is held annually on the August Bank Holiday weekend in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, just outside of Liverpool where it had previously been held for a number of years. It is renowned for being headlined every year by the...
that took place in 2004, Oakenfold felt inspired enough to release a compilation of songs he played during the event as well as tracks influenced by the environment and the vibe of deejays like Paul Van Dyk
Paul van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
, Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...
, Judge Jules
Judge Jules
Judge Jules is a British dance music DJ and producer, known for his DJ activities and popular radio show which achieved global success.-Education:...
, Fergie, Tall Paul, Eddie Halliwell
Eddie Halliwell
Eddie Halliwell is an international Trance DJ. Halliwell has held residencies at Goodgreef, Gatecrasher and Cream in Ibiza, was named DJ of the year by leading dance music magazine Mixmag in 2003 and 2005...
, Chris Lawrence
Christopher Lawrence (DJ)
Christopher Lawrence is an American DJ and producer, specializing in progressive trance music. He has released 10 mix CDs since 1997.Lawrence has an international audience and makes frequent appearances worldwide...
, Adam Sheridan, Shan
Shan
The Shan are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan live primarily in the Shan State of Burma , but also inhabit parts of Mandalay Division, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China and Thailand...
, and Alex Kidd
Alex Kidd
is a video game character whose popularity peaked during the late 1980s and who was the protagonist of both a series of video games released by Sega and their fictional universe, as well as in numerous spin-off merchandise such as novelizations and comics...
at the Cream
Cream (nightclub)
Cream, based at the Nation nightclub in Liverpool, is one of the best-known night clubs in the UK. Cream began life as a weekly house music night at Nation, and ran in this format for 10 years, from October 1992 to June 2002...
/Goodgreef & Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
Arena.
A Lively Mind, Greatest Hits and Side Work: 2005–07
In 2005, Oakenfold was contacted by the car manufacturer Toyota to create a free promotional CD available from aygo.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.During Paul's career he has remixed a variety of songs from Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, like "What It Feels Like For A Girl
What It Feels Like for a Girl
"What It Feels Like for a Girl" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was the third and final single released from her eighth studio album Music on April 17, 2001 by Maverick Records. The video mix of the song is a trance song, while the album version is a more demure pop and...
", "Hollywood", "American Life
American Life (song)
"American Life" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was the first single from her 2003 studio album American Life...
", "Sorry
Sorry (Madonna song)
"Sorry" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor. It was written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price and released as the second single from the album on February 28, 2006. It later appeared on Celebration, her 2009 greatest hits...
" and later in 2008 "Give It 2 Me
Give It 2 Me
"Give It 2 Me" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna, featured on her eleventh studio album Hard Candy. It was released on June 4, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records as the second single from the album...
" from her album Hard Candy
Hard Candy (Madonna album)
Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on April 19, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records. It was her final studio album with the record company, marking the end of a 25 year recording history. Madonna started working on the album in 2007, and collaborated...
, Paul went on tour with Madonna for two months opening her presentation in the Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It supported her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna confirmed the possibility of going out on a tour as early as November 2005. Jamie King, Madonna's longtime collaborator, was then hired on...
, previously he had supported her in 2004 at Slane Castle
Slane Castle
Slane Castle is located in the town of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland. The castle has been the family home of the Conyngham Marquessate since the 18th century....
in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. His sets lasted for an hour and a half, followed by Madonna's two-hour show.
Oakenfold remixed the Transformers
Transformers
A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling.Transformer may also refer to:* ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, an Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet computer manufacturer by Asus...
theme as the theme song for then-new TV series, Transformers Cybertron. He also contributed with his single "Beautiful Goal" for the 2005
FIFA Football 2005
FIFA Football 2005, also known as FIFA Soccer 2005, FIFA 2005 or simply FIFA 05, is a football video game released in . It was developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, mobile...
video game. His single Ready Steady Go was composed for the 2005 video game Juiced. His second studio album, A Lively Mind
A Lively Mind
A Lively Mind is the second artist album from the British dance music DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold. The album is the follow-up to Oakenfold's 2002 debut Bunkka...
was released on 6 June 2006. Receiving unsuccessful reviews, the first single "Faster Kill Pussycat
Faster Kill Pussycat
"Faster Kill Pussycat" is the first single from Paul Oakenfold's 2006 album, A Lively Mind. It features the late American actress Brittany Murphy's vocals, and was co-written by singer/songwriter Kelli Ali...
", a collaboration with the actress Brittany Murphy
Brittany Murphy
Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack , known professionally as Brittany Murphy, was an American actress and singer. She starred in films such as Clueless, Just Married, Girl Interrupted, Spun, 8 Mile, Uptown Girls, Sin City, Happy Feet, and Riding in Cars with Boys...
, was released on 2 May 2006; the second single was "Sex 'n' Money
Sex 'n' Money
"Sex 'n' Money" is a song by DJ Paul Oakenfold from his second solo artist release A Lively Mind. It features producer Pharrell on the vocal track.-Music video:...
". Both songs stand out from the rest, as most of the album has a more trance-like feel. Gregory Jeffries from Allmusic 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 Rolling Stones 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 Paul Oakenfold.
In 2007, he played live at the Boston Pops 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 International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) at the Winter Music Conference
Winter Music Conference
The Winter Music Conference is a weeklong electronic music conference, held every March since the mid-1980s in Miami, Florida, United States. Venues are hosted primarily in Downtown Miami and Miami's South Beach...
(WMC), Best Underground Dance Track for "Faster Kill Pussycat" and Best Full Length DJ Mix CD for "A Lively Mind
A Lively Mind
A Lively Mind is the second artist album from the British dance music DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold. The album is the follow-up to Oakenfold's 2002 debut Bunkka...
". 2007 saw the publication of the first official biography of Paul Oakenfold, written by Richard Norris of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve fame. Paul Oakenfold: The Authorised Biography was published by Bantam Press
Bantam Press
Bantam Press is an imprint of Transworld Publishers which is a British publishing division of Random House.It is based on Uxbridge Road in Ealing near Ealing Broadway station, the same address as Transworld....
on 24 September 2007. Oakenfold is said to be a big fan of Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
It was thought that he played a zombie in the movie 28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British/Spanish film sequel to the 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later. 28 Weeks Later was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and released in the United Kingdom and United States on 11 May 2007...
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 Vexille
Vexille
is a 2007 Japanese CGI anime film, written, directed, and edited by famed Ping Pong director Fumihiko Sori, and features the voices of Meisa Kuroki, Yasuko Matsuyuki, and Shosuke Tanihara....
.
Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1
Greatest Hits & Remixes is a compilation album of Paul Oakenfold's old and new exclusive tracks, commemorating his 100th remix in 2007. The album was released in November in the United Kingdom with a double CD set and a triple CD version with the same number of songs, it was also released in the...
which features his best performance tracks. Oakenfold was a judge for the 6th and 7th annual Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....
to support independent artists. In October 2007 Oakenfold also remixed Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
number one hit Gimme More
Gimme More
"Gimme More" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears from her fifth studio album, Blackout. It was released on September 27, 2007 by Jive Records as the lead single of the album. The song was written by Jim Beanz, Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica, Nate "Danja" Hills and Keri Hilson...
, which became the lead remix off its release. Paul Oakenfold has created more than one hundred remixes, and has sold over 5,000,000 (5 million) long plays. More recently, he has been touring in British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
universities to promote his new album and autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
. The tribute album was released in November in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
with a 2 CD set and a 3 CD version with the same number of songs. It was also released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with only 20 tracks in one CD; it featured some remixes from the original version but it also included, two new remixes which are; Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
's "My Love
My Love (Justin Timberlake song)
"My Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake from his second studio album, FutureSex/LoveSounds . It was released on September 26, 2006, by Jive Records as the second single from the album...
" song and his remix of Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including critically acclaimed film scores for The Lion King , Crimson Tide , The Thin Red Line , Gladiator , The Dark Knight and Inception .Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the...
's "Jack Theme Suite
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Remixes
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Remixes is an EP released in 2007 which features remixes by Oakenfold and other DJs of the track "Jack Sparrow" composed by Hans Zimmer for the Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End....
" which was used for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Exclusive 2008 Remixes from Paul were also included from Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl....
's "Stop Me
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
-Smiths original:The Smiths' song, written by the usual combination of Morrissey and Johnny Marr, came out on the group's 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come....
" song, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
's "Everything In Its Right Place
Everything in Its Right Place
"Everything in Its Right Place" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, written by lead singer Thom Yorke in 1999. It was recorded with producer Nigel Godrich in Batsford later the same year...
", Eisbaer from Grovezone, "Missing
Missing (Everything but the Girl song)
"Missing" is a song written and recorded by British pop music duo Everything but the Girl. The song was released as a single from the band's 1994 album Amplified Heart...
" by Everything But The Girl
Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday...
and a remix of Paul's own "Southern Sun". Releases with Catalog#: UL 1602-2 included a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
of live show and documentary. The compilation consists of tracks which influenced his career and made his personality what it is nowadays, with artists like The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
, Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
, The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
, U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
, Olive
Olive (band)
Olive was a breakbeat/trip hop group from the North of England. The founding membership consisted of producer, instrumentalist and songwriter Tim Kellett, producer and keyboard programmer Robin Taylor-Firth, and singer Ruth-Ann Boyle...
, The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
, Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, and Underworld
Underworld (band)
Underworld are a British electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980.- Early years: 1979–1986 :...
.
Pop Killer and Film Scoring: 2008–present
In 2008, he released the last single from his last studio album, Not Over. This was a new version of the tracks known as "Not Over YetNot Over Yet
Not Over Yet is a song by Grace, released as a single in 1995 peaking in the UK Singles Chart at #6 and topping the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the United States. The song was originally released in 1993 under the alias State of Grace. Lead vocals and backing vocals on the track were...
" which he produced while working with Osborne as Grace and in collaboration with Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder
Ryan Benjamin Tedder is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the frontman of the pop rock band, OneRepublic, though he has an independent career as songwriter and producer for various artists such as Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson, Far East Movement, Jordin Sparks, Leona...
from One Republic. The song was also covered by Klaxons
Klaxons
Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007....
as "It's Not Over Yet". In 2008, Oakenfold worked on film scores for various films and television programs such as Californication
Californication (TV series)
Californication is an American comedy-drama that premiered on Showtime on August 13, 2007. The show was created by Tom Kapinos. The protagonist, Hank Moody , is a troubled novelist whose move to California, coupled with his writer's block, complicates his relationships with his longtime girlfriend...
, The Heavy, Fever
Fever
Fever is a common medical sign characterized by an elevation of temperature above the normal range of due to an increase in the body temperature regulatory set-point. This increase in set-point triggers increased muscle tone and shivering.As a person's temperature increases, there is, in...
, The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency . The film also stars Franka...
, and Speed Racer
Speed Racer
Speed Racer is an English adaptation name of the Japanese manga and anime, which centered on automobile racing. Mach GoGoGo was originally serialized in print form in Shueisha's 1958 Shōnen Book, and was released in tankōbon book form by Sun Wide Comics, re-released in Japan by Fusosha...
. In mid-July Paul ended his world tour promoting his greatest hits album. He also joined Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
again in her Sticky & Sweet Tour
Sticky & Sweet Tour
The Sticky & Sweet Tour was the eighth worldwide concert tour by American singer Madonna to promote her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy. It began in August 2008 and was Madonna's first tour from her new recording and business deal with Live Nation. The tour was announced in February 2008, with...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
and Sao Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. After touring, he began his residency in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
on 30 August, where he plans to release a new album titled "Decade of Dance" and write the score for the film Humboldt Park. 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 Rain Nightclub
Rain Nightclub
Rain Nightclub, at the Palms Casino Resort, opened in the 2001 by the N9NE Group. The club is or has been known as Rain Las Vegas and Rain in the Desert. A variety of celebrities have been spotted at Rain, including Jerry Bruckheimer, Nicky Hilton and David Katzenberg. Rain was the first mega club...
, the legendary 25000 square feet (2,322.6 m²) nightclub and concert venue at the Palms Casino Resort known for its special effects and international headliner acts. From July to August 2009, Paul 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
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
on her third Greatest Hits collection Celebration
Celebration (Madonna album)
Celebration is the third greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, and the closing release under her contract with Warner Bros. Records, her record company since 1982. The release follows her two previous greatest hits albums, The Immaculate Collection and GHV2...
and her final release with Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
Records. The first single was released on 3 August 2009, it is also titled "Celebration
Celebration (Madonna song)
"Celebration" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her third compilation album, Celebration. It was written by Madonna, Paul Oakenfold, Ciaran Gribbin and Ian Green, and produced by Madonna and Paul Oakenfold. The song was released digitally on July 31, 2009 by Warner Bros. Records....
", it was produced by Oakenfold. He also remixed a past demo "It's So Cool" from the American Life, and it is included as a bonus track on iTunes.
Paul Oakenfold has remixed a song called Firefly which is from the latest Matt Goss
Matt Goss
Matthew Weston Goss is an English singer and songwriter currently based in Los Angeles. He was the lead singer of 1980s pop group Bros, which also featured his twin brother Luke Goss as drummer and Craig Logan as bass player...
album Gossy. In 2010 he returned to the US as a DJ at Rain Nightclub
Rain Nightclub
Rain Nightclub, at the Palms Casino Resort, opened in the 2001 by the N9NE Group. The club is or has been known as Rain Las Vegas and Rain in the Desert. A variety of celebrities have been spotted at Rain, including Jerry Bruckheimer, Nicky Hilton and David Katzenberg. Rain was the first mega club...
.
Oakenfold performed on Halloween at the 2010 Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Oakenfold confirmed that Pop Killer is scheduled for an early 2012 release and will feature of cross-genre talent, including Cee-Lo, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Matt Goss.
Albums
Studio Albums- 2002 BunkkaBunkkaBunkka is the title of an album by electronica artist and DJ Paul 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.- Track listing :...
- 2006 A Lively MindA Lively MindA Lively Mind is the second artist album from the British dance music DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold. The album is the follow-up to Oakenfold's 2002 debut Bunkka...
- 2012 Pop Killer
DJ Tools
- 2000 Bust A GrooveBust a Groove (Paul Oakenfold album)Tracks 1-14 also appear on Paul Oakenfold's Sampladelica: The Roots of Paul Oakenfold and The Ultimate DJ Sample Box albums.-Track listing:# "Sexy Sax"# "Swing It"# "Jazzy Vibe"# "Stoned Again"# "Blast"# "It's a Def Jam"# "Jazzy Shades"...
- 2000 Sampladelica: The Roots of Paul OakenfoldSampladelica: The Roots of Paul OakenfoldSampladelica: The Roots of Paul Oakenfold is a Paul Oakenfold album containing audio sounds made for remixing, intended mainly for DJs. Tracks 1-14 are also in Oakenfold's later albums Bust a Groove and The Ultimate DJ Sample Box....
- 2006 The Ultimate DJ Sample Box (with Norman Cook)
DJ Mixes
- 1994 Goa MixGoa MixThe Goa Mix is a two-hour mix by DJ Paul Oakenfold. It was originally broadcast on BBC as an Essential Mix in 1994 after the Producer of the show Eddie Gordon chose Paul as the DJ to create a ground-breaking 2 hour mix, regarded now as the famous Goa Mix, a working title Eddie Gordon gave to the...
- 1994 Journeys By DJ 5: Journey Through The SpectrumJourneys by Stadium DJJourneys by Stadium DJ is a remix Album by Paul Oakenfold.-Track listing:# "Extasia" # "Wow Mr. Yogi!" # "Lemon" # "Just Let It Go" # "Hablando" # "Body Baby"...
- 1995 A Voyage into TranceA Voyage into Trance- Track listing :#Trancemission #Sly-Ed #Aliens #Teleport #Superbooster #Wicked Warp #Voyager III #New Moon...
- 1996 Perfecto FluoroPerfecto Fluoro (Paul Oakenfold album)-Overview:Recorded eighteen months after the ground-breaking Goa Mix, Fluoro utilizes the same 'epic' approach and feel, with liberal use of excerpts from film soundtracks .There are also several snatches of movie dialogue sampled on some of the...
- 1997 Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6This is a remix album by Paul Oakenfold & Mike Cosford .-Disc 1 Paul Oakenfold:# Garbage - "Milk" # Depeche Mode - "It's No Good" # Slacker - "Your Face"# Orbital - "The Box"# Ascension - "Some One"...
- 1997 Cream Anthems 97Cream Anthems 97Cream Anthems 97 is a mix album, Disc 1 by Nick Warren and Disc 2 by Paul Oakenfold.-Disc 1:# "Free"# "Freestyle Orchestra"# "Horizonti, Belo" [Original Mix]# "Gunman"# "Ajare" [Original Mix]# "Breathe"# "Nine Ways" [Original Mix]# "Cowgirl"...
- 1997 Global Underground 004Global Underground 004Global Underground 004: Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo is a double mix CD in the Global Underground series, compiled and mixed by Paul Oakenfold. The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in Oslo, Norway, as part of the official launch of the Quart Festival...
- 1998 TranceportTranceport (album)Tranceport is a mix album released by Paul Oakenfold in 1998. It was released on Kinetic Records.-Track listing:#Dream Traveler – Time #Three Drives On A Vinyl – "Greece 2000 "...
- 1998 Global Underground 007Global Underground 007Global Underground 007: Paul Oakenfold, New York is a DJ mix album in the Global Underground series, compiled and mixed by Paul Oakenfold. The mix is a retrospective look at a set played at Twilo in New York City.-Disc one:...
- 1999 Resident: Two Years of Oakenfold at CreamResident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream.Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream. is a DJ mix album by Paul Oakenfold.-Disc 1:# "Mystery Land" # "Butterfly" # "Blue Fear" # "Shine" # "Someone"...
- 2000 Perfecto Presents: TravellingPerfecto Presents: TravellingPerfecto Presents: Travelling is a mix album by Paul Oakenfold.-Disc 1:# "Velvet" # "Ubik" # "Jazzin' the Way You Know" # "Clarkness"...
- 2000 Perfecto Presents: Another WorldPerfecto Presents: Another World-Overview:Oakenfold continues with the style of progressive trance begun six years earlier on the Goa mix. Once again, samples of Lisa Gerrard's vocals and snatches of dialogue from the Blade Runner soundtrack are dropped into the mix , which is used between the last two tracks on the first disc...
- 2000 Essential Selection Vol. 1 (with Fatboy SlimFatboy SlimNorman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...
) - 2001 Swordfish (soundtrack)Swordfish (soundtrack)Swordfish: The Album is the original soundtrack of the 2001 film Swordfish. It was produced by Paul Oakenfold under Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. and distributed through London Sire Records, Inc.- Track listing :...
- 2001 Perfecto Presents IbizaPerfecto Presents IbizaPerfecto Presents Ibiza is a remix album by Paul Oakenfold.-Disc 1:#"Waiting" #"Superstar" #"This Is Not a Breakdown"#"Megatron"#"Bumper" #"Idioteque"#"Into the Dawn"...
- 2003 Perfecto Presents: Great Wall
- 2004 CreamfieldsCreamfields (2004 album)Creamfields was a 2004 double album inspired by the Creamfields festival consisting of electronic music tracks by various artists mixed by DJ Paul Oakenfold.-Overview:...
- 2005 Perfecto Presents: The ClubPerfecto Presents: The ClubPerfecto Presents: The Club is a mix compilation album mixed by DJ Paul Oakenfold. Oakenfold uses an alias, Perfecto Allstarz, in this album. Thus, all tracks written by 'Perfecto Allstarz' can be attributed to Oakenfold himself....
- 2007 Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1Greatest Hits & Remixes is a compilation album of Paul Oakenfold's old and new exclusive tracks, commemorating his 100th remix in 2007. The album was released in November in the United Kingdom with a double CD set and a triple CD version with the same number of songs, it was also released in the...
- 2008 Anthems UK EditionAnthems UK EditionAnthems UK Edition is a compilation album By Paul Oakenfold containing Electronica/Dance hits, with the album being totally mixed by Paul Oakenfold, the album was released in 2008, by Paul Oakenfold-Track listing:...
- 2009 Perfecto Vegas
- 2011 The Goa Mix 2011
- 2011 Nevermind The Bollocks, Here's Paul Oakenfold
Filmography
- 2002 The Rules of AttractionThe Rules of Attraction (film)The Rules of Attraction is a 2002 satirical dark comedy film directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. It stars James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, and Kip Pardue.-Plot:...
(Himself) - 2003 Dancestar USA 2003 (Himself)
- 2003 No Cover (Guest)
- 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards 2003MTV Europe Music Awards 2003The UK hosted the Europe Music Award’s for the second time in 2003. Host Christina Aguilera changed costumes a whopping 12 times and opened the show in a Nun's habit...
(Himself) - 2004 The Club (Himself)
- 2007 Post Military Trip (Guest)
See also
- Big Brother (TV series)Big Brother (TV series)Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
- ElectraElectra (band)Electra was an electronic musical band founded by Paul Oakenfold in close collaboration with his friend his friend Steve Osborne. Electra was made up of Paul Oakenfold, Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" Rocca and Micky in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
(Paul Oakenfiled, Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" RoccaJohn RoccaJohn Rocca became known first as a dance music performer, remixer and record producer. During the early 1980s, John Rocca formed, played with, wrote for, produced and managed his first musical band, Freeez, with success...
and Micky) - ElementfourElementfourElementfour was a music producing duo made up of Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray. They collaborated in writing and producing the tune as a theme song for Big Brother...
(Paul Oakenfold and Andy GrayAndy Gray (musician)Andy Gray is a British songwriter, composer, and record producer.-Film scores:*TT3D: Closer to the Edge *CSI Miami original song*Saab Saab North America...
)