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trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

Moby Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "amo ...

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Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol, England, by Robert Del Naja, Robert "3D" Del Naja, Daddy G, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, Tricky (musician), Adrian "Tricky" Thaws and Andrew Vowles, Andrew "Mushroom" ...

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Early career: 1980–1984

Paul Oakenfold describes his early life as a "bedroom DJ" in a podcasted interview with

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's ''24 Hours'', stating he grew up listening to

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. Oakenfold's musical career began in the late 1970s, when he met Trevor Fung and began helping him DJ

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in a

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wine bar. Here in London, he also met Rumours where he played

Earth, Wind and Fire Earth, Wind & Fire (abbreviated as EW&F or EWF) is an American band formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Their music spans multiple genres, including jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin and Afro-pop. They are among the best-selling ba ...

and popular British bands. In 1981, 18-year-old Oakenfold and his friend Ian Paul moved to New York City. Oakenfold worked as a courier in West

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. During this time,

hip-hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hi ...

was overtaking dance music as the most popular sound in the area (see

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). Oakenfold and Fung used fake identification to sneak into various dance clubs, like Studio 54, where they met members of the band

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,

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and

Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused elements of reggae, ska and rocksteady and was renowned for his distinctive voca ...

, whom they also interviewed, claiming to be ''

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'' and ''

Melody Maker ''Melody Maker'' was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest. In January 2001, it was merged into "long-standing rival" (and IPC Media sister publicatio ...

'' journalists. Returning to London, Oakenfold began breaking into the mainstream, 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 Salt-N-Pepa (sometimes stylized as Salt 'N' Pepa) is an American hip-hop, hip hop group formed in New York City in 1985, that comprised Salt (rapper), Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (rapper), Pepa (Sandra Denton), and DJ Spinderella (Deidra Roper). ...

. Oakenfold appeared on the ''

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''

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programme for children with a breakdancing crew. He became a promoter and British agent for the

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and Run-D.M.C. Since then, he appeared at The Project in

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playing soul and

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music.

Perfecto Records and fame: 1985–1991

In 1987, Oakenfold travelled to the island of

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for a week to celebrate his birthday. Trevor Fung, Nicky Holloway, Ian Saint Paul,

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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 (also simply known as just " acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synt ...

style until 1987 when the party was successful. After that, the night became a classic and became one of the UK's major acid house nights, known as ''Spectrum'' at

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in

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. 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

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DJ'd in the VIP

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area known as the "White Room", which gave Oakenfold more free time, and then he began producing music under the alias "

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" in 1988. Members included Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" Rocca and Micky. As they continued releasing only four singles as the

Balearic beat Balearic beat, also known as Balearic house, Balearic, Ibiza house or Ibizan chillout, is an eclectic blend of DJ-led dance music that emerged in the mid-1980s. It later became the name of a more specific style of electronic dance/house music th ...

band

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, in Full Frequency Range Recordings (

FFRR Records FFRR Records (sometimes credited as Full Frequency Range Recordings) is a dance music label founded as a subsidiary of London Records in 1986, with A&R run by the British DJ Pete Tong. Originally a part of London Records' label roster, F ...

) founded and run by Radio 1's

Pete Tong Peter Michael Tong (born 30 July 1960) is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as '' Essential Mix'' and '' Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for ...

, the duo created a new alias under the name Perfecto. Also in 1988 he decided to create a place where new artists could develop their careers. At that moment,

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was born. He collaborated with his friend

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

on various projects. In 1990, he worked with

Terry Farley Terry Farley is a British DJ, remixer and producer from London, active since the mid-1980s. Career Farley started out going to clubs in the late 1970s and first visited Ibiza in 1982. He then started working as a DJ, performing at the same clubs ...

,

Andrew Weatherall Andrew James Weatherall (6 April 1963 – 17 February 2020) was an English musician, DJ, songwriter, producer and remixer. His career took him from being a DJ in the acid house movement of the late 1980s to being a remixer of tracks by Happy M ...

and Osborne on two remixes for

Happy Mondays Happy Mondays are an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980. The original line-up consisted of brothers Shaun Ryder (vocals) and Paul Ryder (bass), Gaz Whelan (drums), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Mark Day (guitar). Mark "Bez" Berry la ...

. The remixes of "Rave On" and "Hallelujah" were released on the ''Madchester Rave On'' EP, as well as "Step On", a cover version adapted from

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' 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

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. Pleased with the last single, the Happy Mondays gave Oakenfold and Osborne the opportunity to produce their third studio album, ''

Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches ''Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches'' is the third studio album by the English rock band Happy Mondays, released on 5 November 1990 by Factory Records. Disc jockey (DJ) Paul Oakenfold and collaborator Steve Osborne were previously enlisted by the ...

''. The album entered the UK charts at number one with pre-sales of 150,000. The album was named ''

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''s 1990 Album of the Year, and both Oakenfold and Osborne won the 1991 Brit Award for Best Producer. In 1991, they remixed

Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol, England, by Robert Del Naja, Robert "3D" Del Naja, Daddy G, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, Tricky (musician), Adrian "Tricky" Thaws and Andrew Vowles, Andrew "Mushroom" ...

's "Safe from Harm" as well as many others.

Tours and nightclubs: 1992–2000

In 1992, when U2 released their song "

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", 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

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in the 1993 legs of 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. Also in 1993, Oakenfold and Osborne's project

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was formed as State of Grace and featuring vocals by Patti Low, though by the time Grace had charted a number of singles in the UK charts (around 1996), it had become a 'solo fronted project' with jazz singer

Dominique Atkins Dominique Atkins (born 29 April 1970) is a British jazz and dance singer from London. She has been a member of such groups as Grace and The Space Brothers, among others. Her hit singles include "Not Over Yet", "Skin On Skin", "If I Could Fly", " ...

as the lead vocalist. The project was dissolved in 1997 as Oakenfold was touring as a performance DJ more frequently and could not commit to recording, though a remixed version of "Not Over Yet" was issued under the 'Planet Perfecto featuring Grace' name in 1999. In September 1994 and again in 1998, he teamed up with

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

and

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to remix

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song "

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" and

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's " Out of My Mind". He began producing his own tracks as well, continuing to remix songs from popular artists. He began using

Goa music Goa trance is an electronic dance music style that originated in the early 1990s in the Indian state of Goa. Goa trance often has drone-like basslines, similar to the techno minimalism of 21st century psychedelic trance (psytrance). Psychedelic t ...

, 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

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's ''

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''; the first of these was broadcast in the early hours of Sunday 20 March 1994, with the second being '' The Goa Mix'' broadcast on Sunday 18 December 1994. His album '' Perfecto Fluoro'' became the No. 1 essential dance collection of Boston Beat during 1996 with

Jamiroquai Jamiroquai ( ) are an English acid jazz and funk band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in th ...

's ''

Travelling Without Moving ''Travelling Without Moving'' is the third studio album by English funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai, released on 28 August 1996 in Japan, then on 9 September 1996 in the United Kingdom under Sony Soho Square. Front-man Jay Kay intended for th ...

''. 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 is a British record label and compilation series founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolised the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s and first manifesto for hi ...

'' series. Compiled and mixed by Oakenfold, it is the first work he created for GU. The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in

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, Norway, as part of the official launch of the

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. It showcased Oakenfold's eclectic taste in music at the time, as the mix combines various forms of dance music. In 1997, Oakenfold mixed one disc of the double album ''Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6'', a UK

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compilation series. Oakenfold became Cream's resident DJ from 1997 to 1999. During this time, he began to concentrate on the release of ''

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'' in 1998. In 1998 and 1999, Oakenfold took the first place in ''

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''s Top 100 DJs. With the two-year contract as a resident in

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's Cream, it was in 1999 that he released ''

Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream. ''Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream.'' is a DJ mix album by Paul Oakenfold. Critical reception Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five, saying "Practically every track Oakenfold drops is an anthem, having be ...

'' on

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.

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, the US distributor for early

Global Underground Global Underground is a British record label and compilation series founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolised the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s and first manifesto for hi ...

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 (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music) ...

, progressive house, progressive trance,

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and

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. This became his last work with GU. In 1999, he became the first DJ to play on the main stage at the

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for 90,000 people, which he considers his favorite gig. He became resident DJ for the opening of (short-lived) London superclub

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, a role he performed until May the following year. Also in 1999, he moved to the United States where he went on tour. In 2000, he created fourteen tracks of jazz, soul, house and Goa based styles with Mitchell Oakenfold. Twenty-four 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. In March 2000, he teamed up with

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

, Andy Gray and

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to remix

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's song "

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". Sometime before July 2000, he teamed up with Andy Gray to write and produce the

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for the

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reality show ''

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'' under the name

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. The series started airing on 18 July 2000, with the theme later released as a single. The programme and theme moved over to Channel 5 from 18 August 2011 to 5 November 2018. In September 2000, he opened the new

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station

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with a live mix from the famous London club. Oakenfold appeared in the intro scene of EA's ''Euro 2000'' video game, which featured him using his turntables to activate the video game and control various players. He also composed the game's soundtrack, which featured 7 tracks including a remix of the official anthem of the tournament.

Pioneer in America: 2000–2001

After his success in Europe, one of Oakenfold's first major events in America was

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's Cyberfest on 22 July 2000. The 500 acre indoor and outdoor central California location had the biggest dance capacity ever in America. An estimated 80,000 dancers and music lovers from

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, Phoenix,

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were welcomed that day. Cyberfest 2000, also known as the "Festival Of The Future" featured other DJs such as

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, BT, and

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. Cyberfest 2000 paved the way for other major events in the area such as the

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in Los Angeles in 2010. In 2001, Oakenfold took part in the first

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tour. This tour featured

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,

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,

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, and

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. He later released a new

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, '' Perfecto Presents: Ibiza''. 2001 also saw the release of the video game ''

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'', for which Oakenfold produced one track, "See It".

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sold over 150,000 copies of Oakenfold's previous ''Global Underground: New York''. A spokesperson for the label claimed that in the US, demand for UK dance music had been increasing in the past couple of years, and now made up over two-thirds of the label's sales. The Global Underground New York office opened in on Ninth Avenue in

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. The Mekka Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as the "electronic

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" took place in ten cities in the United States and Canada during August and September, including

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. The event featured Paul, Armand van Helden,

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, Deep Dish, BT,

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. Oakenfold next moved to

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to work on film soundtracks and to focus his DJing stateside. In 2001 he created the soundtrack for the film ''

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'', '' Swordfish: The Album'' contained a transformation of "Planet Rock" into a seven-minute

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trance anthem. Most of the tracks are collaborations with Andy Gray, the remix of

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's "Lapdance" which gained total notability from other tracks. The soundtrack was produced under

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and distributed through London-Sire Records. Oakenfold recorded a track with

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vocalist

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at the end of the year for his new album. In an interview with ''

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'', Shellshock said that the track known as "

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. The name ''Bunkka'' came from

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'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 vocals from Jane's Addiction vocalist

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on "Time of Your Life" and

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of Los Angeles rock and rap band

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on "

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";

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on "Get Em Up"; and Tricky and

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on "The Harder They Come". The album contains appearances by Asher D of

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is also included with

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's version of his song "Motion". ''Bunkka'' also provided the start to three new artists,

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on the single " Southern Sun",

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on "Hypnotised" and

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on "Hold Your Hand".

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's spoken words are provided on "Nixon's Spirit". Pakistani musician

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's composition was adapted in an electronic version on the tracks "Zoo York". In 2002, ''Q'' magazine named Oakenfold in their list of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2002, Oakenfold revealed he had struggled with

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as a child and announced his intention to help dyslexic children. In 2002, Oakenfold remixed

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"; the song was released under

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and was followed by the album's next two singles after "Starry Eyed Surprise", "

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" and " Southern Sun". "Southern Sun" with

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was first issued as a B-side of "Ready Steady Go" until it was included on

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's '' In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama'' compilation with his own remix of the song. "Southern Sun" became a hit as it was then released as the A-side of "Ready Steady Go" in mid-2002. "Ready Steady Go" was featured in

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game '' Juiced'', the pilot for the television program ''

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theme song for 2006. It appears in the video game series ''

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'' in ''DDR Ultramix'' for the

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, the '' Fastlane'' episode "Dogtown" and the '' Alias'' episode "Snowman". "Ready Steady Go" was also listed as the number one song that makes you drive faster by UpVenue. Also in 2003, he remixed another hit soundtrack for 'Elvis Presley' which charted fairly well after his 2003 remix of "Rubberneckin'" made the top three in Australia and top five in the UK. This remix contributed to the Elvis phenomenon of the 21st century. In an earlier episode of ''

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, a character Travis Strong DJed to the song, acting as if it were his own. It has also been used in the

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'', '' The Bourne Identity'' and it was reproduced with

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lyrics for the film '' Collateral''. The song has also been used during the performances of extreme freestyle water ski jumpers, and later became the theme song for the TV show ''

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'' from 2003 till 2005. The EP ''The Harder They Come'' was released on Perfecto and featured other works from Oakenfold and other artists. At the

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event in 2002 at Speke Airfield, DJs such as Oakenfold, Seb Fontaine and

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performed along with Dave Clarke,

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,

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and

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. The event also featured live appearances from

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. In 2003, Oakenfold released the fourth single of his album, "Hypnotised" which became successful enough to be included on his next compilation from the ''Perfecto Presents...'' series, '' Perfecto Presents: Great Wall'' which also included the

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remix of the song as well as tracks like

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's " As the Rush Comes",

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's remix of

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" and Oakenfold's remix of

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". In 2003, Oakenfold produced a remix of "

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. With the event of

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that took place in 2004, Oakenfold released a compilation of songs he played during the event as well as tracks influenced by the environment and the vibe of deejays such as

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,

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, Chris Lawrence, Adam Sheridan, Shan, and Alex Kidd at the

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'' Arena.

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In 2005, Oakenfold was contacted by the car manufacturer

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to create a free promotional CD available from

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.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 Oakenfold's career he has remixed a variety of songs from

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, like "

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", "

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", " Sorry" and later in 2008 " Give It 2 Me" from her album ''

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'', Oakenfold went on tour with Madonna for two months opening her presentation in the

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, previously he had supported her in 2004 at

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in Ireland. His sets lasted for an hour and a half, followed by Madonna's two-hour show. Oakenfold remixed the ''

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'' theme as the theme song for the TV series, ''

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''. He also contributed with his single "Beautiful Goal" for the ''

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'' video game. His single "Ready Steady Go" was composed for the 2005 video game '' Juiced''. His second studio album, ''

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'' was released on 6 June 2006. Receiving unsuccessful reviews, the first single "

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", a collaboration with the actress

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, 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

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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

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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

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(IDMA) at the

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(WMC), ''Best Underground Dance Track'' for "Faster Kill Pussycat" and ''Best Full Length DJ Mix CD'' for "

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". 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

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on 24 September 2007. Oakenfold is a self-professed supporter of

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clubs

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and

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. It was thought that he played a zombie in the movie ''

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'' 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 ''

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''. In October 2007 he released his '' Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1'' which features his best performance tracks. Oakenfold was a judge for the sixth and seventh annual Independent Music Awards. In October 2007 Oakenfold remixed

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' number one hit "

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", which became the lead remix off the release. Oakenfold has created more than one hundred remixes, and has sold over 5,000,000 (5 million)

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s. He toured in British

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to promote his new album and

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. 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:

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's " My Love" song and his remix of

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's " Jack Theme Suite" which was used for the film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End''. Exclusive 2008 remixes from Oakenfold were also included from

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's "

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" song,

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's "

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", Eisbaer from Grovezone, "

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" by

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and a remix of Paul's own "Southern Sun". Releases with Catalog#: ''UL 1602-2'' included a

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of live show and documentary. The compilation consists of tracks which influenced his career and musical persona, with artists such as

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,

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,

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,

Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol, England, by Robert Del Naja, Robert "3D" Del Naja, Daddy G, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, Tricky (musician), Adrian "Tricky" Thaws and Andrew Vowles, Andrew "Mushroom" ...

, U2,

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,

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, and

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.

''Pop Killer'' and film scores: 2008–2014

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and in collaboration with

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from

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. The song was covered by

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as "

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". In 2008, Oakenfold worked on

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for various films and television programs such as ''

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'', '' The Heavy'', ''Fever'', '' The Bourne Identity'', and ''

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''. In mid-July Oakenfold ended his world tour promoting his greatest hits album. He also joined

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again in her

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in

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,

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,

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,

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and

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. After touring, he began his residency in

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on 30 August. 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

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, the legendary nightclub and concert venue at the

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known for its special effects and international headliner acts. From July to August 2009, he again opened Madonna's concerts for the Sticky & Sweet Tour in Europe. In 2009 Paul's third studio album was announced to be actually named ''Pop Killer'', and not ''Decade of Dance'' as the article from ''The Sun'' stated. He also worked with Madonna on her third greatest hits collection, ''Celebration'', and her final release with

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Records. The first single was released on 3 August 2009, it is also titled "

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" and was produced by Oakenfold. He also remixed a past demo "It's So Cool" from ''

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'', and it is included as a bonus track on iTunes. Oakenfold remixed a song called "Firefly" from the

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album ''Gossy''. In 2010, Oakenfold returned to the US as a DJ at

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.

In February 2012 Oakenfold headlined a huge one-off event for club brand Goodgreef at the famous Tall Trees venue in the UK. Later in the year, he performed alongside Californian band

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at the

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June 2012 After Party at Moscone Center in

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. In 2014, Oakenfold remixed A3's single "Come with Me". Oakenfold co-wrote a song for

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's twenty-fifth studio album ''Closer to the Truth'': "

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". It was released on 18 June 2013 as the album's lead-single. Oakenfold remixed a song by British pop singer

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and up-and-coming new electronic project DedRekoning on their single "Only Child", released on 8 September 2014 through Oakenfold's label

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.

2015–present

Since May 2015, Paul is heading the department of DJs and EDM vocalists at Isina, a worldwide talent search and development mentorship program. On September 25, 2020, Oakenfold launched the English-language electronic single, "The Perfect Song" featuring Mexican pop icon Fey, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her career. His album ''Shine On'' is set to be released in 2022. Oakenfold was the opening act for the

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and

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Unity Tour in September and October 2022.

Legal issues

On 2 June 2023, a lawsuit was filed against Oakenfold in the

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by his former personal assistant, accusing him of sexual harassment. He has denied the allegations.

Discography

;Studio albums * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

A Lively Mind ''A Lively Mind'' is the second studio album from the English electronic music producer Paul Oakenfold, released under the name Oakenfold. The album is the follow-up to Oakenfold's 2002 debut '' Bunkka''. The single "Faster Kill Pussycat" feat ...

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''Shine On'' (2022)

Filmography

* 2002 ''

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'' (Himself) * 2003 ''Dancestar USA 2003'' (Himself) * 2003 ''No Cover'' (Guest) * 2003 '' MTV Europe Music Awards 2003'' (Himself) * 2004 '' The Club'' (Himself) * 2007 ''Post Military Trip'' (Guest) * 2012 ''Dark Hearts (2012)'' (Dj) * 2016 ''Sundown (2016)'' (Himself) * 2022 '' Who Killed the KLF?'' (Himself) * 2024 '' Point of Change'' (exec producer and sound mixer)

Awards and nominations

BMI Awards

The

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are annual award ceremonies for songwriters in various genres organized by

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. Oakenfold won the Film Award for Music the 2001

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Swordfish. , - , 2002 , Paul Oakenfold , The BMI Film Music Award, for

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, , -

DJ Awards

Oakenfold has won the

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for ''Best Trance DJ Award'' two times, and received eleven nominations. He won the ''Best Techno DJ Award'' once and he was honored with an "Outstanding Contribution Award" in 2004. , - , 1999 , rowspan="13", Paul Oakenfold , Best Techno DJ , rowspan="2" , - , 2000 , rowspan="2", Best Trance DJ , - , 2001 , , - , 2004 , Outstanding Contribution , rowspan="2" , - , 2004 , rowspan="9", Best Trance DJ , - , 2005 , rowspan="8" , - , 2006 , - , 2008 , - , 2009 , - , 2010 , - , 2011 , - , 2012 , - , 2013

DJ Magazine Award

Oakenfold has been named Worlds Best DJ two times by

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Grammy Awards

Oakenfold has received three

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nominations.

IDMA Awards

Oakenfold has been nominated for

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one time. , - , 2007 , Paul Oakenfold
for "Faster Kill Pussycat"
shared with Brittany Murphy. , Best Underground Dance Track ,

World Music Awards

Oakenfold has received two nominations at

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. , - ,

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, rowspan="2", Paul Oakenfold , Worlds Best Selling DJ
for "Faster Kill Pussycat"
shared with Brittany Murphy , rowspan="2" , - , 2012 , World's Best Electronic Dance Music Artist
for "Faster Kill Pussycat"
shared with Brittany Murphy , -

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Oakenfold Mixes
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oakenfold, Paul 1963 births Living people DJs from London English club DJs English trance musicians English electronic musicians English dance musicians English house musicians English expatriates in Spain English record producers English remixers People from Greenhithe People from Ibiza Musicians from Kent Musicians with dyslexia English electronic dance music DJs Planet Perfecto members Maverick Records artists Warner Records artists