Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold (born the August 30th 1963 with the the United Kingdom) is a producer of electronic musics and a DJ.

Biography

Paul Oakenfold starts to mix at the 16 years age with his friend Trevor Fung in a bar with Covent Garden. Its principal musical influences come to him from the scene Hip-hop New-Yorkaise which he attends during the Années 1980. Of return in England, he is producer and agent for the label Champion Records.

In 1987, Oakenfold and its friends, Trevor Fung and Ian St Paul, spend a few months to Ibiza, in Spain, and discover the music of the dance club. By using the influences of the sound of Ibiza, the Drunk disco music Italian, the and the House, Oakenfold produces the album of the Happy Mondays, Pills “Thrills and Bellyaches , followed Remix are for U2, Massive Attack - " Unfinished Sympathy" , Arrested Development, The Clean - " Closed To Me (closed mix) " , Snoop Dogg, Simply Red, New Order, Jesus Coil You and The Shamen, of which much leaves on its label Perfecto Records.

Paul Oakenfold returns in DJing during first half of the years 1990, after one short period like member of the Grace group.

He is also DJ resident of Cream (of Ibiza) of 1997 with 1999. It is for this period that it started to be made known with the the United States of America, with in particular the exit of its album Tranceport in 1999, very received by the American fans of Trance.

Its popularity still grown thanks to its participation in film original soundtracks such as Swordfish (where the song " New Born" group MUSE is remixée), the Planet of the monkeys , Matrix Reloaded , Matrix Revolutions , Die Another Day (for which it has Remix E the topic of James Bond), Collatéral and memory in the skin

In 2002, Q magazine added Oakenfold in their list from the “50 Bands To See Before You Die” (" 50 Groups See Before Mourir").

The same year, Oakenfold leaves its first album in solo, called Bunkka with the collaboration of some artists like Nelly Furtado (" The Harder They Come") and Shifty Shellshock, the singer of Crazy Town (" Starry Eyed Surprise"). Later this year, its label left Perfecto Presents Another World with Oakenfold as mixor. And in 2005, it produces a remix Sorry song of Madonna which is available on its individual.

The double album Creamfields , left in 2004.

Discography

See Too

Trance progressive

External bonds

Official site of Paul Oakenfold

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