I thought since I have been addicted to music since I was a kid I would add a feature here that will allow me to reflect on the favourite music through out my life. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Paul Oakenfold (from Greenhithe, Kent, UK) is a record producer and a popular trance DJ worldwide. In 1985 Oakenfold traveled to the island of Ibiza and started the house music movement there. In 1988 he decided to create a place where new artists could develop their careers, Perfecto Records.
"Send Me An Angel" Paul Oakenfold Remix
In 1990, he worked with Terry Farley, Andrew Weatherall and Steve Osborne on two remixes for The Happy Mondays (#22), the remixes of "Rave On" and "Hallelujah". Oakenfold produced the Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches album for The Happy Mondays, and and both Oakenfold and Osborne won the 1991 Brit Award for "Best Producer".
In 1992 when U2 released their song "Even Better Than the Real Thing", the Perfecto remix reached a higher charted position than the original song.
"Rule The Planet" Remix By Paul Oakenfold, Composed By Danny Elfman From The Film Planet Of The Apes
In 1993 with the success of his last remix as Perfecto, Oakenfold was hired by U2 to provide the warm-up sonics to their Zoo TV world tour, and as a result he became known as a superstar deejay on the 1993 legs in Europe and Australia, New Zealand, and Japan with more than fifty shows in Zooropa '93 and Zoomerang from May 7 to December 10 of the same year.
Ready Steady Go By Paul Oakenfold - Featured In The Bourne Identity
A new sound, new breed of dance music called Goa, something Oakenfold discovered on the beaches of Goa in India and fused with similar sounding European tracks to create his own distinct sound. He took this to the mainstream when in 1994 he created a two-hour set for BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix.
Madonna "What It Feels Like For A Girl" (Remixed by Paul Oakenfold)
I can't tell you how much I adore that song.
It was all just gravy from there... During Paul Oakenfold'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.
In October 2007 he released his Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1 which features his best performance tracks. Paul Oaknefold has created more than one hundred remixes, and has sold over 5,000,000 (5 million) long plays. 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.
"Get Out Of Life" - Swordfish Soundtrack
Exclusive 2008 Remixes from Paul Oakenfold were also included from Mark Ronson's "Stop Me" song, Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place", Eisbaer from Grovezone, the unforgettable "Missing" by Everything But The Girl and a remix of Paul's own "Southern Sun". The compilation consists of tracks which influenced his career and made his personality what it is nowadays, with artist like The Cure, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, Massive Attack, U2, Olive, The Smashing Pumpkins, Madonna and Underworld.
"Faster Kill Pussycat" (featuring Brittany Murphy) fromo Oakenfold's 2006 album A Lively Mind
I could have done 2 posts or three to cover this man's body of work. But if you are at all inspired by what I presented here, you should take the time to really absorb what this legend has done. Hell if he can make Britney Murphy sound cool...
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I love his work! didnt know his name though, but I recognize a bunch of these songs :o)