this British DJ and producer introduced
house music to the world welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a
look at the life and career of Paul
Oakenfold
Paul Mark Oakenfold was born on August
30th 1963 in London England
he began mixing in his bedroom as a
teenager and then moved on to play soul
and groove tracks in small bars with a
friend
oakenfold also spent some time in New
York working with record labels and then
returned to England in the early 80s
once back home he became a club promoter
and an agent and represented acts such
as the Beastie Boys and Run DMC he also
continued to DJ it was in the late 1980s
that oakenfold
introduced his Balearic trance sound at
a club in Ibiza this gave him the chance
to run several house music nights at
numerous clubs it also served to
establish him as a producer and disc
jockey shortly thereafter he founded the
label perfecto records in order to
develop the careers of new artists along
with a few other djs Oakenfold began
remix and producing under the names
Elektra and perfecto the success he
found working with UK artists helped
bring dance music to the European
mainstream in the 1990s Oakenfold’s
talents then caught the attention of a
few major artists the most notable of
these was you – who then subsequently
took him on tour
he also spent some time recording with
the dance music act grace
he soon began performing more and more
as a DJ Oakenfold launched London’s
nightclub Ministry of Sound and later
became a residence at the Liverpool
nightclub cream after performing at the
1995 Glastonbury Festival Oakenfold’s
released the 1996 dance collection
perfecto fluoro the next year he
compiled and mixed a double CD for the
global underground series called global
underground double o for paul oakenfold
live in Oslo the set displayed a variety
of genres such as goa trance progressive
house progressive trance and drum and
bass while continuing to DJ Oakenfold
released several more mix albums soon
after relocating to the u.s. in 1999 he
embarked on a massive tour and brought
his trance sound along with him in 2001
oakenfold produced the soundtrack to the
thriller swordfish and released the mix
album a voyage into trance the next year
he came out with his best-selling
released to that point the electronica
album bunka this was followed by
successful remixes of songs such as the
James Bond theme and Elvis Presley’s
rubbernecking
his songs also appeared in assorted
movies television shows and video games
during this time
following several compilations under the
perfecto presents series Oakenfold
released the mix album Creamfields in
2004 two years later he supported
Madonna on her confessions tour and
released the grammy-nominated album a
lively mind
a best-of compilation entitled greatest
hits and remixes vol 1 and a remix of
the Britney Spears single gimme more
followed in 2007 the next year he kept
busy producing music for various media
projects and joined Madonna for some
dates on her sticky & sweet tour
Oakenfold’s Las Vegas residency a
trained nightclub also began in 2008 and
was dubbed Paul Oakenfold presents
perfecto Las Vegas in 2009 Oakenfold
worked with Madonna on her greatest hits
compilation celebration
the DJ spent the remainder of the decade
producing and re mixing from many
popular artists in 2011 he released the
double album never mind the bollocks
here’s Paul Oakenfold
thanks to his DJ and producing skills
Paul Oakenfold helped popularize dance
music by bringing France to the
mainstream
house music to the world welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a
look at the life and career of Paul
Oakenfold
Paul Mark Oakenfold was born on August
30th 1963 in London England
he began mixing in his bedroom as a
teenager and then moved on to play soul
and groove tracks in small bars with a
friend
oakenfold also spent some time in New
York working with record labels and then
returned to England in the early 80s
once back home he became a club promoter
and an agent and represented acts such
as the Beastie Boys and Run DMC he also
continued to DJ it was in the late 1980s
that oakenfold
introduced his Balearic trance sound at
a club in Ibiza this gave him the chance
to run several house music nights at
numerous clubs it also served to
establish him as a producer and disc
jockey shortly thereafter he founded the
label perfecto records in order to
develop the careers of new artists along
with a few other djs Oakenfold began
remix and producing under the names
Elektra and perfecto the success he
found working with UK artists helped
bring dance music to the European
mainstream in the 1990s Oakenfold’s
talents then caught the attention of a
few major artists the most notable of
these was you – who then subsequently
took him on tour
he also spent some time recording with
the dance music act grace
he soon began performing more and more
as a DJ Oakenfold launched London’s
nightclub Ministry of Sound and later
became a residence at the Liverpool
nightclub cream after performing at the
1995 Glastonbury Festival Oakenfold’s
released the 1996 dance collection
perfecto fluoro the next year he
compiled and mixed a double CD for the
global underground series called global
underground double o for paul oakenfold
live in Oslo the set displayed a variety
of genres such as goa trance progressive
house progressive trance and drum and
bass while continuing to DJ Oakenfold
released several more mix albums soon
after relocating to the u.s. in 1999 he
embarked on a massive tour and brought
his trance sound along with him in 2001
oakenfold produced the soundtrack to the
thriller swordfish and released the mix
album a voyage into trance the next year
he came out with his best-selling
released to that point the electronica
album bunka this was followed by
successful remixes of songs such as the
James Bond theme and Elvis Presley’s
rubbernecking
his songs also appeared in assorted
movies television shows and video games
during this time
following several compilations under the
perfecto presents series Oakenfold
released the mix album Creamfields in
2004 two years later he supported
Madonna on her confessions tour and
released the grammy-nominated album a
lively mind
a best-of compilation entitled greatest
hits and remixes vol 1 and a remix of
the Britney Spears single gimme more
followed in 2007 the next year he kept
busy producing music for various media
projects and joined Madonna for some
dates on her sticky & sweet tour
Oakenfold’s Las Vegas residency a
trained nightclub also began in 2008 and
was dubbed Paul Oakenfold presents
perfecto Las Vegas in 2009 Oakenfold
worked with Madonna on her greatest hits
compilation celebration
the DJ spent the remainder of the decade
producing and re mixing from many
popular artists in 2011 he released the
double album never mind the bollocks
here’s Paul Oakenfold
thanks to his DJ and producing skills
Paul Oakenfold helped popularize dance
music by bringing France to the
mainstream
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