i'm a big big fan of the Tranceport series. However, i believe the original is the best out of the series, as well as being one of the best overall mixes ever.
my question is do you think Oakenfold can sit down and commit to coming back to doing a straight forward trance mix? as well as blowing our minds again?

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I think that part of his music career is done and will never be back.

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Why?

It would be like wearing a retro uniform. That works for sports and shoes only.

He seems to be looking ahead anyway. I give him credit for that.

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No. As much as he has the ability, even if he tried I would be surprised if it turned-out to be "mind-blowing."

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Originally posted by idoru No. As much as he has the ability, even if he tried I would be surprised if it turned-out to be "mind-blowing."

If

1. he stays away from NU trance/prog tracks like zocalo
2. tries to give a damn like he once did
3. gets a decent hair cut

then I might give him a chance...

i saw him this past saturday for the whole purpose of seeing the legend that he once was (or maybe trying to prove to myself and prove to all of you that you were wrong...)

and you were right... it was just about the same as you people have described him for the past 3 or 4 years: weak, no flow, trainwrecks... you know, the works...

worst $40 i ever spent

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- The newest tunes selected!!!! the hottest tracks in a row!!!! here is your host arrrrrmin van buuuuuuuuhreeennnnnhnnhhn
- hello and welcome glad u cud join us this is a state of trance episode blah blah blah
- waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah waaaaaaaaaaaaah whineeeeeeeeeeeee blah blaaaaaaaaah
- that was the newest track by blah bla and before that was blaaaaaaah
- waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....the end
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hmmm i saw him last new years eve and he was great
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No never,

He has moved on and so should we.


(Tranceport 4 ever!) lol

I doubt Oakenfold can make another stellar album akin to Tranceport I, however I'd definitely buy another Tranceport if Dave Ralph mixes it. Tranceport II is my favorite.

Nope... he's moved on (for now at least?).

Tranceport.

Ah yes.....Tranceport.

That was the beginning of the end. It was like the "Super Dance hits 1998" of the scene back then. All the day's trance chart toppers....11 of them, in fact...studio stitched together with as minimal mixing as possible, but with some bloke's face slapped on the cover.

That changed everything. Compilation CDs were around before and after, but what changed everything was that it wasn't just another throwaway title like so many other rave mix discs were....It wasn't just Tranceport. It was OAKENFOLD PRESENTS TRANCEPORT. Just a simple little change of direction in marketing, and it suddenly hooked a new generation of gullible little poptarts, so engorged in the pop world of image, style, and album-oriented marketing....this was something they could sink their teeth in. This was something they could like. This was something they could enjoy. It wasn't another one of them faceless, nameless, bootleg trance CDs that the scene traded. It was legit. It was authoritative. It was OAKENFOLD.

In truth, the CD was actually pretty dismal. Most trance comps had more than a pitiful 11 tracks. 14 was the standard. People should've felt short-changed by this one, where the tracks go on too long, and mixing is non-existant, and there's no cohesion, care, quality, or purpose to any of it. Just a bunch of pop hits.

But man. Witness the power of marketing. Even today, people still look back and see it as the mix of nothing that changed everything. Why? Not because of the music, or the professionalism, or the quality, or the wealth and breadth and depth and power and epic, sweeping scope of the mix. But because of the name attached to it.

Why?

Good question. I guess, when it really comes down to it, people don't want to explore things on their own. They need to be told what to like, first, before they can go forth and enjoy liking it.

Hmmmm.

kent, your so cute when you are preaching like that

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