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Posted by rsdntdvsr on Aug-21-2006 14:14:

Interview: Paul Oakenfold

New interview with Paul Oakenfold here:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature_view.asp?ID=756

Enjoy!

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Posted by pvdAngel on Aug-21-2006 14:22:

Nice read.

Hope his new found career brings him the best. The thing that freaked me out in that interview was how more and more his hair is starting to look like mine!

Posted by bas on Aug-21-2006 14:25:

quote:
"Ninety per cent of the music I play is not on the radio. You can't get any more underground than it not being on radio and no one else having it."

Does he know other people are going to be reading this?

Posted by KilldaDJ on Aug-21-2006 14:55:

quote:
Originally posted by pvdAngel
The thing that freaked me out in that interview was how more and more his hair is starting to look like mine!

and ur a girl! hahaha.

Posted by Ivand on Aug-21-2006 15:07:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
Does he know other people are going to be reading this?

of course, you cant be anymore undeground than that

Posted by ahp2002 on Aug-21-2006 15:13:

you can't be more underground when you're dead and buried

hehe but oaky rocks though

Posted by Ted Promo on Aug-21-2006 15:15:

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But even the dance music pillars in the UK are begging to differ. "Paul Oakenfold Worst Essential Mix ever?" read the byline at the Radio 1 website promoting Oakey's Essential Mix last weekend. A far cry from his 'Goa' EM effort in 1994, it was roundly slated by listeners, especially English ones. So what does Oakenfold say to his British detractors? Are they right that he sold out for the Yankee dollar?

"As a nation we love to moan and we love to complain even when the sun's shining. In Los Angeles, if you work hard and you do well people pat you on the back and say, 'Well done'. In England we slag you off."

He lives in LA because they're easy to please I guess. I'm also guessing he hasn't really listened to his latest Essential Mix and how shit it really is. There really isn't any excuse for him to perform as badly as he did.

Hell, if you all haven't heard it, listen to it yourself:

[[ LINK REMOVED ]]

There's a thread in the ATLTA section about how shit it is.

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=363968

Generally I don't agree with many of the bad mixes that TAs post on here and label as "trainwrecks" as being as awful as portrayed. But this entire set is awful, and 70% of the mixes are literal horse races, trainwrecks, and all around shoddy. I don't understand how he just refuses to believe how horrendous he really is these days.

Posted by pvdAngel on Aug-21-2006 15:21:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ
and ur a girl! hahaha.

I'm not sure who it's worse for... lol

Thanks for the links, cowface!

Posted by Salegon on Aug-21-2006 15:23:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
Does he know other people are going to be reading this?

+1

and...oh.. forgott to lol

Posted by bas on Aug-21-2006 15:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Demoted
He lives in LA because they're easy to please I guess. I'm also guessing he hasn't really listened to his latest Essential Mix and how shit it really is. There really isn't any excuse for him to perform as badly as he did.

He lives in LA because it's full of fake people that will blow his ego on command. Anyone and everyone out here that actually still cares about dance music thinks he's a joke. Trust me

Oh man I got some funny Oakenfold stories

edit // Oakenfold's super underground set from Coachella Music Fest 2006

David Guetta - World Is Mine
Oakenfold - Faster Kill Pussy Cat
Oakenfold - Southern Sun (G&D Mix)
Underworld - Born Slippy
PPK - Resurrection

I think that was it, he played for less than an hour.

Posted by shades_of_gray on Aug-21-2006 15:23:

"It's a true passion of mine. I don't know how I'm going to stop doing it, " he laughs. " I'll probably end up playing in a little bar once a week."

What, i dont think they would even book you Paul,

His essential mix, as Demoted said was just shocking, it sounded like a 12 year old kid who just got his new belt drive decks for christmas, and just started to mix and recorded it.

He wasnt the best techicnally, but he'd find the right tune for the moment, and find that rare gem that no one had.

But he should be banned from using decks from now on.

Posted by pvdAngel on Aug-21-2006 15:28:

quote:
Originally posted by shades_of_gray

His essential mix, as Demoted said was just shocking, it sounded like a 12 year old kid who just got his new belt drive decks for christmas, and just started to mix and recorded it.

He wasnt the best techicnally, but he'd find the right tune for the moment, and find that rare gem that no one had.

But he should be banned from using decks from now on.

Downloading: 65%

Should I stop?

Posted by bas on Aug-21-2006 15:29:

quote:
Originally posted by pvdAngel
Downloading: 65%

Should I stop?

Yes, then ask Oakenfold for those 15 mins back.

Posted by Ted Promo on Aug-21-2006 15:30:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas

Oh man I got some funny Oakenfold stories

Story time! Story time!

*takes off the cape and tells everyone to form a circle*

Posted by THE_Chris on Aug-21-2006 15:31:

This is the best quote from the article. Maybe the person writing it really does know the score, but is being paid to play into Oakeys hands.

quote:

Compare the Paul Oakenfold of today to that of days gone by and � like the title of one of his mixes � it�s another world.

Posted by Ted Promo on Aug-21-2006 15:32:

quote:
Originally posted by pvdAngel
Downloading: 65%

Should I stop?

Nah, it really is a good laugh. And because it's so painfully true about this mix:

quote:
Originally posted by Scottaculous
wrecks & wtfs at...

1. 8:34
2. 13:52
3. 15:10-15:30
4. 16:05
5. 33:11 - 33:22
6. 43:15-43:20
7. a wtf @ 53:10's pitch drop

i have NEVER laughed so hard at someone's mix before. besides the glaring trainwrecks, his track selection and flow is abysmal. there is nothing good to say about this set. even Tiesto's worse day is nothing compared to what I just heard. and on an essential mix. we should vote for this essential mix as the #1 for the year just so people can hear how utterly horrible this set is.

Paul Noob-n-old

oh, and keep in mind it's just an hour-long mix.

Posted by bas on Aug-21-2006 15:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Demoted
Story time! Story time!

*takes off the cape and tells everyone to form a circle*

So me and my girlfriend managed to get backstage into the VIP at a club one way or another and Oakenfold is back there as well. We're just hanging out talking to some friends when Oakenfold approaches my girlfriend (he's about 5 feet tall btw) and asks her if she wants any blow. She looks at him all confused and just says..."noo...thanks i'm ok". And comes up to me and says "babe, this weird looking guy just asked if I wanted any blow...it looked like Oakenfold but WAY worse." We kinda laughed then she pointed him out, "babe...that IS Oakenfold." A little later he was trying to pick up on my girlfriend and she says (I shit you not), "sorry, I only date djs."

That was a good night.

Posted by Ted Promo on Aug-21-2006 15:37:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
So me and my girlfriend managed to get backstage into the VIP at a club one way or another and Oakenfold is back there as well. We're just hanging out talking to some friends when Oakenfold approaches my girlfriend (he's about 5 feet tall btw) and asks her if she wants any blow. She looks at him all confused and just says..."noo...thanks i'm ok". And comes up to me and says "babe, this weird looking guy just asked if I wanted any blow...it looked like Oakenfold but WAY worse." We kinda laughed then she pointed him out, "babe...that IS Oakenfold." A little later he was trying to pick up on my girlfriend and she says (I shit you not), "sorry, I only date djs."

That was a good night.

I thought he'd be taller than I am

Posted by bas on Aug-21-2006 15:39:

Maybe 5-foot 2. Whatever I can walk over him if I tried

Posted by Ted Promo on Aug-21-2006 15:40:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
Maybe 5-foot 2. Whatever I can walk over him if I tried

I'm like, 5'4"...or so. Maybe. Give or take. Not for certain. The opposite of definite. Overly redundant.

ant.

ants!

Posted by pvdAngel on Aug-21-2006 15:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Demoted
Nah, it really is a good laugh. And because it's so painfully true about this mix:

oh, and keep in mind it's just an hour-long mix.

I did a scan and raised and eyebrow at the times in Scottaculous post. U2's "Streets With No Name" wasn't played too bad.

Posted by KilldaDJ on Aug-21-2006 15:43:

maybe hes gone deaf?

paul cokenfold gone pete tong

Posted by pvdAngel on Aug-21-2006 15:45:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ
maybe hes gone deaf?

paul cokenfold gone pete tong

Where is that pic anyway?

Posted by KilldaDJ on Aug-21-2006 15:53:

quote:
Originally posted by pvdAngel
Where is that pic anyway?

*points at the screen*

somewhere in the mists of there

good luck with the search though, theres a flame thread about the search function in the cor

Posted by shades_of_gray on Aug-21-2006 15:57:

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