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Paul Oakenfold - Goa Mix

I've listened to the goa mix and i love it, but is it me or is this a mix which to be fully appreciated would of had to have been listened to in the era it was made?

and could you run through the pioneering aspects of this mix and why it is considered oakie's greatest?

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Originally posted by assadk ... but is it me or is this a mix which to be fully appreciated would of had to have been listened to in the era it was made?

This mix obviously will never be fully appreciated unless you had been listening to it at the EXACT seconds he was mixing it.

the tracklist & diversity. using trance,goa and also classical and haunting vocal pieces as dead can dance

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Originally posted by assadk I've listened to the goa mix and i love it, but is it me or is this a mix which to be fully appreciated would of had to have been listened to in the era it was made?

I don't see why. I only got into electronica post-2000 and now I'm enjoying tracks made in 1990 moreso than tracks made today.

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Originally posted by Project-K I don't see why. I only got into electronica post-2000 and now I'm enjoying tracks made in 1990 moreso than tracks made today.

Impossible.

The Goa mix is a classic.

Defiantly Oakenfold at one of his highest points. It is one of the only mixes I know that takes you on a nice trip.


And 90's trance > todays trance

Ah this mix is just great. In fact im gonna put this one right now.

There is also a cassette tape called something with "Paul Oakenfold Uplifting House & Trance" which I found an mp3 of on this board one time, which has the same vein of great music.

linkey?

Yeah i've got that mix too, subtle - good stuff.

The goa mix never gets old for me. It basically has a residency in my car. I have driven off the road into a ditch during a snowstorm because I was so captivated by this mix. Maybe it's because I love blade runner so much as well

I think oakenfold's sets up until tranceport were extremely expressive. the tracklist of the goa mix is extremely sensitive i think, and the collage of film soundtrack/goa trance/progressive trance is just extremely well done.

i mean come on - he takes the vocals of a beautiful, soulful, early drum and bass track and then seamlessly juxtaposes it with classical peace by a polish composer from bram stoker's dracula....the best thing is it may as well be the same track, because oakenfold has read so well the emotional content of the tracks and decided to juxtapose them like that...

Truly innovative mix...no one else had really done anything else at the time nor have they since. It's mind-blowing how he blended different style as well as throwing in the movie dialog samples. The mix came at a time shortly after Oakenfold visited Goa and experienced a new kind of music pretty much unheard of back in England at the time. Shortly after returning he did this mix and it definitely at least greatly contributed to bringing a different sound to the electronic scene in Europe at the time...Hands down probably the best/most revolutionary mix of the 90s.

Oh.. and could someone explain what the second last track is on the Goa mix CD 2.. its labeled as 4Voice - Eternal Spirit (Northern Mix) and sounds like an early version of Kay Cee - Escape.

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Originally posted by Subtle Oh.. and could someone explain what the second last track is on the Goa mix CD 2.. its labeled as 4Voice - Eternal Spirit (Northern Mix) and sounds like an early version of Kay Cee - Escape.

because Escape is a cover of Eternal Spirit.

This mix is pure gold! Greatest mix from Oakey that I heard. Although I got hardly into electronic only in 2004 I love old school goa trance maybe more than any other subgenre of trance. I was born too late...

AAA mix. Oakie at his finest.

are we talking about his A Voyage Into Trance disc?? if, so

tho i preffer his 94 essential mix over it.

could someone be kind enough to upload this mix somewhere ?
i've been looking for it for years

I didn't know that song Eugina was from 94. I first heard that on ISOS 2 and it sounded really familiar in Oakie's mix.

@superglo - this is concerning oakie's 12/18/94 bbc radio 1 essential mix aka "the goa mix"

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Originally posted by Project-K I don't see why. I only got into electronica post-2000 and now I'm enjoying tracks made in 1990 moreso than tracks made today.

Not really, trance has been shit for the last 5 years pretty much and now you are actually finding good music.


If you were stupid enough to find enjoyment in trance recently then this stuff must be like an aural orgasm.

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Originally posted by Subtle Oh.. and could someone explain what the second last track is on the Goa mix CD 2.. its labeled as 4Voice - Eternal Spirit (Northern Mix) and sounds like an early version of Kay Cee - Escape.

Eternal Spirit doesn't sound like Escape, Escape sounds like Eternal Spirit.

Kay Cee blatantly ripped it off.

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Originally posted by distant Eternal Spirit doesn't sound like Escape

it doesnt ?

Its sad to see that one of the first tunes I have ever associated with trance is a ripoff.. a damn good one i might add.

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Originally posted by Pokit linkey?

+1

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Originally posted by tranceDJ Truly innovative mix...no one else had really done anything else at the time nor have they since.

No, not really. In truth, this was what DJs did and were supposed to do--play good and interesting music and not worry about styles or genres. I concur, Oakenfold's goa mix is fascinating, and probably the best mix he's ever done--it harkens back to the time when he once did balls-out things like turn out all the lights in his Heaven nightclub and play Tsaikovsky's 1812 Overture in its entirety (its 15 minutes long). Oakenfold has always had a penchance for the theatrics.

The showmanship for the theatrics outshone the actual theatrics themselves about halfway through the decade however, such that by the time Tranceport rolled around, his mixes were no longer brimming with innovative qualities and his image had ballooned out of control. By 1998, he had morphed into some doofus on stage with his headphones pulled over his eyes playing maladroit trance.

His last semi-interesting mix was his Global Underground in New York. But even at that point you can tell he didn't care anymore. After that he was no more than a trancecracker DJ. Not coincidentally, that was about the point that most of you decided you liked trance music.

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Originally posted by Ishkur His last semi-interesting mix was his Global Underground in New York. But even at that point you can tell he didn't care anymore. After that he was no more than a trancecracker DJ. Not coincidentally, that was about the point that most of you decided you liked trance music.

Normally I think you are spot on, but really there are far more people conned into this music via the crap thats out now then Oakenfold did in all his years.

Besides that, even if you think it was shitty trance in 97-2000 it was far, far better than anything that anyone plays now in the "genre".

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Originally posted by Ishkur No, not really. In truth, this was what DJs did and were supposed to do--play good and interesting music and not worry about styles or genres. I concur, Oakenfold's goa mix is fascinating, and probably the best mix he's ever done--it harkens back to the time when he once did balls-out things like turn out all the lights in his Heaven nightclub and play Tsaikovsky's 1812 Overture in its entirety (its 15 minutes long). Oakenfold has always had a penchance for the theatrics.

You've mentioned this a few times. When did he actually do this?

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