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Main article is here: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...icle1344955.ece

Anyways, this line got to me:

" Q:Is all the travelling exhausting?

A: Very much so, I have cut down on a lot of the DJing and focus more on film now. DJing has not been my main priority for the last five years."

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So Oakenfold claims that: DJing has not been my main priority for the last five years.

Think he's sincere? Or just covering up the 999,999 trainwrecks of the past decade? But anyways, just wondering if anyone would check him out in Vegas during his residency. If I were old enough I probably would - seems like a fun night.

Of course it's not - coke is.

I thought it was pretty clear that he has had no interest in music whatsoever for the last couple of years. Shitty sets, shitty productions. Still respect him because of his work in 93-99 though .

Btw. very fitting title indeed .

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Of course it's not - coke is.

The first thing I thought of when I read the thread title was Oakenfold standing on pure white man-made island of coke.

film has been... probably a big part of why he's in hollywood, and not england.

cokehead documentary?

It is funny you guys mention the cocaine thing. I was born and bred on Oakenfold since becoming a DJ (2000). I don't think anybody will ever be able to top his 1999 essential mix world tour. He had tons of music that nobody had and he knew exactly what to do with it. Unfortunately in todays digital world I don't think it's going to be possible for a DJ to stand out as much as Paul did back in 1999. That is just my opinion.

I still admire Paul but 90% of it is based on his past. Not a big fan at all of what he's been doing lately, but he only cares about the money so I understand now why he's doing, he doesn't care too much about his DJing any more and especially his fans.. When Paul was still living in London he was very jealous of Fatboy Slim and decided he was gonna come over and try and make his mark. Just a small FYI

I'm not gonna sit here and tell you who told me all this stuff, but let's just say this guy was very, very close to Paul up until 2005.

They said he would often complain when having to pick out his records for his tour trips and that he didn't give a lick about his fans, only money & fame. He used a pretty smart ass word to describe his fans which I'm not going to tell you guys. It'll be the name of my next mix so you best be listenin to my shit! It's a pretty weird and funny name.

Oh...yea...the cocaine. It's all true. I can't vouch for anything past 2005 but he struggled with a cocaine addiction in the past. He is of course an alcoholic, but isn't about half our society functioning alcoholics anyway? So who cares. We really shouldn't even be going down this road but I felt the needed to shine a light on Pauls' past.

And one last thing...Do not look down to people who do drugs. I wouldn't make fun of them either. I'm a medical health care professional and when I read people writing about drugs sometimes it really, really bothers me. I don't care if its a cigarette or heroin/cocaine. An addiction is a real medical disease and should be (and is) treated as such. It would be nice if our society would view it that way as well, but I guess when there is no blood and not many successful drugs to treat the disease that society doesn't view it as a true disease. Oh well.

I'm off my soap box. Enjoy the music

www.stephenwiley.com

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Of course it's not - coke is.

How original.

My new mix...

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Originally posted by Subtle How original.

If you're looking for originality why are you even looking at an Oakenfold thread?

Makes me wonder if he's was heavy on coke when he made his essential 99 tour. I guess so, the coke must had an positive side effect the mixes were damn fine.

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Originally posted by StephenWiley My new mix...

his mixmag interview from a couple months ago said the exact same thing..... he's washed up, that's why he plays vegas every week haha

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery If you're looking for originality why are you even looking at an Oakenfold thread?

Good question!

His own production might not be so good the recent years, but his remixes still owns.

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Originally posted by Subtle Good question! His own production might not be so good the recent years, but his remixes still owns.

his? I wouldn't give oakenfold much credit he was busy with dj'ing so i would say Andy Gray's remixes

ian green

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Originally posted by keithos27 ian green

Yes, Ian Green is his co-producer, and im sure he does most the work, but Oakenfold still has his ideas behind the track,
im sure there arent many major bands/artists etc around the world either that produces their own tracks either.

When you have a name like Tiesto or Oakenfold, you just dont have the time to sit and tweak a bassline until it sounds right.
Yeah, i know there are loads of producers that does all the work themselves, and thats great too.

If I could get my musical ideas with the use of an producer/engineer i for sure would, and the end result would be great.

And you can sit here on the forum writing about "he does that" "he doesnt do that" "he did that"
But, really.. what the hell do you know about what goes on behind the scenes and how a track is put together?

So many people are going around in forums assuming they know things based on what some other dude has written on some other forum, and it kinda becomes the never proven truth.

Oakenfold has also produced records for just as many rock bands as he has in electronic music. (atleast he said so in an interview)

Claiming this and that based on a rumor is just stupid and ignorant.

lol take it easy there... i simply posted ian green so that he would get credit for oakey's work as much as andy gray (since the poster above had stated it was andy who was doing all of oakey's productions). i have no idea % wise how much paul contributes to the music vs andy vs ian vs whomever else. and i really don't care.

and yes it's all speculation unless you or i or anyone is actually there.

Hey, i was not aiming at you, but those other broken records around this forum.

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Originally posted by Subtle ...Ian Green is his co-producer, and im sure he does most the work...

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Originally posted by Subtle So many people are going around in forums assuming they know things based on what some other dude has written on some other forum, and it kinda becomes the never proven truth.

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Originally posted by Subtle Yes, Ian Green is his co-producer, and im sure he does most the work, but Oakenfold still has his ideas behind the track, im sure there arent many major bands/artists etc around the world either that produces their own tracks either. When you have a name like Tiesto or Oakenfold, you just dont have the time to sit and tweak a bassline until it sounds right. Yeah, i know there are loads of producers that does all the work themselves, and thats great too. If I could get my musical ideas with the use of an producer/engineer i for sure would, and the end result would be great. And you can sit here on the forum writing about "he does that" "he doesnt do that" "he did that" But, really.. what the hell do you know about what goes on behind the scenes and how a track is put together? So many people are going around in forums assuming they know things based on what some other dude has written on some other forum, and it kinda becomes the never proven truth. Oakenfold has also produced records for just as many rock bands as he has in electronic music. (atleast he said so in an interview) Claiming this and that based on a rumor is just stupid and ignorant.

You have a point, i just based my answer from rumours i've read on the internet. But either way i don't think Oakey contributed that much really, and i dunno if he really has the most serious production skills, he could bring up ideas of hiw own and such but still needed a experienced producer to make his trademark sound.

I wonder for example how much he contributed to the Grace moniker?

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Originally posted by dj christian You have a point, i just based my answer from rumours i've read on the internet. But either way i don't think Oakey contributed that much really, and i dunno if he really has the most serious production skills, he could bring up ideas of hiw own and such but still needed a experienced producer to make his trademark sound. I wonder for example how much he contributed to the Grace moniker?

Why would they need him if he couldnt produce ?
He wasnt exactly well know at that time, so his name was nothing.
Grace ceased to exist because Paul didnt have time due to his DJing, if he werent doing anything, why dismantle the group?

He has 3 tracks on the Swordfish album which is credited him alone, should indicate he knows something.

His differently making bank from his production. Too bad his mixes are so poor.

This is old news get with the times please people.

For the sake of having an opinion though in all honesty if Paul Oakenfold and his whole entire family set on fire I wouldn't even bother pissing on the load of money grabbing C*nts. His only in it for the money so don't bother paying him any attention.

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Originally posted by Dj O'Callaghan This is old news get with the times please people. For the sake of having an opinion though in all honesty if Paul Oakenfold and his whole entire family set on fire I wouldn't even bother pissing on the load of money grabbing C*nts. His only in it for the money so don't bother paying him any attention.

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