Hi, I don't know much about the producing/recording process and what goes on within that...I've heard paul oakenfold is almost exclusively a 'remixer'. If this is true or not explain for me if you can. Like, what do remixers do exactly, and does he write original songs too? Thanks...
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1. He could have a good claim to be the founder of house music.
2. He DJ'd for many years
3. He then became a producer of all sorts of music, mainly house & electronic
4. He opened his own reocord label "perfecto" with steve osbourne (sp)
5. He does remix tunes also.

in other words he does everything. a label owner that dj's remixes and producers. hes one of the biggest infulences of the trance/house industry what ever way you look at it.

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Originally posted by DJ NEILSON 1. He could have a good claim to be the founder of house music.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! what???

he has NO claim whatsoever to this. none, zip, zero!
house music first appeared in Chicago (at the Ware*house* club), then picked up in New York. It was produced by the likes of Franky Knuckles, Robert Owens, and Adonis.

shit, he doesn't even have the slimmest case for being this so-called "founder" of trance!

i just hate it when people pull such statements out of their ass when they have *no* idea what the hell they're talking about!!!

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Egad I didn't mean to get people mad at each other, I was meaning a technical question, like literally, what does he do? What does being a remixer consist of? How much do you change the original songs/how? Do you write your own ever...stuff like that...I guess I was misleading before...
cheers

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Originally posted by Kirby Egad I didn't mean to get people mad at each other, I was meaning a technical question, like literally, what does he do? What does being a remixer consist of? How much do you change the original songs/how? Do you write your own ever...stuff like that...I guess I was misleading before... cheers

A remixer hopefully takes a track and tries to rework it, putting his own twist on it. Some remixers like Timo Maas will make the track pretty much unrecognizable (check his remix of Moby's "We're All Made Of Stars"). Tiesto is good because he has enough of the original track, while changing it enough on his ouwn to make it stand out. Oakenfold usually doesn't do anything too drastic to the original. Like his "Perfecto Edit" of PPK's "Ressurection" does some very subtle changed compared to the original..
Yeah, you have to write your own stuff to do the remix, you can't really just take the original and rearrange parts without changing/adding elements.

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Oakenfold produces his own songs, DJ's, and owns his own record company. I dont think he remixes however. But if he did, then that would mean he would try to remake "his own version" of the song with his own instruments, while keeping the same "melody" of the original track.

heres a list of oakey's production, remixes, albums,

http://www.members.shaw.ca/urbantrain/oakeydisco.html

Hmm.. that list looks incomplete.. I mean, there is supposed to be at least The Space Brothers - Shine (the album, not the single) remix disk...

But anyway.. personally I used to adore Oakey.. I still respect him.. He makes / spins great music..

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Originally posted by Maxim303 HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! what??? he has NO claim whatsoever to this. none, zip, zero! house music first appeared in Chicago (at the Ware*house* club), then picked up in New York. It was produced by the likes of Franky Knuckles, Robert Owens, and Adonis. shit, he doesn't even have the slimmest case for being this so-called "founder" of trance! i just hate it when people pull such statements out of their ass when they have *no* idea what the hell they're talking about!!!

that's what I was thinking. I like to do some research into styles of music before spewing nonsense.

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Originally posted by k.k.d. Hmm.. that list looks incomplete.. I mean, there is supposed to be at least The Space Brothers - Shine (the album, not the single) remix disk...

To the best of my knowledge, Oakey merely *mixes* the different remixes of tracks from shine together, I don't think they're actually his remixes though...

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Self appointed God!!!!
Thinking he can charge $50 for a one hour set... bah... I say... bah!!!

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mmmm.. delicious...

What hasn't he done.

Oakey wasnt one of the founders of House but he was one of the founders of Acid Hous when he started the first Acid House nights in the UK at Heaven.
He then moved on to explore the Goa sound from India then mixed argualbly the best Essential Mix of all time, The Goa Mix, in 1994. Since then he set up Perfecto Records and basically brought Cream into the spotlight with his 2 year Residency in 1997 and 1998.
In 1999 he was one of the major reasons for the Trance Explosion that we all love. He did a World Tour with the Essential Mix and travelled to all corners of the globe spreading the Trance sound throuhgout the world while still setting places like Gatecrasher on fire with awsome live mixes. God I miss this era!
He then moved on and as Trance became more popular he started moving away from it and is once again trying new things.
Today he plays alot of Breaks and new style music. While still retaining Trance as his major sound.
If things go as before Oakey will make breaks and new styles extremely popular. But he always changes to explore new sounds and new ideas.
Right now he is currerntly touring the US alot to try and educate many of them. He's probably succeeding more than anyother DJ in breaking into America. I wish he would leave America and remember other poorer less fortunate countries like Australia that want him back!!
But thats basically what he has done for the music.
Quite alot ey!

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