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Originally posted by RobertRollie he's been playing in america too long, they listen to their music weird. They seem to think a good mix is one that is as short as possible, ie a straight cut. weird i tell you

hhmm, I listen to music in america and I don't like straight cuts, wierd.

hmmm that statement was a false accusation. i am an american and i happen to think that strait cuts and short mixes are the least impressive of all...shows no talent whats so ever. P. Oakey i believe has moved on to other things, other interests..and to keep his money flow from stopping, is continueing to DJ.. his heart, soul, and meaning is non-existant due to lack of interest IMHO. sad but tru. I saw him a few months ago in orlando and thought it was one of the worse shows i had ever seen. All he did to get the crowd going was his little praying to the sky crap with his hands and spin around in circles. Sorry but that doesnt impress me anymore. When he cared it had meaning now that he doesnt..Now its a waste of my time.

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Well i havent heard more than 1 times the man himself but when i did..last summer in an openair fest. he had fully contact with the crowd..laughing,dancing,spotting crazy peepz etc...well i liked his set althought the trackselection wasnt as fresh as it should be...anyway his state side are more than good...and a person who knows history doesn't lose his respect for the man

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Originally posted by sifntj0r all posts above and below this one are just plain gay.

Some djs stand there and look stoned, but that doesnt mean they are uninterested does it? Sasha....?

I do admit, oakenfold is probably bored from playing trance anyways. He has never stayed with one genre like other djs. oakenfold played drum and bass, goa and other genres. All around pretty skilled and talented dj, where most of his recognition came from the trance genre.

every1 is just bashing oakenfold, idont know why. lets put an end to this shit! some of u who say he sucks havent even seen him live. some of you say he sucks cuz u read something on here he sucks and he cat spin good, he's all for the money etc.

he did the bUnka album to get $$$ and the fame he deserves!!!! who doeesnt like money? $$$ i bet you mother******s get jobs to get money! ask your mom why she works? i bet the answer is that cuz she wants to fkin feed you!.

in oaknenfold's case he's just doing this shit to get $$$$$ and there's nothing wrong witht that. and to get more people into the electronic scene.

so you people dont be so judegemental.

im out!

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Good point clyde
Just seen him once live in chicago ..at the state arena along with digweed and a bunch of others..he was dope
Though Bunkka people say was crap...tiesto didnt much better either.And he is saved from a lot of spite for some reason

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Originally posted by TwiloThunder A good proportion of his sets, well atleast radio based sets aren't actually mixed by Oakey but rather he just selects the tracks and order. Then someone else just loads it all into Digidesign Pro-Tools and the computer does the mixing.

This is flat out wrong, Pro Tools cannot do beat matching or mixing. It's a sound editing program used to touch up the mix after it's recorded straight from the decks. I'm too lazy to use the search button, but globalgirl made this clear in a previous thread about DJs "cheating."

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D.Squared - The Groove Supremum (December 2010)
D.Squared - New Originals (mix of famous sample sources)

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Originally posted by RobertRollie he's been playing in america too long, they listen to their music weird. They seem to think a good mix is one that is as short as possible, ie a straight cut. weird i tell you

oh thank you english king of trance. just because i'm american doesn't mean that i'm ignorant to the rest of the world especially the world of electronic music


and as far as oakie selling out? i don't ever recall him stating that he does it for the money, but i do remember a certain other well respected dj *cough* tiesto *cough* that recently said he does it for the sex...hmmm...people still i tiesto (and so do i before you say i just don't like tiesto) so what is the big deal.

Pvd is releasing reflections which isn't typical trance all the way through, but will we bad mouth "GOD DYK" of course not...

note: i also respect pvd before i get crap for that too

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Just seen him once live in chicago ..at the state arena along with digweed and a bunch of others..he was dope

I was at that show, Oaky rocked. Sasha and Digweed were pretyy good, but you forgot the headliner =p The Chemical Brothers put on THE best show I have ever seen. The lights and mixing were out of sight, if there was ever a live set that I want to get my hands on more than any other, that would be it.

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Originally posted by RobertRollie he's been playing in america too long, they listen to their music weird. They seem to think a good mix is one that is as short as possible, ie a straight cut. weird i tell you

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Actually, tons of DJs are spending more and more time in America packing clubs, arenas, and various venues. I guess too many clubs in the UK are closing or losing their popularty (Cream / GC / GK etc.)

And when an artist changes their style of music its called maturing not selling out, so stop flaming Oakenfold just because he's shifting and experimenting. Every good artist does it. You also have the right to either like it or not I understand that. But stop making such general accusasions and comments, makes you sound really stupid... I hate short cuts and so do all the other trance/electronic music fans I know who are also AMERICAN

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Goldenscan - Halcyon
Blue Six - Music and Wine (Speakeasy 3000)
Solu Music feat. Kimblee - Fade (Original Vocal) --!!CLASSIC!!
Sandy Rivera - Dreams

I'm sure the goa fans were really pissed when Oakenfold switched to cheesy uplifting & melodic trance. You need to let artists move on and not be so up in arms about it.

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D.Squared - The Groove Supremum (December 2010)
D.Squared - New Originals (mix of famous sample sources)

paul oakenfold was is and always will be a legend
after all he is one of the reasons trance music increased in popularity,he's behind the appearance of many quality producersand djs so let's not attack him just coz he's had a shitty year or so