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Originally posted by Goonerine Not really, Oakie has been also good lately for those who listened to Global Gathering, I remember I was in the thread of tracklisting that day and many agreed he was good and some said : Is he coming back or what?

... Are you serious? I've tried listening to that set twice and can't get through it. Horrible mixing. Two examples off the top of my head:

- The World Doesn't Know in into Traffic. He mixed right over the melody, and it sounded absolutely horrible.

- Towards the end, when he queued up a track and started fading in, it was quite off-beat. He had to re-queue it.

His track selection for a recent Radio 1 set was almost exactly like his GKGG set. Granted, it was only about a week apart, but DJs still change-up the order of their sets.

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meanwhile, Oakie is Oakie, he's much greater than any bunch of people saying he's not good, he doesn't need it as much as he doesn't care.

You're right. He doesn't care, which ends up leading to either half-assed or no-assed sets. I don't care how much you've done for dance music, if you're still going to DJ and produce, at least put some Goddamned effort into it.

Oakenfold will always be a legend in my mind, 1999 EM World Tour = UNSTOPPABLE. He's gone crap now but always a legend

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Originally posted by torontotrance Oakenfold will always be a legend in my mind, 1999 EM World Tour = UNSTOPPABLE. He's gone crap now but always a legend

I agree. I'll always love the earlier years.

Yeah, when people have that admiration for the past Paul, that's definitely the Oakenfold of Old. Oakenf-OLD?

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people just don't like oak because its become trendy not to like him...

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Originally posted by Floorfiller people just don't like oak because its become trendy not to like him...

Its only a matter of days before its trendy again to not not like him.

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i like it like i like too much sugar.

I got in to EDM becuase of him...

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Originally posted by torontotrance Oakenfold will always be a legend in my mind, 1999 EM World Tour = UNSTOPPABLE. He's gone crap now but always a legend

Spot on, its irrelevant for me what he's like now, he's already done his bit. He was top of the pile when trance peaked and he really was brilliant.

He found some hip hop artists, led acid house, led goa trance, got a big ego and was why superstar deejays were hated. I mean he's done his bit, let him die of coke addiction.

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Originally posted by D.Edge more specifically, Jazzy Jeff the Fresh Prince

and i believe salt n pepper..

Can I buck the trend of this forum, and everybody seems to be sheep, and say that I like Zoo York?

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Originally posted by spec Can I buck the trend of this forum, and everybody seems to be sheep, and say that I like Zoo York?

SURE.

I like to tell imaginary pets, just say what you really believe. And that's the best you can do. Hee hee.

I like Zoo York too. That three-note melody from "Requiem For A Dream" never sounded so... dreamy! Really, I like the way the beat lumbers and clunks underneath it like a pissed-off Ankylosaurus.

I liked most of Bunkka. Good pop songs. The meaning behind the video for "Ready Steady Go" still eludes me, however.

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