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Kia Kaha
Feelin' irie

Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Scotland

Ah Oakie bashing ... everyone's favourite pastime on here

I won't pretend that the guy is my musical cup of tea any more, he's long ago moved on from spinning trance, for whatever reason. But for fucks sake give the man some RESPECT. Anyone heard of a club called Spectrum in London, where back in 1988 Oakie spun a few records that him and Danny Rampling had just bought on their holiday at some unheard of island called Ibiza? Bear in mind that this was the '80s! - before Manchester, before Ministry of Sound and I'll bet before half of you guys on this board were out of nappies

He spun that fuckin amazing Goa trance EM as far back as '94 ... and his GC and Ibiza sets in '99 to my mind are still the finest uplifting trance sets in history, the dude has more of a claim to be considered one of the founders of modern trance than anyone else I can think of right now. Not 'house', and certainly not 'club music' in general, but trance yes!

Everyone who's busy slamming on the guy, why don't you tell us who YOU respect as the founders of trance? (And don't anybody say 'DJ Tiesto' or I'll crawl into my PC and strangle you myself )

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May-24-2002 21:01 Scotland

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thomassster
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: San Jose and pomona, California

Oakenfold is into so many things these days I don't know what to expect of him when I go see him live. I wouldn't be shocked if he even played some happy hardcore

May-24-2002 21:24 United States

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FinnHawk
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada

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

where did you get an idea like that? What an arrogant uninformed statement... The origins of House music go all the way back to the 70s and 80s. I doubt Oakenfold was around back then. Read the book "A DJ Saved My Life" for a good history of DJing and electronic music (including the REAL origins of house music)

Sal

May-25-2002 19:45 Canada

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Biohazard
Progressive Trance Addict

Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Huizen, Holland

GATEX!!!!!!!!

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woops wrong thread

May-25-2002 19:57

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Special_K
I dont know anymore

Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Vancouver

Notice how i said "he was A pioneer". Of course i wasnt saying that he was the only pioneer of the UK club scene.

May-25-2002 20:06 Canada

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ZENtiiz
tranceaddict

Registered: May 2002
Location: Netherlands

i dunno much but i know his remix for the newborn 12" of muse RULEZ

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May-25-2002 21:46 Netherlands

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evil_bastard
Newcastle United

Registered: Dec 2001
Location:

quote:
Originally posted by Eugene

The ignorance and stupidity of this post is beyond belief...

What a hostile response!

May-26-2002 04:22 England

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laird
Senior tranceaddict

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: U.K.

The Founders Of Trance

The founders of trance were certainly not British, they were mostly German, e.g. Oliver Lieb, Sven Vath, Matthias Hoffmann, Cosmic Baby etc.

May-29-2002 17:19

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Eugene
EURO-Hard-Trance-Addict

Registered: May 2001
Location: Maryland USA

Re: The Founders Of Trance

quote:
Originally posted by laird
The founders of trance were certainly not British, they were mostly German, e.g. Oliver Lieb, Sven Vath, Matthias Hoffmann, Cosmic Baby etc.

Exactly.
These trancEaddicts constantly overlook Germany, one of the greatest countries when it comes to Dance/Trance music, and one from which the whole movement emerged.

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May-29-2002 17:58 Russia

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Maxim303
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA

Re: The Founders Of Trance

quote:
Originally posted by laird
The founders of trance were certainly not British, they were mostly German, e.g. Oliver Lieb, Sven Vath, Matthias Hoffmann, Cosmic Baby etc.

amen!!

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