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Who first brought "Adagio for Strings" into the dance arena?
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| ecksemmess |
| Paul Oakenfold used to play Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" in his late '97 sets a lot, as heard in his "A Rare Treat" EM. As we all know, it became hugely popular to remix this, reproduce it, and spin it in sets in the ensuing years. Was anyone spinning Adagio for Strings in a dance music context before Oakenfold was in late '97, and if so who? |
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| BOOsTER |
| I'd believe William Orbit is the person you're looking for... :-) |
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| RebeL9 |
| the version Oakenfold played is Skip Raiders - Another Day, released on Perfecto. |
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| ecksemmess |
Guys, you're not listening to me :)
In 1997, Oakenfold was playing the *actual* Samuel Barber version, recorded by some philarmonic. Just listen to "A Rare Treat". According to discogs, William Orbit didn't release his version until 1999. The Skip Raider version Oaky was playing in 1999 is a different version as well.
From what I can gather this means Oaky was the first to conceive of Adagio in the context of dance music! |
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| ecksemmess |
Correction:
I've just found that Oaky was actually spinning it in *1996*. It's on Perfecto Fluoro.
Now I'm 99% convinced he was the first ;) |
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| RebeL9 |
yeah its just a short snippet he played on this CD http://www.discogs.com/release/98324
Oakenfolds sets back in the mid 90s were really something special. He used to incorporate parts of great soundtracks into his sets.
For example the Ryuichi Sakamoto tunes on the Perfecto Fluoro CD and Vangelis tunes on his EM 94.
But I don't really get your point. So what if he was the first? I was the first to play afghan dance music in a trance set. |
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| ecksemmess |
My point is that it's an interesting piece of trivia, that's all :)
And of course, there ended up being a lot of commotion surrounding that piece in the coming years (William Orbit, Ferry Corsten, Tiesto, etc.) It may well be that the dance production community never would have latched onto that particular classical piece if it weren't for Oakenfold's spinning it in 96-97 (assuming he was indeed the first to do so). So that'd be somewhat of a feather in Oaky's cap. Unprovable, of course. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Well I doubt Orbit did his covers album because of Oakey, and that's where Ferry's mix stems from. |
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| keithos27 |
oakey is the first that i know of, but i'm no expert on the subject... i'm sure there is a possibility that SOME dj out there played it first in one of his/her sets... but oakey was probably the first big name to do so (and other soundtracks)...
ps. i danced my arse off when rebel9 threw on that afghan dance track! what a ch00n! |
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Oliver Stone from the movie Platoon in 1986! LOL
Who was the original composer of this piece? Someone told me it's actually a classical piece. True?
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChrisFly
Oliver Stone from the movie Platoon in 1986! LOL
Who was the original composer of this piece? Someone told me it's actually a classical piece. True?
- Fly |
Samuel Barber, you clown. Of course it's a classical piece. |
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| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Samuel Barber, you clown. Of course it's a classical piece. |
Well, excuuuuuse me! Oh musical god... :whip: :whip: :whip: |
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