Greatest DJs of All Time - 001 - Paul Oakenfold

Here are more series people. I just keep producing more out of the woodwork, its nearly midnight, so if anything does not grammatically fit, my sincere apologies.

Paul Oakenfold

He is truly as has been now, he used to be amazing but he is a tosser now but these threads are to remember the old times!

From 1997 to 2000, he could do no wrong. Even with re-releasing Bullet In The Gun a few times... . His track selection is legendary, mixing was always subpar but the man could really play choons. Look at this Essential Mixes from that period, especially from late 1998 to the end of 1999. He played real choons and we still hammer the fuck out of the 1999 World Tour Essential Mix (forthcoming thread in a day  ). My fave is Creamfields 1999 or Ibiza 1999....such energy and he always had tracks that no else had.

Got any stories or memories of the good old times

Next Week - 002 - Dave Clarke

one word - SWORDFISH (soundtrack/album). that was something i listened to for a few months. afrika mumbata's remix i can never forget. and stanley.. super tracks. super remixes. one of the forefathers, not in my favorites now, but used to be top5 for me maybe 8-9 years ago..

Swordfish was an incredible movie, Halle Berry was topless.....and the soundtrack was amazing. John Travolta as the crazy ass bad guy.

hehe.. i saw it mainly for HB at first, then saw it again, and again... was really into hacker-stuff back then... and on 2nd or 3rd viewing, i realized music was the reason i returned to it...

yes, there can be no questions. Paul Oakenfold is one of the greatest djs of all times. i can talk some shit about tiesto, ferry, even deep dish for breaking their duo, but about Oakenfold all i can say are good things.. there was a set of him spinning completely drunk and even there he did quite a nice job. recently i moved away from him and trance in general, so haven't heard oakie's mixing for a few years, i think, but that doesn't change anything...

One word.... Courtyard at Cream in Liverpool 6th birthday...now that was a night..after the late 90s he lost it big time, shame he didn't lose the shit hair that he now has!!!

Mixing was/is poor alot of the time, however he mad eup for it with great sequencing..shame he has lost everything now and plays shitty venues in Vegas... what happened to albums like Perfecto Fluro...played this none stop when I was on tour in the army in northern Ireland in 1996!!!!

Cream 6th Birthday - Essential Mix....Pete Tong and Oakenfold

that was a fucking mix. Even tongy got into the act by playing a blinder. He dropped the under appreciated Subsola - So Pure...with that beautiful vocal

Oakenfold was tops for his hour.

Great not really, but OK maybe.

Andy with you posting about all those DJ's i feel like shit, i need to listening to more DJ's than the ones i am used to

expand your horizons....live outside your comfort zone

  and that is something i am trying to battle in all aspects of my life, funny that someone would tell me that online.

Seems like i should start changing ehy?

thanks  

Listening to house music since 87, has always told me theres always something else out there, thats as good and bette rif you give it half the chance, you just have to give it half the chance to start with!!!