Paul Oakenfold Biography
... So what now for a man at the pinnacle of his profession, the
world’s premiere DJ? Why, upward, ever upward of course. 2001 saw
Paul score the Joel Silver-produced and John Travolta-starring
Swordfish, remix the theme to Tim Burton’s Planet Of The Apes, DJ on
Moby’s Arena:One U.S. tour, and make a triumphal return to his home
shores with a free gig that left tens of thousands sweat-soaked and
grinning like Cheshire Cats on London’s Clapham Common. ...The
best is yet to come, so stay tuned and prepare to be amazed.
Two years ago, just as the new millennium was starting, Paul Oakenfold decided to get back to his roots. Oakenfold was very probably the world’s leading DJ and certainly one of the crucial figures in the relentless rise of club culture, yet there was still no album that truly represented his own personal landscape and musical vision. Despite his long and distinguished work as a re-mixer and producer, the real Oakenfold had still to be revealed as an artist.
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The result is Bunkka, the first genuine Paul Oakenfold album, released by Perfecto Records in the summer of 2002. It is an album that will confront most people’s pre-conceptions of Paul Oakenfold. While much of the musical vocabulary is borrowed from dance technology, Bunkka is no conventional dance album. “I’d always wanted to do something that represented by own musical background,” he says. “I grew up on pop music, I love guitar bands and I was very influenced and involved in hip-hop during the early days, so I wanted to build from those roots upwards rather than doing a contemporary dance record.”
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