Paul Oakenfold

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Paul Oakenfold
Oakenfold in 2021 for his Shine On Album
Oakenfold in 2021 for his Shine On Album
Background information
Birth namePaul Mark Oakenfold
Also known as
Born (1963-08-30) 30 August 1963 (age 60)
Mile End, London, England
OriginGreenhithe, Kent, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
Years active1980–present
Labels
  • Perfecto (UK)
  • Maverick
    (US)
  • Warner Bros.
    (UK and US)
Websitewww.pauloakenfold.com

Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963),

DJ Magazine
.

Biography

Early life

Oakenfold was born on 30 August 1963 at Mile End Hospital. His father delivered the London Evening News. He lived in Highbury, Greenhithe, then Croydon, attending Archbishop Lanfranc School, then studied to be a chef for four years and worked at the Army and Navy Club.[4]

Early career: 1980–1984

Paul Oakenfold describes his early life as a "bedroom DJ" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew up listening to the Beatles.

Oakenfold's musical career began in the late 1970s, when he met Trevor Fung and began helping him DJ

Earth, Wind and Fire and popular British bands.[5][4]

In 1981, 18-year-old Oakenfold and his friend Ian Paul moved to New York City. Oakenfold worked as a courier in West Harlem.[6] During this time, hip-hop was overtaking dance music as the most popular sound in the area (see 1984 in music). Oakenfold and Fung used fake identification[7] to sneak into various dance clubs, like Studio 54, where they met members of the band Maze, Bobby Womack and Bob Marley, whom they also interviewed, claiming to be NME and Melody Maker journalists.[7]

Returning to London, Oakenfold began breaking into the mainstream, as an

Run-D.M.C. Since then, he appeared at The Project in Streatham playing soul and jazz music.[8][9]

Perfecto Records and fame: 1985–1991

Main article: Perfecto Records

In 1987, Oakenfold travelled to the island of

chillout area known as the "White Room", which gave Oakenfold more free time, and then he began producing music under the alias "Electra" in 1988.[10] Members included Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" Rocca and Micky. As they continued releasing only four singles as the Balearic beat band Electra, in Full Frequency Range Recordings (FFRR Records) founded and run by Radio 1's Pete Tong, the duo created a new alias under the name Perfecto. Also in 1988 he decided to create a place where new artists could develop their careers. At that moment, Perfecto Records was born.[11]

He collaborated with his friend

Brit Award for Best Producer.[14]

This is a tremendous record and a gauntlet chucked at all the other would-be legends in town... Wild, brash, corrosive funk rock, grimly northern and yet pan-cultural in a Tesco shoplifter kind of way.

— says NME in a 9 out of 10 review.[14]

In 1991, they remixed Massive Attack's "Safe from Harm" as well as many others.[15][16]

Tours and nightclubs: 1992–2000

Main articles:
Grace (band), Cream (nightclub), and Home (nightclub)

In 1992, when

Zoo TV world tour, and replaced BP Fallon
in the 1993 legs of Europe and Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, with more than fifty shows in Zooropa '93 and Zoomerang from 7 May to 10 December of the same year.

Also in 1993, Oakenfold and Osborne's project

Grace was formed as State of Grace and featuring vocals by Patti Low, though by the time Grace had charted a number of singles in the UK charts (around 1996),[17] it had become a 'solo fronted project' with jazz singer Dominique Atkins as the lead vocalist. The project was dissolved in 1997 as Oakenfold was touring as a performance DJ more frequently and could not commit to recording, though a remixed version of "Not Over Yet" was issued under the 'Planet Perfecto featuring Grace' name in 1999.[18]

"There's no chance whatsoever. Seb Fontaine is our resident and is contracted until the end of the year. Paul will be doing some dates and playing Creamfields but that's it. I think his reason to leave (Home) had more to do with increased demands on his time in the US."

— said a spokesperson from Cream to nme.com.[19]

"The reason he left was simply because he had so much on this summer and he felt it wouldn't have been fair to play one week and not the other."

— added an Oakenfold spokesperson.[19]

"I disagreed with the way the club was going and it's time to move on."

— responded Paul Oakenfold.[20]

In September 1994 and again in 1998, he teamed up with

Perfecto Fluoro became the No. 1 essential dance collection of Boston Beat during 1996 with Jamiroquai's Travelling Without Moving.[8]

On 9 June 1997, Oakenfold created

Global Underground 004: Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo (GU004) which is a double mix CD in the Global Underground series. Compiled and mixed by Oakenfold, it is the first work he created for GU. The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in Oslo, Norway, as part of the official launch of the Quart Festival. It showcased Oakenfold's eclectic taste in music at the time, as the mix combines various forms of dance music.[21] In 1997, Oakenfold mixed one disc of the double album Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6, a UK house music compilation series. Oakenfold became Cream's resident DJ from 1997 to 1999. During this time, he began to concentrate on the release of Tranceport
in 1998.

In 1998 and 1999, Oakenfold took the first place in

Global Underground 007: Paul Oakenfold, New York (GU007) was released as (GU002) in the United States only. The compilation was released on 25 May 1998, with the US release on 19 January 1999. This was the second production from Oakenfold with GU and it contained trance, drum and bass, progressive house, progressive trance, breakbeat and downtempo. This became his last work with GU.[citation needed
]

In 1999, he became the first DJ to play on the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival for 90,000 people, which he considers his favorite gig.[23][24] He became resident DJ for the opening of (short-lived) London superclub Home, a role he performed until May the following year. Also in 1999, he moved to the United States where he went on tour.[25]

In 2000, he created fourteen tracks of jazz, soul, house and Goa based styles with Mitchell Oakenfold. Twenty-four FX and scratches loops and sounds were included too, each consisting of six seconds; the album cover says "Only for DJs and Producers" and was released on Music of Life.

In March 2000, he teamed up with Steve Osborne, Andy Gray and Bruno Ellingham to remix Moby's song "Natural Blues".

Sometime before July 2000, he teamed up with Andy Gray to write and produce the

Channel 5
from 18 August 2011 to 5 November 2018.

In September 2000, he opened the new Digital Radio station Ministry of Sound Radio with a live mix from the famous London club.[26]

Oakenfold appeared in the intro scene of EA's Euro 2000 video game, which featured him using his turntables to activate the video game and control various players.[27] He also composed the game's soundtrack, which featured 7 tracks including a remix of the official anthem of the tournament.

Pioneer in America: 2000–2001

Main articles:
Fresno, Area Festival, and Swordfish (soundtrack)

After his success in Europe, one of Oakenfold's first major events in America was

BT, and Carl Cox. Cyberfest 2000 paved the way for other major events in the area such as the Electric Daisy Carnival
in Los Angeles in 2010.

In 2001, Oakenfold took part in the first

OutKast, and the Roots. He later released a new compilation album, Perfecto Presents: Ibiza
.

2001 also saw the release of the video game Frequency, for which Oakenfold produced one track, "See It".

BT, The Crystal Method, Carl Craig and Überzone. Oakenfold next moved to Los Angeles to work on film soundtracks and to focus his DJing stateside.[29] In 2001 he created the soundtrack for the film Swordfish, Swordfish: The Album contained a transformation of "Planet Rock" into a seven-minute breakbeat trance anthem. Most of the tracks are collaborations with Andy Gray, the remix of N.E.R.D.'s "Lapdance" which gained total notability from other tracks.[30] The soundtrack was produced under Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. and distributed through London-Sire Records
.

Oakenfold recorded a track with Crazy Town vocalist Shifty Shellshock at the end of the year for his new album. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Shellshock said that the track known as "Starry Eyed Surprise" was created after the pair met at a Crazy Town show.[31]

I am a big fan of his music and we just kicked back and talked and said that we should do something. I already laid the rough vocals for it and (we are) going to go in right when I'm done with this tour and finish it.

— said Shellshock.[31]

Bunkka: 2002–2004

Main articles: Bunkka and Creamfields

In 2002,

Maverick. The name Bunkka came from Peter Gabriel's studio in the UK, where the album was recorded. An extended play was released featuring live versions of four songs under Peoplesound Records.[32]
It is also Oakenfold's best selling album to date, with sales largely exceeding 1,000,000 (1 million) copies worldwide.

For the past 10 years I've been creating music under various different names, but I was never comfortable with putting out an Oakenfold record... It was, however, an idea that I'd been thinking about for a long time and Steve Osborne, my colleague in some of the production work I was doing at the time, kept putting pressure on me, saying "you should do it, you should do it". So eventually I felt it was time to make that record.

— said Paul Oakenfold.[8]

"I'm a big fan of Nelly Furtado and she's on the record. She's got this wonderful way about her, she's extremely talented and a great vocalist. Most of all she's good fun, she doesn't take it as seriously as some people do."

"I'd always wanted to do something that represented my own musical background... 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."

— said Paul Oakenfold on several interviews.[8][33]

The album features vocals from Jane's Addiction vocalist

Emiliana Torrini on "Hold Your Hand". Hunter S. Thompson's spoken words are provided on "Nixon's Spirit".[34] Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's composition was adapted in an electronic version on the tracks "Zoo York". In 2002, Q magazine named Oakenfold in their list of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die".[35] In 2002, Oakenfold revealed he had struggled with dyslexia as a child and announced his intention to help dyslexic children.[36][37]

In 2002, Oakenfold remixed

Madonna's song "Hollywood".[41] In 2003, Oakenfold produced a remix of "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces", a 1988 hit by French singer Mylène Farmer
.

With the event of Creamfields that took place in 2004, Oakenfold released a compilation of songs he played during the event as well as tracks influenced by the environment and the vibe of deejays such as Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules, Fergie, Tall Paul, Eddie Halliwell, Chris Lawrence, Adam Sheridan, Shan, and Alex Kidd at the Cream/Goodgreef and Mixmag Arena.[42]

A Lively Mind, Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1 and side work: 2005–2007

Main articles:
Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1

In 2005, Oakenfold was contacted by the car manufacturer

aygo
.com to promote a new Toyota car. The CD contained only seven songs which he worked on with Ian Green; the album was entitled Feed Your Mind.

I think the

Madonna's management were there and asked me to be the opening act for her on her 2006 tour, which also added to the experience!

— said Oakenfold in a Ministry of Sound interview.[23]

During Oakenfold's career he has remixed a variety of songs from

Give It 2 Me" from her album Hard Candy, Oakenfold went on tour with Madonna for two months opening her presentation in the Confessions Tour, previously he had supported her in 2004 at Slane Castle in Ireland.[43] His sets lasted for an hour and a half, followed by Madonna's two-hour show.[44]

Oakenfold remixed the

Transformers Cybertron.[45] He also contributed with his single "Beautiful Goal" for the FIFA Football 2005 video game. His single "Ready Steady Go" was composed for the 2005 video game Juiced. His second studio album, A Lively Mind was released on 6 June 2006. Receiving unsuccessful reviews, the first single "Faster Kill Pussycat", a collaboration with the actress Brittany Murphy, was released on 2 May 2006; the second single was "Sex 'n' Money". Both songs stand out from the rest, as most of the album has a more trance-like feel.[46] Gregory Jeffries from AllMusic stated the album might have been in the nominated albums of dance music in 1997 but not in 2006, as the album has guitars with disco sounds that might be only appealing to trance addicts.[47]

"I've done so many remixes from the likes of the

Rolling Stones
to Snoop Dogg etc, but you can only get a certain amount on the CD. It was difficult for me but I had to choose what I wanted and what I felt were the best mixes that showcased my art in the best way."

— said Oakenfold.[23]

In 2007, he played live at the Boston Pops which created a piece of orchestral music with electronic music. The event took place in Miami for 10,000 people with a 75-piece orchestra, he wrote a piece of music which he described as "difficult".[23] In 2007 he was nominated to 2 International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) at the Winter Music Conference (WMC), Best Underground Dance Track for "Faster Kill Pussycat" and Best Full Length DJ Mix CD for "A Lively Mind".[48] 2007 saw the publication of the first official biography of Paul Oakenfold, written by Richard Norris of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve fame. Paul Oakenfold: The Authorised Biography was published by Bantam Press on 24 September 2007. Oakenfold is a self-professed supporter of association football clubs Chelsea F.C. and Los Angeles FC.[49] It was thought that he played a zombie in the movie 28 Weeks Later however this is incorrect, he was offered the opportunity but turned it down. He also scored the soundtrack for the 2007 Japanese CGI anime film Vexille.

In October 2007 he released his

Madonna, and Underworld.[51]

Pop Killer and film scores: 2008–2014

Main article: Sticky & Sweet Tour

In 2008, he released the last single from his last studio album, Not Over. This was a new version "

Rain Nightclub, the legendary 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) nightclub and concert venue at the Palms Casino Resort
known for its special effects and international headliner acts. From July to August 2009, he again opened Madonna's concerts for the Sticky & Sweet Tour in Europe. In 2009 Paul's third studio album was announced to be actually named Pop Killer, and not Decade of Dance as the article from The Sun stated.

He also worked with Madonna on her third greatest hits collection,

American Life
, and it is included as a bonus track on iTunes.

Oakenfold remixed a song called "Firefly" from the

Rain Nightclub.[53]

Paul Oakenfold at Sutra, OC California, in 2012

In February 2012 Oakenfold headlined a huge one-off event for club brand Goodgreef at the famous Tall Trees venue in the UK.[54] Later in the year, he performed alongside Californian band Train at the Google I/O June 2012 After Party at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

In 2014, Oakenfold remixed A3's single "Come with Me".

Oakenfold co-wrote a song for

Closer to the Truth: "Woman's World". It was released on 18 June 2013 as the album's lead-single.[55]

Oakenfold remixed a song by British pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor and up-and-coming new electronic project DedRekoning on their single "Only Child", released on 8 September 2014 through Oakenfold's label Perfecto Records.[56]

2015–present

Since May 2015, Paul is heading the department of DJs and EDM vocalists at Isina, a worldwide talent search and development mentorship program.[57][58] On September 25, 2020, Oakenfold launched the English-language electronic single, "The Perfect Song" featuring Mexican pop icon Fey, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her career. His album Shine On is set to be released in 2022.

Oakenfold was the opening act for the Pet Shop Boys and New Order Unity Tour in September and October 2022.[59]

On 2 June 2023, a lawsuit was filed against Oakenfold in the

Los Angeles Superior Court by his former personal assistant, accusing him of sexual harassment.[60][61]

Discography

Main article: Paul Oakenfold discography
Studio albums

Filmography

  • 2002 The Rules of Attraction (Himself)
  • 2003 Dancestar USA 2003 (Himself)
  • 2003 No Cover (Guest)
  • 2003
    MTV Europe Music Awards 2003
     (Himself)
  • 2004
    The Club
     (Himself)
  • 2007 Post Military Trip (Guest)
  • 2012 Dark Hearts (2012) (Dj)
  • 2016 Sundown (2016) (Himself)
  • 2022 Who Killed the KLF? (Himself)

Awards and nominations

BMI Awards

The

BMI Awards are annual award ceremonies for songwriters in various genres organized by Broadcast Music, Inc
. Oakenfold won the Film Award for Music the 2001
movie
Swordfish.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 Paul Oakenfold The BMI Film Music Award, for Swordfish Won

DJ Awards

Oakenfold has won the DJ Awards for Best Trance DJ Award two times, and received eleven nominations. He won the Best Techno DJ Award once and he was honored with an "Outstanding Contribution Award" in 2004.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1999 Paul Oakenfold Best Techno DJ Won
2000 Best Trance DJ
2001 Nominated
2004 Outstanding Contribution Won
2004 Best Trance DJ
2005 Nominated
2006
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

DJ Magazine Award

Oakenfold has been named Worlds Best DJ two times by

DJ Magazine
.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1997 Paul Oakenfold World's Top 100 DJs 2
1998 World's Top 100 DJs 1
1999 World's Top 100 DJs
2000 World's Top 100 DJs 2
2001 World's Top 100 DJs 5
2002 World's Top 100 DJs 6
2003 World's Top 100 DJs 8
2004 World's Top 100 DJs 9
2005 World's Top 100 DJs 11
2006 World's Top 100 DJs 14
2007 World's Top 100 DJs 12
2008 World's Top 100 DJs 14
2009 World's Top 100 DJs 23
2010 World's Top 100 DJs 51
2011 World's Top 100 DJs 69
2012 World's Top 100 DJs 69
2013 World's Top 100 DJs 92
2014 World's Top 100 DJs Exit (134)
Hiatus
2017 Paul Oakenfold World's Top 100 DJs Out (138)
2018 World's Top 100 DJs Out (129)
2019 World's Top 100 DJs Out (105)

Grammy Awards

Oakenfold has received three

Grammy Award
nominations.

Year Nominated work Category Result
2005 Grammy Awards for "Creamfields" Best Electronic/Dance Album Nominated
2007 Grammy Awards
 for "A Lively Mind" Best Electronic/Dance Album Nominated
2010 Grammy Awards shared with
Madonna, and Demacio Castellon for "Celebration
"
Best Dance Recording

IDMA Awards

Oakenfold has been nominated for IDMA one time.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 Paul Oakenfold
for "Faster Kill Pussycat"
shared with Brittany Murphy. 		Best Underground Dance Track Nominated

World Music Awards

Oakenfold has received two nominations at World Music Awards.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2006 Paul Oakenfold Worlds Best Selling DJ
for "Faster Kill Pussycat"
shared with Brittany Murphy 		Nominated
2012 World's Best Electronic Dance Music Artist
for "Faster Kill Pussycat"
shared with Brittany Murphy

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