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. Photo by: Utopium]] Paul Oakenfold (born August 30 , 1963 in London , England ) is a Record Producer and one of the best-known DJ s worldwide. In 1987, Oakenfold and his friends, Trevor Fung and Ian St. Paul , spent several months in Ibiza , Spain , where they fell in love with the Dance Club Music (see 1987 In Music ). Using influences from Ibiza's sound, Italo Disco , Soul and House , Oakenfold produced Happy Mondays ' '' Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches '', followed by productions of Remix es for U2 , Massive Attack , Arrested Development , The Cure , Snoop Doggy Dogg , Simply Red , New Order , and The Shamen with production partner Steve Osborne under the collaborative name Perfecto. Many of these remixes were released under his label Perfecto Records . In addition to producing records, Oakenfold also mixed them. He first started playing in clubs as a teenager and soon built up a reputation as a top party DJ. However, it wasn't until the early 1990s when the name Paul Oakenfold was associated with the DJ elite. The reason for this rise in public admiration was his adoption of a new breed of dance music called Trance . Something he discovered on the hippy beaches of Goa in India and fused with similar sounding European records to make his own distinct sound. He took this to the mainstream when in 1994 he created a two hour set for BBC Radio One's Essential Mix . This set became known as the Goa Mix and to this day is the most requested broadcast on the BBC radio network. After a short spell as a member of the band '' and contributed to the soundtrack of the Japanese Anime film " Appleseed " in 2004. In 2002, ''Q'' Magazine named Oakenfold in their list of the " 50 Bands To See Before You Die ". In the same year, Oakenfold released his first solo album, called '' Bunkka '' featuring artists like Nelly Furtado ("The Harder They Come"), Ice Cube ("Get Em Up") and Shifty Shellshock , then the lead singer of Crazy Town ("Starry Eyed Surprise"). His latest effort is 2004's '' Creamfields '', a Double Album . In 2004, Oakenfold's famous song, "Ready Steady Go" was reproduced with some Korean lyrics for the movie Collateral . This song was also included in the film soundtrack. 'A Lively Mind' was released on 11 April 2006. The first single 'Faster Kill Pussycat' is a collaboration with the actress Brittany Murphy , no release date for this single has been confirmed. Also, in 2006, to acompanie the new , Paul remixed the Transformers theme. DISCOGRAPHY SINGLES Electra as part of ' Balearic House ' group 'Electra'
Solid Gold Easy Amex remix of former Red Box b-side
Paul Oakenfold as Paul Oakenfold presents ''' Afrika Bambaataa And The Soulsonic Force :'''
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as Oakenfold with vocals by Keisha White and Tricky :
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as Oakenfold ft Brittany Murphy
Paul Oakenfold with Steve Osborne as Rise:
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Paul Oakenfold & Andy Gray as Element 4
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