Paul Oakenfold
16 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages audio, 7 April 1999
The superstar DJ in wide-ranging discussion about DJ'ing and dance culture, from getting into hip hop and House to stadium tours with U2; the impact of Ecstasy; the performing DJ; remixing, and the techniques behind rocking a dancefloor.
File format: mp3; file size: 52.7mb, interview length: 57' 31" sound quality: ****
List of articles in the library
Paul Oakenfold: DJ Of The Month
Profile and Interview by Simon Witter, i-D, August 1987
PAUL OAKENFOLD, apart from being one of the harder working men in showbusiness, is a perfect example of the late 80s London soul phenomenon: the ...
Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 30 July 1988
Club DJ makes record shock! PAOLO HEWITT talks to PAUL OAKENFOLD, the man behind ELECTRA'S 'Jibaro', about his faith in the new Balearic Beat. ...
From Acid House to the Balearics
Report by David Toop, The Times, 18 August 1988
What is the link between acid and House, between Ibiza and a music that does not exist? ...
Report and Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 22 October 1988
So where do we go from here, matey? Acid guru PAUL OAKENFOLD talks to Paolo Hewitt ...
Report and Interview by Sheryl Garratt, The Face, April 1990
First there were the raves, and a few imaginative DJs who mixed live music with the records.Then there was Adamski, and the madness that is ...
Paul Oakenfold: Pick and Re-Mix
Profile and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 15 July 1994
Paul Oakenfold's new record has only his name on the cover. But he isn't a musician. He's the emperor of DJs ...
Overview by John McCready, The Face, August 1997
What have we got to celebrate after ten years of non-stop ecstatic dancing? Loads, says John McCready ...
Retrospective and Interview by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 25 April 1998
Disco biscuits, gurning, raves, sartorial bonkersness, and, um, Guru Josh! The ACID HOUSE scene brought us many things when it exploded in 1988; it also ...
Trance: New Invader on the Dance Floor
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 29 November 1998
THE ESPERANTO of electronic dance music, trance is probably the most popular rave sound in the world. Although this kinetic, hypnotic music has maintained a ...
Trance: New Invader on the Dance Floor
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 29 November 1998
THE ESPERANTO of electronic dance music, trance is probably the most popular rave sound in the world. Although this kinetic, hypnotic music has maintained a ...
Paul Oakenfold (1999) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 7 April 1999
This is a transcript of Frank's audio interview with Paul. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Basement Jaxx, Pet Shop Boys et al: Creamfields, Old Liverpool Airfield
Live Review by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 4 September 1999
THE SCOUSE THAT JAXX THRILLED ...
Clubs: USA Special! America: What Time Is Love?
Report by Bill Brewster, The Face, September 2000
Dance music conquers America! Yes, really, this time! Bill Brewster on how Sasha, Oakie and Fatboy Slim are taking on the last bastion of rock'n'roll ...
Interview by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, June 2002
TWO YEARS AGO, Paul Oakenfold was getting profoundly bored. The original post-acid house superstar DJ, known to friends and relatives as ‘Oakey’ and to the ...
Superstar DJs: Here We Go! by Dom Phillips
Book Review by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 1 March 2009
They're mostly gone now, but back in the 1990s Britain's superjocks could coin thousands for a single night. A lucid history charts their excesses ...
see also Electra
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