Timo Maas (born July 27, 1969) is a German DJ / producer and remixer . His remix of Azzido Da Bass 's single " Dooms Night " helped launch his career in 2000.
84-589: In its wake, he also released Music for the Maases Volume 1 , a mix album consisting of many of his previous tracks and remixes. After another mix album called Connected for Paul Oakenfold 's imprint Perfecto , Maas released his own debut studio album Loud in 2002. The album was produced by German dance music producer Martin Buttrich (also known for his work with Loco Dice ), and featured guest appearances from Kelis , Neneh Cherry and Placebo 's Brian Molko . In
168-605: A Budweiser beer commercial and the FIFA 2003 video game. Maas has described his debut album as forward-thinking, bridging the gap between electronic and mainstream music: "It's not just about bringing dance music to a wider audience. I see the whole thing as something very open-minded. You hope alternative rock and dance can come together, and I think it's going to be really good." Maas and Buttrich continued to do remix work, most notably remixing Tori Amos ' track "Don't Make Me Come to Vegas", off her 2003 album Scarlet's Walk . The track
252-502: A 75-piece orchestra, he wrote a piece of music which he described as "difficult". 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 ". 2007 saw the publication of the first official biography of Paul Oakenfold, written by Richard Norris of The Grid and Beyond
336-557: A DJ play there before me. The likes of Frank Sinatra and the Beatles had performed there so it's a truly magnificent place – it holds about 15,000 – and it was a big achievement for me as much as Wembley and the Great Wall because it had never been done. After seeing that gig, 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! During Oakenfold's career he has remixed
420-463: A bedroom, she enters a wardrobe for a few minutes and begins to steal jewellery before Matthew Bellamy and Christopher Wolstenholme appear playing in the mirrors on the doors either side of her. Before she can see them, they quickly disappear in reality. Standing in front of a giant mirror, she's shocked when Bellamy, Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard emerge, playing only as their reflections. The young woman struggles to cope with seeing them perform in
504-765: A career spanning over 30 years, Maas has been collaborated with and remixed many artists such as Paul McCartney , Depeche Mode , Finley Quaye , Fatboy Slim , Garbage , Jamiroquai , Madonna , Moby , Moloko , Muse , Roger Sanchez and Tori Amos . In 2016, Maas and his producing partner James Teej, received a Grammy nomination (the second in Maas's career) for their work on Paul McCartney & Wings' track " Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five ". In 2008, Maas launched his own record label called Rockets & Ponies releasing productions from artists such as Wolfgang Haffner , Ricardo Villalobos , Maetrik, Nightmares on Wax and Addison Groove. In addition to his productions, Maas has been
588-514: A character Travis Strong DJed to the song, acting as if it were his own. It has also been used in the film adaptation of Anthony Horowitz 's novel Stormbreaker , The Bourne Identity and it was reproduced with Korean lyrics for the film Collateral . The song has also been used during the performances of extreme freestyle water ski jumpers, and later became the theme song for the TV show TRL Italy from 2003 till 2005. The EP The Harder They Come
672-723: A chef for four years and worked at the Army and Navy Club . 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 soul music in a Covent Garden wine bar. Here in London, he also met Rumours where he played Earth, Wind and Fire and popular British bands. In 1981, 18-year-old Oakenfold and his friend Ian Paul moved to New York City. Oakenfold worked as
756-463: 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. 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. "I've done so many remixes from
840-509: A courier in West Harlem . 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 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. Returning to London, Oakenfold began breaking into
924-607: A cover version adapted from John Kongos ' 1971 hit "He's Gonna Step on You". The song reached the top 5 position in the UK. He was invited as a guest DJ to Spike Island, a gig with the Stone Roses . Pleased with the last single, the Happy Mondays gave Oakenfold and Osborne the opportunity to produce their third studio album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches . The album entered the UK charts at number one with pre-sales of 150,000. The album
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#17330936252301008-593: A double CD compilation for the acclaimed Balance Mix Series in 2010. The pair worked on sourcing the tracks, recording special edits and track-listing for four months. The same year, Maas also started his label, originally in partnership with Santos, called 'Rockets & Ponies", which received support from the likes of Ricardo Villalobos , Carl Cox and Tiesto . 2013 saw the release of Timo's third artist album, titled Lifer , on his Rockets & Ponies imprint. True to Maas's manner, it featured cameos from different artists such as Katie Cruel , James Lavelle of Unkle and
1092-440: A few years later when Maas played the unfinished work to his good friend and My Favorite Robot label head James Teej that the pair felt they could do something with it. The duo spent a week listening to different parts and working intensely on the track until it was finished. The track was sent to McCartney's team from whom it got the approval for release. What followed was a marketing strategy generated by Maas's management that saw
1176-590: 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. "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
1260-428: A longtime DJ, having been a resident at the legendary Ibiza nightclub DC10 for over 15 years and having also played in clubs such as Ushuaia, The End, Twilo , Tresor , Tunnel and many more. Maas bought his first set of turntables at the age of 17, and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party in his friend's home. The beginning of his career consisted mostly of gigs around Germany playing "top 40" records with
1344-466: 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
1428-452: A remix package featuring versions from Paul Woolford , Kerri Chandler and Tim Green. The official video features clips of McCartney performing the original track in the 1970s, as well as two young dancers performing an intricate choreography interpreting the lyrics and theme of the song. The video was directed by London -based Can Evgin and choreographer by Aaron Sillis , noted for his work with FKA Twigs and MIA . In December 2016, it
1512-451: A remixed version of "Not Over Yet" was issued under the 'Planet Perfecto featuring Grace' name in 1999. "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." "The reason he left
1596-496: A resident at the legendary Ibiza nightclub DC10 (nightclub) , having played his first show there in 2001. Maas has said that it is the only club in the world where he can be himself and express his vision and he has called it the most original and unique experience one can have when going to the island. In 2009 Maas and his agent, David Levy, had a listening session in Ibiza playing each other different tracks that they liked. Timo heard
1680-427: A return by Maas's longtime friend Brian Molko . For Lavelle, this was the only vocal outside of Unkle that he had ever done. On working with Katie Cruel , Maas claimed to have been touched by the soul and emotion of her voice. Of the album and working Santos, Maas has said: "I really like working with Santos, as we both inspire each other a lot and we are trying to push boundaries on a constant basis. The album 'Lifer'
1764-515: A sample of the title music from The Day the Earth Stood Still , composed by Bernard Hermann . The album features other guest performers such as MC Chickaboo , Martin Bettinghaus, and Finley Quaye . The 10th track on the album, " To Get Down ", has been used in several film soundtracks and other mediums such as the 2003 remake of The Italian Job , Riders (now known as Steal ) in 2002,
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#17330936252301848-621: 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. 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. In 2002, Bunkka became his first official studio album when he signed to Maverick . The name Bunkka came from Peter Gabriel 's studio in
1932-564: A variety of songs from Madonna , like " What It Feels Like for a Girl ", " Hollywood ", " American Life ", " Sorry " and later in 2008 " 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. His sets lasted for an hour and a half, followed by Madonna's two-hour show. Oakenfold remixed
2016-561: 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. In 1997, Oakenfold mixed one disc of
2100-471: Is one of the results of this vibe." Over the next few years, Timo proceeded to release more singles. Following the release of his track "Dancing for My Pleasure" on the Canadian electronic music label My Favorite Robot, Timo proceeded to do a mix for their compilation series titled ‘Crossing Wires 002’ containing mostly unreleased material from other producers., The release was followed by a North-American tour by
2184-520: The Transformers theme as the theme song for the TV series, Transformers Cybertron . 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 ",
2268-520: The Cream / Goodgreef and Mixmag Arena. In 2005, Oakenfold was contacted by the car manufacturer Toyota to create a free promotional CD available from 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 Hollywood Bowl was the most memorable experience. It's a very unique venue that never had
2352-563: The New York City club, Twilo . A turning point in Maas's career was remixing Azzido Da Bass 's 1999 single " Doom's Night ". Co-remixed with Martin Buttrich in a 3-hour session after Azzido Da Bass rejected their first attempt, it reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart and sold over half a million copies worldwide. Following that, Maas decided to release a compilation CD containing only tracks produced or remixed by him, titled Music for
2436-675: The "Festival Of The Future" featured other DJs such as Chemical Brothers , 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 Area Festival tour. This tour featured Incubus , Carl Cox , the Orb , OutKast , and the Roots . He later released a new compilation album , Perfecto Presents: Ibiza . 2001 also saw
2520-530: The "White Room", which gave Oakenfold more free time, and then he began producing music under the alias " Electra " in 1988. 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
2604-554: The "electronic Lollapallooza " took place in ten cities in the United States and Canada during August and September, including New York City , Los Angeles , Toronto and San Francisco . The event featured Paul, Armand van Helden , De La Soul , LTJ Bukem , Josh Wink , Derrick Carter , Roni Size , Deep Dish , 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. In 2001 he created
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2688-422: The '90s Los Angeles rock band Grant Lee Buffalo is also included with Carmen Rizzo 's version of his song "Motion". Bunkka also provided the start to three new artists, Carla Werner on the single " Southern Sun ", Tiff Lacey on "Hypnotised" and Emiliana Torrini on "Hold Your Hand". Hunter S. Thompson 's spoken words are provided on "Nixon's Spirit". Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 's composition
2772-414: The 2003 remake of The Italian Job , Riders (now known as Steal ) in 2002, as well as other mediums such as the video game FIFA Football 2003 , and a Budweiser beer commercial. Another of his tracks, "Unite", appears in the FIFA 2004 soundtrack. A remix of the "Neighbourhood" screen music is credited to him on the video game The Sims 2: Nightlife , whilst the video game Wipeout Fusion uses
2856-631: The 2007 Japanese CGI anime film Vexille . In October 2007 he released his Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1 which features his best performance tracks. Oakenfold was a judge for the sixth and seventh annual Independent Music Awards. In October 2007 Oakenfold remixed Britney Spears ' number one hit " Gimme More ", which became the lead remix off the release. Oakenfold has created more than one hundred remixes, and has sold over 5,000,000 (5 million) long plays . He toured in British universities to promote his new album and autobiography . The tribute album
2940-751: The Caribbean: At World's End . Exclusive 2008 remixes from Oakenfold were also included from Mark Ronson 's " Stop Me " song, Radiohead 's " Everything in Its Right Place ", Eisbaer from Grovezone, " Missing " by Everything But The Girl and a remix of Paul's own "Southern Sun". Releases with Catalog#: UL 1602-2 included a DVD of live show and documentary. The compilation consists of tracks which influenced his career and musical persona, with artists such as The Cure , Happy Mondays , The Stone Roses , Massive Attack , U2 , Olive , The Smashing Pumpkins , Madonna , and Underworld . In 2008, he released
3024-708: The Cure , New Order , the Rolling Stones , the Stone Roses and Michael Jackson . Oakenfold was voted the No. 1 DJ in the World twice in 1998 and 1999 by DJ Magazine . 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
3108-622: The Maases , and having the remix of "Doom's Night" as its opening track. The compilation also features a remix for Muse 's " Sunburn " and has said to have been put together with the American audiences in mind. In 2001, Maas and Buttrich started working on Maas's debut album, which saw its release in 2002 on Paul Oakenfold 's label Perfecto , and was titled Loud . It was generally well-received, averaging at 71 (out of 100) on Metacritic. The first track, "Help Me", features vocals by Kelis and also contains
3192-559: The Real Thing ", the Perfecto remix reached a higher charted position than the original song. In 1993 with the success of his last remix as Perfecto, he was hired by U2 to provide the warm-up sonics to their 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
3276-506: 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, Celebration , and her final release with Warner Bros. Records. The first single was released on 3 August 2009, it is also titled " Celebration " and
3360-461: The UK, where the album was recorded. An extended play was released featuring live versions of four songs under Peoplesound Records . 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
3444-523: The UK. 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". Sunburn (Muse song) " Sunburn " is a song by English rock band Muse , released as the fourth single from their 1999 debut album Showbiz . Both "Sunburn" and "Falling Down" were
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3528-618: The US distributor for early Global Underground releases had a different numbering scheme for the Global Underground albums; due to this 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. In 1999, he became
3612-464: 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 . 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
3696-478: 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 theme for the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother under the name Elementfour . The series started airing on 18 July 2000, with
3780-399: The alias, Orinoko, arguably the biggest record of which was titled "Mama Konda". The track received wide support from DJs including Sasha , Carl Cox and Morales and reached the top 20 in both the UK and US charts. Maas has also recorded under many aliases such as Mad Dogs among others together with his manager and friend Leon Alexander. In 2000, Maas began a residency alongside Deep Dish at
3864-459: The coming years after their 2005 LP Pictures , Timo Maas and Martin Buttrich continued to work together on various projects, but ultimately the pair's musical direction went amicably in different directions. Maas met his next production partner Santos in 2007 at a gig in Rome. Together they formed a new alias called Mutant Clan, under which they proceeded to release several releases, as well as put together
3948-658: 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 DJ Mag ' s Top 100 DJs. With the two-year contract as a resident in Liverpool 's Cream, it was in 1999 that he released Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream. on Virgin . Thrive Records ,
4032-529: The fall of 2008, he started his first Resident DJ position in the United States. "Paul Oakenfold Presents: Perfecto Las Vegas" was conceptualized specifically for Rain Nightclub , the legendary 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m ) 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
4116-593: The first DJ to play on the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival for 90,000 people, which he considers his favorite gig. 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. 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;
4200-622: The fourth single of his album, "Hypnotised" which became successful enough to be included on his next compilation from the Perfecto Presents... series, Perfecto Presents: Great Wall which also included the Deepsky remix of the song as well as tracks like Motorcycle's " As the Rush Comes ", Björk 's " Pagan Poetry ", UNKLE 's remix of Ian Brown 's " F.E.A.R. " and Oakenfold's remix of Madonna 's song " Hollywood ". In 2003, Oakenfold produced
4284-565: The game's soundtrack, which featured 7 tracks including a remix of the official anthem of the tournament. After his success in Europe, one of Oakenfold's first major events in America was Fresno, California 's Cyberfest on 22 July 2000. The 500 acre indoor and outdoor central California location had the biggest dance capacity ever in America. An estimated 80,000 dancers and music lovers from Seattle , Reno , Phoenix , Los Angeles , and San Diego were welcomed that day. Cyberfest 2000, also known as
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#17330936252304368-464: The island of Ibiza for a week to celebrate his birthday. Trevor Fung, Nicky Holloway, Ian Saint Paul, Danny Rampling and Johnny Walker accompanied him. Oakenfold convinced the owner of a venue in England to host an "Ibiza Reunion" party after-hours. He had previously made an attempt, but it failed as the crowd was not prepared for the acid house style until 1987 when the party was successful. After that,
4452-845: The last single from his last studio album, Not Over . This was a new version " Not Over Yet " which he produced while working with Osborne as Grace and in collaboration with Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic . The song was covered by Klaxons as " It's Not Over Yet ". In 2008, Oakenfold worked on film scores for various films and television programs such as Californication , The Heavy , Fever , The Bourne Identity , and Speed Racer . In mid-July Oakenfold ended his world tour promoting his greatest hits album. He also joined Madonna again in her Sticky & Sweet Tour in London , Santiago , Buenos Aires , Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo . After touring, he began his residency in Las Vegas on 30 August. In
4536-470: The last songs written for Showbiz , being in late 1998 while the others were between 1996 and early 1998. The lyrics, as Matthew Bellamy said, are about: It's about like a moth flying to the light bulb, it's like that but a spaceman going towards the sun wanting to get away from the Earth because it had nothing. "Sunburn" was released on 21 February 2000 on 7" vinyl —backed with a live acoustic version of
4620-602: 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." 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
4704-559: The mainstream in 1994 and created a pair of two-hour sets for BBC Radio 1 's Essential Mix ; the first of these was broadcast in the early hours of Sunday 20 March 1994, with the second being The Goa Mix broadcast on Sunday 18 December 1994. His album Perfecto Fluoro became the No. 1 essential dance collection of Boston Beat during 1996 with Jamiroquai 's Travelling Without Moving . On 9 June 1997, Oakenfold created Global Underground 004: Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo (GU004) which
4788-658: The mainstream, as an A&R man for Champion Records . At that time, he signed DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince , as well as Salt-n-Pepa . Oakenfold appeared on the Blue Peter BBC programme for children with a breakdancing crew. He became a promoter and British agent for the Beastie Boys and Run-D.M.C. Since then, he appeared at The Project in Streatham playing soul and jazz music. In 1987, Oakenfold travelled to
4872-431: The mirror, clasping her head in frustration and throws an object at the mirror, smashing it. The young boy enters, he sees the room in a mess and then looks behind him. In the mirror, Muse have strangely vanished, and in their place is the girl. The video ends in a still of the boy staring in disbelief at the empty sofa, while in the mirror the girl is sitting on it. "Sunburn" was one of Muse's most performed songs live, and
4956-506: 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. He collaborated with his friend Steve Osborne on various projects. In 1990, he worked with Terry Farley , Andrew Weatherall and Osborne on two remixes for Happy Mondays . The remixes of "Rave On" and "Hallelujah" were released on the Madchester Rave On EP, as well as "Step On",
5040-500: The night became a classic and became one of the UK's major acid house nights, known as Spectrum at Heaven in Charing Cross . The party was best known for the "Theatre of Madness", as more than 1,500 people were present on Monday nights, until it went down; with the financial issues it changed its name to the "Land of Oz". Artists like Alex Paterson DJ'd in the VIP chillout area known as
5124-511: The number one song that makes you drive faster by UpVenue . Also in 2003, he remixed another hit soundtrack for 'Elvis Presley' which charted fairly well after his 2003 remix of "Rubberneckin'" made the top three in Australia and top five in the UK. This remix contributed to the Elvis phenomenon of the 21st century . In an earlier episode of Radio Free Roscoe , "The Imposter", a 2005 series on The N ,
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#17330936252305208-453: The occasional techno record sneaked in, but it was to be another 6 years from his debut DJ performance before he would perform his first official all-techno set. In 1992, Maas was introduced to the early German rave scene, and he went on to DJ at many different rave events both in Germany and elsewhere, earning a name in the electronic underground scene. Maas' first record, "The Final XS",
5292-402: The original Paul McCartney and Wings track played to him by Levy and expressed his wish to get the stems for the track. David Levy, through his connections to McCartney's management, delivered the studio session, complete with all the stems, to Maas. Over the proceeding few months, Maas tried working on the stems with different people after a while the project went back on the shelf. It was only
5376-571: The release of the video game Frequency , for which Oakenfold produced one track, "See It". Global Underground sold over 150,000 copies of Oakenfold's previous Global Underground: New York . A spokesperson for the label claimed that in the US, demand for UK dance music had been increasing in the past couple of years, and now made up over two-thirds of the label's sales. The Global Underground New York office opened in on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan . The Mekka Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as
5460-416: The same name in 2014. The same year, Timo was commissioned to do a remix for Morcheeba ’s "Make Believer" followed by a collaborative remix work on Róisín Murphy ’s "Jealousy" with one-third of My Favorite Robot, James Teej, in 2015. Maas and Teej continued their collaborative partnership with a release on Crosstown Rebels' sub-label Rebellion called ‘Thingzz’. Aside from his release-work, Timo has also been
5544-458: 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), 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
5628-500: The song "Old School Vibes" from the album Loud . Burnout Revenge used the General Midi remix of "First Day" for the game's EA Trax. Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold , is an English record producer , remixer and trance DJ . He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2 , Moby , Madonna , Britney Spears , Massive Attack ,
5712-506: The song—and double CD —backed with "Ashamed", a live version of the song, "Yes Please" and a live version of " Uno ". It reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart , making it their first song to enter the Top 40. The music video for "Sunburn", directed by Nick Gordon, depicts a young Brooke Kinsella —who later rose to fame as an actress on EastEnders —babysitting a young boy (Liam Hess) until she heads upstairs to investigate something. Entering
5796-441: 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. The soundtrack was produced under Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. and distributed through London-Sire Records . Oakenfold recorded
5880-450: The theme later released as a single. The programme and theme moved over to 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. 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. He also composed
5964-684: The vinyl being released as an unknown white label with only Paul McCartney 's face stamped on it on the Phonica Records website. The vinyl-run was limited and sold out in a few hours, having its prices soar to upwards $ 400 on eBay and other websites and going #1 on Phonica Records’ website. There was some speculation whether the vinyl was officially sanctioned by McCartney himself, but it eventually got conclusive proof on its origins. The story of its overnight success got quickly picked up by major publications such as i-D , Billboard , NME , Rolling Stone Germany , and Clash Magazine . The track
6048-410: 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". In 2002, Oakenfold revealed he had struggled with dyslexia as a child and announced his intention to help dyslexic children. In 2002, Oakenfold remixed David Arnold 's " James Bond Theme "; the song was released under Warner Bros. Records and
6132-582: Was announced that Maas's and Teej's remix had been nominated at the 59th Grammy Awards in the best remix category. Maas has cited early 1980s music with a lot of funk, soul and disco as well as Jean Michel Jarre and his albums Oxygène , Equinoxe , and Magnetic Fields as early influences on him. He has also claimed to be influenced by James Lavelle and is a fan of old-school rock such as Led Zeppelin and Dire Straits as well as newer rock musicians such as Lenny Kravitz . Maas's track " To Get Down " has been widely used in movie soundtracks such as
6216-748: Was featured in Saab commercials, the 2003 EA Sports game Tiger Woods PGA Tour , the THQ game Juiced , the pilot for the television program Las Vegas , and as the NASCAR theme song for 2006. It appears in the video game series Dance Dance Revolution in DDR Ultramix for the Xbox , the Fastlane episode "Dogtown" and the Alias episode "Snowman". "Ready Steady Go" was also listed as
6300-483: Was followed by the album's next two singles after "Starry Eyed Surprise", " Ready Steady Go " and " Southern Sun ". "Southern Sun" with Carla Werner was first issued as a B-side of "Ready Steady Go" until it was included on Tiësto 's In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama compilation with his own remix of the song. "Southern Sun" became a hit as it was then released as the A-side of "Ready Steady Go" in mid-2002. "Ready Steady Go"
6384-522: Was named NME ' s 1990 Album of the Year, and both Oakenfold and Osborne won the 1991 Brit Award for Best Producer. 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. In 1991, they remixed Massive Attack 's "Safe from Harm" as well as many others. In 1992, when U2 released their song " Even Better Than
6468-663: Was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Awards in the non-classical remixed recording category. The same year, Maas also remixed the Depeche Mode track " Enjoy the Silence ". In 2005, Maas released his second studio album, titled Pictures on Warner Bros. 's sub-label Hope Recordings . It was co-produced with Martin Buttrich over a two-year period in their studio in Hannover . The album featured many artist collaborations such as Kelis , Neneh Cherry and Placebo lead singer Brian Molko . Over
6552-453: Was positively received and played by many industry heavyweights such as Pete Tong , Annie Mac , Seth Troxler and Damian Lazarus. The inspiration behind the remix was to come up with a modern take of a classic song with respect to the original, with more emphasis on the bass and reinforcing McCartney's blues-inspired vocals. The record got its official release on Virgin in June 2016, followed by
6636-459: Was produced by Oakenfold. He also remixed a past demo "It's So Cool" from American Life , and it is included as a bonus track on iTunes. Oakenfold remixed a song called "Firefly" from the Matt Goss album Gossy . In 2010, Oakenfold returned to the US as a DJ at Rain Nightclub . In February 2012 Oakenfold headlined a huge one-off event for club brand Goodgreef at the famous Tall Trees venue in
6720-550: Was released in 1995. His second record release, "Die Herdplatte", was a collaboration with another producer, Gary D , which was a bigger success than his first. Gary D also gained Maas a residency at Hamburg's famous club The Tunnel, between 1994 and 1996. Through his British contact Leon Alexander, Maas played at the Bristol club Lakota and held a residency there for three years. Maas also began to release records through record labels such as Hope Recordings , both under his own name and
6804-579: Was released in November in the United Kingdom with a 2-CD set and a 3 CD version with the same number of songs. It was also released in the United States with only 20 tracks in one CD; it featured some remixes from the original version but it also included two new remixes which are: Justin Timberlake 's " My Love " song and his remix of Hans Zimmer 's " Jack Theme Suite " which was used for the film Pirates of
6888-521: Was released on Perfecto and featured other works from Oakenfold and other artists. At the Creamfields event in 2002 at Speke Airfield, DJs such as Oakenfold, Seb Fontaine and Paul van Dyk performed along with Dave Clarke , Jon Carter , Richie Hawtin and Felix Da Housecat . The event also featured live appearances from Basement Jaxx , All Saints , Death in Vegas and Moloko . In 2003, Oakenfold released
6972-605: 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." "I disagreed with the way the club was going and it's time to move on." In September 1994 and again in 1998, he teamed up with Steve Osborne and Ben Hillier to remix the Rolling Stones song " You Got Me Rocking " and Duran Duran 's " Out of My Mind ". He began producing his own tracks as well, continuing to remix songs from popular artists. He began using Goa music , fusing it with similar-sounding European tracks to create his own distinct sound. He took this to
7056-567: 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." The album features vocals from Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell on "Time of Your Life" and Shifty Shellshock of Los Angeles rock and rap band Crazy Town on " Starry Eyed Surprise "; Ice Cube on "Get Em Up"; and Tricky and Nelly Furtado on "The Harder They Come". The album contains appearances by Asher D of So Solid Crew on " Ready Steady Go ", and Grant-Lee Philips , founder of
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