graeme348wrote
Mon, 11 Feb 2013I think it was deffo him, fairly quick mixes and straight into the meat of a track rather than using the intros and outros, some of the beat matching is actually pretty iffy which further convinces me....still, this doesnt detract and one of my favourite mixes of all time, almost 20 years old now....

Rolphuswrote
Mon, 10 Aug 2009That link didn't work for me, but I, er, 'located' a copy all the same. Listening through it now, it's amazing how well it's aged nearly 15 years on. I'd go as far as to say that it sounds less dated than Mr Oakenfold's current output. There are some fairly bad bits of mixing in there, but somehow it doesn't detract from the overall appeal, and the important thing to me is that it aims for greatness and gets there on several occasions.

I'd rather hear an ambitious mix fail in a few places... More

tdmusicwrote
Sun, 09 Aug 2009Rolphus - you can listen to it at www.mixriot.com/content/paul-oakenfold-... If you got into dance music through late 90's trance, it'll be right up your street - 'proper' trance that you can actually imagine getting into a trance state with

Rolphuswrote
Sun, 09 Aug 2009Seeing as this thread's been resurrected now - I've never heard the mix. I got into dance music (predicably, through trance) in '99 or so, so this was way before my time. I picked up the re-release of Sasha and Digweed's Mix Collection and I've got a fair few early GU mixes, but that's as far as my history lessons have gone. Sounds like I need to give this a listen.

Also: you guys are linked from the Goa Mix Wikipedia article. Nice... More

tdmusicwrote
Sun, 09 Aug 2009Just thinking as I listen to this amazing piece of music again, do people think it was actually Oakie who mixed it? Did anyone see him play back in the day who can comment on his skills back then?

It seems strange that someone could create such an incredible journey 15 years ago, and then go so far downhill - I think his mixing (and to some extent, programming) even on Essential Mixes from the late 90's is nowhere near as good as it is here - of course, fame and money (leading to laziness)... More

Joehellwrote
Tue, 20 Nov 2007is their a way to hear this mix via stream or download and not pay bookoo's of bucks ? i am into supporting artists and all but at a fair price