Published
Sat, Aug 19, 2006, 22:10
- It's been four years since Oakey moved to L.A. to try his hand at film scoring. So how does Hollywood life measure up to his glory days? RA talks to Paul Oakenfold.
What's a top DJ to do once they reach the height of their game and have spun more sets than had hot dinners? Hang up your headphones and start a restaurant? Think Danny Rampling. Reinvent yourself on the back of the latest gizmos? Hello Sasha. How about moving to the hills, the Hollywood ones that is, and composing soundtracks for big budget studio films? Meet Paul Oakenfold – DJ, producer and now film composer.
It's almost twenty years since Paul Oakenfold headed off to Ibiza, bringing back the sounds which changed the face of London and UK clubbing. Oakenfold's bio is impressive, dance music fan or otherwise. He co-produced the Happy Mondays on 'Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches', he signed artists like Salt & Peppa as an A&R rep – Oakenfold has been in the biz and pushed dance music a lot longer than most of us have been listening to it. There were the Madchester days, the MoS days, the Cream days and now there are the L.A. days and Hollywood nights.
It's been four years since Oakey moved to L.A. to try his hand at film scoring. So how does Hollywood life measure up to his glory days? RA talks to Paul Oakenfold.