Paul Oakenfold Comes to Gatecrasher

Fresh from supporting Madonna on her World Tour, Paul Oakenfold, the undisputed godfather of dance music is flying in from his residency in Las Vegas to perform in Gatecrasher Birmingham. Filmed by Night Life TV for a program about the World's best clubs.

Saturday 5th December
Main Room:
Paul Oakenfold
+ More TBC

Room 2:
Indie & Alternative

Room 3:
Cool Pop

Room 4 - Bed:
Bluprint, RnB in Bed with Lee Smith

Paul Oakenfold has been touted as one of the worlds leading DJ/remixers by various outlets including CNN, Rolling Stone, BPM, Remix and more.

In 2007 Paul Oakenfold released his Greatest Hits & Remixes through Perfecto/Ultra Records a 20-selection strong collection of his seminal dance recordings and remixes. Its track listing ranges from original productions such as his massive singles Starry Eyed Surprise Ready Steady Go, and Faster Kill Pussycat featuring Brittany Murphy. In addition, there are remixes galore of artists like Justin Timberlake, U2, Madonna, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead and Underworld and soundtrack pieces such as David Arnolds James Bond Theme from the motion picture Die Another Day and Oakenfolds Dread Rock from Matrix Reloaded.

2x Grammy nominee, Best Electronic/Dance Album A Lively Mind (2007, Maverick Records) and Creamfields (2004, Thrive Records)

Paul Oakenfold released his second album for Maverick A Lively Mind in June 2006. This Grammy-nominated album includes the single, Faster Kill Pussycat featuring Brittany Murphy. Other guests on the album include Pharrell Williams, Grandmaster Flash, Ryan Tedder of Onerepublic, Spitfire, Bad Apples and more.

His first album for Maverick Bunkka was released in 2002. It included "Starry Eyed Surprise" featuring Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town, a Top 10 hit in both America and the U.K. Other guests on the album were Perry Farrell, Nelly Furtado, Ice Cube, Tricky and Hunter S. Thompson (his last recording before he passed away).

Starry Eyed Surprise reappeared in early 2005 as part of Diet Cokes ad campaign for their re-launch of the beverage using Splenda. Pauls hit, Ready, Steady, Go currently appears in Saabs US ad campaign, and a new song, Feed Your Mind also appears in Toyotas European ad campaign, for which the major car manufacturer has committed to 42 million Euros (over $51 million dollars) worth of ad buys. Oakenfold also scored the music for a Hummer commercial.

Paul Oakenfolds 2004 mix album Another World has reached gold status in sales making it one of the biggest selling dance albums of all time. In total his releases have sold almost 2 million in the U.S. alone.

Film credits include music for Nobel Son, Collateral, Swordfish, The Matrix Reloaded, Pirates of the Caribbean, Die Another Day, Planet Of The Apes, The Bourne Identity and Shrek II. TV credits include music for Alias, Big Brother and Las Vegas.

Remix credits include, among many others, works for U2, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Paris Hilton Jennifer Lopez, Salt N Pepa and The Cure.

As a touring musician, Oakenfold has DJd in hundreds of places around the world. Some unique locations he has appeared at include the Great Wall in China, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles (sold out) and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. Other foreign territories hes appeared include Cypress, Lebanon, Ibiza, Korea and more. Hes also noted as one of the most well traveled electronic touring artists within the United States.

He scored GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, the James Bond-inspired videogame.

Paul Oakenfold was the star of Spike TV series The Club and had a cameo appearance in the film The Rules of Attraction.

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