Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

**wallabyFC** · August 31, 2013, 05:49:03 AM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

Here's some history behind this one! Oakenfold talking about this mix in his authorised biography:

'It was the hardest mix to complete,' says Paul, 'because of the arrangement, the keys, mixing in a lot of music that had no beat. It took months. The choice of tracks took three or four months, then I did a lot of research to find out what would work, keywise, from film music, that had the emotion and feeling I wanted to put across. I did that at the piano. Usually you are mixing beats, but this was all about key, mixing ambience, adding spoken word. A lot of it is in minor keys because it's more emotional. I mixed it all to a click track, then took that out when the mix was done. It was slow, hard work. I was on the verge of giving up at one point; I thought "Fuck this, this is a lot of work ... why don't I just do a DJ mix?" But Radio One giving us a two-hour slot was a big deal, and to be creative, with no boundaries, was a really big deal, so that's why I wanted to take it to the next level. I was just trying to tell a story. The music was cutting-edge, and I've always thought that [film] score would work with my style of trance music. I think it really opened the doors for a lot of people, because it took the underground sound and played it on mainstream radio. Oakenfold fans weren't expecting to hear it; they were expecting to hear melodic trance, and I just completely banged it. Psychedelic trance was something that I was really into, and I thought it gave me a good vehicle to showcase what I can do.'

The mix was bootlegged heavily. Liverpool club Cream pressed up a large quantity of promo CDs. 'Typical Scousers!' laughs Paul when referring to the club where he was soon to shine. You get the feeling he may have had some hand in the bootlegs himself. 'They made shitloads of money out of it,' he says. 'I wasn't worried about the money – I wanted it out there. I thought it was a sound that people had never heard before; that was the idea, to do something new, fresh, and different.'

Excerpt from Paul Oakenfold: The Authorised Biography, by Richard Norris, 2007

**floridaorange** · August 31, 2013, 06:09:53 PM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

Cheers thanks!

**unkle** · August 31, 2013, 06:55:19 PM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

WOW !!!!!! Absolutely a classic.

I love this kind of mixes,
are very sentimentals and
emotionals, as he says.

Thanks !!!!!

**klangfabrik** · September 1, 2013, 05:25:54 AM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

thanks! any chance that you can upload the perfecto on tour promo mix as well?

**wallabyFC** · September 1, 2013, 07:46:03 AM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

Yup! Glad you guys are liking the music. I was thinking of posting that one up next klangfabrik. Good timing lol \o/

**klangfabrik** · September 1, 2013, 04:03:27 PM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

my version of the goa mix is 1h:57:16 long and 145mb, its the new conversion from TMB

is this version any different?

**wallabyFC** · September 1, 2013, 04:24:07 PM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

This should be the same as yours klangfabrik. You can see all the file properties for each mp3 here:

http://www.wallabyfc.com/pauloakenfold/mixes

You can also listen to the mixcloud link to see if it's the same as yours as well \o/

**♫♫♫♫♫♫** · January 3, 2014, 11:02:42 AM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

Oakenfold has done a Directors commentary for the Radio 1 Anniversary. If you're a fan it's worth a listen. It's a lot more insightful than the biography.

BBC Radio 1 - BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix, Radio 1's Essential Mix @ 20, Radio 1's Essential Mix @ 20: Paul Oakenfold, Paul Oakenfold's Goa Mix - Directors commentary

**wallabyFC** · March 3, 2015, 05:53:58 PM

Re: Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

***Notice*** This tracklist can no longer be maintained on mercuryserver due to the new no-editing policy sitewide. The new links for this mix can be found below. It's been a nice run on mercuryserver. Thanks for the support!

Listen: www.oakenfoldmixes.com/mixes/paul-oakenfold-radio-1-essential-mix-the-goa-mix-12-18-1994

Download this mix: www.mediafire.com/oakenfoldmixes
password: oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold - Radio 1 Essential Mix, The Goa Mix 12-18-1994

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