Perfecto Presents: Paul Oakenfold - Great Wall Review

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(More customer reviews)Reading the reviews for this CD I felt it my obligation to write one myself to clear up some obvious misconceptions a lot of you seem to have about Oakenfold and his music.
For those of you who rant and rave about how this 2CD can never compare to Tranceport, you're missing the point. First of all, Tranceport was not the first or the most well planned of Oakey's Dj-ing career; Flouro takes those honors, and if you have never heard it, then i suggest you invest 40 $ and revamp your idea about who Oakenfold is. Second, Tranceport was a product of the late nineties trance scene where it was but a reflection of the trance in its prime years when so much quality was being put out that making a classic mix like tranceport almost seems easy in retrospect. 1998 was a year in trance the like of which will never be seen again, and Tranceport was but a reflection of this fact.
But now we're in late 2003/early 2004 and the trance scene has evolved greatly. No longer do epic buildups and classic sequences rule the scene; Matt Darey and Space Brothers have been supplanted in popularity (in large part) by gabriel & dresden and others. If you're expecting another Tranceport out of Oakey, i assure you it will never come. Instead, the Great Wall seems to reflect where trance is going in future years; smooth, melodic loops and chilling vocals seem to be the order of the day. Oakenfold guides the listener through a mix that has been thoroughly combed to include enough big names to be bought by fringe trance listeners but incorporates enough prog to keep his own fans happy. It is a mastermind of self promotion, very well thought out, and well delivered. It is a publicity stunt much like Bunkka but much more subtle and tasteful. But that is another rant for another time.
To sum it up, trance has evolved, and oakenfold with it. Try to listen to the mix without reminiscing to the Tranceport days, but with an open mind and you will see where trance is going.

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Paul Oakenfold is one of the most important and influential DJs in popular music. In a career now spanning more than two decades, he has worked with such acclaimed artists and bands as Madonna, U2, the Dave Matthews Band, Incubus, Moby, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, Ice Cube and Nelly Furtado. 2003 sees the release of this dynamic new mix album- where he combines mega pop artists such as Madonna and Justin Timberlake with alternative greats such as Bjork and Dave Gahan (of Depeche Mode)! It is now safe to say that Paul Oakenfold is the world’s number one DJ! Running concurrently with his burgeoning soundtrack career, Oakenfold recently had five albums in the American Top 50 Electronic Chart. They included Perfecto Presents Another World which, when released at the end of 2000, became America’s biggest-ever DJ mix album. Oakenfold was also the headline DJ on Moby’s massively ambitious Area:One traveling festival tour of North America last summer.

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