Heh heh, nice post, Cyclone. The mag in question is, I believe, XLR8R. Their anti-arrogant-Oakenfold stance is just one of the reasons I'm proud to contribute to the mag. And I just love the idea of UR telling him where to go, the parasite!
> Paul Oakenfold when asked about whether he is aware of the resistance and > scepticism within the underground directed towards big-name British trance > DJs playing in Detroit/the US: > > "Not with the DJs, but I'm sure it goes on. I've had it with a magazine... > Listen, I'm no bigger or better than anyone, if I do a gig and the gig is no > good, then the magazines write about it, then fair enough, but when this > magazine got really personal and started saying that me and The Chemical > Brothers were coming to America and trying to take over - I mean, how can > one or three people go to a country and take over the country? We don't even > live there, and the magazine was saying that we're taking work away from the > American DJs, which was so unfair and so wrong - we're there to support a > scene and to help a scene flourish, not to come over and try and take it > over. No one person can do that. So I've had that from a magazine, but not > at the moment from any other DJ. I like Detroit and I like the music that > comes out there. There's a track Knights Of The Jaguar which I found - > [it's] over a year old - and I'm still playing it, it's one of my biggest > records in Ibiza and it's fantastic. I tried to license it for my label > [Perfecto] and Underground Resistance - who I respect - didn't want to do > it. They were offered a lot of money by bigger record companies than mine - > I mean, I'm a small independent - but they decided they didn't want to do > it. And that's cool. Their outlook on dance music is their outlook. I don't > think any one can change that and I certainly don't want to. I like to > embrace all kinds of music and they've a good scene there, so why not?" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
