Paul Oakenfold – Trance Mission [Album]

It’s true that legends like Paul Oakenfold are born once in a millennium. Holding the crown of a true musician on his head till now, Paul has contributed majorly to the electronic music scene, and especially in growing the trance community with his tremendous outcomes. Unquestionably an artist of enormously high regard, he returned to his studio a few months back, to prepare a fresh and an exclusive trance venture called ‘Trance Mission’. Well, the wait is over as the highly anticipated album has finally released.

It’s prepared with twelve of the biggest trance releases that have been persisted highlights of their time. Paul Oakenfold breathes new life into those numbers that have shaped the industry by reworking them in a completely fresh and contemporary style. The album consists of purely novel Paul Oakenfold covers of some of the iconic and influential electronic records of all time like ‘Café Del Mar’, ‘Madagascar’, ‘Touch Me’, ‘Adagio for Strings’, ‘Toca Me’, ‘Ready Steady Go’ and ‘Hold That Sucker Down’ to name a few.

“I’ve always wanted to make this album but how do you successfully go about making a collection of cover versions of a bunch of your all-time favorite records? It’s a tough question that I’ve had going round my head for many years. Yes lots of people have made remixes of these songs but few have covered them. I guess you’re wondering what the difference is right? Well a remix uses parts from the original composition whereas a cover uses nothing except the notation of the original riff. Other than that – you begin with a blank canvas – and that is what appealed to me when I decided to begin work on Trance Mission back in Summer 2013.” said Paul about his ‘Trance Mission’ album.

After listening to this stellar album, one would definitely proclaim that this is without any doubt Paul’s greatest work to date. You can now purchase ‘Trance Mission’ including the remixes in a single package on Beatport.

Check the album mix along with the full track list below.

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CD 1

1. Paul Oakenfold – Theme for Great Cities
2. Paul Oakenfold – Café Del Mar
3. Paul Oakenfold – Dreams
4. Paul Oakenfold – Barber’s Adagio For Strings
5. Paul Oakenfold – Toca Me
6. Paul Oakenfold – Ready Steady Go (Beatman & Ludmilla Remix)
7. Paul Oakenfold – Not Over Yet
8. Paul Oakenfold – Awakening
9. Paul Oakenfold – Madagascar
10. Paul Oakenfold – Open Your Eyes
11. Paul Oakenfold – Hold That Sucker Down
12. Paul Oakenfold & Cassandra Fox – Touch Me

CD 2 (The Remixes)

1. Paul Oakenfold – Barber’s Adagio For Strings (Instrumental Mix)
2. Paul Oakenfold – Ready Steady Go (Plump DJs 303 Bass Mix)
3. Paul Oakenfold & Cassandra Fox – Touch Me (2Symmetry remix)
4. Paul Oakenfold – Not Over Yet (Radio Edit)
5. Paul Oakenfold – Dreams (Yonathan Zvi remix)
6. Paul Oakenfold – Madagascar (Simon Bostock Remix)
7. Paul Oakenfold – Hold That Sucker Down (Johnny Yono Remix)
8. Paul Oakenfold – Open Your Eyes (Future Disciple remix)
9. Paul Oakenfold – Café Del Mar (Activa Remix)
10. Paul Oakenfold – Awakening (Chris Voro Remix)
11. Paul Oakenfold – Toca Me (Eshericks Remix)