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Oakenfold Builds 'great Wall' Of Remixes

By Troy Carpenter, N.Y.
Publication: Billboard
Date: Wednesday, September 3 2003
Veteran DJ Paul Oakenfold has collected two CDs (or three LPs) worth of remixes for "Perfecto Presents ... Paul Oakenfold: Great Wall," due Sept. 30 from Warner Bros. The set features Oakenfold's own creations as well as music by Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan, Madonna, Ian Brown and Bjork.

"Great Wall" is the follow-up to 2002's "Bunkka," which debuted at No. 65 on The Billboard 200 in July 2002 and has sold 229,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. It spawned the singles "Starry Eyed Surprise" and "Ready Steady Go."

The new album features Oakenfold's remixes of Madonna's "Hollywood," Layo & Bushwacka's "Deep South" and "Another Day" by Skip Raiders featuring Jada, as well as Oakenfold's own track "Hypnotised," remixed by Deepsky's Reaktor Radio. Other cuts include Brown's "Fear" (UNKLE Remix), Bjork's "Pagan Poetry," Infusion's "Legacy" (Junkie XL Remix) and Jon B's "Mercury Skies" (Trance Mix).

The DJ is on a promotional tour of Europe and Asia through October.

Here is the track list for "Great Wall":

Disc 1:
"Darksides," Nugen (Thomas Penton mix)
"Eclipse," Little Wonder (Leama & Moor mix)
"Requiem for a Dream," Leama (Leama's Dream mix)
"Release," Solarstone
"Dirty Sticky Floors," Dave Gahan (JXL full-length vocal mix)
"Another Day," Skip Raiders feat. Jada (Perfecto remix)
"De Moma De," Casa Flava (Paris & Sharp remix)
"Hollywood," Madonna (Oakenfold 12" full remix)
"Mercury Skies," Jon B (Trance mix)

Disc 2:
"Fear," Ian Brown (UNKLE remix)
"Pagan Poetry," Bjork
"Legacy," Infusion (Junkie XL remix)
"Deep South," Layo & Bushwacka (Oakenfold remix)
"Emit/Collect," Zero (Rennie Pilgrem's Agatha Stomp)
"Electro-freek!," Jon B vs. Libby Picken (Jon B Trance mix)
"Loveless," Blackwatch & Quiver (Original mix)
"Hypnotised," Oakenfold (Deepsky's Reaktor Radio remix)
"Imperpetuem Mobila," Patient Saints
"As the Rush Comes," Motorcycle

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