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June 29, 2007 | By Sotek | 3 Comments

"I'm comfortable with an orchestra because of working in film. I'm just trying to attempt more and more. [...] From these couple of shows we are already in talks maybe to tour something around the world and hook into local orchestras. [...] We're pushing that envelope. It's a challenge for me and something that I would enjoy doing."

— Legendary British DJ and trance pioneer Paul Oakenfold talks about his unusual and "pioneering" role of playing with a 75-piece orchestra in Boston this week.

I can't help but wonder how is this "pioneering"? Jeff Mills did this years ago with his Blue Potential project and Paul van Dyk performed with full symphonic orchestra as well, so for that matter, statements such as "pushing the envelope" are quite innacurate and misleading.

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Scott Jun 29, 2007 \| 09:38 PM	Oakenfold is a sell-out.
Florian Jun 30, 2007 \| 12:50 PM	Yet another one... The first and the best was Laurent Garnier, who delivered an incredible performance when playing together with live trumpets. That was quite some time Mills or Paul got that "idea". So, Oakenfold is breaking no new ground. Hopefully he won't play as bad as his essential mix performance :-/
somedude Jul 01, 2007 \| 05:05 AM	Portishead did 'DJ plus Synths plus Orchestra' thing as well. Popular musicians playing with orchestras is as old as the hills. As if the world needed any more evidence that Oakenfold is a pompous self important arse.