Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold (born Paul Mark Oakenfold) is an English DJ, producer, and label head from London who helped bring trance, Balearic, and progressive house to mainstream audiences from the 1980s onward. He was voted the world's number one DJ by DJ Magazine in both 1998 and 1999, and was named a Pioneer of the Nation by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for his contribution to dance music. He co-founded Perfecto Records in 1989, later expanding it into Perfecto Fluoro and Perfecto Black, and has held residencies at Cream (Liverpool), Ministry of Sound (London), Amnesia (Ibiza), and Rain Nightclub (Las Vegas). His 1994 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, "The Goa Mix," is widely cited as one of the most influential trance broadcasts ever aired, and his 2002 album Bunkka went platinum.