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In the early 1980s, Oakenfold managed Run D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys.

In 1987, Oakenfold and his friends, Trevor Fung and Ian St. Paul , spent several months in Ibiza, Spain, where they fell in love with the dance club music (see 1987 in music). Using influences from Ibiza's sound, Italian disco , soul and house, Oakenfold produced Happy Mondays' Pills 'n' Thrills 'n' Bellyaches , followed by productions for U2U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals and guitar, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and pianos, vocals, and bass, Adam Clayton on bass and guitar, and Larry Mullen, Jr. U2 has been one of the most popular rock bands i, Massive AttackMassive Attack is a popular band from Bristol, England. They have released four full studio albums. Their music is electronic, and combines elements of jazz, hip-hop and other genres; lately the darker forms of electronica like ebm have been dominant infl, Arrested Development, The CureThis article is about The Cure, the rock band. For alternative meanings, see cure. The Cure is a British rock band widely seen as one of the leading pioneers of the British alternative rock and post-punk scenes of the 1980s. The band is often considered a, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Simply RedSimply Red is a British band currently composed of Mick Hucknall (lead singer) and various backing musicians. The band's name is, in part, a reflection for Hucknall's passion for the Manchester United soccer team. The band's original line up was Hucknall,, New OrderNew Order are an English indie rock band that formed in 1980 from Joy Division following the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis. The members of New Order are Bernard Sumner (lead vocalist), Peter Hook (bassist), and Stephen Morris (percussion), all from Jo, and The ShamenThe Shamen were an British electronic music group that was most active during the early and mid- 1990s. Initially formed in Scotland by Colin Angus, Keith McKenzie, Derek McKenzie and Peter Stephenson in the 1980s as an psychedelic-influenced indie rock a, many of which were released under his label Perfecto Records .

Not only did Oakenfold produce records, but he also mixed them. He had first DJ'd as a teenager, and his return to DJ'ing in the mid- 1990s culminated in his tenure as Cream's resident DJ from 1997 to 1999. During this time, he began to concentrate on building an American audience, which led to the release of the US release of Tranceport in 1999. The album was very well-received by American trance music fans, and even garnered him modest acceptance in the mainstream American music scene. His popularity across the Atlantic is slowly growing thanks to his work on the movie soundtracks of Swordfish, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions.

In 2002, Oakenfold released his first solo album, called Bunkka featuring some artists like Nelly Furtado ("The Harder They Come") and Shifty Shellshock, the lead singer of Crazy Town ("Starry Eyed Surprise"). Later that year, his label released Perfecto Presents Another World with Oakenfold as mixer. His latest effort is 2004's Creamfields, a double album.