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Paul Oakenfold in 1999: Eight Essential Mixes, One Changing Record Box

Paul Oakenfold’s 1999 Essential Mix run is more useful as a connected listening trail than as eight isolated ‘classic set’ pages. TMA has researched eight surviving broadcasts across the year. Put together, they show recurring records, changing versions, different rooms and a DJ box moving from the progressive edge of trance into the more direct late-1999 sound many listeners remember.