Perfecto
Seven Questions
Paul Oakenfold
The outgoing resident DJ on how his show resembled a Cirque production, what’s next for the local electronic music scene and the best advice he’s ever received
November 3rd, 2011
Vegas is the new Ibiza.” How often have we heard that phrase in the electronic dance music world this year? From the wildly successful Electric Daisy Carnival to the DJ-in-residency phenomenon, Las Vegas has stamped itself, at the very least, as the top EDM destination in North America. And at the forefront of the movement was DJ/producer Paul Oakenfold. Read more »
Scene
A Desert Apex
Paul Oakenfold’s new video shoot marks the end of Perfecto Saturdays at Rain and the dawn of his next world tour
October 13th, 2011
Inspired by the film The Tree of Life starring Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain, DJ/producer Paul Oakenfold envisioned a group of people converging to celebrate in his new music video shot in a dry lake bed just south of Las Vegas. “I wanted to capture the feeling you get of being absolutely in the moment and surrounded by nothing but love,” Oakenfold says, “kind of like a peak moment in the club where you can feel the energy surrounding you and it is nothing but positive emotion.” Read more »
Night-lites
Oakenfold's residency at Palms drawing to a close
October 6th, 2011
Paul Oakenfold, whose Perfecto Saturdays at Rain kicked off the whole every-DJ-in-the-world-must-set-up-shop-in-Vegas thing, does his second-to-last performance of his three-year residency Oct. 8. Read more »
DJ Profile
Track Star
Getting a better read on DJ/producer Morgan Page
July 7th, 2011
Eight years ago, a budding Vermont-raised DJ and radio station manager left the snowy East Coast for Los Angeles and the three Ws: weather, women and work. Sunny So-Cal continues to please him; he has completed three successful studio albums (a fourth is due this fall) and delivers remixes for the likes of Madonna, Underworld and even Daft Punk on the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. The producer who is continuing his Palms residency, headlining Perfecto at Rain on July 9, talks about his track-making process. Read more »
DJ Profile
A Touch of Zen
Perfecto protégé Zen Freeman gets credit, gives it where it’s due
May 12th, 2011
A Hollywood resident for the past 10 years, Zen Freeman has rubbed elbows with the best, including Paul Oakenfold, and to many, he has become the electro icon’s protégé. Thrice monthly, Freeman sweeps through Vegas, opening for the big dogs at Perfecto and guarding the decks during Ghostbar Sundays. Read more »
Seven Questions
Paul Oakenfold
The venerable DJ talks about the emergence of electronic music, the new Ibiza and being in a youth-oriented business for 25 years
April 28th, 2011
Paul Oakenfold laughs when asked what he thinks about being an elder statesman for electronic music. The 47-year-old British-born DJ certainly has the rights that honor. During his quarter-century in the business, he was named the world’s best DJ in 1998, and earned Grammy nominations in 2004 and 2007. Read more »
DJ Profile
Redefining Perfection
Planet Perfecto falls to the Germans as ATB begins a monthlong takeover
July 28th, 2010
Paul Oakenfold takes a break from his Saturday night residency at Rain and hands the reins to André Tanneberger, a.k.a. ATB, on Aug. 7. The German sensation plays four consecutive weeks of Perfecto as its legendary English headliner takes a hiatus. Read more »
