{"id":189935,"date":"2018-11-29T20:14:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T01:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=189935"},"modified":"2018-11-29T20:14:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T01:14:32","slug":"paul-oakenfold-an-electronic-music-guru-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/music-culture\/paul-oakenfold-an-electronic-music-guru-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Oakenfold, an electronic music guru in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

British DJ Paul Oakenfold is returning to Cuba after almost two decades since his first visit, in February 1999. At that time, he arrived in Havana to record \u201c1999 Live from Joni\u2019s, Havana, Cuba,\u201d a show that was broadcast on Radio 1 in the United Kingdom. Oakenfold says that since then he \u201cfell in love\u201d with this island.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 55-year-old DJ will perform in the F\u00e1brica de Arte Cubano next December 5, to satisfy his desire to work here because, according to what he affirmed to OnCuba, he loves \u201cthe country, the climate, the people, and the music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oakenfold has been nominated three times to the Grammy Awards and twice to the World Music Awards and he is one of the most renowned producers and DJs of the British music scene. He has worked in the soundtrack of films like Swordfish,\u00a0Appleseed,\u00a0The Matrix Reloaded,\u00a0The Matrix Revolutions\u00a0and\u00a0Die Another Day\u00a0(in which he mixed the principal theme of the James Bond series). In addition, he has created the sound for videogames like that of James Bond titled Golden Eye: Rogue Agent. He also mixed the main theme of the FIFA 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n