Editing Paul Oakenfold (section)

===Tours and nightclubs: 1992–2000===
{{Main|Zoo TV Tour|Glastonbury Festival|Grace (band)|Cream (nightclub)|Home (nightclub)}}
In 1992, when [[U2]] released their song "[[Even Better Than the Real Thing]]", the Perfecto remix reached a higher charted position than the original song. In 1993 with the success of his last remix as Perfecto, he was hired by U2 to provide the warm-up sonics to their [[Zoo TV]] world tour, and replaced [[BP Fallon]] in the 1993 legs of Europe and Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, with more than fifty shows in Zooropa '93 and Zoomerang from 7 May to 10 December of the same year.

Also in 1993, Oakenfold and Osborne's project [[Grace (band)|Grace]] was formed as State of Grace and featuring vocals by Patti Low, though by the time Grace had charted a number of singles in the UK charts (around 1996),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31389/grace/|title=GRACE &#124; full Official Chart History|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> it had become a 'solo fronted project' with jazz singer [[Dominique Atkins]] as the lead vocalist. The project was dissolved in 1997 as Oakenfold was touring as a performance DJ more frequently and could not commit to recording, though a remixed version of "Not Over Yet" was issued under the 'Planet Perfecto featuring Grace' name in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8166/planet-perfecto-ft-grace/|title=PLANET PERFECTO FEAT. GRACE &#124; full Official Chart History|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>

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| quote = "There's no chance whatsoever. [[Seb Fontaine]] is our resident and is contracted until the end of the year. Paul will be doing some dates and playing [[Creamfields]] but that's it. I think his reason to leave ([[Home (nightclub)|Home]]) had more to do with increased demands on his time in the US."
| source = — <small>said a spokesperson from [[Cream (nightclub)|Cream]] to [https://www.nme.com/home nme.com]</small>.<ref name="notgoing">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/3316 |title=Oakenfold's Not Going Back Home! |access-date=2008-06-11 |website=NME|date=19 May 2000 }}</ref>
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| quote = "The reason he left was simply because he had so much on this summer and he felt it wouldn't have been fair to play one week and not the other."
| source = — <small>added an Oakenfold spokesperson.</small><ref name="notgoing" />
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| quote = "I disagreed with the way the club was going and it's time to move on."
| source = — <small>responded Paul Oakenfold.</small><ref name="backinfold">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/3949 |title=Back in the Fold! |access-date=2008-06-11 |website=NME}}</ref>
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In September 1994 and again in 1998, he teamed up with [[Steve Osborne]] and [[Ben Hillier]] to remix [[the Rolling Stones]] song "[[You Got Me Rocking]]" and [[Duran Duran]]'s "[[Out of My Mind (Duran Duran song)|Out of My Mind]]". He began producing his own tracks as well, continuing to remix songs from popular artists.  He began using [[Goa music]], fusing it with similar-sounding European tracks to create his own distinct sound. He took this to the mainstream in 1994 and created a pair of two-hour sets for [[BBC Radio 1]]'s ''[[Essential Mix]]''; the first of these was broadcast in the early hours of Sunday 20 March 1994, with the second being ''[[The Goa Mix]]'' broadcast on Sunday 18 December 1994.   His album ''[[Perfecto Fluoro (Paul Oakenfold album)|Perfecto Fluoro]]'' became the No. 1 essential dance collection of Boston Beat during 1996 with [[Jamiroquai]]'s ''[[Travelling Without Moving]]''.<ref name="pobio" />

On 9 June 1997, Oakenfold created ''[[GU004|Global Underground 004: Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo]]'' (GU004) which is a double mix CD in the ''[[Global Underground]]'' series. Compiled and mixed by Oakenfold, it is the first work he created for GU. The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in [[Oslo]], Norway, as part of the official launch of the [[Quart Festival]]. It showcased Oakenfold's eclectic taste in music at the time, as the mix combines various forms of dance music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/36480 |title=Paul Oakenfold – Global Underground: Live in Oslo |access-date=2008-06-11 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref> In 1997, Oakenfold mixed one disc of the double album ''Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6'', a UK [[house music]] compilation series. Oakenfold became Cream's resident DJ from 1997 to 1999. During this time, he began to concentrate on the release of ''[[Tranceport (album)|Tranceport]]'' in 1998.

In 1998 and 1999, Oakenfold took the first place in ''[[DJ Mag]]''{{'}}s Top 100 DJs. With the two-year contract as a resident in [[Liverpool]]'s Cream, it was in 1999 that he released ''[[Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream.]]'' on [[Virgin Records|Virgin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Resident-Two-Years-Oakenfold-Cream/dp/B00000ILM2 |title=Resident: Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream
|access-date=2008-06-10 |publisher=Amazon}}</ref> [[Thrive Records]], the US distributor for early [[Global Underground]] releases had a different numbering scheme for the ''Global Underground'' albums; due to this ''[[GU007|Global Underground 007: Paul Oakenfold, New York]]'' (GU007) was released as (GU002) in the United States only. The compilation was released on 25 May 1998, with the US release on 19 January 1999. This was the second production from Oakenfold with GU and it contained trance, [[drum and bass]], progressive house, progressive trance, [[breakbeat]] and [[downtempo]]. This became his last work with GU.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

In 1999, he became the first DJ to play on the main stage at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] for 90,000 people, which he considers his favorite gig.<ref name="ministry">{{cite web |url=http://www.ministryofsound.com/news/features/20071108_oakenfoldinterview |title=Paul Oakenfold Interview |access-date=2008-06-11 |publisher=Ministry of Sound |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109095946/http://www.ministryofsound.com/news/features/20071108_oakenfoldinterview |archive-date=9 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/1999/stages.shtml|title=Glastonbury Festival 1999|publisher=eFestivals.co.uk|access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>   He became resident DJ for the opening of (short-lived) London superclub [[Home (nightclub)|Home]], a role he performed until May the following year.  Also in 1999, he moved to the United States where he went on tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/oakenfold_paul/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020820221018/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/oakenfold_paul/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2002 |title=Paul Oakenfold |access-date=2008-06-10 |publisher=VH1}}</ref>

In 2000, he created fourteen tracks of jazz, soul, house and Goa based styles with Mitchell Oakenfold. Twenty-four [[audio signal processing|FX]] and scratches loops and sounds were included too, each consisting of six seconds; the album cover says "Only for DJs and Producers" and was released on Music of Life.

In March 2000, he teamed up with [[Steve Osborne]], [[Andy Gray (musician)|Andy Gray]] and [[Bruno Ellingham]] to remix [[Moby]]'s song "[[Natural Blues]]".

Sometime before July 2000, he teamed up with Andy Gray to write and produce the [[Big Brother UK TV Theme|theme]] for the [[Channel 4]] reality show ''[[Big Brother (UK TV series)|Big Brother]]'' under the name [[Elementfour]]. The series started airing on 18 July 2000, with the theme later released as a single. The programme and theme moved over to [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] from 18 August 2011 to 5 November 2018.

In September 2000, he opened the new [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|Digital Radio]] station [[Ministry of Sound Radio]] with a live mix from the famous London club.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pearlman |first=Julia |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/470243/ministry-sound-debuts-cdquality-radio-station-realnetworks-radiopass/ |title=Ministry of Sound debuts CD-quality radio station on RealNetworks RadioPass - Brand Republic News |publisher=Brandrepublic.com |date=2005-04-13 |access-date=2012-04-18}}</ref>

Oakenfold appeared in the intro scene of [[UEFA Euro 2000 (video game)|EA's ''Euro 2000'' video game]], which featured him using his turntables to activate the video game and control various players.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izsV1gGY8ew EURO 2000 (PC) Intro.] YouTube.</ref> He also composed the game's soundtrack, which featured 7 tracks including a remix of the official anthem of the tournament.