Editing Paul Oakenfold (section)

===Pioneer in America: 2000–2001===
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After his success in Europe, one of Oakenfold's first major events in America was [[Fresno, California]]'s [[Cyberfest]] on 22 July 2000. The 500 acre indoor and outdoor central California location had the biggest dance capacity ever in America. An estimated 80,000 dancers and music lovers from [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]], [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], and [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] were welcomed that day. Cyberfest 2000, also known as the "Festival Of The Future" featured other DJs such as [[Chemical Brothers]], [[Brian Transeau|BT]], and [[Carl Cox]]. Cyberfest 2000 paved the way for other major events in the area such as the [[Electric Daisy Carnival]] in Los Angeles in 2010.

In 2001, Oakenfold took part in the first [[Area Festival]] tour. This tour featured [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]], [[Carl Cox]], [[the Orb]], [[OutKast]], and [[the Roots]]. He later released a new [[compilation album]], ''[[Perfecto Presents Ibiza|Perfecto Presents: Ibiza]]''.

2001 also saw the release of the video game ''[[Frequency (video game)|Frequency]]'', for which Oakenfold produced one track, "See It".

[[Global Underground]] sold over 150,000 copies of Oakenfold's previous ''Global Underground: New York''. A spokesperson for the label claimed that in the US, demand for UK dance music had been increasing in the past couple of years, and now made up over two-thirds of the label's sales. The Global Underground New York office opened in on [[Ninth Avenue (Manhattan)|Ninth Avenue]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/7788 |title=Boxed Takes Bite of Big Apple |access-date=2008-06-11 |website=NME}}</ref> The Mekka Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as the "electronic [[Lollapallooza]]" took place in ten cities in the United States and Canada during August and September, including [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Toronto]] and [[San Francisco]]. The event featured Paul, [[Armand van Helden]], [[De La Soul]], [[LTJ Bukem]], [[Josh Wink]], [[Derrick Carter]], [[Roni Size]], [[Deep Dish (band)|Deep Dish]], [[Brian Transeau|BT]], [[The Crystal Method]], [[Carl Craig]] and [[Überzone]]. Oakenfold next moved to [[Los Angeles]] to work on film soundtracks and to focus his DJing stateside.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/8555 |title=Electronic Performers |access-date=2008-06-11 |website=NME}}</ref> In 2001 he created the soundtrack for the film ''[[Swordfish (film)|Swordfish]]'', ''[[Swordfish (soundtrack)|Swordfish: The Album]]'' contained a transformation of "Planet Rock" into a seven-minute [[breakbeat]] trance anthem. Most of the tracks are collaborations with [[Andy Gray (musician)|Andy Gray]], the remix of [[N.E.R.D.]]'s "Lapdance" which gained total notability from other tracks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1143070,00.html |title=Swordfish: The Album |access-date=2008-06-10 |publisher=Artist Direct}}</ref> The soundtrack was produced under [[Village Roadshow]] and [[Warner Bros.]] and distributed through [[London-Sire Records]].

Oakenfold recorded a track with [[Crazy Town]] vocalist [[Shifty Shellshock]] at the end of the year for his new album. In an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Shellshock said that the track known as "[[Starry Eyed Surprise]]" was created after the pair met at a Crazy Town show.<ref name="starryeyed">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/8721 |title=Oakenfold's Cray 'Starry-Eyed' Sensation |access-date=2008-06-11 |website=NME|date=26 July 2001 }}</ref>

{{cquote|I am a big fan of his music and we just kicked back and talked and said that we should do something. I already laid the rough vocals for it and (we are) going to go in right when I'm done with this tour and finish it.|||said Shellshock.<ref name="starryeyed" />}}