Editing Paul Oakenfold (section)

===''Bunkka'': 2002–2004===
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In 2002, ''[[Bunkka]]'' became his first official studio album when he signed to [[Maverick Records|Maverick]]. The name ''Bunkka'' came from [[Peter Gabriel]]'s studio in the UK, where the album was recorded. An extended play was released featuring live versions of four songs under [[PeopleSound|Peoplesound Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/471930 |title=Oakenfold – Bunkka (Live) |access-date=2008-06-11 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref> It is also Oakenfold's best selling album to date, with sales largely exceeding 1,000,000 (1 million) copies worldwide.

{{cquote|For the past 10 years I've been creating music under various different names, but I was never comfortable with putting out an Oakenfold record... It was, however, an idea that I'd been thinking about for a long time and Steve Osborne, my colleague in some of the production work I was doing at the time, kept putting pressure on me, saying ''"you should do it, you should do it"''. So eventually I felt it was time to make that record.|||said Paul Oakenfold.<ref name="pobio" />}}

{{quote box|width=30%|quote="I'm a big fan of [[Nelly Furtado]] and she's on the record. She's got this wonderful way about her, she's extremely talented and a great vocalist. Most of all she's good fun, she doesn't take it as seriously as some people do."

"I'd always wanted to do something that represented my own musical background... I grew up on pop music, I love guitar bands and I was very influenced and involved in hip-hop during the early days, so I wanted to build from those roots upwards rather than doing a contemporary dance record."|source=— <small>said Paul Oakenfold on several interviews.</small><ref name="pobio" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/9801 |title=Oakey Ropes in Some Blokies! |access-date=2008-06-11 |website=NME|date=30 October 2001 }}</ref>}}

The album features vocals from Jane's Addiction vocalist [[Perry Farrell]] on "Time of Your Life" and [[Shifty Shellshock]] of Los Angeles rock and rap band [[Crazy Town]] on "[[Starry Eyed Surprise]]"; [[Ice Cube]] on "Get Em Up"; and [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] and [[Nelly Furtado]] on "The Harder They Come". The album contains appearances by [[Ashley Walters (actor)|Asher D]] of [[So Solid Crew]] on "[[Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go|Ready Steady Go]]", and [[Grant Lee Philips|Grant-Lee Philips]], founder of the '90s Los Angeles rock band [[Grant Lee Buffalo]] is also included with [[Carmen Rizzo]]'s version of his song "Motion". ''Bunkka'' also provided the start to three new artists, [[Carla Werner]] on the single "[[Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go|Southern Sun]]", [[Tiff Lacey]] on "Hypnotised" and [[Emiliana Torrini]] on "Hold Your Hand". [[Hunter S. Thompson]]'s spoken words are provided on "Nixon's Spirit".<ref>{{cite news |first=Kevin|last=Perry |title=Paul Oakenfold interviewed about Hunter S. Thompson |url=http://kevinegperry.com/2007/10/09/paul-oakenfold-interview/ |publisher=[[The Beaver (newspaper)|The Beaver]] |date=9 October 2007 | location=London}}</ref> Pakistani musician [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]]'s composition was adapted in an electronic version on the tracks "Zoo York". In 2002, [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] named Oakenfold in their list of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html#Die... |title=Q–50 Bands You Must See Before You Die... |access-date=2008-06-10 |publisher=Rock List Music |archive-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019101341/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html#Die... |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In 2002, Oakenfold revealed he had struggled with [[dyslexia]] as a child and announced his intention to help dyslexic children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/campaign/champions2002/pauloakenfold.html|title=Reading Champions 2002 Paul Oakenfold|website=Literacytrust.org.uk|access-date=2016-06-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305131145/http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/campaign/champions2002/pauloakenfold.html|archive-date=5 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://education.independent.co.uk/careers_advice/article319036.ece | title=Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Paul Oakenfold, DJ and producer | work=The Independent | location=London | first=Jonathan | last=Sale | date=13 October 2005 | access-date=2010-05-22 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821160136/http://education.independent.co.uk/careers_advice/article319036.ece | archive-date=21 August 2008}}</ref>

In 2002, Oakenfold remixed [[David Arnold]]'s "[[James Bond Theme]]"; the song was released under [[Warner Bros. Records]] and was followed by the album's next two singles after "Starry Eyed Surprise", "[[Southern Sun / Ready Steady Go|Ready Steady Go]]" and "[[Southern Sun / Ready Steady Go|Southern Sun]]". "Southern Sun" with [[Carla Werner]] was first issued as a B-side of "Ready Steady Go" until it was included on [[Tiësto]]'s ''[[In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama]]'' compilation with his own remix of the song. "Southern Sun" became a hit as it was then released as the A-side of "Ready Steady Go" in mid-2002. "Ready Steady Go" was featured in [[Saab Automobile|Saab]] commercials, the 2003 [[EA Sports]] game ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour]]'', the [[THQ]] game ''[[Juiced (video game)|Juiced]]'', the pilot for the television program ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'', and as the [[NASCAR]] theme song for 2006.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} It appears in the video game series ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' in ''DDR Ultramix'' for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], the ''[[Fastlane (TV series)|Fastlane]]'' episode "Dogtown" and the ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' episode "Snowman". "Ready Steady Go" was also listed as the number one song that makes you drive faster by [[UpVenue]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Terr |url=http://www.upvenue.com/article/1247-top-10-songs-that-make-you-drive-faster.html |title=Top 10 songs that make you drive faster |publisher=Upvenue.com |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref> Also in 2003, he remixed another hit soundtrack for 'Elvis Presley' which charted fairly well after his 2003 remix of "Rubberneckin'" made the top three in Australia and top five in the UK. This remix contributed to the [[Elvis Presley phenomenon#Elvis in the 21st century|Elvis phenomenon of the 21st century]]. In an earlier episode of ''[[Radio Free Roscoe]]'', "The Imposter", a 2005 series on [[The N]], a character Travis Strong DJed to the song, acting as if it were his own. It has also been used in the [[Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker|film adaptation]] of [[Anthony Horowitz]]'s novel ''[[Stormbreaker (novel)|Stormbreaker]]'', ''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'' and it was reproduced with [[Korean language|Korean]] lyrics for the film ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]''. The song has also been used during the performances of extreme freestyle water ski jumpers, and later became the theme song for the TV show ''[[TRL Italy]]'' from 2003 till 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Oakenfold |title=Paul Oakenfold |access-date=2008-06-11 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref> The EP ''The Harder They Come'' was released on Perfecto and featured other works from Oakenfold and other artists. At the [[Creamfields]] event in 2002 at Speke Airfield, DJs such as Oakenfold, Seb Fontaine and [[Paul van Dyk]] performed along with [[Dave Clarke (techno DJ)|Dave Clarke]], [[Jon Carter]], [[Richie Hawtin]] and [[Felix Da Housecat]]. The event also featured live appearances from [[Basement Jaxx]], [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]], [[Death in Vegas]] and [[Moloko]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/4138 |title=All Systems Go For Creamfields |access-date=2008-06-11 |website=NME}}</ref> In 2003, Oakenfold released the fourth single of his album, "Hypnotised" which became successful enough to be included on his next compilation from the ''Perfecto Presents...'' series, ''[[Perfecto Presents Great Wall|Perfecto Presents: Great Wall]]'' which also included the [[Deepsky]] remix of the song as well as tracks like [[Gabriel & Dresden|Motorcycle]]'s "[[As the Rush Comes]]", [[Björk]]'s "[[Pagan Poetry]]", [[UNKLE]]'s remix of [[Ian Brown]]'s "[[F.E.A.R. (song)|F.E.A.R.]]" and Oakenfold's remix of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s song "[[Hollywood (Madonna song)|Hollywood]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/194502 |title=Paul Oakenfold – Perfecto Presents... Great Wall |access-date=2008-06-11 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref> In 2003, Oakenfold produced a remix of "[[Pourvu qu'elles soient douces]]", a 1988 hit by French singer [[Mylène Farmer]].

With the event of [[Creamfields]] that took place in 2004, Oakenfold released a compilation of songs he played during the event as well as tracks influenced by the environment and the vibe of deejays such as [[Paul van Dyk]], [[Armin van Buuren]], [[Ferry Corsten]], [[Judge Jules]], [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]], [[Tall Paul (DJ)|Tall Paul]], [[Eddie Halliwell]], [[Christopher Lawrence (DJ)|Chris Lawrence]], Adam Sheridan, [[MC Shan|Shan]], and Alex Kidd at the [[Cream (nightclub)|Cream]]/[[Goodgreef]] and ''[[Mixmag]]'' Arena.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/music/2004/04/creamfields04/index.shtml |title=Liverpool Music – Creamfields |access-date=2008-06-11 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>