NASHVILLE |AUGUST 30, 2006
FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/MITCH SCHNEIDER
BRANDIS DEZON/MSO
OAKENFOLD RETURNS TO U.S. IN SUPPORT OF
NEW CLUB SINGLE “SEX ‘N’ MONEY” FEATURING PHARRELL WILLIAMS
After opening key shows for Madonna in Europe, OAKENFOLD (Paul Oakenfold) will return to the States for another round of club dates in support of a new club single, “Sex ‘N’ Money” featuring hip-hop great Pharrell Williams on vocals. On this turn—the dance and electronic music icon’s second to promote his current offering A Lively Mind (Maverick)—OAKENFOLD will pass through markets he didn’t catch the first time including Austin, Kansas City, Indianapolis and Miami beginning on September 22.
“Sex ‘N’ Money” will feature remixes by Benny Bennasi, Kenneth Thomas and others. The Boston Globe has hailed “Sex ‘N’ Money” as “a floor pounder that’s bound to blow eardrums,” stated Ken Capobianco, who went on to say about the original version of the song: “It features Pharrell Williams, who does just enough to goose the track along” (6/9/06). The Boston Globe added, “Oakenfold is a club auteur, and though he uses guests vocalists to define his vision, they are never gratuitous cameos, so the focus is on the hyperkinetic beats and insinuations of sex and salvation through rhythm. Oakenfold layers the sumptuous sonics here and isn’t interested in bludgeoning listeners.” Elsewhere, Entertainment Weekly has noted “the Grandmaster Flash-abetted ‘Set If Off’ and the pounding dance floor filler “Sex ‘N’ Money,” featuring studio wizard Pharrell Williams, further illustrate Oakenfold’s sonic skills …” (6/9/06).
There’s an interesting back story to “Sex ‘N’ Money,” as it was inspired by the four years the London-raised Oakenfold has called L.A. "home.”
"It was actually an idea I came up for my last record that didn't make it because it was to hip-hop back then and I already had enough hip-hop songs on that album," says the writer. "So I shelved it and then later came across it while hunting for some old stuff. I liked the lyrical connotations of sex and money, thinking if anything, it's more relevant to today.”
"It's a song about how soulless the Hollywood party scene can be. I’ve been in situations where people are introduced to me and then they spot a celebrity, standing nearby, and they disappear, literally mid sentence. So the track is really Hollywood in a nutshell for me–it's all sex and money. We deconstructed our original track and rewrote it for Pharrell, in a way that's melodic and hypnotic and just keeps coming back at you in waves."
OAKENFOLD’s tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
| Fri | 22-Sep | San Diego, CA | 4th & B | |||
| Fri | 22-Sep | Rosarito, MEX | Papas & Beer | |||
| Sat | 23-Sep | San Francisco, CA | Love Fest @ BG Civic | |||
| Thu | 28-Sep | Austin, TX | Sky | |||
| Fri | 29-Sep | Kansas City, MO | NV | |||
| Sat | 30-Sep | Chicago, IL | Vision | |||
| Mon | 2-Oct | Indianapolis, IN | Talbott Street | |||
| Wed | 4-Oct | Niagara Falls, ONT | Dragonfly | |||
| Thu | 5-Oct | Columbus, OH | Skye Bar | |||
| Fri | 6-Oct | Pontiac, MI | Clutch Cargos | |||
| Sat | 7-Oct | Kent, OH | Barcode | |||
| Sun | 8-Oct | Toronto, ONT | The Guvernment | |||
| Tue | 10-Oct | Washington, DC | Ultra Lounge | |||
| Wed | 11-Oct | Norfolk, VA | The Norva | |||
| Thu | 12-Oct | Atlanta, GA | Eleven50 | |||
| Fri | 13-Oct | Orlando, FL | Destiny Nightclub | |||
| Sat | 14-Oct | Miami, FL | Mansion | |||
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For more information on OAKENFOLD, contact:
MSO 818-380-0400
National: Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider x235, mschneider@msopr.com
Regional: Brandis DeZon x241 , bdezon@msopr.com
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OAKENFOLD: Oakenfold returns to U.S. in support of new club single "Sex'N'Money" featuring Pharrell Williams
