Where ISINA's Paul Oakenfold and 3 Others Started the British Dance-Music Revolution
On September 1987, four DJs - Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway, Danny Rampling and Johnny Walker - spent a week on Ibiza. The trip that ended there was only just the beginning of history - raver history that is. Rolling Stone magazine interviews Paul, Danny and a couple other DJs.
Times were tough and that journey was certainly no picnic. When asked about his time in Ibiza, Paul says, “I knew of [DJ Alfredo] because I'd been there the year before and the year before that. The reason we got to know him personally is because I was promoting records. I would turn up with a bundle of records under my arm. One time, prior to that, I climbed over the wall with my buddy because we were desperate to get in. That was '87. That was before I had the promos in my hand. I used to sleep on the floor. I had half a loaf of bread everyday – that was it. I had no money.”
Some of their experiences just have to be read from the horse’s mouth to be believed! Catch the full interview at Rollingstone.com:
