Situated in the southeast outskirts of Austin and with a population of less than 10,000, Bastrop provides a charming small-town feel without being too f
Courtesy of Paul Oakenfold
Comets don t enjoy the luxury of choosing a landing place or time, instead burning out on their way to an ashy end. Paul Oakenfold, forever onto the next thing, decided to land in Bastrop of all places on this planet.
But how? Why?
Starting in the mid-Nineties and continuing into the early Aughts, the London native became one of the world s greatest DJs. At his white-hot heights, he ranked as the genre s No. 1 practitioner twice, 1998 and 1999, by
DJ Magazine. Michael Jackson, U2, Madonna, Massive Attack, Moby, the Cure, New Order, the Rolling Stones, and the Stone Roses, to name a fistful, all employed remixes by Oakey. He sits at the forefront of several prominent musical revolutions in Europe, from helping break hip-hop in the UK to earning Brit Award nominations for co-producing Madchester-defining 1990 album