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"Next Friday, Paul Oakenfold will release Trance Mission, a new album featuring covers &amp;#x2014; not remixes &amp;#x2014; of a few of his favorite tracks from the past 25 years. &amp;quot;A remix uses parts from the original composition whereas a cover uses nothing except the notation of the original riff,&amp;quot; the DJ explains in a statement. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#x2019;t want to be restricted in any way by having to use parts from the originals and in doing so fall into the ranks of other remixers.&amp;quot;\r\n30 Best EDM Albums of All Time\r\nHere, listen to a few of those covers played alongside recent Oakenfold tracks like Matt Gross collaboration &amp;quot;Touch the Sky&amp;quot; in a mix that will air on Paul van Dyk&amp;apos;s radio show the same day that the album drops: June 20th.\r\n&amp;quot;These records meant so much to me during their first existence that I knew I had to be careful, complimentary and respectful to them,&amp;quot; continued Oakenfold. &amp;quot;But I also knew that I didn&amp;#x2019;t just want to make updated versions of the originals. Instead I wanted to approach them all with a new perspective.&amp;quot;\r\nWhile finishing up the album in August, Oakenfold told&amp;#xA0;Rolling Stone&amp;#xA0;the new project posed a few unique challenges for him. &amp;quot;In terms of technology it&amp;apos;s very difficult because everyone&amp;apos;s got access to the same sounds,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;That makes it very difficult to do so you have to really dig deep to try and find those moments. What&amp;apos;s really changed for all of us is that house music is pop music now.&amp;quot;\r\nWith that in mind, his statement also assures fans he&amp;apos;s not restricted by genre on the new LP: &amp;quot;Don&amp;#x2019;t worry there&amp;#x2019;s trance (given the album title it would be pretty odd if there wasn&amp;#x2019;t!!!) but there&amp;#x2019;s also breaks, progressive, ambient, deep techno and even our dear old pal EDM.&amp;quot;\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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