The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 - 2:00 AM UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music. The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run in excess of 25 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule, and is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

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Essential Mix 2017-12-23 - Horse Meat Disco

Also available on SPOTIFY PLAYLIST & DOWNLOAD > ampl.ink/abxmix22
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Back with an 'alternative' House Classics  Mix I started a few years ago which turned into a bit of a journey!
Finally ready after dusting down the 1210s with a collection of personal favourites, inspiring club memories and forgotten vinyl gems from back in the day... 51 glorious tunes all lovingly re-edited to get straight to 'the good bits'.

Feat tracks from Brothers In Rhythm / Dave Lee ZR / Inner City / K-Klass / Leftfield / Masters at Work / MK / Sasha / Underworld +++

TRACKLIST
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01 - Urban Soul - Alright (Sasha Remix / Strings Mix) [92] Cooltempo
02 - Brothers In Rhythm Ft Charvoni - Forever and A Day [93] Stress Records
03 - Shiva - Freedom (B.T.'s Subconscious Freedom) [95] FFRR
04 - Space 2000 - Do U Wanna Funk (Joe T Vanelli's Light Mix [95] Wired Recordings
05 - Cosmos - Summer In Space (Ibiza Mix) [99] Blue (Island)
06 - Jaki Graham - You Can Count On Me (Cutfather + Joe Club Mix) [94] Avex UK
07 - DSK What Would We Do (Hurley's Extended Mix) [91] Boy's Own Productions
08 - K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery (Remix) [91] Deconstruction
09 - Bug Kann and The Plastic Jam - Made In 2 Minutes [91] Optimum Dance Records
10 - Inner City - Till We Meet Again (Brothers In Rhythm Remix) [93] 10 Records
11 - Masters At Work - I Can't Get No Sleep (No Sleep In 95 Mix) [95] AM:PM
12 - Blast Featuring V.D.C. - Crayzy Man (F.O.S. In Progress) [94] MCA Records
13 - Beltram - Energy Flash [91] R & S Records
14 - Leftfield - Not Forgotten [91] Outer Rhythm
15 - MD X-Spress - God Made Me Phunky [94] Open
16 - South Street Players - (Who) Keeps Changing Your Mind (Sure Is Pure Mix)[94] Sound Of Ministry
17 - MK Featuring Alana - Burning [92] Union City Recordings
18 - Reese Project - Direct Me (Joey Negro Club Mix) [91] Network Records
19 - Joe Roberts - Lover (K-Klass Klub Mix) [94] FFRR
20 - Korda - Move Your Body (To The Sound) [92] ZYX Records
21 - Pedro & Raoul - Ibiza Get Wild (Sunset Mix) [94] Peach Records
22 - TC 1991 - Berry (Re-Fratty Re-Energy Version) [91] Union City Recordings
23 - Floorjam - Stoneage (Aquarius Power Chord Mix) [95] Deep Distraction
24 - Astrofarm - Strings (Ain't What They Used To Be) [96] Astro Farm
25 - Friends Of Matthew - Out There [91] Pulse 8
26 - Sub Sub - Space Face [91] Ten
27 - Ideal - Hot [94] Cleveland City
28 - Kid N Play - 2 Hype (The Dancin' Danny D Remix) [90] Cooltempo
29 - Franke - Understand This Groove [92] China Records
30 - Jomanda - Never (Sasha Remix) [94] Atlantic
31 - Seal - I'm Alive (Sasha & BT Atraxion Future Mix) [95] ZTT
32 - Tori Amos - Talula (BT Synthasia Mix) [96] EastWest
33 - Kim English - Nite Life (Big Bump Mix) [94] Hi Life
34 - Meccano EP [95] White Label
35 - All Boxed In - (These Things) Happen (Tolley's Stressed Mix) [96] Stress
36 - Beat Foundation Featuring Molloy - Save Me [95] SkinnyMalinky
37 - Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Timeline [00] Underground Resistance
38 - Huff & Herb - Feeling Good Epic Mix [97] Planet 3 Records
39 - Shawn Christopher - Make My Love (Stonebridge Remix) [93] BTB Records
40 - Bump & Flex - Long Time Coming (Big Up Version) [98] Heat Recordings
41 - Don Carlos - Alone (Saxambient / Joey Negro) [91] Calypso Records
42 - LuvDup - Good Time (Luvdup Mix) [93] U.F.G
43 - Judy Cheeks - So In Love (The Real Deal) (Frankie Foncett Vocal Mix) [93] Positiva
44 - Chubby Chunks - Testament 1 [93] Cleveland City
45 - River Ocean Feat India - Love and Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochun) [94] (Junior Boys Own Super Dub)
46 - D.O.P - Groovy Beat [92] Guerilla
47 - Underworld - Dark & Long (Dark Train) [94] Junior Boys Own
48 - Jonny L - Hurt You So (Alright) (The 'Full' Mix) [92] Tuchwood
49 - Speedy J - Rise [91] Plus 8 Records
50 - B-Line - Herbal Hand [93] Cleveland City
51 - Brothers In Rhythm - Peace and Harmony (Everlasting Love Mix) [90] 4th & Broadway

Peace and Enjoy!

Dedicated to everyone I've shared a musical moment with. Big Love!

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ABX - ReDiscovered - A House Retrospective 90 - 00 (DJ Mix) (Vintage House Classics)

Recorded live at Cocoon Amnesia, Ibiza 2009
Mr C on form, he came to my hotel room on the day, i had chopped up the song parts to arrange live, we ran through one time then next was the show in the evening. True performer ,True gent
Just found this high quality audio on my drive so thought id share

The Shamen & Underworld 'Move Any Mountain' live at Amnesia, Ibiza 2009

LOWDOWN AND DIRTY MIX

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Tracklist:

01. Grace - Not Over Yet (B.T.'s Spirit Of Grace)
02. Li Kwan - Point Zero (Original Extended Mix)
03. B.T. - Embracing The Sunshine (Sasha's Remix)
04. Grace - Orange (Original Perfecto Mix)
05. Jam & Spoon - Odyssey To Anyoona
06. Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (MK Mix 95)
07. Nicole - Runnin Away (Smoove House Mix)
08. Phil & Fill Present Yokiboys - Groove On (The Regular Groove)
09. Luvspunge - Sexual Healing (Original Mix)
10. The Shaker - Mooncat (Bonesy's Hand & Spear Vocal Mix)
11. Alex Party - Don't Give Me Your Life (LWS Bitch Mix)
12. Sister Bliss - Oh! What A World (Run To The Border Mix)
13. New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)
14. The Reese Project - Direct Me (Sasha's 3am Drop Mix)

Paul Oakenfold - Live @ Cream, Nation, Liverpool 25.02.1995

When Nadeem from Sub-Label Records asked me to provide him with a progressive house mix for a radio show I was concerned that I don't have a collection of contemporary progressive house. What I do have however is a substantial amount of music from the early 1990's - when that genre really blossomed. The genesis of that progressive sound was a club night called 'Renaissance' that was started by Geoff Oakes in 1992 at a club called Venue 44 in Mansfield, a small town in Nottinhamshire. In 1993 the venue was changed to an old printworks in nearby Derby. The club presented a darker, deeper, more melodic sound than the more 'rave' oriented music policies of other clubs across the UK. It was typically seamlessly and harmonically mixed (which a young DJ called Sasha had been tutored in by Jon Da Silva at the Hacienda). The decor, artwork and branding was all carefully thought out - with chandeliers on the ceiling and dark velvet drapes and renaissance artwork projected onto the walls. From an interview with Oakes:
"The visual identity was a deliberate move away from the ‘rave’ influenced artwork of most clubs at the time. The distressed renaissance imagery really stood out and marked the night as something different... I wanted a mix of cool and full-on clubbers, which happened and worked perfectly. I was lucky to catch on very early to that wave of British artistes, djs and producers that started to come through in the early ‘90’s. Leftfield, Guerilla records, etc. That whole progressive sound was tagged as the Renaissance sound by the press."
Sasha was a close friend and key component of the night from the beginning. The whole thing was built around him, and the last 2 or 3 hrs of the night were his platform. I had only been running Renaissance for a few months when a mix tape from a completely unknown DJ from Hastings landed on my doorstep. It was, of course, John Digweed. John put music together in a really unique way and it was when i teamed him up with Sasha that the musical identity of the brand crystallised. I had the best two DJ's in the world as residents and they helped shape Renaissance’s reputation for musical integrity."
Alexander Coe (aka Sasha) and John Digweed were resident DJ's from early 1993 until late 1994. This mix attempt to capture the sound of a Sasha and John Digweed mix from very late 1993. All tracks are verified as forming part of the selections of that pair of DJ's in that year.

Tracklisting:

01. Slam - Eterna
02. D:Ream - U R The Best Thing (Sasha Dub)
03. Marina Van Rooy - Sly One
04. TC - 1991 (Re-Fratty Re-Energy Version)
05. Mombassa - Cry Freedom (Malawi Mix)
06. 2 Bad Mice - Bomb Scare
07. Orbital - Lush 3-1
08. M People - How Can I Love You More? (Sasha's Master Edit)
09. Ready For Dead - Ready For Dead (Ambient Mix)
10. Metropolis - Metropolis (Original)
11. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. - It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day (Palladium House Anthem I)
13. Hysterix - Talk To Me (Sasha's Full Music Master)
14. Rejuvination - Requiem (Part 1)
15. Brothers Love Dubs - The Mighty Ming! (Brothers In Rhythm Club Mix)
16. Leftfield Lydon - Open Up (Dervish Overdrive)
17. Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Dali Mix)
18. LaTour - Blue (Hermes Trance Mix)
19. Gat Decor - Passion (Of Your Passion)
20. Coco Steel & Lovebomb - Feel It
21. Bedrock Feat. KYO - For What You Dream Of... (Full On Renaissance Mix)
22. Virtualmismo - Mismoplastico (Dirtysyncomix)
23. Virtualmismo - Mismoplastico (Virtual Mix)
24. Evolution - Love Thing (Compulsion mix)
25. B.M. EX - Appolonia (Qatmix)
26. Nush - Nush (NY Strings Mix)
27. Phuture - Inside Out (Roy's Rad Nomad Mix)
28. BT - Embracing The Sunshine (Sasha's Remix)
29. Sunscreem - Perfect Motion (Boys Own Mix)

Enjoy.

Roots Before Branches 04 - Renaissance 1993

Paul Oakenfold live @ Spectrum, London 1988

Detone Sessions 19 - Taken from my set at Button Factory in Dublin.

Detone Sessions 19

DETONE SESSIONS 19 - SEPT 2018

Recorded live from the decks of Phil Perry on 28th November 1992 at Love Ranch, Maximus, Leicester Square , LONDON

Blending uplifting house and tribal beats, it's a set that would put many of today's DJs to shame...

The Love Ranch Recordings

Phil Perry - Love Ranch - London Nov 1992

Part 2 in my prog classics series. This mix features tunes by Leftfield, Havana, Digweed and the man like, DJ Sasha. All mixed back in 2004 on vinyl with technics. 

Enjoy.

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 2 (1993-94) pn

1997

Essential Mix 1997-07-27 - Jose Padilla

DJ, Producer, Underworld cohort and in house engineer.

The Shamen & Underworld 'Move Any Mountain' live at Amnesia, Ibiza 2009

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