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.

Essential Mix 2009-04-04 - Tiga

A collection of highlights from The Orb's 1993 performances in Europe and Asia:
1. Plateau
2. OOBE
3. Little Fluffy Clouds
4. Star 6 & 7 8 9
5. Towers Of Dub
6. Blue Room
7. Valley
8. Perpetual Dawn
9. Assassin
10. Outlands
11. Spanish Castles In Space
12. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Loving U)

The Orb - live in 93

A journey through 35 years of house from the godfather of UK rave. 

In popular mythology, the '90s are without question, the halcyon days of dance music—an era of free raves and unadulterated hedonism. It's a myth that Matthew Nelson, AKA Slipmatt, knows better than most–he was there. 

During the late '80s, as the rave scene in the UK began to boom, Nelson began moonlighting as a DJ. He would land his first residency at Raindance, the East London rave that launched in September 1989 and would become the UK's first legal rave. By 1991 , he'd reach number two in the UK charts with "On A Ragga Tip" as one-half of SL2 and two years later, sell over 10,000 copies of the first pressing of SMD#1.

Nelson has got a lot to share (as you'll see in his interview) so we'll let him do the talking. He's been variously called the godfather of rave and happy hardcore, but what you'll hear on RA.958 is as "a journey through my 35 years of house." A DJ with this much pedigree brings much more than that, of course: touching on the breakbeat, jungle and acid house that soundtracked that golden age, as well as nods to the rich cross-pollination with scenes beyond the UK, from Joey Beltram's "Energy Flash" to Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You."  

@slipmatt-1

Read more at ra.co/podcast/958

RA.958 Slipmatt

Andrew Weatherall | July 1993 @ The Haçienda

I'm very honoured to bring you a recording of a live Nicky Holloway set way back from '88, which I believe is from a night called 'Devil May trip'.
The night was a collaboration between Nicky's 'Trip' night which he ran at The Astoria, and group of guy's who ran some amazing parties around the Uxbridge/Bucks area west of London around that time and before with their nights called 'Devil May Care'.

The tape is a real insight to the summer of '88, and personally my mind was officially blown the first night I walked into Trip at the Astoria, and was officially obsessed from there on in (like so many others).

This tape was kindly passed on to me for uploading by George Georgiou as   featured recently on his Instagram page. 
Originally recorded by Nicky H for George back in '88 following persistent nagging by George back at the time, and recently rediscovered amongst a crate of cassette tapes. 
'A reminder of some blinders' was one of Nicky's fave strap lines for his flyers, as he used to tell George. 

George has designed artworks for so many legendary clubs/nights which include Trip, Sin, Shoom, Special Branch, The Milk Bar, RAW & Velvet Underground to name just a few! 
As Dave Dorrell once said..."George Georgiou's unmistakable art - bold, minimal, primary - splashes electrically through London's nightlife story".

*Please note at 46.34 mins the A-side finishes, & B-side begins...hence the gap.

On a personal note, I would like to thank George for trusting me with this tape. I was a member at Trip, Sin & went to many a Nicky Holloway party way back before the acid house explosion hit these shores, with his 'Doo's' nights' and numerous times seeing him play at Eddie Gordon's Slammer party's in an old rough biker pub (Red Lion), playing alongside Pete Tong, Dave Dorrell & Giles Peterson (downstairs) before they hit the big time, all in a run down industrial part of North Kent circa mid 80's...happy sweaty days. 

Hope you enjoy this 'trip' down hazy memory lane!
Seanie R, & George Georgiou

Georges wonderful work can be found at:
www.georgegeorgiouclubart.com

Devil May Trip '88 - Nicky Holloway

Dumping the song folder again. The fifth KellasCat release.

Beans is Good Food

Four Tet and Jamie xx – Essential Mix (28/03/2015)

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Earth Volume One

628 - LTJ Bukem presents Earth Vol.1 (1996)

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Tracklist.....</b>
Tom Demac-Critical Distance- Hrdvsion Remix
Trevino-Chip
SCNTST-SunKing /(Snippet from Don't Hate,Create- Nick Monaco)
Rob Made-'Can't Stop These Feelings'
Ettienne Jaumet- Satori- Jon Convex Remix
Justin Martin & Eats Everything-Harpy
Gorgon City -Thor
ZZT-Party's Over Los Angeles- Jon Convex Remix.
Jimmy Edgar Heartkey
Hidden Cat- Comb
Dog Blood -Middlefinger
Oliver-Night is on My Mind
Djedjotronic -Kaiko
Phil Kieran -I can't go on
Scuba- The Hope (AF re-edit)
Lana Del Rey -Summer time sadness- Adam Freeland Remix
Clouds - Consciousness / Jackson & His Computer Band- Utopia
Ken Ishii & Marc Romboy -Seiun- Max Cooper remix
Rachel Row-Follow the Step- Kink Beat remix
Djs Pareja-Saxo Temor
Madmotormiquel, Sebo-Don't Eat
Ian Pooley-CompuRhythm

-Contains samples from Mahatma Ghandi's speech
Recorded in 1931 at London's Kingsley Hall 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=46wWs2Yth0o

The Orb - live in 93

Spiral Monkey