I still totally love this style dark prog!

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788 - John Digweed - MMII (2002)

Brooks	Pink Cigarettes (Atjazz Mix)	6:23
–Tonuri	Hope (Tonuri's Commercial Edit)	6:04
–Pascal F.E.O.S.	Overflow (Paul Brtschitsch Remix)	6:11
–Everything But The Girl	Temperamental (Hex Hector/Mac Quale Reverse Drum Dub/Club Mix)	4:43
–Jah Scoop	Loch Dub Part II	3:53
–Golden Girls	Kinetic (Commie's Remix)	6:34
–Sven Väth	Barbarella (Deep Dish Armageddon Breakdown Mix)	10:00
–PQM* Featuring Cica	The Flying Song (Markus Schulz Vocal Mix)	7:20
–Austin Leeds	Moondiver	2:52
–Amber	Sexual (Deep Dish Cheez Whiz Dub)	7:40
–Morel*	True (The Faggot Is You) (16B Remix)	4:11
–Pascal Vegas	I Know You Like It (Raw Fuzz Mix)	5:19
–Gabrielle	Rise (Deep Dish Hi-Rise Dub/Remix)	5:25

Deep Dish - Renaissance Ibiza - [Disc 1] - 2000

Timo Maas	Ubik (Original Mix)	7:20
–Yellow Sox	Flim Flam (Smith & Selway Remix)	4:53
–Dave Aude*	Push That Thing (Timo Maas Phat Out Of Hell Mix)	5:08
–Lustral	Everytime (Timo Maas Dub/Vocal Remix)	7:07
–Halogen	Red Horizon	5:44
–Moby	Porcelain (Futureshock Remix)	5:53
–Muse	Sunburn (Timo Maas Sunstroke Remix)	5:08
–Stanny Franssen	Shape Shifting Sky Beats	4:10
–Green Velvet	Flash (Danny Tenaglia's Nitrous Oxide Mix)	8:03
–Loophole	Feet	4:09
–ECVM	Circuit Breaker	5:44
–BT	Dreaming (Evolution Mix)	7:36
–MRE	The Deep Edge	5:53

Renaissance Ibiza - Deep Dish [Disc 2] - 2000

Live & Shugborough Hall!

Dousk - Pa-Dida (Bedrock)
Virtualmismo - Mismoplastico (PRG/Progressive Motion) w/ VFR - Tranceillusion (PRG/Progressive Motion)
Mirabeau - Don't Stop, Go (CDR)
Angel Moraes - Heaven Knows - Deep Deep Down [Galvatron Dub] (FFRR)
Stereogen - Hi-Q (Formaldehyd)
Victor Calderone - Resonate [DJ Vibe Mix] (Statrax)
Bart Van Wissen - One Reason (Lowriders)
Pig & Dan - Much Better (Sadie)
D Troy - Sixteen U [Antoine 909 Mix] (Weaked)
X-Press 2 - Strobelight Silhouette (Skint)
Unknown - Unknown
Way Out West - Apollo (Distinctive Breaks)
Uberzone & Rennie Pilgrem - Cous Cous [Royale Mix] (TCR)
Freeland, Wink & Middleton - Rise Above (Marine Parade)
Electric Tease - Tear It Up (Richard K Mix)
Spektrum - Kinda New [Tiefschwarz Dub] (Playhouse)
Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso - Yo Yo Kids (Refune)
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning [Luke Fair's Dub Edit] (White Label)
Chris & Kai vs. Levin - Gone To Heaven (Alternative Route)

Sasha & John Digweed - 2004 Essential Mix

An edit of 'What I Might Do' with hints of Garage, House, and a dash of Donk.
Mastered by Ruairi Rollins.

WIMD - (Free Download)

Essential Mix                 

Sander Kleinenberg - Essential Mix 06-09-2001

sasha - live at cream amnesia ibiza (essential mix on radio 1)-sat - 11-aug-2007

take your mind back to july 2001; dark tribal prog rules britain's superclubs & britain's sound rules the world. berlin is not yet officially cool, cigarettes are smoked on dancefloors, dance music slower than 125 bpm is punishable by death & deadmau5 has not yet been born; it is a time of great joy.

the scene is a room full of samplers, synthesizers & class c narcotics - it is chong's palace studio (mark II), lair of king unique & sweating over a remix are two young men called matthew.

ring ring!... ring ring!...ring r-

KU: "hello?"

BBC: "hello it's the bbc here, can i speak to someone from king unique please"

KU: "oh, right - um hello"

BBC: "right - you know how we asked if you'd do a king unique essential mix in the autumn for us?"

KU: "err, yes"

BBC: "well, would you like to do it a bit sooner than we discussed? quite a lot sooner in fact?"

KU: "um... maybe?"

BBC: "great! the thing is (NAME REMOVED AT BBC LAWYER'S INSISTENCE) promised us a mix months ago & they've just told us it won't be ready after all. so you'd be doing us a huge favour if you stepped in"

KU: "right. just out of interest did ali & sharam say why they couldn't do it?"

BBC: "i couldn't possibly comment"

KU: "i see. well, we are insanely busy but we'd obviously like to help.... how soon were you thinking? this month or next?"

BBC: "oh definitely this month. in fact, um, more like, you know, er, this week actually"

KU: "this week!!!!????"

BBC: "...................... yes. by friday night in fact."

KU: "& you're aware that today is wednesday????!!"

BBC: "............................................ yes."

KU: "!"

so there you have it, the behind the scenes story of how we came to turn round our first essential mix in under 72 hours from a standing start, armed only with a mountain of vinyl, several samplers & a huge computer struggling to run 4 channels of pro-tools with less than half the power of a current iphone. this is King Unique Broadcast 0 if you like, the first time we hit the airwaves & not a bad way to start :)

to add to the nostalgia i've included the handy cassette case with tracklisting that Mixmag used to print each month for all the home-tapers out there - if you'd told us about Soundcloud back then we'd have burnt you as a witch.

enjoy the flashback ;)

Essential Mix 15/07/2001 - King Unique

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Everybody

698 - Sander Kleinenberg - Everybody 'It's A Renaissance' CD2 (2003)

Louie Vega & Jay 'Sinister' Sealée - Diamond Life/Stephane K - Numb (Meat Katie Remix) – 7:56
Sultan - Nightvisions – 6:46
5th Order - Sineweaver – 5:00
Electroland - Drop Beat (Circulation Mix) – 6:22
Sultan & The Greek - Rezin/Samio - Into Black (Acapella) – 6:43
Cheky & DJ Spider - In Love (Killer Mix) – 5:57
Electric Mood - Sacred Dance – 4:41
Aalacho - Satellite (Evolved Mix) – 5:44
Valentino - Flying (Sultan & The Greek Remix) – 7:49
Moony - Doves (I'll Be Loving You) (John Creamer & Stephane K Remix) – 7:20
Accorsi & Bassetti - Until the End – 4:46
Seroya - Only Your Love (Holmes Ives Remix) – 7:22

Catnr: GU025

Global Underground 025 - Deep Dish -Toronto - Disc 1

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 2004-09-12 - Dave Seaman

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King Unique is Matt Thomas, an all round studio junkie and dj with a taste for tripped-out cosmic techno and rough-edged underground house; in a career spanning nearly a decade KU’s distinctive sound has won an enviable global following. A ceaseless schedule of dj sets and festival gigs backed up by relentless studio sessions resulting in scores of records, remixes and radio broadcasts has made the KU sound an instantly recognizable part of the music-life of millions of the world’s clubbers - and a fixture in the vinyl crates, cd wallets and laptops of the world’s most influential djs. Consistently appealing across genres the tracks have been played by everyone from John Digweed to Soulwax, Richie Hawtin to Tiesto, and have turned up everywhere from Hollywood soundtracks to mobile ringtones - not to mention countless compilations and mix albums.  

Formed in 2001 by Matt Thomas & Matthew Roberts, King Unique hit the floor running, claiming the title of Undisputed Remix Champs by scoring five Essential New Tunes in five months on Pete Tong's "Essential Selection" Radio 1 show. A US Billboard Dance Chart number 1 for the remix of Dirty Vegas’ “Walk Into The Sun”, plus two more solo Essential New Tunes for Matt under his Watkins and Mainframe alter-egos saw KU firmly cement their place amongst the ranks of first-call remixers. The King Unique production touch has been in constant demand since, appearing on more than sixty remixes and yielding some of the biggest dance floor bombs known to man - Underworld's "Two Months Off", The Killers "Somebody Told Me", Planet Funk’s “The Switch”, John Dahlback's "Late Night Worries", and Tracey Thorn’s "Grand Canyon". 

2006 saw the end of the original duo’s studio partnership, as Matt Thomas took on the King Unique role as a solo artist. The four years since have seen the KU sound rise to new heights with a mixture of euphoric acidic melodies, dark brooding techno vibes and old skool beats. This new 'cosmic techno' has found it's home on John Digweed's Bedrock label with the release of "2000000 Suns" and the KU / Anthony Pappa collaboration “Vamoosh”. Backing up the new material have been remixes of John Digweed’s “Bilder”, Hernan Cattaneo’s “Teleport”, Fergie’s “PCP” and an on-going association with James Lavelle’s UNKLE project that has so far resulted in five stunning re-workings; “Heaven”, "Heavy Drug", “The Answer”, “Reign feat. Ian Brown” & “Rabbit In Your Headlights feat. Thom Yorke” - all adding up to reaffirm Matt's status as one of the most versatile and consistent producers of the last ten years.

The renowned King Unique dj set has made KU a regular addition to the line up of some of the world's most respected clubs and biggest festivals, playing everywhere from ultra-hip blacked-out sweat boxes in Tokyo to euphoric crowds of thousands on the tropical beaches of Madeira. An increasingly hectic international schedule has seen Matt racking up enough air-miles for a free trip to the moon, with gigs in Sydney, Panama, Budapest, Seoul, Helsinki, Mexico City, Dubai, Rosario, Bogota, Kazantip, Vilnius - just to name a handful. Since the very first shows Matt has pushed at the cutting edge of the technology revolution that's swept through club culture, taking laptops, new gadgets and studio gear into the booth. 2010 saw the addition of the near mythic Monome controller to the sonic armoury - part track-mangling Ableton controller and part psychedelic light show, lovingly hand built by techno-hippies in the Catskill Mountains. 

Matt + Mac + Monome = Beats + Bleeps = KU Live 

See you by the speakers ;)

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