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 2012-12-01 - Gaslamp Killer

It's 420, and you just got off work... you get home and find out that Okiro has a new mix out today, haha yes. You roll up a fat spliff and put this on the HiFi system. As the moods settle in you think about how it's almost summer, soon you'll get to hear this music on a juicy festival rig, surrounded by all your friends. Everything is right again.

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Okiro - Sub Chakra Mix - 036

Shapes. Guest Mix 025 // @unexpectedpedestrian ✨
A mix packed full of new releases from the 140 realm with a variety of dub flavours, deep treats, and a few of their favourite lyricists.

Tracklist:
Babe Roots ft. Galas - Music Mission
Darkai - Militant Sound
Zero State Kid -  Dead Sound
Rockstone - Dubsoul
J-Kenzo - Astral Traveler 
Constrict - Geng
Glÿph & Hystatus - Komata
Pinch ft. Trim - All Mans Got
Compa - Mind Control
Sister Mary - What We Do
Major Oak // Digid - Tempest Dub
Sabab - Champion Sound
Opus - Voice ( Mystic State remix )
Loefah - Woman
Khiva - Swapmonster ( NotLo remix ) 
MAC - Underground
Regents - Greengate Adhesive
Gantz - Avert Your Eyes
TRNS MTTR - Do We Still Have Time
Unkey - Wind Dancer
Gisaza - Rai
Youngsta - Poseidon
Chad Dubz // Somah - Naraka
Rocks FOE - Plasma
DE-TÜ - King Street
Arkham Sound - Nothing Left To Lose
EMZ / OH91 -  Mask
PHNTM - Dead Echos
Unkey - Challenge
Substrada - Daka
Gnasha - Sullen
EVA808 - Skull In The Mud

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Shapes. Guest Mix 025 // Unexpected Pedestrian

BUILDING MAN 2025

Shapes. Guest Mix 037 // Sundog 🔥

A proper blend of vibey beats infused with old school hip-hop, instrumental jazz, and forward thinking bass music from west coast producer @officialsundog 🔥

Tracklist:

Erykah Badu - The Healer
Mick Jenkins - Gucci Tried to Tell Me
Bster - echo
QuicklyQuickly - Swing Theory
Sai-T - Do Anything
Ahwlee - 26
Sundog - ID
Flying Lotus - Coronus, The Terminator
OAKK - Infinitro Remix
Oscar Worldpeace - Aint a 10
Duncan Gerow - Too fast
Tessa Thompson - Grip (Ivy Lab’s 20/20 Bootleg)
Rosso - Find A Way
Summer Walker -  Session 32 (Lemzy Dale)
UMI - say im ur luv
Sundog - Lost My Mind flip
Jimmy Edgar - Hydrant
JLZ - Say yes…
Yunis - Some Days
Ivy Lab - Blonde
Himalia - No One
Herzeloyde - All I Do
Mr. Carmack & Tennyson - Tuesday
Easy Baked & Kayo - Respawn
Joy Orbison & Joe James - bastard
Majid Jordan - A Place Like This
Coco Bryce - Canaan
Lex Amor - Rocks
Frost - Fluid
Pascaal - Drowning In You

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Shapes. Guest Mix 037 // Sundog

For the 2nd mix in the installment, we welcome to the decks LU.  (@lantern_lit )

Homie has been with us since the beginning, and has graced many Dark Arts shows to date. A mastermind of the turntable, they serve heavyweight dubplates like it's common practice. 

Catch them this June 29 at our next Sabbath event. They will be holding it down fat with the likes of @bostn64, @noertheboy and others.

666 Mini-Mix :  LU.

Pink Opaque is the producer duo of Monotrope and Blood Tapes, hailing from Portland, Oregon, known for weaving moody, immersive soundscapes with an emotional undercurrent and rhythmic pulse. Fusing elements of UK Garage, IDM, ambient, and glitch, Pink Opaque creates music that lives between movement and memory — textural, contemplative, and unmistakably personal.

"This mix is an homage to the dance culture of  Portland through the lens of Pink Opaque. Throughout the years so many promoters, and local djs and producers, have brought influential artists that blur genre. So many of these artists have blessed us with performances that helped create the vibe and feeling that is Portland dance culture. We chose to blend our original tracks and edits, alongside both icons from around the word, and our constantly progressing scene of local creators. Spanning UK garage, Jersey Club, IDM, and everywhere in between, we hope you feel our souls in this mix."

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Tracklist-

Hugh Hardie x Polo & Bryson - SIren 
Dejector x Kilig - 1000 times 
Spoken Bird - Can’t Get Over You
Djrum x Zosia Jagodzinska - Creature Pt. 2
James Shinra - Moonlit 
Monotrope - Knuckles (Pink Opaque edit)
Josi Devil - Restless Sleep 
Phone Traxx - Rewind your head in????
Thing - Past Love
Villager - Need Right
Josi Devil - Make It Better
Monotrope x Pink Opaque - Make You Mine
Nouveau Monica - Bluntin
Jaques Greene - Another Girl
Conducta - Needed U
Leon Vynehall feat. Poison Anna - Mirror’s Edge
2XM - Told You Once
Isenberg, Not the Father - Keep it Strong
JOIA x Player Dave - Badboi
Dreem - Terminal 02
Monotrope x JOIA - Zanzibar
Joy Orbison - Pinky Ring
Machinedrum feat. Duckwrth - ILIKEU
DJ Swisha x OSSX - There will be signs
Bucky - My Heart
JOIA - Jean Grey (u & me)
Djrum - Blue Violet

Sublimix #169 - Pink Opaque

DAY PARTY! it was a massive honor to play the Living Room Stage on Sunday at 3pm at Shambhala! 🛋️  this place holds so much meaning and history for me - i first attended Sham in 2015 & worked at the Amp Stage for 3 summers. it's where I truly fell in love with bass music and the rave community, so returning 10 years later as an artist was nothing short of magical. ✨

thank you so much to Sarah, Mike, the entire Living Room crew, everyone who came to my set, and all the staff / attendees at Sham! i had a blast bringing some fun n bouncy daytime vibes (with a side of booty ofc) ☀️

📷: Insomniac Media

Tracklist:

Tap It Up (Remix) - Strikes
Gast Control (KIRA x SSP x CY EDIT) - KIRA 
Fuh Spite (Remix) - Nelly Cotoy 
Rio Groove - Yarin Primak 
JT- OKAY - THUGLI REMIX 
LIL JON CHANT TOOL - four color zach
Payroll - Brenmar 
Exo Exo - Dutch Sauce 
Future - Elbarto 
Badman - Espuki Remix 
Victory Lap - Lua Preta Remix 
SIREN DE PULSE - JD REID 
Bad B Bop x Broken Link  (k1000 Mashup) - Ms Banks x Jason Code 
Snake Biz - Elbarto 
Slim Waist x DwnDwn (CHIXY GUAP Blend) - Erica Banks x Bodhi 
PUT4 RARA (SHEYY flip) - REYY 
Megan's Piano - Megan Thee Stallion 
bang - LOU FRESH 
Round N Round - Tre Oh Fie 
PULL UP (VIENCA UKG EDIT) - VIENCA, Konshens, J Capri 
Life Aquatic x Don't Rush (CHIXY GUAP Blend) - Fixate x P-Lo 
MORELLO x PZZS - Morello 
Trappington - CHIXY GUAP 
Glutton - The Kids 
Sharing This (Oddkut Remix) - Intersecta 
Pika (ft. Deize Tigrona) - WOST Remix 
Fergalicious x Technologic - Ross Lowder 
BUNDAO - SHINSHAN SALAZAR 
LICKSHOT - Reasxn
Booty Me Down - Kstylis 
Buss it Down - Sunnitharapper

LIVING ROOM STAGE ☀️ SHAMBHALA 2025

Live recording of my set from The Dirtnap Campout 2025, presented for my Bass Coast 2026 music application.

11pm - 12am

To date this is my proudest accomplishment, an accumulation of all my experience in producing and DJing. Fusing my latest tracks I've written in the last two months, I've been head down honing my style for all of 2025. This mix takes you from 140, to UKG, Breaks, some stuff in between, and ultimately finishing with Drum and Bass.

TL:

Tipica 73 - Adonde Vas (SHIFT 140 Flip)
Raybee - 1undred
A$AP Rocky - Shittin Me (SHIFT 140 Flip)
En:vy - Alery
Mono Code - ID
Drone - Stuck in Paradise
SHIFT - I Know (Dub)
SHIFT - Funk Phone (Dub / forthcoming)
SHIFT - We Back (Dub / forthcoming)
Raybee - Where the Bar is (SHIFT Edit)
Undulae - Prismatic
SHIFT - Side Step (Dub)
Lokal - Stop Running
Lash - Goes Off
SHIFT - Wonky Dub (Dub)
SHIFT - Untitled (Dub)
Sam Binga - Never Dat
Tiga - Bugatti (SHIFT 140 Flip)
Isenberg - Ms Behave (SHIFT 40-170 Edit)
L-Side, Sl8r - Look at U
Upgrade - Gangbeasts
Molecular - Levitate
Objectiv - Bish Bosh
Umbra, Morrow - Dance Can't Run
The Sauce, Logan - Booky
Sustance / Strategy - Undercurrent (En:vy Remix)
Bennie - Step God
Objectiv - Nice & Easy
Amoss, Minor Forms - Tactics
Break, Charli Brix - Lost
Amoss, Hugh Hardie - Break
Business as Usual - Murky Murkle
Dub Head - Zero Day
Chrome - Among Us
The Sauce, Carasel - Stir it Up (Molecular Remix)
Vektah - Can I get your attention

SHIFT's 2026 Bass Coast Application

Live Set in Moab, Utah @ The Dirt Nap Campout

Amapiano, GQOM, Baile, UKG + more

Live Set in Moab, Utah @ The Dirt Nap Campout

MaMaKilla_Messy_1Forty

vibe masta since '08

DNB - Halftime - 140 Bass -UKG - Breaks - Grime - UK Funky - Phonk - Minimal - Downtempo - R&B - Soul - Jazz - Future Beats

BUILDING MAN 2025

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