The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and features many styles of electronic dance music. It was originally the brainchild of Eddie Gordon, the producer of the show from the first broadcast in 1993 to 2001. 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. It is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

This Essential Mix is from the Plump DJs recorded back in 2003.

https://soundcloud.com/plump-djs
https://www.facebook.com/plumpdjs

Tracklist

Plump DJs - 'Funk Hits The Fan' (Finger Lickin)
Plump DJs - 'Weighed Down' (Finger Lickin)
Drummatic Twins - 'Invincible Bass' (Finger Lickin)
Siedah Garvett - 'Kissing' (Qwest)
Zulu Nation - 'Chant' (Cyber)
Tony Faline - 'Feel The Funk' (Air)
Robbie Rivera - 'Funkatron' (White Label)
Luke Fair - 'Untitled' (White Label)
Mary J Blige - 'Family Affair' (MCA)
Zero - 'unknown' (Streetwise)
Elite Force - 'No Turning Back' (Whole 9 Yards)
Freeland - 'We Want Your Soul' (Marine Parade)
Tricknology No 3 - 'Hardflow' (White Label)
Apollo Kids - 'Counting Off' (Fat)
Plump DJs - 'Pray 4 U' (Finger Lickin)
2 Sinners - 'Kingpin' (252)
unknown - 'unknown' (unknown)
GPA - 'Velvet Voodoo' (Global Harmony)
New Order vs Slam - 'Crystal Education' (White Label)
Soul Of Man - 'Save All Your Kisses' (Finger Lickin)
Rennie Pilgrim - 'Some Place Funky' (White Label)
Plump DJs - 'Contact 00' (Finger Lickin)
Plump DJs - 'How Much Is Enough ' (Finger Lickin)
Plump DJs - 'Get Kinky' (Finger Lickin)
Xpress 2 - 'London Express' (JBO)
Hijack - 'The Badman Is Robin' (White Label)
Underworld - 'Born Slippy' (JBO)
Electronauts - 'Bumper' (Lacerba)
Plump DJs - 'The Gate' (Finger Lickin)

Plump DJs - Essential Mix - 15.6.2003

DOWNLOAD LINK: https://hypeddit.com/eliteforce/eliteforce-oct2022-djmix

It’s been three years since I last created an Elite Force DJ mix. While my focus has recently turned to my Simon Shackleton output, there’s been a nagging desire to create something a little tougher from some of the great breakbeat and techno that’s being made at the moment.

May The Force Be With You.

Elite Force (aka Simon Shackleton) - DJ Mix Oct 2022

An incredible day was had by all in Budapest in late May on the Cruisin / Be Massive 20th Anniversary Boat Party on the Danube. 

My great friend (and amazing DJ/Producer) Metha invited me to celebrate Be Massive's anniversary and the brief was ... 'please play some classics from across the years as well as some new stuff - and we'd love to hear a little Zodiac Cartel too'.

This is the result. 
900 people. 
Nothing but the best vibes.

For 2023 bookings, please contact lesley (at) iamcru (dot) com
Much love,
Simon

More Elite Force / Simon Shackleton
https://www.simonshackleton.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Simon.K.Shackleton
https://www.instagram.com/simonshackletonmusic

For more on Be Massive - 
https://www.instagram.com/bemassive
https://www.facebook.com/BeMassiveBudapest/

Budapest 2023 - Be Massive 20 Party

A RE:CONSTRUCTED set is a *long* way removed from a standard DJ set. Here's how it works.

Simon takes hundreds of tracks from his huge library, painstakingly deconstructs them (using Ai if needed to separate elements from the original tracks), and then pieces everything back together to create a hugely emotive and immersive musical story.

He uses Ableton Live and multiple controllers to trigger up to 16 individual channels of audio at any one time during the performance, and also performs live keyboard overdubs. The end result is a hugely addictive, compulsive and compelling blend of music that's often new, often familiar but always utterly unique.

This is storytelling on a giant canvas, and in 2024 we will be adding visuals and further live instrumentation to these RE:CONSTRUCTED sets.

Simon Shackleton presents Futureshock - Sci-Fi Re:Constructed - Denver, November 2023

This set was first performed on January 1st 2024 in San Francisco at the Breakfast of Champions block party on the Space Cowboys main stage.

A RE:CONSTRUCTED set is a *long* way removed from a standard DJ set. It's a live/hybrid set.

Simon takes hundreds of tracks from his huge library, painstakingly deconstructs them (using Ai if needed to separate elements from the original tracks), and then pieces everything back together to create a hugely emotive and immersive musical story.

He uses Ableton Live and multiple controllers to trigger up to 16 individual channels of audio at any one time during the performance, and also performs live keyboard overdubs. The end result is a hugely addictive, compulsive and compelling blend of music that's often new, often familiar but always utterly unique.

Thanks for all the love on this set 🙏 Out of it came a full track — Bell Tolls (Revamped).
🎶 Free download inside my Discord → https://discord.gg/5GaPYNeejS

Hope you enjoy the ride.
xoxo

Breakbeat Breakfast Reconstructed - Jan 2024

This week in The Armory we're thrilled to be featuring this live recording of our good buddy, Lee Coombs, from the Opulent Temple sound camp on Monday night at Burning Man this year. Press play. Get down.

Checkout Lee's brand new album, Keleidoscope, at:

http://tinyurl.com/leecoombs-kaleidoscope. 

British-born Lee Coombs has been involved in the music industry since 1989, when he got his start at acid house parties in London and Cambridge. He went on to run several of his own labels including the legendary Thrust Recordings and collaborate with some of the most respected artists and producers in the world, combining breaks, house, electro, techno, and acid to create groundbreaking mixes in his own signature style. Coombs is a talented and innovative fan-favorite around the world, whether he’s releasing music through his own Thrust label or as part of the Lot49 team, or mesmerizing massive audiences filling dance floors from Australia to Burning Man. 2014 has been a busy year for Coombs! The massive single ‘Lilly in the Sky’ remained up the top of the Beatport charts for many months and has gone on to be one of the biggest selling Breaks tracks of 2014. Next up is the eagerly awaited new artist Album ‘Kaleidoscope’. Collaborating with up and coming Uber producer Kostas G, they have created a musical journey into the mind, traveling through Breaks, Tech House and blissed out Downtempo moments designed to move your body and soul.


For more information on Lee visit: 

https://soundcloud.com/analogdelayed
http://leecoombs.net/
https://www.facebook.com/leecoombsofficial
https://twitter.com/leecoombs

Artwork by www.jempanufnik.com 

Lee Coombs - Episode 066

Adam Freeland - LIVE @ Olof Palme Ház Budapest - 30.4.2003

***FREE DOWNLOAD***

🔊New tech house! 💊Vitamin D💊 is a collaboration with my producer friend Cuzdav - it's a cheeky vocal idea on a bed of bass-ish tech house to jack up the excitement! Let us know what you think in the comments - if you really like it, please share!!! 👊 👊 👊

🔥 https://www.beatport.com/release/vitamin-d-feat-cuzdav/4888512 🔥


Vitamin D [Feat. Cuzdav]

This is tribal tech styled track i completed. All in the name of tribal. The nostalgia of bringing it back again.

ezzydj - Righteous Journey (Original Mix)

Stussy unreleased

Meat Katie 'Lowering The Tone’ Podcast - Episode 23 (Exclusive Classic Breakbeat & Tech-Funk Mix)

This episode I decided to do something slightly different, due to the overwhelming response to the recent Old Skool Breaks set I played in Budapest which is posted as a live MP4 from the Breakbeat Massive event @ Frame on youtube, I have re-recorded the set as close as I could, I have also added a few other tracks that I didn’t get chance to play that night, so now it be accessed as a full download for your listening pleasure.

As always if you enjoy the show (‘set' in this case) please hit the share button and spread the word, that is how you can support the podcast. 

If you are unaware of Lowering The Tone, just head off to www.loweringthetone.london and all the episodes are up there & an bunch of release’s too.

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I hope you enjoy, have a great easter everyone :-)

x

Mark

Tracklisting

Meat Katie 'Lowering The Tone’ Podcast - Episode 23 (Exclusive Classic Breakbeat & Tech-Funk Mix)

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Budapest 2023 - Be Massive 20 Party

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