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

Another Essential Mix from 2003 was from another Nu Skool Breaks legend Adam Freeland. Pretty much the height of his career at this time with so many tunes under his belt from his label Marine Parade and so many bootlegs under different alias's it was a healthy time for the breaks scene and much loved by all.

This mix was aired on BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from Adam Freeland back in 2003.

https://soundcloud.com/adamfreeland
https://www.facebook.com/adamfreeland

Tracklist

Saul Williams - Not In Our Name (Ninja)
IIs - Music (Evil 9 Mix) (Marine Parade)
Evil Nine - Lovers Not Fighters (Marine Parade)
Metro Area - 'Orange Alert (DFA Mix) (Source)
Freeland / Wink / Middleton - 'Rise Above' (Marine Parde)
Evil Nine - 'Hied Goons' (Marine Parade)
DJ Shadow - GDMFSOB (Unkle Roots Manuva Mix) (Island / Mowax)
DJ Shadow - 'Right Thing' (Trip Mix) (Island / Mowax)
Bushwacka - 'Break Your Face' (Plank)
Jaydee - 'Plastic Dreams' (R&S)
Free*land - 'We Want Your Soul' (Marine Soul)
David Guetta - 'Misscommunication' (Virgin)
Rage Against The Machine - 'Killing In The Name Of' (Epic)
Evil Nine - 'Crooked' (Marine Parade)
Nirvana / Freeland - 'Smellslike Freeland' (White Label)
Evil Nine and Juice Aleem - Pearl Shot (Marine Parade)
Fex - 'I Want Your Heart' (Marine Parade)
Bassbintwins - 'Woah' (White Label)
Radiohead / Evil 9 - 'Ideoteque / Crooked' (White Label)
Thomas Bangalter / Outrage - Paris By Night (Roule)
Whitestripes / Freeland - '7 Nation Army' (White Label)
No Love - 'Disconnected' (Marine Parade)
Precision Cuts - 'Xylophone' (Simple)
DJ T - Philly (DJ Naughty Mix) (Physical)
Ian Brown - 'Fear (Unkle Mix)' (Polydor)
Jackson - 'Utopia' (Barclay)

Adam Freeland - Essential Mix - 11.5.2003

This is my set from the Beats 4 Love Festival which took place at Dolní Vítkovice in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in the summer of 2023.

Since I returned to the fray in 2023, I've been using Ableton and a number of controllers to create my sets and am loving the flexibility it gives me to do deeper dives into edits, overdubs, mashups and mixes. It wasn't uncommon during this set to have four or five audio channels running simultaneously. I hope you enjoy the ride!

Forbookings, please contact lesley (at) iamcru (dot) com
Much love,
Simon

Beats For Love Festival 2023

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

Adam Freeland & Evil Nine - Annie on One Xmas Mix - 24.12.2004

Stanton Warriors - Live on Radio 1 Essential Mix (25.07.04)

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Simon Sim's - Hypnotic

Vortex HAFT - (Kyotto Remix) 01 Vortex

My closing set from DISTRIKT at 2012's Burning Man was such a spectacular 2+hours. 

You can grab this dusty slice of history as a download from the following link...
https://hypeddit.com/simonshackleton/simonshackletonlivedistriktburningman2012

Simon Shackleton Live @ Distrikt, Burning Man 2012

A 1hr 40 minute retrospective mix featuring....

1. Intro (Snippet from Earth) - Evil Nine 
2. Less Stress - Evil Nine
3. Towards the sun (Evil Nine remix) - Future Funk Squad
4. Boadicea (Evil Nine remix) - Mason feat Roisin Murphy
5. Crooked (Instrumental) - Evil Nine
6. Broken Dreams - Evil Nine
7. Restless (Acapella) - Evil Nine feat Toastie Taylor & Darrison
8. Superfast Jellyfish (Evil Nine remix) - Gorillas feat De La Soul & Gruff Rhys
9. Under Control (Evil Nine's Graveyard smash instrumental) - Freeland
10. Roar - Evil Nine
11. Heel & Toe (Acapella) - Freeland feat. New Flesh
12. Go Go Go (Evil Nine remix) - Broke One
13. In All Nothing (Adam & The Evils remix) - Telemen 
14. The Night - Evil Nine
15. Above the Clouds (Evil Nine remix) - McMillan & Tab 
16. Technology - Evil Nine
17. The Way (Evil Nine remix) - Dylan Rhymes
18. Pearlshot (Acapella) - Evil Nine feat. Juice Aleem
19. All the cash - Evil Nine feat. El-P
20. Set it Off - Evil Nine feat. Beans
21. Raining Again (Evil Nine remix) - Moby 
22. Sabot (Evil Nine remix) - Santos
23. Sweet Disposition (Evil Nine remix) - The Temper Trap 
24. Hired Goons - Evil Nine
25. House (Evil Nine remix) - Dems

XXX.

Bingo Night At The Earthworm Church (Retrospective Mix)

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

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