and now we have clones Of Avici everywhere. pretty weird. it's really weird the wrong attempts at EDM became most of the  mainstream electronic Music culture.

i love this ❤️‍🔥 it brings back good memories.  Afrika Shox a great opener!

Equally my favourite Essential Mix of all time. Dave Seaman and Steve Anderson at their level best with an awe-inspiring mix, full of past anthems, great mixing and happy memories, which are timeless. Still spine-tinglingly fantastic. Artists include Deep Dish, Chakra, Digital Blondes, Bedrock, T-Empo, Blue Amazon and more. First broadcast on June 23rd, 1996. All thanks and rights go to Brothers In Rhythm and BBC Radio 1.

Brothers In Rhythm: Essential Mix June 23rd, 1996

Parks & Wilson - Cream - Nation - Liverpool - 15-05-99

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183 - Vorsprung Dyk Technik (Paul Van Dyk Remixes 92 - 98)Disc 1 (1998)

Time stretches like an endless ribbon woven into all life, and yet it does not exist...

Chronos

Playing with Fire

Echoes from the Tunnel

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206 - Ministry Presents... Tech Trance - Mixed By Danny Howells (1999)

2000.02.27 - Essential Mix - Sasha

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634 - Gatecrasher Disco-Tech - Disc 1 (1999)

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.

Radio 1 Essential Mix

Essential Mix 1994-01-15 - Sasha

Essential Mixes 2000

Essential Mix 2000-02-27 - Sasha

Hey, Gareth here, I'm a graphic designer who start designing for clubs, parties, and labels in the late 90s. Back then, mix CDs were the holy grail of both design and music. I loved them.

But I wasn't the only one, mix cds were the soundtracks of our nights, our days, our afterparties and lives, for everyone. Yet in today's internet age, the art form has been lost (or just changed) to 2-3 hour online mixes and streaming videos, which just don't create the same magic your CD collection did. Just 60 minutes of music and incredible artwork.

The Classic Mix CD Series celebrates these discs, their soundtrack, their box art and your memories. We hope you enjoy it.

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About Gareth:
Digital creative type, gamer, music lover and occasional DJ. Currently living between Dubai & Seoul after setting sail from Sunderland in 2010. As a young designer, club and music culture was the driving force for his work, producing artwork for local club nights and record labels in the North East of England. In particular, DJ mix cds and their packaging were always his 'holy grail of design', especially those from Renaissance, Global Underground and Good Looking Records. It's a pleasure to share these discs back with people and they still influence our tastes to this day. 

For any CD recommendations, bookings, mixes or feedback you can catch me as @asapgareth on Instagram. Or you can check our my design work at www.acid.works

634 - Gatecrasher Disco-Tech - Disc 1 (1999)

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