Incredible mix and still gives me goosebumps after25 years. 

I remember when I used to buy mixes, I would pour over them. Know every track, read the liner notes... absorb it all! I would know every second of the mix. I can go back to these CD's and be taken back to my youth. With the vast amount of music we can get today (not necessarily a bad thing) I don't appreciate music as much as I used to. I will always have these mixes to go back to :)

when I first heard this CD I could hardly even believe it was real

This here is what got me hook on digweed.

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Paul Johnson - It's  A Love Thang - Original Mix - OUT NOW!!!!

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About the CD:
This out of all my mix CD's will likely bring back the most clubbing memories for the majority of my friends. It's hands down one of the greatest mix CD's of all time, a double pack of Sasha at his absolute peak, he was untouchable, worshipped like no other and unrivalled around the 1996-2000 era in the majority of opinions. It defined a period of clubbing that had 50 Sunderland dance heads on a bus filling up half of the main room at Sasha's, Craig Richard's and Lee Burridge's 'Tyrant' night, at the Bomb in Nottingham. Which still holds strong as the best clubbing experience for most of us. It was legendary times, and this is a legendary mix CD.

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004 - Sasha - Global Underground 009 - San Francisco - Disc 1 (1998)

2002.10.06 - Essential Mix - John Digweed (Bedrock's 4th birthday)

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

The Moon Party (Roofless Productions) Heritage Square Golden Denver. Colorado

SASHA & DIGWEED LIVE @ - The Moon  Party , Heritage Square, Golden, Denver. Colorado -1998

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011 - Josh Wink - United DJs Of America - Volume 3: Philadelphia (1995)

BLIND HEARTS - REMIX
ESPECIAL SALU MAÑAS .

BLIND HEARTS - REMIX  // ESPECIAL SALU MAÑAS . REC-2025-09-06

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Divine Vapor

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193 - Sasha & John Digweed 'Communicate' - Disc 1 (2000)

Robert Owens - Special (Hiroko Yamamura X Eric Elvambuena Aye Aye Ron Remix)

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440 - John Digweed - Global Underground 006 - Sydney - Disc 1 (1998)

‘Lost In Lockdown’ Week 8 - Sasha 25th Anniversary Essential Mix @ Que Club.

In 1995, BBC Radio 1 and Cream put together their 'Live' tour with amazing line ups and aired them 'live' for the first time on the radio for listeners. On the Saturday 27th May, The ‘Grande Finale’ of the tour was at the legendary ‘Que Club’ in Birmingham and boasted a line up that featured the biggest Dj’s in the UK at that time. An all-night affair at a club that could hold thousands from 10pm-6am was a first of it’s kind and for the first time you could sit at home listening to the music and madness erupting.

After Sasha & John Digweed’s 1994 Renaissance album had converted and gained so many more fans to the duos epic brand of House Music, 1995 was to take it to the next level. The advancements in the sound they started playing was to be an insight into the future of electronic music. Progressive House suddenly had a harder edge and pushed the boundaries of sound using technology far away from the traditional House music sound with piano and soulful vocals. 

The reason I have chosen to commemorate this mix is that it changed my outlook on House music. I have always enjoyed all genres of music but back then we didn’t have the amounts of genres and sub-genres enjoyed now. I knew I was hearing something very different.

I recorded the whole broadcast from start to finish, swapping 90 min tapes in and out, barely containing my excitement for what I was hearing and capturing. The crowd noises, Tong’s voice bellowing out over the roar of the crowd announcing the DJ's – it was just amazing, literally AMAZING.

Out of all the mixes, it was, of course, Sasha’s that caught my attention and engaged me more than all the other mixes. Having already seen him play this was the nucleus for a brand new Sasha obsession.

To celebrate 25 years since Sasha played the mix live on air that Saturday evening (I still have the original tape, see pic) I’m going to play all the tracks he played* and hope to give us all the sense of nostalgia and wonderment I felt that night.

Most of the tracks are recordings from my vinyl collection before I sold it all to a collector back in 2014.

The mix itself is only around 80 mins so I’ll play some extra tracks from his other sets around the same time.

For myself, 1995 was my favourite year of clubbing ever. The music, the DJ’s the energy at that time was explosive. Join me and let’s take the journey back together.

TRACKLIST 27.05.1995: RADIO 1 ESSENTIAL MIX. LIVE FROM QUE CLUB, BIRMINGHAM.

Intro - Danny Jarvis - Sasha & Pete Tong
1)  BT – Tripping The Light Fantastic (Perfecto)
2)  Microman - Microhouse (Pumphouse)
3)  Hal 9000 - Stoopid (Fresh)
4)  Count Indigo - Unknown Love (Cowboy)
5)  Speedy J - G Spot (BMU)
6)  Blue Amazon - The Blessing (Jackpot)
7)  BT - Loving You More (Dub Mix) (Perfecto)
8.    BT - Loving You More (Vocal Mix) (Perfecto)
9)  Parks & Wilson vs Quivver - I Dream (Perfecto)
10)  Bump – I’m Rushing (Bump's 95 Mix (Deconstruction)
11)New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Remix)
12) Bassheads - Is there Anybody Out There (Hardfloor Remix)
13) Moziac 'Rays of the Sun' (Dekkard & Dane Mix)instead.
Outro - Danny Jarvis - Pete Tong

Sasha 25 Year Anniversary Essential Mix Que Club Birmingham 27th may 1995

Tracklist:

Next Evidence - "Sands of Time" 
Men from the Nile - "Watch Them Come" 
The Return - "New Day" 
The Ananda Project - "Cascades of Colour" 
Katcha - "Touched by God" 
ATFC presents Onephatdeeva - "In and out of My Life" 
Minimal Funk 4 - "Definition of House" 
Coco Da Silva - "Saudade" 
Da Boo - "50,000 Headmen" 
Nathan Hawks - "Back to the Q"
Peace Division - "Tribal Phunk" 
Dietrich Schoenemann - "19 Bullets" 

Original Release date: 18 September 2000
Catnr: GU017

Global Underground 017 - Danny Tenaglia - London - Disc 1

Stephanie Mills/Something in the Way You Make Me Feel(Mixed by Kid Capri)

House of Mirrors

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 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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Also, we try to help you find and buy them again by sharing Discogs links on all featured CDs and or direct links to labels where possible.

* We fully support labels and artists. If any disc creates a copyrighting issue let me know and it will be immediately removed. 

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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

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