post them

way out west 30 mins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EcAceh8XXI

maybe one at a time?

I also really like william orbits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D3y8MhGkJ8

Andrew Weatherall, CJ Bolland, Blu Peter, Billy Nasty (1994).

thats so hard to evaluate; such a pleasure to listen to old EMs, the amount of brilliant stuff is gigantique. I'll go with 'clarke 2000', 'dave angel 1994' (thank you System-J), 'sven vath 1997', 'portishead 1995' and 'circulation 2002'. also I remember great memories from a lexicon avenue and diggers mix, but can't remember which one tbh

The thread's been done to death, so I'm doubtless repeating (and contradicting) some of my earlier posts elsewhere by writing this:

The Future Sound Of London - December 1993
Leftfield - August 1994
LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad - July 1995
Sasha - November 1995
Paul Van Dyk - April 1997
Nick Warren - October 1999
Sasha - Feb 2000
Parks & Wilson - April 2000
Steve Lawler - February 2001
Lucien Foort - March 2001
James Zabiela - April 2010
Lee Burridge - September 2015

I remember really loving the Circulation one, but I've only listened to it properly once so it wouldn't quite be fair to call it a "favourite".

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Just a few off the top of my head, a couple the same as Jack's above:

LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad - July 1995
John Digweed - May 1995
The Man With No Name - July 1998
Paul Van Dyk - April 2000
Pete Tong - April 2011
Dixon - September 2013
Lee Burridge - September 2015
Calibre - July 2017
SpectraSoul - November 2017

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btw, did you guys know about 'essentialmix.nu'? since there's a ton of mixes, I used their ratings as a guide to which mixes to listen to. After this thread I gave a chance to the '1994 Massive Attack Mix' and holy shit, it is great. 'black moon - reality' works really well there

my top 5:

1. Sander Kleinenberg - June 2001
2. John Askew - Feb 2007
3. John Digweed - May 1999
4. Tiesto - Sept 2001
5. Gabriel & Dresden - March 2003

Camo & Krooked - 2017 https://soundcloud.com/camokrooked/essential-mix-2017
Pendulum - 2005
High Contrast - 2007
Tony De Vit - 1995
Oakenfold world series - 1999
Calyx & Teebee - 2013 - https://soundcloud.com/calyxteebee/calyx-teebee-bbcr1

Also, one of my favourite things about the Essential Mix which I never hear talked about is that beautiful Radio One compression you get on them, particularly the older ones. The sound quality is so fat and has a fantastic texture to it, which is the closest I've ever heard to capturing the punch of hearing a tune on a big club system. So many times I've heard a tune in an EM and thought it sounded massive, only to play it on Youtube and be disappointed by how thin it sounds in comparison.

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Mixes:
> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

One of the later ones, but I rather enjoyed Joris Voorn's 2009 EM, released right around the time he and his balance comp were being helped to a heaping of hype. Love the way that one (and really any mix) weaves its way through downtempo and midtempo jams, so if anyone could recommend an EM mixed in a similar vein, would be very much appreciative.

BTW, no love for Sasha's Maida Vale set?

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John Digweed - Live at Club Heaven (Essential Mix 10-06-2002)

btw, 'carl cox 2000-02-20' is another one that I spin from time to time. the track selection is absolutly sick...

by the way, in this mix he plays a track called 'Future Reference - This One's Yours'. Anyone has this one or know where I can buy it in digital format? It is so haunting, holy molly