WAVEFORM

Norman Cook — Essential Mix

26 May 1996 · Breaks / Big Beat

Norman Cook recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 26 May 1996 — the 1st of their 2 Essential Mixes in the Waveform archive. It lands in the late-nineties peak of superclub culture, and the set sits in Breaks and Big Beat territory.

The mix runs through 35 documented tracks, opening with Jedi Knights — “One For M.A.W.” and closing on Bentley Rhythm Ace — “Return Of The Hardcore Jumble Carbootechnodisco Roadshow”. Along the way it draws on labels like Universal Language, Ovum and Hydrogen.

Tracklist

  1. Jedi Knights — One For M.A.W. [Universal Language]
  2. King Britt Presents Firefly Feat. Ursula Rucker — Supernatural [Ovum]
  3. Slab — Rampant Prankster [Hydrogen]
  4. Incredible Bongo Band — Apache [DJM]
  5. Fred Wesley — Disco Sit Down [Sequel]
  6. Freak Power — New Direction [4th & Broadway]
  7. Gabrielle — Forget About The World [Go! Beat]
  8. Basco — The Beat Is Over [Mormusic - 001]
  9. Sugar Shake — I Wanna Take You Higher [Wired]
  10. Fatboy Slim — Song For Lindy [Skint]
  11. Major Force — Return Of The Original Art Form [File]
  12. Big Audio Dynamite — Who Beats
  13. Strike — Forget It [Fresh]
  14. Bassbin Twins — Volume III Side 2 Track 2
  15. Brooklyn's Poor & Needy — Joy To The World [Airdog]
  16. Sima — Give You Myself [D-Vision]
  17. Mr. Rossi — Return Trip [Electric Kingdom]
  18. The Beatles — Yesterday [Parlophone]
  19. Jean Jaques Perry — E.V.A [Gold Diggers]
  20. Double Dee & Steinski — Lesson Two [Disconet]
  21. Old School Immortal — Mash Up
  22. Bassbin Twins — Volume I Side 2 Track 2
  23. That Kid Chris — Feel The Vibe [Digital Dungeon/Manifesto]
  24. Ramp — Rock The Discotek (Pizzaman Remix) [Loaded]
  25. Sub Level — Time To Celebrate [Basement Boy]
  26. Loleatta Holloway — Crash Goes Love [Place]
  27. Cloud One — Disco Juice [P&P]
  28. Mighty Dub Katz — Cangica [Southern Fried]
  29. DJ Tonka — Phun-Ky [Force Inc]
  30. Dynamic Guvnors — Acid Jackson
  31. Shop — Lucifer's Halo [Subversive]
  32. Fingers Project — Give Me A Wink [Aura]
  33. Melt — The Calling [MC Project]
  34. The Gas Lamp — The Gas Lamp [19th Hole]
  35. Bentley Rhythm Ace — Return Of The Hardcore Jumble Carbootechnodisco Roadshow [Skint]

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