William Orbit — Essential Mix
6 February 2000 · House
William Orbit recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 6 February 2000 — their only appearance in the Waveform archive. It lands in the early-2000s era of progressive sounds and superstar DJs, and the set sits in House territory.
The mix runs through 24 documented tracks, opening with Pierre Henry — “Psyché Rock (The Invisible Mix By William Orbit & Mat Ducasse)” and closing on Boom Boom Satelites — “Limbo”. Along the way it draws on labels like Philips, Polydor and Blue Note.
Tracklist
- Pierre Henry — Psyché Rock (The Invisible Mix By William Orbit & Mat Ducasse) [Philips]
- Scientist — In Unity
- Cheb Sahraoui — Deblet Gualbi
- Jimi Hendrix — EXP [Polydor]
- Eddie Harris — Listen Here
- The Buddy Rich Orchestra Featuring Cathy Rich — The Beat Goes On [Blue Note]
- 4th Dimension — Dimension 5ive [RCA]
- 2 Phat C**ts — Ride (Space Invaders Mix) [Yoshitoshi]
- Dean Elliott And His Big Band — Lonesome Road
- Maurice Jarre — Lawrence Of Arabia Soundtrack [EMI Premier]
- Bubble — Atom Tremble
- Jimi Hendrix — 1983 A Merman I Should Turn To Be [Polydor]
- Pierre Henry Featuring William Orbit — Fantaisie Messe Pour Le Temps Présent [Philips]
- Bubble — Powers Of Ten
- Invisible — Ambition
- Tonto's Expanding Headband — Tama
- Beth Orton — Don't Wanna Know Bout Evil [Heavenly]
- Eddie Harris — All Right Now
- Eddie Harris — Is It In
- Kraftwerk — The Model [EMI]
- Island Universe — Energize
- JFK — This Is My Religion
- Howie B — Angels Go Bald [Polydor]
- Boom Boom Satelites — Limbo
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