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James Holden — Essential Mix

20 January 2002 · House
James Holden — Essential Mix artwork

James Holden recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 20 January 2002 — 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 31 documented tracks, opening with Pete Tong — “James Holden Classic Essential Mix Intro” and closing on The Mamas & The Papas — “California Dreamin'”. Along the way it draws on labels like Border Community - 56BCCD, Easyaccess - easy006 and Dub.

Tracklist

  1. Pete Tong — James Holden Classic Essential Mix Intro00:00:00
  2. + James Holden — Contains Multitudes [Border Community - 56BCCD]
  3. James Holden vs Ben Pound — Kaern Turned [Easyaccess - easy006]00:01:22
  4. Björk — All Is Full Of Love (Brancaccio And Aisher Mix) [Dub]00:09:31
  5. David Alvarado — Blue (Smith And Selway Mix) [Strive - STR-007]00:12:30
  6. Jean Phillipe Aviance — Black On Black [Player One - PLA10]00:19:10
  7. Ashtrax — Digital Reason (Ogenki Clinic Mix) [Deviant - DVNT46XR]00:21:26
  8. CocoDaSilva — @Night [Kismet - KMT007]00:29:00
  9. James Holden — Solstice [Silver Planet - 040]00:31:45
  10. Beethoven — Sonata In C# Minor (Edit)00:38:38
  11. Massive Attack — Trinity Dub (Three) [Wild Bunch - wbrcd3]00:39:42
  12. Telepopmusik — Breathe [Catalogue Réf - 39]00:41:12
  13. 030 — Midnight In Europe [MFS - 7046-2]00:43:59
  14. Avus — Take My Hand [Dub]00:46:51
  15. Boards Of Canada — In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country [Warp - wap144cd]00:49:34
  16. Starecase — Faith (Loafer Club Mix) [Black Hole - BLH 146]00:51:11
  17. Yunus Güvenen — Red Pilot [Silver Planet - 44]00:58:23
  18. Private Taste — First (Ashtrax Rerub) [Automatic - AUTO25]00:63:33
  19. Yunus Güvenen — Red Pilot [Silver Planet - 44]00:64:47
  20. James Holden — I Have Put Out The Light (Edit) [Silver Planet - SILVER040]00:66:45
  21. Armin — Blue Fear (Extended Version) [Xtravaganza - 0091480 EXT]00:69:27
  22. Cosmic Baby — The Space Track [MFS - 7033-1]00:75:06
  23. Avus — A Dark Purpose (Perc Mix) [Midset - MDSR005]00:81:36
  24. Plastikman — Glob [Minus - 100SHEETONE]00:86:51
  25. DJ Q — We Are One (Edit) [Filter - 023]00:92:55
  26. House Of 909 — The Blandford Superfly (DJQ's Smoke-Filled Room Dub) [Alola - ALO36]00:95:07
  27. James Holden — One For You (Avus One For The DJs Squelchapella) [Silver Planet]00:98:00
  28. Slacker — Looky Thing (Eye Eye) [Jukebox In The Sky - 002]00:102:47
  29. Society London — SPQR [Dub]00:109:09
  30. Fischerspooner — Emerge [International Deejay Gigolo - 61]00:114:18
  31. The Mamas & The Papas — California Dreamin' [Dunhill]00:118:13

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