WAVEFORM

Erol Alkan — Essential Mix

4 December 2005 · House

Erol Alkan recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 4 December 2005 — their only appearance in the Waveform archive. It lands in the mid-2000s, as electro and minimal reshaped dancefloors, and the set sits in House territory.

The mix runs through 40 documented tracks, opening with Noodles — “Extreme Disco Biscuit” and closing on Hot Chip — “Just Like We Breakdown (DFA Mix)”. Along the way it draws on labels like Noodles, F Com and White.

Tracklist

  1. Noodles — Extreme Disco Biscuit [Noodles]
  2. Mr. Oizo — ? [F Com]
  3. Micronauts — ? [White]
  4. Paul Woolford Presents Bobby Peru — Erotic Discourse [20:20 Vision - 128]
  5. Depeche Mode — A Pain That I'm Used To (Bitstream Spansule Mix) [Mute]
  6. John Dahlback — Mod Madness [Pickadoll]
  7. — House Nation (House-A-Pella)- Rude Boyz Of The House [Magnetic Dance]
  8. John Starlight — John's Addiction (Part 1)
  9. Justice — Let There Be Light [Ed Banger]
  10. Daft Punk — Oh Yeah [Daft Trax]
  11. Sebastian — Ross Ross Ross [Ed Banger]
  12. The Chap — I'm Oozing Emotion [Lo]
  13. Monopolan — Coughing Is Good (Mille & Mr. Hirsh Remix) [Polish]
  14. Trick & Kubic — Orbital Dance Machine (Thomas Anderson Mix) [GSR]
  15. Christopher Just — Popper (Shinichi Osawa Distortion Remix) [Kitsune]
  16. Cut Copy — Going Nowhere (Digitalism Remix) [Modular]
  17. Mr. Oizo — Square Surf [F Com]
  18. Franz Ferdinand — The Fallen (Justice Mix) [Domino]
  19. Wildchild — Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Mix) [Excerpt]
  20. Eberhard Schoender — Why Don't You Answer?
  21. The Weathermen — Deep Down South (Erol Alkan Edit) [PIAS]
  22. Padded Cell — Signal Failure [DC]
  23. Skyy — First Time Around [Salsoul]
  24. Madonna — Everybody [Sire]
  25. Out Hud — It's For You (Rub N Tug's Panarava Mix) [!K7]
  26. Digitalism — Zdarlight (Remix) [Kitsune]
  27. Booka Shade — Mandarine Girl [Get Physical]
  28. Altern 8 — Infiltrate 202 [Netwerk]
  29. David Bowie — Future Legend [Excerpt]
  30. Franz Ferdinand — Do You Want To (Erol Alkan's Glam Racket) [Domino]
  31. Zombie Nation — Paeng Paeng [Cocoon]
  32. Switch — A Bit Patchy [Dub Sided]
  33. Depth Charge — Shaolin Buddha Finger (Erol Alkan Edit) [Vinyl Solutions]
  34. Kongos Stein Massiv — Eddik [MBF]
  35. Sisqo — Thong Song [Def Soul]
  36. Simian Mobile Disco — Clik [Kitsuné - 036]
  37. Tiga — Good As Gold (Edit) [PIAS]
  38. The KLF — 3am Eternal (Original Break For Love Mix) [KLF Communications]
  39. Joakim — I Wish You Were Gone [White]
  40. Hot Chip — Just Like We Breakdown (DFA Mix) [EMI]

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