WAVEFORM

Optimo — Essential Mix

12 November 2006 · Tech House / Electro

Optimo recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 12 November 2006 — their only appearance in the Waveform archive. It lands in the mid-2000s, as electro and minimal reshaped dancefloors, and the set sits in Tech House and Electro territory.

The mix runs through 35 documented tracks, opening with Jesse Jackson — “Intro” and closing on The Celestial Choir — “Stand On The Word”. Along the way it draws on labels like Marathon, DFA and Stax.

Tracklist

  1. Jesse Jackson — Intro
  2. The Jellies — Jive Baby On A Saturday Night [Marathon]
  3. Prinzhorn Dance School — You Are The Space Invader [DFA]
  4. The Bar Kays — Holy Ghost [Stax]
  5. The Staple Singers — Slippery People [Epic]
  6. Chic — Good Times [Atlantic]
  7. Troublefunk — Drop The Bomb [Sugarhill]
  8. Prince — Sign 'O' The Times [WEA / Paisley Park]
  9. LCD Soundsystem — 45.33 Part 1 [DFA]
  10. Altz — Max Motion [Zi-Koo]
  11. UnknownmiX — The Siren (Lo Soul's Hot Edit) [Playhouse]
  12. Dondolo — Dragon (Shit Robot Firebreathing Remix) [Tiny Sticks]
  13. The Gossip — Standing In The Way Of Control (Playgroup Dub) [Back Yard]
  14. Depeche Mode — The Sinner In Me (Ricardo Villalobos Conclave Remix) [Not On Label]
  15. Ricardo Villalobos — Fizheuer Zieheuer [Playhouse]
  16. Hansepferd — BismarckE [Nobistor]
  17. Saint Ibot — White Night [Tendenzen Freier Entfaltung]
  18. Marc Houle — Bay Of Figs [M Nus]
  19. Traxmen — Playing With A Rubber Band [Dust Traxx]
  20. Sparks — Beat The Clock [12 Inch Stars]
  21. Kenlou — Sensational Beats [MAW]
  22. Bumblebee Unlimited — Lady Bug [Red Greg / Unidisc]
  23. Lindstrøm — The Contemporary Fix [Feedelity]
  24. Hot Chip — No Fit State [EMI]
  25. The Rapture — Get Myself Into It [Vertigo]
  26. X Vectors — Your Love
  27. Love Is All — Busy Doing Nothing (An Optimo (Espacio) Remix) [Parlophone]
  28. Divine — Shake It Up [Break]
  29. Bobby O — She Has A Way (Glimmers Edit) [O]
  30. Yello — Bostich (Reese Uptempo Mix) [Mercury]
  31. Mala — Left Leg Out [DMZ]
  32. Neu! — Hallogallo (Mary Hill Rework) [Brain]
  33. Grauzone — Eisbar [Welt-Rekord]
  34. Crass — Bloody Revolutions [Crass]
  35. The Celestial Choir — Stand On The Word [Larry]

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