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Diplo — Essential Mix

16 September 2007 · House

Diplo recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 16 September 2007 — 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 69 documented tracks, opening with Rich Boy — “Throw Some D's” and closing on Bugle — “What We Gonna Do”. Along the way it draws on labels like Interscope, Geffen and M_Nus.

Tracklist

  1. Rich Boy — Throw Some D's [Interscope]000
  2. Nirvana — Drain You [Geffen]000
  3. Baby Huey — Pop, Lock & Drop It000
  4. Marc Houle — Bay Of Figs (Ward 21 Mix) [M_Nus]000
  5. DJ Tameil — Bump Like This000
  6. Queen Feat. David Bowie — Under Pressure [WEA]000
  7. Hollertronix Pres. The Boogie Down Bottle Nose Dolphins — Betty [Money Studies - 034]000
  8. Eddie Money — Take Me Home Tonight [Be My Baby] - CBS]000
  9. Soulja Boy — Crank Dat Superman [Interscope]000
  10. Bat For Lashes — What's A Girl To Do [Break]000
  11. DJ Shadow — Organ Donor (Sandrinho Remix)000
  12. Diplo & Switch Feat. Beenie Man — Solta Frango000
  13. Mr. Vegas — Hot Fuk (Diplo Mix)000
  14. Enur Feat. Natasja — Calabria (2007 Mix) [Scorpio / Data]013
  15. Spoon — Paper Tiger [Merge]016
  16. Circle Children — Zulu [Strictly Rhythm]010
  17. M.I.A. Feat. Akon — Boyz Remix (Hi Powered Boyz Get Down) [XL]017
  18. High Powered Boys — Hoes Get Down [Marble]021
  19. Boy 8 Bit — Suspense Is Killing Me [Trouble & Bass]022
  20. KW Griff — Tony's Back [Money Studies]025
  21. A Tribe Called Quest — Scenario (White Label Mix)000
  22. Nucleus — Jam On It (Gold Rocc Mix)000
  23. Nigga Say Wut — Hey Hey Hey000
  24. BooMan — Pick 'Em Up000
  25. King Tut — Y'all Niggaz Ain't Shit [Heavy Rock]000
  26. KW Griff — Ain't None Of Y'all Safe000
  27. Technics — Uh000
  28. KW Griff — Respect [Quiet]000
  29. DJ Eli — In The Jungle000
  30. 2 Bad Mice — Bombscare [Moving Shadow]040
  31. Armand Van Heldan — You Don't Know Me (White Label Mix) [London Music Stream]042
  32. Big City — Spanish Lesson [Spectra]040
  33. Diplo — Work Is Never Over [Mad Decent]040
  34. Sizzla — Bamboo Banger046
  35. DJ Blaqstarr — Supastarr [Mad Decent]048
  36. Shai — If I Ever Fall In Love Again000
  37. Orbital — Halcyon [Rhino / WEA]051
  38. LA Priest — Engine (Erol Alkan Remix) [Phantasy]055
  39. Joakim — Drum Trax [Versatile]057
  40. Chemical Brothers — Saturate062
  41. Tiefschwarz — Damage (M.A.N.D.Y. Remix)064
  42. TOK — Solid As A Rock [VP]067
  43. Petter — Some Polyphony [Border Community]069
  44. Rihanna — Umbrella (Vandalism Mix)000
  45. Justice — Phantom Part II (Soulwax Mix) [Ed Banger]073
  46. The White Stripes — Little Cream Soda [XL]076
  47. ZZT — Lower State Of Consciousness [Turbo]079
  48. Kia Shine — Crispy [Chest Nut]082
  49. Bart Simpson — Bartman (So Kripsy Mix)080
  50. Jay Dilla Feat. Guilty Simpson — Detroit To LA083
  51. Deuce Papi — Do It Again086
  52. Kanye West Feat. Young Jeezy — Can't Tell Me Nothin' [Def Jam]087
  53. Mr. Vegas — Lean Wit It [In The Streetz]089
  54. M.I.A. Feat. Bun B And Rich Boy — Paper Planes [XL]091
  55. Schoolly-D — Gucci Time [Schoolly-D]095
  56. Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Rockers To Swallow [Interscope]096
  57. Jellybean — Sidewalk Talk [EMI]090
  58. Belle Stars — Iko Iko [Capitol]098
  59. Scala & Kolacny Brothers — Heartbeats [PIAS]090
  60. The Belle Stars — Stop Now [Edsel]098
  61. Simian Mobile Disco — I Still Believe [Wichita]102
  62. The Pack — At The Club [Zomba]105
  63. South Rakkas — Hotter Then Them (Mad Decent Mix]100
  64. Hurricane Chris — A Bay Bay [J US]100
  65. Mad Cobra — AA (Kenny Meez Edit) [Black Shadow]100
  66. Buju Banton — Crazy Talk [Black Shadow]100
  67. Beenie Man — The Crime [System]100
  68. Lil' Wayne Feat. Mack Maine — I Know The Future [Universal]100
  69. Bugle — What We Gonna Do [Daseca]117

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