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Toddla — Essential Mix

2 May 2009 · Tech House / Electronic

Toddla recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 2 May 2009 — 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 Electronic territory.

The mix runs through 56 documented tracks, opening with Mantronix — “King Of The Beats” and closing on Philly — “Love Action”. Along the way it draws on labels like Simply Vinyl, Wild Pitch and Death Row.

Tracklist

  1. Mantronix — King Of The Beats [Simply Vinyl]
  2. Main Source — Lookin At The Front Door [Wild Pitch]
  3. Dr. Dre Ft Snoop Dogg — Deep Cover [Death Row]
  4. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo — Streets Of New York [Cold Chillin']
  5. Nas — It Ain't Hard To Tell [Columbia]
  6. Notorious BIG — Juicy (Remix) [Bad Boy Entertainment]
  7. Smif-N-Wessun — Wrekonize [Sound Bwoy Bureill Wreck Records]
  8. Yvette Michele — I'm Not Feeling You [Loud]
  9. Tupac — Do For Love [Interscope]
  10. Slum Village Ft Busta Rhymes — What It's All About [Barak]
  11. A Tribe Called Quest — Bonita Applebum (Why Version) [Jive]
  12. Carly Simon — Why [Mirage]
  13. Gapband — Outstanding [Total Experience]
  14. Dazz Band — You Are My Starship (Urbanstar Remix) [Urbanstar]
  15. Toddla T Ft Siobhan Gallagher & Tinchy Stryder — Butter Me Up [1965]
  16. Saint Etienne — Only Love Can Break Your Heart [Heavenly]
  17. Róisín Murphy — You Know Me Better (Toddla T Remix) [EMI]
  18. Talking Heads — Girlfriend Is Better [EMI]
  19. ABC — The Look Of Love [Mercury]
  20. Electric Funk — On A Journey [Prelude]
  21. Lady Cop — To Be Real [FFRR]
  22. Cajmere Ft Walter Phillips — Midnight [Cajual]
  23. The Popular People's Front — Make It Hot [The Popular People's Front UK)
  24. Basement Jaxx — Do Your Thing (Seiji Remix) [XL]
  25. Skream — Midnight Request Line (Switch Remix) [Tempa]
  26. Supafix — Jomsong [Earth]
  27. Kerri Chandler — Bar A Thym [NRK/Nite Grooves]
  28. Surkin — White Knight 2 [Institubes]
  29. Mike Dunn Presents The MD Express — God Made Me Funky [Open]
  30. Crazy Cousinz vs Common — Do You Funky
  31. Alison Hinds — Roll It Gal (A Lil' Bit Funky VIP) [1720 Entertainment]
  32. Zed Bias — Neighbourhood 09
  33. Sia — Littleman (Wookie Remix) [Long Lost Brother]
  34. Tell Me — Tell Me
  35. Mr. Oizo — Flatbeat (Remix) [PIAS]
  36. So Solid Crew — Oh No (Sentimental Things) [Relentless]
  37. Wiley — Eskimo [Kat]
  38. Dizzee Rascal — I Luv U [XL]
  39. Busy Signal — Tic Toc (J Needles Driver Blend) [VP]
  40. Wideboys — Westside (06 Up Norf 06 Mix) [Point Blank]
  41. Wideboys feat. JLC & Lady Raggafire — Niche Crew (Dutty Remix) [Sub Jams]
  42. DJ Luck & MC Neat — With A Little Bit Of Luck (Dub Militia Remix) [Red Rose]
  43. Benga vs M-Dubs — Bump In The Knight
  44. Klaxons — Not Over Yet (Skream Remix) [Polydor]
  45. Juju — Punks [NarcoHz]
  46. Loefah — Disko Rekah [Deep Medi Musik]
  47. Mala — Alicia [I&I - 001]
  48. Roy Davis JR — Gabriel (M Beat Mix) [XL]
  49. Fugees — Ready Or Not (DJ Hype Remix) [Columbia]
  50. Leviticus — Burial [Philly Blunt]
  51. Toddla T & Herve Feat. Serocee — Shake It (Redlight Jungle Revenge Remix) [1965]
  52. Skobbz — Sleng Teng (Jungle Mash Up) [Rockers]
  53. Backyard Dog — Baddest Ruffest (Pipes & Slippers Mix) [Warner]
  54. Toddla T — Rice & Peas [1965]
  55. Duffy — Stepping Stone (Cavemen Remix) [A&M]
  56. Philly — Love Action

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