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Retro Grade — Essential Mix

8 January 2011 · Tech House / Electronic

Retro Grade recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 8 January 2011 — their only appearance in the Waveform archive. It lands in the 2010s wave that pulled underground sounds back to the front, and the set sits in Tech House and Electronic territory.

The mix runs through 52 documented tracks, opening with Vangelis — “Albedo 0.39” and closing on Ayah Marar — “Radio”. Along the way it draws on labels like RCA, Streetheat and Cutting.

Tracklist

  1. Vangelis — Albedo 0.39 [RCA]
  2. Vangelis — Spiral [RCA]
  3. Jimmy Bo — Sspank (SS Afica Dub) [Streetheat]
  4. Nitro Deluxe — Letss Get Burtal (Ssuk Edit) [Cutting]
  5. Roxy Music — Angel Eyes (Drum Dub) [Polydor]
  6. Animotion — Obsession (RGEM Edit) [Mercury]
  7. Gwen Guthrie — Seventh Heaven (Keys) [4th & Broadway]
  8. Gonzalez — Haven't Stopped Dancing (Conga Break Edit) [EMI]
  9. Ecstasy, Passion & Pain — Touch & Go (RGEM Edit) [Roulette]
  10. Anthony & The Camp — What I Like (RGEM Dub Version Edit) [Warner Bros]
  11. Checko — Firelight (RGEM Edit) [Eyes]
  12. Wired — To The Beat Of The Drum (Intro) [Underworld]
  13. Carrie Lucas — Dance With You (RGEM Edit) [Solar]
  14. Wired — To The Beat Of The Drum (On The Burn) [Underworld]
  15. Raven Maize — Forever Together [Quark]
  16. Fun Fun — Happy Station (Keys) [Polydor]
  17. Lime — On The Grid (Remix Dub) [Prism]
  18. Chic — I Want You Love [Atlantic]
  19. Moodymann — I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits [Planet E]
  20. Patrick Cowley — Mindwarp [Megatone]
  21. Vocal — I Am A Computer
  22. Dharma — Plastic Poll (Remix Instrumental) [System]
  23. Táta Vega — Get It Up For Love (RGEM Edit) [Motown]
  24. Bicep — Darwin (Retro/Grade Edit) [Throne Of Blood]
  25. Stevie Nicks — Stand Back (Extended Mix Edit) [Modern]
  26. Paul Parker — Don't Play With Fire (SSUK- Edit) [Fantasia]
  27. Vocal — Come With Me
  28. Vocal — Don't Go Away
  29. The Todd Terry Project — Just Wanna Dance [Fresh]
  30. Retro/Grade — Moda (Radio Edit RGEM Bootlegg) [Deconstruction]
  31. The Todd Terry Project — Just Wanna Dance (Repise) [Fresh]
  32. Methusalem — Robotism [Ariola]
  33. Carol Jiani — Hit & Run Lover (Disco 4000 Edit) [Matra]
  34. Retro/Grade — Zoid [Deconstruction]
  35. Carol Jiani — Hit & Run Lover (Disco 4000 Edit Reprise) [Matra]
  36. Retro/Grade — Escape Sequence (Intro) [Deconstruction]
  37. Vandroid — Master & Slave (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
  38. Étienne De Crécy — No Brain (Serge Santiago Remix) [Pixadelic]
  39. The Rhythem Odyssey — Move Groove (Warehouse Mix) [Lipservice]
  40. Sh*t Robot — I Found Love (Wild Geese Remix) [DFA]
  41. Gino Soccio — Remember [Atlantic]
  42. Retro/Grade — Escape Sequence (Album Version) [Deconstruction]
  43. Boytronic — Bryllant [BCM]
  44. Daft Punk — The Sun Of Flynn (X2) [Disney]
  45. Black Devil Disco Club — The Devil In Us (SSUK- Edit) [Lo]
  46. My Mine — Hypnotic Tango (Serge Santiago Edit) [Polydor]
  47. Stephanie Mills & Witch Queen — You Can Get Over (Serge Santiago's Bang The Gong Dub) [RCA]
  48. Tom Neville — Intergalactic Romantic (RGEM Edit) [No Label]
  49. Retro/Grade — Reset [Deconstruction]
  50. Bronski Beat — Small Town Boy (RGEM Reset Bootlegg) [ZYX]
  51. Azari & III — Indigo (Serge Santiago's Rejected Remix) [Turbo]
  52. Ayah Marar — Radio

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