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The Japanese Popstars — Essential Mix

11 June 2011 · Tech House / Electronic

The Japanese Popstars recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 11 June 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 25 documented tracks, opening with Black Van — “Moments Of Excellence” and closing on The Japanese Popstars Feat. Jon Spencer — “Destroy”. Along the way it draws on labels like Permanent Vaction, Roccodisco and Phil Kieran.

Tracklist

  1. Black Van — Moments Of Excellence [Permanent Vaction]
  2. Alien Alien — Black Guru [Roccodisco]
  3. Phil Kieran — I Can't Stop [Phil Kieran]
  4. Will Eastman — Feelin (Nacey Remix) [Plant]
  5. The Japanese Popstars — Song For Lisa (Joris Voorn Remix)
  6. Todd Terje — Ragysh [Running Back]
  7. Maxime Dangles — Astroneff [Skryptopm]
  8. Hey Today! — Minor (Para One Remix) [Kitsune]
  9. Phil Kieran & Green Velvet — Free Yourself [Phil Kieran]
  10. Zombie Nation Zombie Nation — Overshoot (DJ Medhi Remix) [UKW]
  11. Shinichi Osawa — Love Will L Guide You (Shinichi Osawa Rework) [Southern Fried]
  12. The Japanese Popstars Feat. Green Velvet — Let Go (Popstars vs Mixhell Bootleg)
  13. MixHell — Antigalactic [Boyz Noize]
  14. Felix Cartal — Something Nice [Dim Mak]
  15. Cassius — Les Enfants (Gesaffelstein Remix) [Ed Banger]
  16. Kaiserdisco & Flavio Diaz — Jaune [Drumcode]
  17. Marco Bailey & Tom Hades — Always Valid [Excentric Muzik]
  18. Sebastian Ingrosso — Meich [Refune]
  19. Digitalism Digitalism — Blitz [Kitsune]
  20. Depeche Mode — Never Let Down Again (Eric Prydz Remix) [Mute]
  21. Pfirter — De A Poco [Figure]
  22. TV Rock — I Am Techno [Size]
  23. Vitalic — Seconds Lives [Pias]
  24. Hystereo — Validity Revision [Soma]
  25. The Japanese Popstars Feat. Jon Spencer — Destroy

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