House legend Spencer Parker chats to 909originals
With a style that straddles multiple genres, including house, techno, disco and electro – check out…
Essential Mix
To mark his 60th birthday, here are five great Danny Tenaglia sets…
Today (March 7) is the 60th birthday of one of house music’s great mavericks, Brooklyn…
Danny Howells turns 50 today…Â so let’s give his classic 2002 Essential Mix another listen
Today (24 November) marks the 50th birthday of arguably one of the finest selectors of…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: D-Tek – Drop The Rock [1993]
This week marks the 26th anniversary of the very first Essential Mix on BBC Radio…
To mark Sasha’s 50th birthday, here are five of his most legendary sets
There are few people in dance music for whom a very mention of their name…
Check out this classic Essential Mix from Paul Oakenfold, broadcast 25 years ago today… [March 1994]
Approximately nine months before his epoch-defining Goa Mix for the Essential Mix, Paul Oakenfold’s second…
The outpouring of respect for the late Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson is a fitting tribute to a DJ legend
Last Sunday saw the passing of legendary London DJ Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson, after a long…
As BBC’s Essential Mix turns 25, here are five great mixes from back in the day…
BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix was first broadcast on 30 October 1993, 25 years ago…
Dance music invades the (commercial) airwaves… [January 1995]
This year, as many of you know, marks the 25th anniversary of the first BBC…
Why taping Radio 1’s Essential Mix back in the mid-90s was a whole lot easier than trying to stream it online…
Having started broadcasting in October 1993, BBC’s Essential Mix has been the benchmark-setter for dance…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: David Holmes, BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix [December 1993]
Northern Ireland’s David Holmes is today perhaps better known for his soundtrack work – including…