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Paul Oakenfold — Essential Mix

18 December 1994 · Trance / Progressive House
Paul Oakenfold — Essential Mix artwork

Paul Oakenfold recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 18 December 1994 — the 3rd of their 9 Essential Mixes in the Waveform archive. It lands in the show's formative years, when Radio 1 first handed two hours of its airwaves to club culture, and the set sits in Trance and Progressive House territory.

The mix runs through 31 documented tracks, opening with Mr. V — “Give Me Life (Full Vocal Full Monty Mix)” and closing on Man With No Name — “Sugar Rush”. Along the way it draws on labels like Cheeky, Perfecto and Seka.

Tracklist

  1. Mr. V — Give Me Life (Full Vocal Full Monty Mix) [Cheeky]
  2. Grace — Orange (Original Perfecto Mix) [Perfecto]
  3. Li Kwan — Point Zero [Seka]
  4. Disco Evangelists — De Niro (The Spaceflight Remix) [Positiva]
  5. Virtual Symmetry — The V.S. [Eye Q]
  6. Vangelis — Tears In The Rain [East West]
  7. Salt Tank — Pacific Diva [Internal]
  8. Hallucinogen — LSD [Dragonfly]
  9. Saint Etienne — Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix Of Two Halves) [Heavenly]
  10. Wojciech Kilar — Vampire Hunters [Columbia]
  11. Electrotete — Alcatraz [Apollo]
  12. Vangelis — Main Titles [East West]
  13. Man With No Name — Floor-Essence (Dayglo Mix) [Perfecto]
  14. Scorpio Riding — Dubcatcher (Oakenfold Instrumental Edit) [White]
  15. Man With No Name — Evolution [Concept In Dance]
  16. Goldie Pres. Metalheads — Inner City Life
  17. Wojciech Kilar — Love Remembered [Columbia]
  18. Voodoo People — Co-Incidence [Concept In Dance]
  19. The Infinity Project — Stimuli [TIP]
  20. Trance Team — Wake Up (Trance Mix) [Diki]
  21. V-Tracks — Heretic Voices [Hotside]
  22. Marmion — Schöneberg (Marmion-Remix) [Superstition]
  23. Karl Biscuit — Aktualismus [Made To Measure]
  24. Vangelis — Rachel's Song [East West]
  25. Virus — Sun (Oakenfold & Osborne Mix) [Perfecto]
  26. Man With No Name — Deliverance [Concept In Dance]
  27. Perfecto Allstars — Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag) (Indian Summer Remix) [Perfecto]
  28. Para-Dizer — Song Of Liberation (Exit EEE Remix) [Dos Or Die]
  29. Dead Can Dance — Sanvean [4AD]
  30. 4 Voice — Eternal Spirit (Northern Mix) [Fax +49-69]
  31. Man With No Name — Sugar Rush [Concept In Dance]

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