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The Wiseguys & Derek Dahlarge — Essential Mix

5 January 1997 · House
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The Wiseguys & Derek Dahlarge recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 5 January 1997 — their only appearance in the Waveform archive. It lands in the late-nineties peak of superclub culture, and the set sits in House territory.

The mix runs through 52 documented tracks, opening with Vienna Philarmonic — “Siegfried's Funeral March” and closing on Nonchalant — “5 O'Clock”. Along the way it draws on labels like EMI, Sire and Southpaw.

Tracklist

  1. Vienna Philarmonic — Siegfried's Funeral March [EMI]
  2. Talking Heads — Once In A Lifetime [Sire]
  3. Headcrack 3 — Don't Stop It [Southpaw]
  4. Doug E. Fresh — Bonus Lesson #1 [Enjoy USA]
  5. The B Boys — Two, Three, Break [Ascap]
  6. Biz Markie — This Is Something For The Radio [Cold Chillin]
  7. Big Daddy Cane — Raw [Cold Chillin]
  8. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five — White Lines [Sugarhill]
  9. Original Flavor — Can I Get Open [Atlantic]
  10. Threat — Let The Dogs Loose [Mercury]
  11. Yagg Fu Front — Busted Loop [Mercury]
  12. DJ Smash — Bassanova [New Breed]
  13. Crooklyn Clan — Yes We Can (Party On The Dance Floor) [AV8]
  14. Todd Terry — Hard As Hell [TNT]
  15. MC Lyte — Paper Thin [First Priority]
  16. Bagga Worries — Ride De Punany [JS Music/Charm]
  17. Nubian Crackers — Do You Wanna Hear It [Big Beat]
  18. Chi-Ali — Funky Lemonade [Relativity/Violator]
  19. Uptown — Dope On Plastic [Tommy Boy]
  20. Digital Underground — No Nose Job [Tommy Boy]
  21. MC Shan — Juice Crew Law [Cold Chillin]
  22. Style — The Assasinator [Select]
  23. Malcolm McLaren — Buffalo Girls [Chrysalis]
  24. DJ Shadow — Organ Donor [Mo' Wax]
  25. Sugar Bear — Don't Scandalise Mine [Champion]
  26. KOBX/Kenny Dope — And There Ain't [NIA]
  27. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five — The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On the Wheels of Steel [Sugarhill]
  28. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulfuric Force — Planet Rock [Tommy Boy]
  29. Son Of Noise — Master Of Menace [Kold Sweat]
  30. DJ Prince Ice — Freestyle [Magasamm]
  31. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five — White Lines - 89 Pt 2 [New Day]
  32. S.L. Troopers Featuring Sweet Pea — There It Is [Music Of Life]
  33. Twilight 22 — Electric Kingdom [Jangland]
  34. Kenny Dope Presents Power House 3 — Making A Living [NU Groove]
  35. She Rockers — On Stage [Jive]
  36. Outlaw Posse — The Original Dope [Gee Street]
  37. Zeb Roc Sci & Steber Twins — Breaker's Revenge - 93 [German MZEE]
  38. Arthur Baker — Breaker's Revenge [Atlantic]
  39. Tommy Gee — Drums Of Thunder
  40. DJ Food — Mella (Drive Faster Mix) [Ninja Tune]
  41. Zeb.Roc.Ski & Stieber Twins — Breakers Revenge 93 [Not On Label]
  42. Cut 'N' Paste — Watch Me Rollin'
  43. Carlos "After Dark" Berrios — Get On It [Afterdark]
  44. Headlamp — Tabasco (Natural Mix) [Next Century]
  45. DJ's Project — Funk-Da-Fried Party [US Orbit Transmission]
  46. Monkey Mafia Featuring Patra — Work Mi Body (For Rude Girls Only) [Heavenly]
  47. ''Bootiful Bounty — Old Skool New Skool EP''
  48. Bassbin Twins — Mash Up
  49. Hard Hop Heathen — Beat Bastik (Ceasefire Mix) [Concrete]
  50. The Bloodsuckas — Radio Athletico [Acid Jazz]
  51. Shangri Las — Walkin - In The Sand [Rhino]
  52. Nonchalant — 5 O'Clock [MCA]

Tracklist source: MixesDB — the community that documented it.

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