So Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich took over the Essential Mix decks this weekend. We didn’t really know what to expect from this, other than it was going to be anything but straight forward beats. Thom Yorke’s latest solo project ‘Atoms For Peace’ has taken his Eraser template and stripped it down to its elemental parts creating a disjointed yet oddly mesmerising piece of electronica. For some ‘Atoms For Peace‘ might be a little to introspective, but for those of you, like us, who adore all things Radiohead AMOK and this mix are essential listening. However word of warning this mix is about music rather than mixing perfection, this is not seamless House and Techno, but who cares…..
You can catch Thom’s latest project on tour during the festival season backed by strong rumours of a forthcoming Radiohead LP later this year. Happy times.
Big thanks to Pete Tong and Radio 1 for this Mix.
Tracklisting:
01. Chris Clark – The Pining Pt. 1 [ Warp]
02. Doom & Thom Yorke/Jonny Greenwood – Retarded Fren [Lex Records]
03. Luke Abbott – Brazil [Border Community]
04. Thom Yorke/Jonny Greenwood – Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses
05. Redshape – Man Out Of Time (Major Space Dub) [Present Recordings]
06. Kuodede – Golf [Taxila]
07. Colleen – Bicycle Bells [Leaf]
08. Shed – Day After [50 Weapons]
09. Thom Yorke – The Twist (Unfinished Section B)
10. Thom Yorke – Has Been
11. Marcel Dettmann – Ellipse [50 Weapons]
12. Luke Abbott – Modern Driveway [Border Community]
13. Radiohead – Give Up The Ghost (Thriller House Ghost Mix) [Ticker Tape]
14. Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill (C90 Mix)
15. Radiohead – The Gloaming
16. Boys Noize – Kill The Kid [Boysnoize Records]
17. Other Lives – Tamer Animals (Atoms For Peace Remix) [50 Weapons]
18. Radiohead – Harmonics Loop
19. Bad Autopsy – Ginmixer [Ramp Recordings]
20. Phon.o – Fukushima [Monkeytown Records]
21. Adolfo Coelho – Socana N’gam [Lusafrica]
22. Trim & Riko – Trousers [Cre8ive]
23. Apostrophi – Average Joe
24. Mr. Oizo – Stunt [Ed Banger Records]
25. Throwing Snow & Louis Vines – Too Polite [Local Action]
26. Steve Reich – It’s Gonna Rain Pt. 1 (1965) [Nonesuch]
27. DJ Tre – Ping Pong Track [Skratch-A-Trak]
28. Aphex Twin – Cilonen [Rephlex]
29. DJ Slugo – Juke Me From The Back Low
30. Thom Yorke – The Drunkk Machine [XL Recordings]
31. Firefox & Glamour – Check Da Skills [Gold Philly Blunt Records]
32. Thom Yorke – The Hollow Earth [_xurbia_xendless]
33. Macc & DgoHn – Forget Stuff [Rephlex]
34. Wishmountain – Walkman [Antiphon]
35. Oneohtrix Point Never – I Only Have Eyes For You
36. Alex Cortex – Huyendo [Klang Elektronik]
37. Radiohead – Bloom (Jamie XX Club Remix) [_xurbia_xendless]
38. Abu Sultan – Your Love Made My Head Hurt [Sham Palace]
39. Diplo & DJ Blaqstarr – Get Off (DJ Rob 3 Remix) [Mad Decent]