Fake Blood’s Essential Mix was one of those mixtapes that defined a moment in club culture. A moment when Electro, Fidget, & Blog House ruled the dance floors. A moment when we bagged him before most other parties to perform at Blah Blah Blah. For those of you who were there / remember. CRAZY! Crowd surfing, Bra’s being thrown, 6 encores – legendary…

In his own words….

Last Friday, the 13th March, my ESSENTIAL MIX was broadcast on BBC Radio 1.

The theme was this: Rather than just bang it out for 2 hours (yawn) I thought I would split it into 2 distinct halves, and show a wider range of music I love. Plus it makes it more interesting to put together, and to listen to hopefully:

The 1st hour represents THE CLUB, and is the kind of stuff I am playing out. A bit heavier for that apex of the night.
But the 2nd hour is THE AFTER PARTY, and is me playing other stuff I love, but goes a bit deeper, stripped back, melodic and unusual. Music to watch the night turn into morning.

It’ll definitely throw a few people, but that was kind of the intention.

Fake Blood Essential Mix Tracklist

HOUR 1

1. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip “Look For The Woman” (Fake Blood Mix)
2. Hatiras “The New Jam”
3. VV Brown “Leave!” (Style Of Eye Mix)
4. Knuckles “Loading”
5. Underworld “Ring Road” (Fake Blood Mix)
6. Touche “Vampires”
w/ Frankie Bones & Lennie Dee “Just As Long As I Got You” Acapella
7. F#M “Riptide”
8. EDX “Casa Grande” (Robbie Rivera Mix)
9. Hot Chip “Touch Too Much” (Fake Blood Mix)
10. Mustard Pimp “Oh La La Satan” (Jay Robinson Mix)
w/ Josh Wink “Superfreak” Acapella
11. Hatiras & Jelo “Donkey Punch”
12. Boy 8-Bit “Baltic Pine”
13. Walter Murphy “A 5th Of Beethoven” (Soulwax Edit)
w/ A+ “Enjoy Yourself” Acapella
14. Malente & Daniel Dexter “Hyperactive”
w/ Trick Daddy “Shut Up” Acapella
15. The Kills “Cheap And Cheerful” (Fake Blood Mix)
16. DJ Zinc “Blunt Edge”
w/ Plez “I Can’t Stop” Acapella
17. Lazy Jay “Float My Boat”
18. Ink & Needle “Tattoo 3”
w/ Scenario Rock “Skitzo Dancer” Acapella
19. Little Boots “Stuck On Repeat” (Fake Blood Mix)
20. Joachim Garraud “Are U Ready” (Roman Salzger Mix)
21. Vektorkat “End Run”
w/ Daft Punk “Revolution 909” (Roger Sanchez Mix) Acapella
22. Fake Blood “Mars” (Original / R!M!E Mix / Hatchmatik Mixes)
23. Electric Light Orchestra “Mr. Blue Sky” (Fake Edit)
w/ Green Velvet “La La Land” Acapella

HOUR 2:

1. Chateau Flight “Baroque”
2. Mike Monday “I Am Plankton”
3. Touche “Spectres”
4. Butch “Amelie”
5. Caro, Dapyk & Padberg “Island” feat. Caro (Noze Mix)
6. Simian Mobile Disco “Run Theme”
7. Lucio Aquilina “Magic M”
8. Monochrome “Pearl”
9. Whomadewho “The Plot” (Noze Mix)
10. Can “A Spectacle”
11. In Flagranti “Business Acumen” (Holy Ghost! cover version)
12. Stephan Bodzin and Marc Romboy “Puck”
w/ X-Press 2 “Smoke Machine” Acapella
13. Touche “Zombies”
14. Giorgio “From Here To Eternity”
15. Pylon “Cool”
w/ LCD Soundsystem “Yeah” Acapella
16. Knuckles “Tragus”
17. Lorenz Rhode “Antidote”
18. Battle Sequencer “Fish Fingers Part II”
19. Radiohead “Reckoner” (Diplo Mix)
20. Seventeen Evergreen “Music Is The Wine” (Joakim Dub)
21. Bent “To Be Loved”
22. Fad Gadget “Coitus Interruptus”
23. David Rubato “Circuit”

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