To celebrate the 500th mix, radio1 have put together a list of the "top 10" of all time...

30th October 1993: 1st show, Pete Tong studio session.

18th December 1994: Paul Oakenfold Goa show.

28th July 1996: First live Ibiza show – Danny Rampling, Sasha, Pete Tong.

2nd March 1997: Daft Punk studio session.

15th June 1997: David Holmes Funk & Soul mix.

2nd May 1998: Pete Tong, Sasha and Paul Oakenfold at 1st Creamfields.

31st December 1999: Carl Cox Millennium Eve.

22nd May 2005: Sasha Maida Vale.

29th November 2008: Flying Lotus

17th January 2009: Greg Wilson

Some interesting choices in there, will have to have listen to the ones i havent. Then theres what i'd have....

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Are they replaying them all over the next few weeks?

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Radio 1 want to maybe listen to a few more shows.

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surely JZ's from '04 should be there no?

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[QUOTE=chunky;857099]Radio 1 want to maybe listen to a few more shows.[/QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly!

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No Kleinenberg from 2001 or Digweed from 1999.

List loses all credibility !

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Was at the creamfields one, shite im getting old.

Loving the Aeroplane one atm

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Digweed 99? What about Digweed '95? Arguably the sound that defined an era of dance music. I would have at least traded this one out for the Gordon Kaye one. I would take out the Carl Cox Millenium E-mix too. Yeah, he played the new years twice, but the sets were meh at best. Would trade that one out for Oakenfold's Creamfields 99.

Need to check out the flying lotus one.

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[QUOTE=barkup;857143]Was at the creamfields one, shite im getting old. [/QUOTE]

Considering how good Oakenfold and Sasha where in 1998, yes it was shite. Probably Sasha's worst.

[COLOR=red]Edit [/COLOR]I forgot about last weekend

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i'm surprised that Moshic from 2003 didn't make it on the list as well

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^^ good call

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not claiming these were the best, but some kinda other than normal shows that i've really liked were Oakenfold Home@Space 7/99, Andy C 5/05, and one of my all time favorites..... Tony De Vit 07/98... this mix slays.

Anyways, thanks for the EM... it's been so awesome over the years.

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Lists like this are always going to cause controversy. At the end of the day, it's all about personal opinion.

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2001 was a great year.. sander, Lawler @ Passion Coalville & King Unique's was stellar too.

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[QUOTE=coliver1980;857353]Lists like this are always going to cause controversy. At the end of the day, it's all about personal opinion.[/QUOTE]

right, and their opinion is wrong ;)

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Not listened too the Flying lotus one either but will have to give it a go. One of my favorites is Timo Maas from 2002, he used to play at a club where i'm from a lot round that time and some of the sets were similar too that mix. The Sander one from 2001 is class.

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Been mentioned before, but that Moshic 2003 EM made a huge impact on me at the time, and to this day it´s still one of the most otherworldly sequences of music I´ve ever heard.

As for these in particular... some I feel are justified and deserving, others not so much, and I think any of us could come up with a totally different list... I mean, there´s hundreds of them!

I´m just glad that the EM is still around, even if I don´t follow much of it nowadays. It´s a musical institution.

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Exactly

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Just found this link the other day;

[url]http://futuremusic.com/blog/2008/10/08/download-every-single-bbc-radio1-essential-mix-from-1993-to-2007/[/url]

You can download every essential mix from 1993 to 2007

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^ they're not all on there. Some years are missing quite a few. Still, good site though! Nabbed the Scott Bond and Tyrant one from way back

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[QUOTE=simonr;857134]No Kleinenberg from 2001 or Digweed from 1999.

List loses all credibility ![/QUOTE] That Klienenberg so should be there !!

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How about that great Howells mix from 2002 or around there, where he played a bunch a different kind of music. Have heard everything up to the Sasha mix. Would agree with the Goa mix that is a classic, a few of those sets I could do without, the Coxy set is a killer as well.

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How about Desyn's first set from around 2004 and Lawler first set as well, pretty sure there are a few Diggers gems as well, also how about Sasha @ Ally Pally from 98 I think, that one is retarded.

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Need to catch up on quite a few of the older ones. Don't think I've heard anything prior to the 99 sets. At least I don't remember.

Would have liked to see JZ's 2004 and SK's 2001 sets listed though.

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howells 02

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[I]Greg Wilson's[/I] mix is worthy of mention? Really? I'm not saying he sucks or anything like that at all, but his E-Mix to me was nothing at all memorable.

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The E-mix last night with Breakage was incredible. I'm not calling it a top one as compared to the legendary ones already mentioned, but I highly recommend it.

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^^^ Thanks for that, need to grab it then.

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the daft punk one was dope!

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I'd add in James Holden '02.

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John Digweed 02 @ Heaven

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22nd May 2005: Sasha Maida Vale <-- was this the really experimental one? Can't remember. If so, I hated it. I just don't like it when they get too "cute" with their sets and it's not a regular dance set. Some may argue that's closed minded but hey, I think it was boring.

Noteworthy sets:

Diggers at Tall Tree 1995 Diggers at Twilo 1999 Sasha Feb 2000 Lucien Foort 2001 Parks & Wilson 2002 S+D Delta Heavy Miami 2002 Sasha Manumission 2002 Diggers Heaven 2002 Sasha Creamfields 2003 Diggers Warehouse project 2007

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Danny Rampling Emix 2005

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[QUOTE=djkix;858513] Parks & Wilson 2002[/QUOTE]

Ooooh, nice, that one was huge, would be on my list as well.

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Dave Clarke Essential Mix of the year 00 was always one of my favs.

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another vote for the howells 2002 mix --- the tracks were stellar and the last hour or so it just goes to another level...

also enjoyed the sos 3 hour set (can't remember the year)...i've got most of them from 1999 to 2004 kicking around, and know there were some other solid mixes over the years...

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Yeah lawlers from 2003 is up there for me, there are so many e-mixes though. OOOOOOOHHH, the Moshic mix from 2003, fuuuuck, how good is that set??? Completely forgot i had that, going to give it a listen now. Wicked.

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And yes djcheezwhiz, that Howells 2002 mix is hard to beat.

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Josh Wink's 2009 EM is well worth checking out too - replayed it today (and updated the tracklist), awesome stuff.

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