[QUOTE]The shortlist for 2015 is [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=426"]Ben Klock[/URL], DJ EZ, Maceo Plex, [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1566"]Nero[/URL] and [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1289"]Tale of Us[/URL].[/QUOTE]

[B]BEN KLOCK[/B] [URL="https://hearthis.at/ewtbtdj/01-benklock-essentialmix-sat-10-10-2015-talion/"]Ben Klock – Essential Mix (2015-10-10) - hearthis.at[/URL]

[B] DJ EZ[/B] [URL="https://hearthis.at/ewtbtdj/2015-04-11-essential-mix-dj-ez/"]DJ EZ - Essential Mix (2015-04-11) - hearthis.at[/URL]

[B]MACEO PLEX[/B] [URL="https://hearthis.at/ewtbtdj/01-maceoplex-essentialmix-sat-11-07-2015-talion/"]Maceo Plex - Essential Mix (2015-11-07) - hearthis.at[/URL]

[B]NERO [/B][URL]https://hearthis.at/ewtbtdj/2015-09-12-nero-essential-mix/[/URL]

[B]TALE OF US [/B][URL="https://hearthis.at/ewtbtdj/2015-01-24-essential-mix-tale-of-us/"]Tale Of Us - Essential Mix (2015-01-24) - hearthis.at[/URL]

Re: Radio 1's Essential Mix of the Year 2015 Shortlist

Probably Nero for me. Never would have expected that to be a decent mix, but really surprised me.

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They're all great choices. I prefer Tale of Us over Ben Klock, but the online love seems to be with Klock, who I think will win.

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The klock mix just sounds like a lot of loud drum sounds :( But Im old

Re: Radio 1's Essential Mix of the Year 2015 Shortlist

Burridge's isn't in the list. It was better than some of them listed.

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^^^^^ Agree

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tale of us was poor imo

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Maceo for me, if only because of a personal connection. He shed the spurning locals in Dallas and moved to Spain to become a worldwide sensation.

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Re: Radio 1's Essential Mix of the Year 2015 Shortlist

Techno wins.

Re: Radio 1's Essential Mix of the Year 2015 Shortlist

[QUOTE=D.Williams;1178608]The klock mix just sounds like a lot of loud drum sounds :( But Im old[/QUOTE] You need an ear lavage (or more attention devoted). ;) Granted, I've only heard the first 10 minutes, but it's starting off as a heady techno trip.

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Trust me... it doesn't stay that way vinnie

I guess its just not my cup of tea

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You're right, it gets way more percussive based. In that vein, it is more of a traditional techno mix. I don't think that has anything to do with age, just taste. ;)

On the bright side for you, at least it's not a putrid trance or dubstep mix that made the grade. I have to call that progress, though maybe I'm not giving the traditional Emix audience enough credit.

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I didn't have much love for the mix myself :shock:

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[QUOTE=vinnie97;1178830]You're right, it gets way more percussive based. In that vein, it is more of a traditional techno mix. I don't think that has anything to do with age, just taste. ;)

On the bright side for you, at least it's not a putrid trance or dubstep mix that made the grade. I have to call that progress, though maybe I'm not giving the traditional Emix audience enough credit.[/QUOTE]

Kinda pokin fun on the age because I said they were loud lol...

and yes that is a huge bright side no dubstep or fancy trancy made it

Re: Radio 1's Essential Mix of the Year 2015 Shortlist

Give the full 2 hours a whirl if you can/haven't. There's a bit of a journey feel going as far as techno mixes are concerned. The acid is dropped on the final leg (must be Woody McBride, aging techno supastar).