Essential Mix Review: The Juan MacLean mixes live, represents the carefree ethos of DFA Records
The Juan MacLean is a punk rock guitarist turns life-long DFA Records devotee. In the introduction to his Essential Mix from last week, he explains how he linked up with friend and DFA label head and former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy -- he was still in live music, in a band named 6 Finger Satellite and Murphy was their sound engineer.
Axwell + Seb, Jeremy Olander, Solomun headline this week’s Essential Selection
Summer is just beginning -- Ibiza had its opening fiestas last weekend, festivals in the UK are all gearing up for their rainy fates, and Pete Tong is prepping the dance music world for some of the season's memorable anthems.
Essential Mix Review: Todd Edwards breathes own air into ‘Random Access Memories,’ celebrates new life
It's no surprise that in lead up to the release of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories that Radio 1 would invite one of its many collaborators to take the deck for their own two hours of soulful house music. The lucky first nominee was Todd Edwards, and his very exciting Essential Mix premiered on the air last Friday.
Good Morning Mix – Brodinski’s In New DJs We Trust (5/9/13)
At the beginning of 2013, Radio 1 announced Jackmaster, Monki (now replaced by Simon Patterson), Salva, and Brodinski as the four choices for the In New DJs We Trust roster, replacing Julio Bashmore, B.Traits, Mosca, and Jordan Suckley from the year before.