What are the best Radio 1 Essential Mixes

yeah that's where I've been sourcing them from.

This thread makes me want to pull a forks and ask for top 25 lists from Tim and Vahid,

rtc also

Spoon feed me genius plz

The still unidentified track at 21mins in bloodsugar 4a - heard this a lot recently, I cant remember if i know what it is and forgot or just never knew.

Any ideas?

Not actually serious about top 25s ("unless you're gonna do it" -nelly voice) but the institutional knowledge itt is appreciated

Two decent ones recently from EZ, and Four Tet w/ Jamie XX.

LTJ Bukem from July 1995 is a corker but the Feb 1996 one takes things to another level entirely. There's a sequence of DJ Crystal/ Subject 13/Intense which may be the best in all of dance music.

Joe T Vanelli Jan 1995 is awesome.

Billy Nasty May 1994 unrelenting.

Oh and Goldie April 2006 with Commix Be True on it is fabulous.

But as stated upthread the Laurent Garner from Nov 1995 is best of all. The mix into Submarine by Felix da Housecat is blinding.

tbh i don't really listen to e-mixes anymore

i really enjoy most of the e-mixes from the early years 1993, 1994, 1995. they're just great time capsules of an amazing time for dance music. you would have dudes like slam or david holmes or weather come on and just every single track is a deathless classic.

then around 95 they diversified, started splitting equally between the older sound, clubbier pete tong type stuff, big beat and jungle. there are some really great big beat and jungle ones from the mid-90s, like chemical brothers 1995, portishead 1995, guy called gerald 1995, jon carter / richard fearless 1996, goldie 1996

some very housey ones that i don't know what to say about other than i know you'll love them: derrick carter 1996, daft punk 1997, basement jaxx 1997 / 1999 / 2001