We're at our desks, juggling this and that, and not wholly able to enter into the focused two-hour stationary bike session* necessary to properly digest Jamie XX's Radio 1 Essentials Mix. But we can say this: After the little intro interview Jamie starts with a Gil Scott-Heron a cappella cut, there's a surprisingly amazing XX/Deadmau5 blend like two-thirds of the way through, and the track 116 minutes in is a new Jamie XX ode-to-mushrooms rework of Radiohead's “Bloom." Just skipping around, clicking aimlessly across the mix, we've yet to poke somewhere and not be floored.
Stream: Jamie XX's Radio 1 Essentials Mix
TRACKLIST:
01 Orbital – “Belfast”
02 Phanes – “Lucky Woman”
03 Ifan Dafydd – “No Good”
04Harvey Mandel – “Christo Redentor”
05 Koreless – “Lost In Tokyo”
06 Floating Points – “Sais”
07 Wiley – “Colder (Instrumental)”
08 Fantastic Mr. Fox – “Untitled”
09 Pearson Sound – “Untitled”
10 DJ Deeon – “Fine Hoes”
11 Luke Vibert – “Analord”
12 New Look – “Janet”
13 John Tejada – “Unstable Condition”
14 Univac – “Untitled (Track 1)”
15 Aardvarck – “Nosestep (Original Mix)”
16 Jean Jacques Smoothie – “2 People”
17 Instra:mental – “Pyramid”
18 Grimm Limbo – “Fortune Favours the Brave”
19 R A G – “Rage (Spaventi & Aroy Raw Mix)”
20 Ronnie Dyson – “All Over Your Face”
21 Jamie xx – “Far Nearer (Bootleg)”
22 Axel Boman – “Purple Drank”
23 Loosse – “About You” (Feat. Yolanda)
24 Anette Party – “Moreno” (Feat. Anita Coke)
25 Gino Soccio – “Dancer”
26 Mr Beatnick – “Synthetes”
27 Sacha Funke vs. Nina Kraviz – “Moses (Stimming Remix)”
28 Jamie xx & Gil Scott Heron – “I’ll Take Care Of U (Special DJ Version)”
29 Genius Of Time – “Houston We Have A Problem”
30 Austin Eterno/The xx – “I Remember Shelter”
31 James Blake – “Libra (Edit)”
32 Pangaea – “Bear Witness”
33 Holly Miranda – “Slow Burn Treason”
34 Peter Horrevorts – “Siren”
35 Chuck Roberts – “My House (Acappella)”
36 Virgo Four – “Do You Know Who You Are?”
37 Morning Factory – “Diane’s Love”
38 Karen Pollack – “You Can’t Touch Me (Roc & Kato Vocal Beat Trip Mix)”
39 War – “The World Is A Ghetto (Special Disco Mix)”
40 Marshall Jefferson – “Mushrooms (Justin Martin Mix)”
41 Radiohead – “Bloom (Jamie xx Rework)”
* Or like, 20 minutes on the bike and 100 minutes on the couch eating leftover pizza and watching Vampire Diaries.