It’s the first Essential Mix since 1997 to run double the length in time.
Already one of the world’s biggest techno DJs, Amelie Lens cemented her undisputed hero status on the international scene with her contribution to BBC Radio 1’s long-running, beloved Essential Mix series. Broadcast last Saturday April 4th, the mix is significant in being the first since 1997 to run double the length in time. That’s a whole four hours of Lens’ uncompromising, anthemic take on techno.
Indeed, millions of ravers currently isolated out of the club are already enjoying Lens’ trip to the edges of the genre, which takes in a wealth of big-room favourites from producers such as Gary Beck, Slam and Matrixxman, mixed with the new-wave of gritty electro courtesy of Jensen Interceptor, D Dan and Nite Fleit.
Naturally, Lens also took the time to blend a series of forthcoming tracks on her own LENSKE label imprint, each of which will undoubtedly dominate this summer’s festivals, whether they’re virtual or otherwise.
The mix is streaming for 30 days courtesy of BBC Radio. Listen here, and check out the tracklist below.
Tracklist:
1. Thomas P. Heckman – Ghosts (Trope Recordings)
2. Casual Treatment – Prisoner of Life (Dusk & Haze)
3. Lewis Fautzi – Wounds of Deadly Hate (Faut Section)
4. Zeitgeber – Seventeen Zero Four (Stroboscopic Artefacts)
5. Cyborg 95 – Cyborgs Theme (Lobster Theremin)
6. AWB – Daze (Vaerel Records)
7. Farceb – Silver Glow (Warok Music)
8. Random XS – Give Your Body (Delsin Records)
9. Subjected – Nastes (Prosthetic Press)
10. Adam X – Midnight Sun (BITE)
11. Eric Axelsson – Gestalt (Uncage)
12. Earwax – Ypno (Planet Rhtyhm)
13. Danilo Incorvaia – 45.5 (Serial Number 8)
14. Delectro – Mass Destruction (I-Traxx Red Edition)
15. Matrixxman ft Exos – Power Drain (Planet X)
16. Djedjotronic – Globel Surveillance (Boysnoize Records)
17. Musik Aus Strom – A2 Untitled (Len Faki Hardspace Mix) (LF RMX)
18. Antigone & Rødhåd – 180702.2 (WSNWG)
19. Lag – Rutra (Elements)
20. Jensen Interceptor – Time Echo (feat The Hacker) (Lone Romantic)
21. Keith Carnal – Body Brain (Artscore)
22. BXTR – Asimov’s Law (NN Remix) (Carcères Records)
23. Lukaz Firtzer – Down (Unreleased)
24. Setaoc Mass – Inferno (Unreleased)
25. Farrago – Flavours Of Youth (LENSKE)
26. DJ Sodeyama – TEST_PTTRN_41 (Newrhythmic Recordings)
27. CYRK – Doppler Spectroscopy (Avoidant Records)
28. Beroshima – The Opression (Alexander Kowalski Remix) (Acid Orange)
29. Sedvs – Toy Shop (Body Theory)
30. Milo Spykers – Observable 93 (LENSKE)
31. Minimum Syndicat – Acid Trojan III (Minimum Syndicat)
32. Wehbba – Residual Self (Drumcode)
33. Ahl Iver – Untitled (Unreleased)
34. MRD – Etnas (ARTS)
35. Milo Spykers – Accelerator (Forthcoming on LENSKE)
36. Tham – Protokoll K-278 (Lebendig)
37. Amotik – Adhtis (Amotik)
38. Arween – Keyword (Alderic)
39. Regal – Fuck Making Love (BPitch)
40. Nuit Noire – To Summon His Array (Demian Records)
41. N/F/0 – Human (Nocturnal Frequencies)
42. A.Paul, Dolby D – Faith (Khodem)
43. Alex Mine – Voices From The Siren (Moteka Remix) (Noir Music)
44. (Forthcoming on LENSKE)
45. Peryl – Molotov Brutality (Lebendig)
46. Falhaber – Monomania (Obscuur Records)
47. Gauthier – Moonstoke (OWLK remix) (GTHR)
48. SRVD – Black on Black (Rekids)
49. AEIT – Dotwav (Mainmise Records)
50. (Forthcoming on LENSKE)
51. Works Unit – Untitled (UFO Inc.)
52. Nite Fleit – Folie A Dreamland (Dance Trax)
53. D Dan – Escape From the Echo Chamber (Lobster Theremin)
54. Under Black Helmet – Supernova (KR/LF Records)
55. Sept – Hold the Trigger (Voxnox)
56. Alfredo Mazzilli – Capital (Planet Rhythm)
57. SLV – Pulsars (Soma Records)
58. Gary Beck – Cycle Series (BEK Audio)
59. Mython – Scheuern (Flash Recordings)
60. Yan Cook – Noiser (Cooked)
61. Lukas Firtzer – The Cycle (Unreleased)
62. DJ Ogi – Adriatic (Submissions)
63. Slam vs. Obscure Shape & SHDW – Strategy 2 (Soma Records)
64. Alignment – Inner Voice (KNTXT)
65. Militiā – No Name, No Number (SXCALA)
66. Farrago – Kidney Shot (LENSKE)
67. Deas – Dark Illusion (Materia)
68. B2 – Hymnen An Die Nacht (COUP)
69. INTERFERON – VVS Skeletons (Nocturnal Frequencies)
70. Grace Dahl – She Left Everything Behind (Khazad Records)
71. Milo Spykers – Heads tilted back (LENSKE)
72. AIROD – Unreleased
73. Buried Secrets – Planetary Nebula (Archivio 01)
74. Egotik – Ephémère (Industrial Techno United)
75. MRD – Superwomen feat Sticky Icky (ARTS)
76. Ahl Iver – Unreleased