Deadmau5 went on BBC Radio 1 last night for his first solo Essential Mix since 2008. Over 10 years later, a lot has changed, both for deadmau5 personally and in the dance music world. For starters, Deadmau5 has a new alias to bring along for the ride: testpilot.
The entire first hour the Essential Mix is dedicated to his testpilot side, focusing on more techno and house; he mixes in tracks from Nic Fanciulli, Pig & Dan, Cosmic Boys, and more with ease. He also played his unreleased testpilot tune “Fall” at the end the hour. The second half is devoted to his classic deadmau5 music, mixing tracks like “Moar Ghosts N Stuff” with unreleased cuts like “A Seed,” “Saturn,” and “Coasted.”
Essential Mix excels at sending listeners on a vibrant and unique two-hour journey, and you can hear it all below.
Tracklist
testpilot played:
01 deadmau5 – Polyphobia MAU5TRAP]
02 deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire – Monophobia MAU5TRAP]
03 Nic Fanciulli – Understand REKIDS]
04 Pierre Blanche – Ares DAVOTAB]
w/ deadmau5 ft. Chris James – The Veldt (Acappella) MAU5TRAP]
05 Pig&Dan – Lost Another Angel (Dub) COCOON]
06 Architectural – Cubismo 8.3 ARCHITECTURAL]
w/ deadmau5 ft. Greta Svabo Bech – Raise Your Weapon (Acappella) MAU5TRAP]
07 Enrico Sangiuliano – Symbiosis DRUMCODE]
08 Cosmic Boys – Minotaur LEGEND]
09 deadmau5 – Imaginary Friends MAU5TRAP]
10 ARTBAT – Planeta DIYNAMIC]
11 deadmau5 – Avaritia MAU5TRAP]
12 Tony Rohr & Layton Giordani – Careless Suggestions PHOBIQ]
13 Inner Membranne – Lucy Rose
14 Julian Jeweil – Transmission DRUMCODE]
15 testpilot – Fall
deadmau5 played:
16 deadmau5 – Where My Keys MAU5TRAP]
17 deadmau5 – My Pet Coelacanth MAU5TRAP]
18 deadmau5 – Maths (Cobra Effect Remix) MAU5TRAP]
19 deadmau5 – Moar Ghosts N Stuff ULTRA/MAU5TRAP]
20 Guy Mantzur & Roy Rosenfeld – Systematika SYSTEMATIC]
w/ deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire – Ghosts ‘N’ Stuff (Acappella) ULTRA/MAU5TRAP]
21 deadmau5 – A Seed MAU5TRAP]
22 deadmau5 – Midas Heel MAU5TRAP]
23 deadmau5 – Saturn MAU5TRAP]
24 deadmau5 – Coasted MAU5TRAP]
25 deadmau5 – Polaris MAU5TRAP]
26 deadmau5 – Strobe ULTRA/MAU5TRAP]
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