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Every BBC Essential Mix, 1993 to 2010

143 points| metamemetics | 15 years ago |thenine.ca | reply

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[+] kqr2|15 years ago|reply
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Mix :

  The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 
  currently broadcast between 03:00 and 05:00 Saturday morning. 
  Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, The Essential 
  Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of
  electronic dance music.
[+] petercooper|15 years ago|reply
For "open directories" like this, it's good form to use the Coral Cache in order to not overwhelm the original source: http://thenine.ca.nyud.net/essential/
[+] _delirium|15 years ago|reply
Unfortunately, Coral Cache doesn't cache anything >50mb, so for almost all of these it'll just redirect you to the original URL. (There are a handful of <50mb mixes, which it does serve up without redirecting.)
[+] dailo10|15 years ago|reply
[+] MLnick|15 years ago|reply
Live in Rojan Club, Shanghai, China... And Liverpool University, those are all time faves!
[+] brighton36|15 years ago|reply
I may regret posting this ....

But this is what you probably want to do:

user@host:/path/to/EssentialMixRip09.04.10$ wget -rl 0 -np -A .mp3 http://thenine.ca/essential/

[+] _delirium|15 years ago|reply
As a heads up for anyone who doesn't realize how much music this is, that wget will slurp >100gb of stuff (or would, if it weren't for sever load).
[+] lsb|15 years ago|reply
Using Coral CDN:

  wget -rl 0 -np -A .mp3 http://thenine.ca.nyud.net/essential/
[+] j2d2|15 years ago|reply
Or install extension.fm :)
[+] DrStalker|15 years ago|reply
Does anyone have a torrent link to download these, or does getting music in bulk through a torrent feel too illegal in ways that grabbing individual tracks from a directory listing doesn't?
[+] aw3c2|15 years ago|reply
They are in a 110 Gigabyte torrent at themixingbowl, a site dedicated to mixes. I also highly recommend the BTTB series.
[+] petermarks|15 years ago|reply
Surprising to see this on HN. Regardless, here's my favs:

2009-03-10 Jamie Jones, 2007-02-18 Danny Howells, 2006-10-14 Trentemoller, 2003-08-24 Sasha live at Creamfields

[+] zokier|15 years ago|reply
Aren't these copyrighted?
[+] arethuza|15 years ago|reply
My initial reaction was "WTF is that doing on HN?":

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Mix:

"However in 2010, Mixriot, a website which hosted stream and download links to past Essential Mix broadcasts dating back to the first ever edition for its members, was asked to remove all its past recordings by production company Somethin' Else due to copyright infringement. The Mixriot website is still live though it has since taken down all Essential Mix broadcasts."

I would expect the owner of that site to be getting a nasty letter from a lawyer Real Soon Now.

[+] lmz|15 years ago|reply
I guess some "Hackers" think that copyright law is for other people to obey.
[+] miguelpais|15 years ago|reply
Awesome! I usually download three or four of these a year from the DJs I like.

And Yes! I'm glad this came to HN, otherwise I wouldn't find it and I love the Essential Mixes.

From 2010 I recommend the one from John 00 Fleming at 13-FEB-2010.

[+] andre3k1|15 years ago|reply
You sir are a god amongst men. Wasn't aware that so many HN readers were into house, techno, trance, etc.

Anyone ever been to Ultra Music Festival? Most amazing time of my life.

[+] julianz|15 years ago|reply
I've got a fairly good collection of the older mixes, and there's some amazing stuff in there, no doubt. Any pointers on what's been really great in the last couple of years?
[+] purpledove|15 years ago|reply
Oh wow, overload. Tempted to leach, but...

Anyway, here is a recommendation:

2006.03.26 - This is a good long mix I listened to many times.

[+] dfischer|15 years ago|reply
Oh my god I want this so bad but the server load is ridiculous. If someone could download it and put it on a torrent I'd love you so much.
[+] Raphael|15 years ago|reply
The server may get more load than it can stand.
[+] edkennedy|15 years ago|reply
It seems to be down now, for me.
[+] bpm140|15 years ago|reply
Not to be gauche, but where do I send the 1TB hard drive to get a dump of every mix? :D