We love Julio Bashmore. We’ve featured his solo work as well as his work as part of Velour on the blog before. His bass infused take on old school Chicago house has made him a leader of the incredibly diverse electronic music scene of Bristol, UK. Because of this, Julio has released tunes on a wide variety of labels including Claude VonStroke’s dirtybird, Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990′s Night Slugs and even Martyn’s more experimental 3024 imprint. Now Pete Tong has asked the forward thinking producer to get behind the decks for this week’s Essential Mix and man is this one a treat. If there is one thing that this mix makes clear about Julio Bashmore it’s that his DJ skills are on par with his productions. The beatmatching and mixing of his 120 minutes behind the decks is near flawless. So plug this mix into your speaker system and give it a rinse. You’ll be playing it on repeat for weeks to come. We know that we will be..

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Julio Bashmore: BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

TRACKLIST: 

Ruffneck — Everybody Be Somebody feat. Yavahn – MAW Records
Dem 2 — Reach – New York Soundclash
Larry Heard — Missing you (Instrumental) – Track Mode Recordings
Faith Evans — Love Like This Before (B&S Edit) – Boogiefutero
Motor City Drum Ensemble — Raw Cuts #3 – MCDE
FCL — Let’s Go – We Play House
Maceo Plex — Stay High Baby – Visionquest
Chip E. — Like This feat K Joy (DJ International version) – PURE INNERGY RECORDINGS
Larry Heard — And So I Dance (Julio Bashmore Dub)
Robert Owens — I’ll Be Your Friend (OG Def Mix) – RCA
Salt City Orchestra — The Book (Hardback Dub) – Paper Recordings
KiNK & Neville Watson — A Saturday In Novembe (Vocal) – Rush Hour
Daddykshun — Love to Learn (Doc Martin’s Sublove Remix) – Rush Hour
Tevo Howard — Spend Some Time (Underground Mix) – Rush Hour
Esteban Adame — I’ll Never Give Up – Underground Quality
Julio Bashmore — Batak Groove – Soul Motive
Julio Bashmore — Well Wishers – Futureboogie
Karizma — In the D.E.E.P. (Kris Klayton Remix) – Ricanstruction Records
D’bora — Going Round (MK’s Dub) – MCA Records
Joy O — Ellipsis – Dub
Jodeci — Freek ‘N You (MK Dub) – ZAC Records
Maurice Donovan — Babeh – SSSSS
Scuba — Adrenalin – Hot Flush
Scratcha — Only in Dark – Dub
Maddslinky — Compuphonic – Dub
Femme En Fourrure — Bound – 3024
Kink — E79 – Ovum
Classixx — Into The Valley (Julio Bashmore Remix) – Greensoundlabel
Coat of Arms — Is This Something – Futureboogie
Julio Bashmore — Battle for Middle You – PMR Records
Larry Heard Presents: Mr. White — Sun Can’t Compare – Alleviated Records
Terrence Parker — Loves Got Me High (Marc Romboys Systematic Soul Dub) – Systematic Recordings
Zinja Hlungwani — Nwagezani My Love – Honest John’s