Skrillex Essential Mix

Posted on Jun 22, 2013 in Bass, Essential Mix

EDM aficionados everywhere have their personal Skrillex history-
*I knew him when he was in a screamo band and I was the first person to listen to his dubstep*

*I taught him how to use a MIDI controller*

*We’re on a first name basis, I know him as Sonny*

*He blew my brains out at Electric Zoo, I literally don’t have a brain anymore*

*I am a scary monster AND a nice sprite*

 

We all have our “the first time I saw Skrillex” story or “I first heard of Skrillex” tale. Personally (because I know you were wondering) I would blast this newfangled “sound effect music” in my dorm room until the floor would shake and the ceiling would fall down- yes, my a ceiling tile literally fell on my head one time while blasting Skrillex. I earned the nickname “Dubstep Bear” because of these antics. When I first saw Skrillex DJ live, I was living in a new city and had no friends, so I went alone. A girl came up to me because she liked the fuzzy headband I was wearing. She was wearing a kimono, and nothing else. Turns out, she was a really nice stripper. Crazy shit happens when Skrillex is involved.

 

Anyway… Every week, BBC Radio 1 turns the airwaves over to “The World’s Best DJs” in a two-hour Essential Mix. This week, the man, the glasses, the crazy haircut that has somehow become popular among teenagers… Yes, Skrillex, stepped up to the decks. And yo, Skrill dropped it hard.

 

The mix features a handful of new tracks, including fresh beats from Dog Blood (the Boys Noize & Skrillex collab), selections from Skrillex’s label OWSLA, Knife Party, AC Slater, Alvin Risk, and, if you listen all the way through, Skrillex dropped a new track entitled “Untitled DJ Tool.”

 

It’s a great mix of bass-heavy, trap-injected, post-hardcore, dub-stepped, call it what you want to call it… listen & reminisce about your Skrillex story. We all have one.

 

 

Skrillex - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Track list

Dog Blood – Untitled Demo
Knife Party – Power Glove (Adam F Edit)
Torro Torro x Astronomar – Go Deep
Disclosure – When A Fire Starts To Burn [PMR]
Destructo – Higher [Boyznoize]
Blawan – Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage? (Skrillex Bootleg)
Jeremih x D’Angelo – F*** U All The Time x French Fries
Dog Blood – Middle Finger 2
AC Slater – Out Here [Trouble & Bass]
Sluggers – Rollex
Culprate – McFunk (feat. Torqux) [Inspected Records]
UZ – Trap Sh*t V13 (Justin Martin Remix) [Boysnoize Records]
Millions Like Us – Behind You [Inspected Records]
Skrillex – Leaving [OWSLA]
Deftones – You’ve Seen The Butcher (Mustard Pimp Remix)
Boys Noize – Excuse Me
Stephen Brown – Fuego (Ben Sims Remix) [Theory]
Branchez – Shake
A$AP Rocky – Wild For The Night (Dog Blood Remix)
Skrillex – Try It Out (feat. Alvin Risk)
Skrillex – Scary Bolly Dub [OWSLA]
Felguk – Loud Blue (12th Planet Remix)
Jeremih – 773 Love (Cashmere Cat Edit)
Alvin Risk – Put ‘Em Up (feat. Jason Aalon Butler)
Blood Diamonds – Barcode (The Widdler Remix)
Flux Pavillion & SKism – Jump Back (VIP) (feat. Foreign Beggars) [Circus]
Kendrick Lamar – m.A.A.d city (feat. MC Eiht) [Aftermath]
Sub Focus – Tidal Wave (Flosstradamus Remix) (feat. Alpines) [Mercury]
Josh Wink – Higher State of Consciousness (Dog Blood Edit)
Phonat – Ride The Prejudice [OWSLA]
Bro Safari & UFO! – Animal
Dada Life – Boing Clash Boom (Major Lazer Remix)
DJPJMADEDISTRACK! – Juke That Ass From The Back [Halstead Street Entertainment]
Leatherface – No Love For [Booty Call Records]
Orties – Plus pute que toutes les putes (Lecter remix) [Booty Call Records]
Valentino Khan – The Dip
Bro Safari – The Drop (Must Die! Remix)
Justin Martin – Ghettos & Gardens (Bachelors Of Science D&B Remix) [Dirty Bird]
Skrillex – Untitled DJ Tool
A$AP Rocky – LVL [Polo Grounds Music]

 

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