This weekend’s Essential Mix travels to Bristol’s skate park turned warehouse party, In:Motion, for a Eats Everything live session. Fresh off his latest EP for Dirtybird, Eats Everything aka Dan Pearce has quickly become the unforgettable champion of low-slung house. Boasting a handful of releases in the past year including one of the 2011 summer anthems ‘Entrance Song‘, Bristol seems to have yet another star. Expect two hours of chunky bass laden house perfect for getting your booty shaking.

Eats Everything – Essential Mix Live at In:Motion [Download]

Be sure to tune in next week for Pearson Sound!
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Bristol wonderkid Julio Bashmore dropped by Radio 1 for his debut BBC Essential Mix. His track “Battle for Middle You” has been taking over the airways this entire past year, and for good reason. In this new mix, elements of bass, techno & house make up an incredible two hour journey through sound.

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Julio Bashmore – Essential Mix 9.24.11 [Download]

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James Blake puts together a two hour mix for Radio 1′s Essential Mix. The mix hops between R&B, soul and bass and includes tons of new and unreleased James Blake tracks, plus what Blake reports as “everything I’ve listend to in the last year.” Stream and download the whole set below and click through to see the tracklist and his whole set from ACL. Be sure to keep a watch for Julio Bashmore on the Essential decks next week.

James Blake – Essential Mix 9.17.11 [Download]

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Twenty three year-old Maya Jane Coles is undoubtedly one of the most talented and hardest working producers in electronic music today. She has racked up releases on Hypercolour, Defected, 20:20 Vision, and Anja Schneider‘s Mobilee label to name a few. A few days ago the UK house queen made her brillant debut on Radio 1′s Essential Mix. Listen below and check the track-list and her recent interview with Beatportal after the jump. Let’s hope she comes stateside again soon!

Maya Jane Coles – Essential Mix [Download]

In Benji B’s absence, the Brainfeeder crew stopped by Flying Lotus’ LA living room for a jam session on BBC’s Radio One. Matthew David, TOKiMONSTA, Teebs and Samiyam deliver some spaced out DJ sets while FlyLo, Thudercat and Austin Peralta jam out two live impromtu sessions. If this isn’t enough to get your ears jumping, FlyLo drops two previously unreleased cuts from Warp, “Wax” and “Mcrr”. Listen below and check out the full lineup and tracklist after the jump.

Flying Lotus Brainfeeder Special [1.27.11]
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Dubstep and drum & bass extraordinaire James Boyle, aka Breakage, makes his Essential Mix debut. Hailing from Croyden in the UK, Breakage has been making tunes since the ripe age of eleven. His second album Foundation was recently released on Digital Soundboy, and we highly recommend picking it up. He’s also just remixed Florence & The Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over”. Listen out for tunes from Benga, Skream, Deadmau5, MJ Cole and AC Slater, and click through to check out Breakage’s video with Roots Manuva and to see the tracklist.

Download: Breakage – Essential Mix

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Ripping apart Radio 1 this week is Buraka Som Sistema, a Lisbon ensemble whose kuduro infused productions keep hearts pumping and asses shaking. Their debut album, Black Diamond, firmly shatters any assumptions about dance music. Built on the fundamentals of house, BSS’s tunes blend electro madness with coarse break beats and bass lines while sounding as though they pump out of a classic rave speaker.  Expect classic dubstep and UK funky anthems tuned up with soca rhythms while maintaing a firm grip on the Portuguese dance climate.

Buraka Som Sistema – Essential Mix [Download]

Click through for a full a full tracklist and be sure to CHECK OUT PHOTOS from their appearance at HARD Fest this April.

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If there’s one thing we should have all learned by now it’s that Trouble & Bass throws one hell of a party, and last night’s installment of No Escape from New York was no exception. The featured guests, 12th Planet and Flinch, brought their west-coast grime to The Studio at Webster Hall for a rager that also served as the backdrop for AC Slater‘s music video shoot for his upcoming release, “Take You” featuring Ninjasonik.

The Trouble & Bass Crew was in full effect, with The Captain, Drop the Lime and Star Eyes joining AC Slater for alternating sets. Diplo, Roxy Cottontail, Dances with White Girls and Apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas all dropped in to get their dose of bass on a Wednesday evening.

CLICK HERE to check out photos of the night, and don’t miss the Trouble & Bass Crew when they take over Miami at the end of the month for the Winter Music Conference.

Check out the latest edition of the Trouble & Bass Smashcast, featuring Flinch. Listen to it below, download the free mix HERE or subscribe to the Smashcast for a regular dose of the Trouble & Bass Crew.

Trouble & Bass Smashcast 004: Flinch

The first Essential Mix of the year comes from the very talented UK duo Jas Shaw and James Ford, collectively known as Simian Mobile Disco. Emerging from the ashes of the band Simian, these two caught fire by combining the propulsive groove of techno with basic rock dynamics to create unique productions and sought after remixes. Last October, the duo tore down Webster Hall with their synths, Moogs and drum machines, remixing their own dubs on the fly. This mix changes the pace, seamlessly grooving between minimal tech, dubstep and electro. Check out the tracklist and an XLR8R walk-through of their live studio rig after the jump and be sure to catch them when they return to NYC on March 11th at Le Poisson Rouge.

Essential Mix – Simian Mobile Disco [Download]

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Radio 1 decided to ring in 2010 with three hundred minutes of Ministry of Sound NYE madness featuring Deadmau5, Eric Prydz, Justice and break-beat maestros Plump DJs. Recorded live from the O2 Arena in London, we are sure these mixes will keep you fist pumping throughout the night.

Essential Mix New Year’s Eve ’09-’10 [Right-click to Download]

Be sure to tune in next week as Simian Mobile Disco takes over the decks.