Creamfields: The Festival That Turned the Essential Mix Into a Main Stage
From the first field in 1998 to Daresbury, a five-hour broadcast, the 2012 flood and 25 Creamfields-connected records.
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Stories from the archive.
The Essential Mix is more than a list of dates and tracklists. These features connect the people, places and turning points behind the broadcasts, then lead you straight back to the relevant mixes.
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Pacha Ibiza: The Farmhouse That Became a Global Dancefloor
From a 1973 finca and theatrical Flower Power nights to Pure Pacha, Solomun and nine broadcasts connected directly to the archive.
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Paul Oakenfold: The DJ Who Made the Essential Mix Cinematic
From Balearic London and the Goa Mix to a year-long global broadcast journey, with every Oakenfold-credited mix connected to the archive.
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Carl Cox: The DJ Who Made Momentum Feel Like Joy
From mobile discos and rave-era three-deck mixing to Space Ibiza, hybrid live performance and a vinyl Essential Mix of the Year.
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Pete Tong: The Voice That Framed Three Decades of Essential Mix
How a teenage mobile DJ became the trusted voice between club culture and the wider world, with every Pete Tong-credited broadcast connected to the archive.
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How this section works
Editorial context, connected to evidence.
Every feature is source checked, clearly attributed and connected to the matching broadcasts already held in the Index. Future editions will include artist profiles, venue histories and stories about the sets that shifted the direction of electronic music.