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Arkonis

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When did you start listening?

I have been listening to the Essential Mix since approximately 2006. It was one of my earliest introductions to music, shortly after I became old enough to really start developing my own taste. My first mix was Pendulum’s 2005 Essential Mix and I must have racked up well over 100 plays—possibly double that—during my school days.

Three Essential Mixes to start with

  1. 01Bonobo’s Essential Mix
  2. 02Calyx & Teebee’s Essential Mix
  3. 03Justice’s Essential Mix

User Arkonis also called out Trentemøller 2006, HAAi 2018, Flying Lotus 2008, both Justice mixes.

Favourite DJs

Within the Essential Mix: Claptone, Friction and Nero. Beyond the archive: Jamie xx, Beardyman—if you can call him a DJ—and Justice.

Essential MixClaptone Essential MixFriction Essential MixNero Beyond the archiveJamie xx Beyond the archiveBeardyman Beyond the archiveJustice

The Essential Mix series has had an impact on my life in a way few things have. It has taken me through many of the hardest and best parts of my life, and it has inspired me. It has always astounded me to see so many kindred people for whom this series has been so impactful that they keep and maintain lists, information and the mixes themselves.

— Arkonis, to the Essential Mix community