What was some the best recorded DJ mixes you heard

I loved how this one sounded: Sasha & John Digweed - Renaissance: The Mix Collection | Releases | Discogs. It has all the same qualities as the one @Analogue5 described.

The @dBridge Fabric mix sounds incredible: D-Bridge & Instra:mental – FabricLive. 50 (2010, CD) - Discogs (the flow and the tone of it). The David Rodigan one has a particularly hypercolour tone to it, too.

The LateNightTales mixes tend to sound amazing. late night tales music | Discogs - particular favourites are the FourTet, Tommy Guerro, Cinematic Orchestra, Jon Hopkins, Nils Frahm, Floating Points. I suspect they make quite a lot of effort to get the mastering right. They always sound coherent and tied-together, without obviously hard compression. No mean feat when most of the contributors bring tracks from across the history of recording. Super slick.

From a sound quality perspective, this one’s “shit”: Robert Armani - Techno Mania - YouTube but it has such a joyous energy. Love it. Discovered at this Mixmag page compiling dozens of wicked old techno mixes: 48 of the best 90s techno mixes you can listen to online - Features - Mixmag. The Juan Atkins in Leeds one is startling for content.

(and another +1 for the infamous Conduct JDJ mix.)

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I loved some of the Solid Steel mixes that were based on Kraftwerk (cover versions etc) and the Aphex twin themed one. Some great mixes on there!

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Luka Baumann, Exit Festival 2008. Techno. https://youtu.be/VZMLOdGLKLc

Notice this Coldcut one has been mentioned at least 3 times already, and it’s exactly what I came here to say.

I think we have a winner.

That Rupture is sooo good too I had forgotten about it thank you for reminding me.

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…specially from here https://youtu.be/ZFEf5jGjX3E?t=1989