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Mini Mix

Very excited for this one

because I think we've been playing your tunes

Not just on this show

Across all the dance shows for years

And finally you're in the building

Hello MPH, how are you?

Hello, how are you there?

Very good, very excited to chat to you and your mini mix that you put together for us. We're going to talk about Calvin Harris. I'm not alone. How did that happen? Because you got the album and obviously the singles that you've been pushing all year and then just throw one of the biggest remixes of the summer in the mix as well. Talk to us about that one. Well, I was on the way back from Coachella in my mate's car, just going through like old tunes, and that one popped up. And I was like, oh, I'd love to make like a, you know, like a 20-25 kind of refresh. Okay, so you just, you did it. You were doing it as like a bootleg first. Yeah, I did it as little edit and then I sent it to Chris Slake as just like feedback and then he was like, oh, well, I've known Calvin for 20 years so I'll just forward it on and then an hour later I got the stems. Oh, wow. Just from that. He's very given with the stems these days, Calvin, isn't it? I know. I know. Very generous. How do you approach it though? because it's such an iconic tune without sort of paying respect to the original but having your twist on it as well

or is it just something you don't really think about?

No, exactly that. I just wanted to expand on what was there and kind of just give it a new light without taking away from the original. It was Interplanatory Criminal that I saw play it in Mallorca. That's when I first heard it. I was like, Zach, I need this remix immediately.

It's so big.

You put together a mini mix for us. What's the vibe that you're going for? What can people expect? It's just all things garage and bass. It's like a mixture of... I love that. It's just what I do, garage and base. So that's what you're getting. Yeah, exactly.

It's like a mixture of, you know, things that I listened to growing up, you know, people I

listened to growing up, you know, heavy influence of my sound.

There's also some stuff from the album and then stuff that I'm, like, playing out at the

moment.

Okay, nice.

Any exclusives or unreleased bits in there as well?

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