Eric Prydz has been vocal about the repetition of mainstream house music. Last festival season, it was common to hear tracks like “Epic”, “Atom”, “LEVELS” and “Don’t You Worry Child” seven to eight times in one day. There used to be a time when you couldn’t guess what song was coming next. Instead you would be totally engrossed in the sound as your body flowed to the rhythm. That’s a rave. That’s Pryda.
By avoiding the mainstream with Swedish House Mafia, Prydz has defined himself and his career as the champion of the underground for electronic dance music. Even though he’s moved to LA and signed “Black Dice” his first US residency deal at The Wynn (Surrender & XS) in Las Vegas (I wonder who Hakkasan will sign), Prydz’ integrity as an artist remains unquestionable. There’s no recycling, cake in the face gimmicks or overplayed house tracks in a Prydz set.
In the Eric Prydz BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, there are a total of 15 unreleased tracks and one remix.
Through multiple record labels and monikers, we never really know what to expect when he hits the decks. Even if you’ve followed him his entire career, it seems like Prydz, Pryda or Cirez D is always playing a new ID that the fans enjoy labeling and discussing on forums.
His essential mix is two hours of pure electronic bliss. It’s everything that EDM can become. Enjoy.
Eric Prydz BBC Radio 1 – 2/2/2013 Tracklist
- Pryda – Liam (Original Mix) [Pryda Friends]
- Not Mani – Need You (Original Mix) [Unknown]
- Tonja Holma – Spanish Delight [Unknown]
- Christopher Kah – Evolution 909 (Magnus Froblom Remix) [TheRedHotHell Records]
- Cory Lasser – Cypher [Unknown]
- Pryda – Snaz (Original Mix) [Pryda Friends]
- Pryda – Border Control (Original Mix) [Pryda Friends]
- Pryda – Reeperbahn (Chordapella Mix) [Pryda Friends]
- Pryda – ID1 [Pryda Friends]
- Arpo – Interlude [Unknown]
- Pryda – Warrior [Pryda Recordings]
- Pryda – ID2 [Pryda Recordings]
- Pryda – Games [Pryda Recordings]
- Pryda – Rush [Pryda Recordings]
- Pryda – Power Drive [Pryda Recordings]
- Pryda – Clapham [Pryda Recordings]
- Cirez D – Drums In The Deep [Pryda Friends]
- Jeremy Olander – Apex
- Jeremy Olander – Let Me Feel (Eric Prydz Dub Remix)[Pryda Friends]
- Pryda – Rotonda [Pryda Friends]
- Jeremy Olander – Rorschach [Cr2 Recordings]
- Eric Prydz – Every Day (Interlude Mix)[Pryda Recordings]
- Pryda – One Day [Pryda Friends]
- Jeremy Olander – Let Me Feel [Pryda Friends]