The 17 best FADER Mixes of all time

The 17 best FADER Mixes of all time

After a five-year hiatus, we’re bringing FADER Mix back. Hear our first mix since 2021 with Los Angeles-based vinyl DJ 1morning, a rising young force in modern-day techno.

We’ve been running FADER Mix since at least 2009 (I can’t be certain; the earliest articles aren’t the best tagged). Back then, we were getting submissions from DJs like Hudson Mohawke and uploading them on this very website for download. It was a scrappy production, and probably not the best for safe-internet practices, but it did allow us to do what we felt was the most important: aggressively spread the word of the hustlers and party people that deserved more attention.

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Over the years, FADER Mix has highlighted literally anyone who’s anyone in not only the electronic and dance sphere, but also rap, reggae, rock, experimental music, and more. Even while putting this post together, scrolling endlessly through our website and archive, I was shocked at the names I encountered: Arca, Jacques Greene, DJ Koze, Giraffage, Omarion, Ricky Eat Acid, Danny L Harle, Yaeji, Frankie Knuckles, and more.

For this next era of FADER Mix, we’re excited to continue highlighting the up-and-coming class of beat-makers and club mavens from around the world, and have an exciting roster of names already lined up for the series, which will be dropping on a bi-weekly cadence to start.

Revisit just a snapshot of the best FADER Mixes of all time below. Hear the full archive on our SoundCloud.

FADER MoMA PS1 Warm Up Mix: ARCA (2012)

Maybe 60% of this mix, made for MoMA PS1’s Warm Up series, comes from ARCA’s own arsenal.

FADER Mix: Flume (2013)

A surprisingly rappy mix from pioneering Australian DJ Flume.

FADER Mix: Frankie Knuckles (2014)

Frankie Knuckles makes a mix that’s full of deep feelings, sensuality, and just balls-to-the-wall fun.

FADER Mix: Doss (2015)

Doss FADER Mix is full of bubbly club music, giggle samples and an alien-sounding Dolly Parton remix. The vibe she was going for was “sipping on a soda.”

FADER Mix: Chet Faker (2015)

Chet Faker shows off his personal curatorial skills on this mix. It moves between genres and eras— fresh-faced rap from Goldlink, classic singing from Donny Hathaway, and a Les Sins track.

FADER Mix: Zaytoven (2015)

This is packed with Zaytoven-produced tracks, twinkling, cartoonish keys, and bloated 808 boom (plus, Usher and Gucci).

FADER Mix: Keys N Krates (2017)

Soul legend Roberta Flack, SOPHIE, and Toronto rappers Kardinal Offishall and P. Reign all make an appearance on this mix.

FADER Mix: Hoody (2017)

An introduction to the serene side of the South Korean music scene, with this slow-jam heavy mix.

FADER Mix: Bambii (2017)

Bambii is a star now, but we had her eye on her when she was still Mykki Blanco’s tour DJ.

FADER Mix: Neenyo (2017)

Neenyo, the beat maker behind Drake and Future’s “Plastic Bag” and PartyNextDoor’s “Sex On The Beach,” made us this glowy mix.

FADER Mix: Yaeji (2018)

In 2018 we described this mix by Yaeji as “soul-guiding,” with its “Passionfruit” remix and then-unreleased, early Yaeiji music.

FADER Mix: Yeule (2018)

2018 Yeule created a cinematic journey filled with film scores, J-pop, slow and steady blues, and reinvigorated electro-pop.

FADER Mix: Josey Rebelle (2018)

A refreshing, energetic journey through dance music and beyond, with a healthy disregard for genre or rote categorization.

FADER Mix: Standing on the Corner (2018)

Standing On The Corner’s Gio Escobar and Jasper Marsalis direct a film for your ears with this mix that features rarities in rap, jazz, reggae, and beyond.

FADER Mix: MisterVacation (2019)

The Brooklyn DJ merges El Alfa, Evanescence and early aughts femme power pop for a good! ass! time!

FADER Mix: Park Hye Jin (2019)

Hear remixes of Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” and “What’s It Gonna Be?!” by Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson, as well as unplaceable bangers from the underground dance floor.

FADER Mix: KM (2021)

The Japanese producer shares a genre-spanning, booming bass-filled mix.

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