Get ready to experience the golden era of the 12″ single with a continuous, hour-long journey through 1986’s most definitive extended cuts. This mix captures a peak production era when legendary remixers and producers like Shep Pettibone, Nile Rodgers, and Trevor Horn were given the freedom—and the massive studio budgets—to completely reinvent pop and dance tracks for the club floor. From stripped-back, heavy rhythm arrangements to massive spatial dynamics, this set showcases the sheer sonic power and headroom that only the maxi-single format could deliver.
The tracklist is packed with fascinating snapshots of 1986 pop history. The mix includes Julian Mendelsohn’s massive, 9-minute epic “The Full Horror Mix” of Pet Shop Boys’ Suburbia, an arrangement famous for its dramatic introduction complete with cinematic strings, ambient street noises, and breaking glass. Seamlessly blending classic electro-funk rhythms like Timex Social Club’s Rumors with the pioneering, hard-hitting R&B production of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on Janet Jackson’s What Have You Done For Me Lately, this set is a meticulous, BPM-matched homage to the year the extended cut ruled the airwaves.
Broadcast 1 July 2026
Tracklist
- Simple Minds — Sanctify Yourself — Once Upon A Time (Super Deluxe)
- Pet Shop Boys — Suburbia (The Full Horror) — Disco
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Rage Hard — Reload! Frankie: The Whole 12 Inches
- Icehouse — Cross The Border (Steel Love) — The Extended Mixes Vol. 1
- Duran Duran — I Don't Want Your Love (Dub Mix) [1999 Remaster] — Strange Behaviour
- Genesis — Land of Confusion (Single Version) — Archive #2 (1976 - 1992)
- New Order — Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Mix) — Substance
- Janet Jackson — What Have You Done For Me Lately — Control: The Remixes
