Last night, Australian radio might have gotten its biggest collection of mixes ever on air. With the Stereosonic tour in its final weekend, Aussie radio station Triple J was able to tab four of the biggest touring artists — Skrillex, Diplo, RL Grime and What So Not — along with local up-and-coming act Carmada to join the program to spin a back-to-back-to-back-to-back, three-hour mix. The first 80 minutes saw Skrillex and Diplo take over the decks live as Jack Ü before turning over to a short session from Carmada. RL Grime took over the airwaves next with the aid of Skrillex and their airtime spilled over into What So Not's mix in the last hour of the show.
Diplo and Skrillex were just on Triple J the day before to discuss their Jack Ü project and what they had coming up when they mentioned this mix. They said they had no idea what they were going to play, yet they still deliver another outstanding frenetic mix filled with tunes from each artist, their labels and some exclusives as well, via Dancing Astronaut.
Recognizing the platform they were given and the other artists who were in the mix, Carmada smartly used the opportunity to showcase their own music.
Trap don Rl Grime, still riding the wave of success from his debut album Void, slips in several of his own album tracks while giving his own part of the mix a hip-hop flavor to offset the bombastic and grime- and dubstep-infused beats Skrillex included.
RL Grime and Skrillex did not give up total control of Nina Las Vegas's exclusive Triple J mix-up of the airwaves just yet, passing the baton to What So Not while joining in for back-to-back-to-back action. In total, more than 100 songs were played during the blistering, three-hour session that saw four of the biggest DJs in their respective genres take over the decks together.
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