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Jessie Ware's on the disc - and she's got a Mercury nomination - what do you make of this year's shortlist? Hopefully having music that you won't hear anywhere else on this is more of an incentive to invest in it." People get that everywhere, they make their own comps. "It's good for me because I can represent sounds from everywhere and put them together, but that was the other reason why we got exclusive music on the comp because you need to give just more than a selection of music. They just pick their favourite track from here and here and they just kind of put together their own things that they like and Spotify them or whatever, or they listen to stuff on YouTube, which has become weirdly the new kind of radio. People don't consume long-players as much as they used to. "Completely, it's so immediate - the way music is put out there and consumed. Has the web encouraged that sort of eclecticism? "He's a super-talented producer as well, it's basically trap music, which is the new thing that everyone's talking about, but it's very much his slant on trap music - and it's completely original, you only hear it on the comp, and it's just a real nice opportunity to be able to support people like that." Everything in his set just hops from sound to sound brilliantly. Melé is a 19-year-old guy from Liverpool, super young, super-talented, one of those genre-hopping guys I was telling you about, he'll play everything from grime to jungle to hip-hop. "We commissioned in some brand new music - exclusive tunes for the comp and there's a tune by Melé on there called 'Spacejam'. If you were forced to pick one standout that is maybe less well-known, what would it be? House music's got bigger than ever and the second disc hopefully reflects that a bit." It's been great year for house music as well. There's so many producers coming through like Disclosure or AlunaGeorge, who are influenced by R&B and garage and lots of different genres, and you can hear all that within their music. "It's also been a year of no boundaries in terms of genres. It's been a good year for underground music to be accepted and accessible to everyone. "Disclosure, for instance - four years ago when I did the comp they wouldn't have been on the Radio 1 playlist but are now supported by mainstream radio, I find that really exciting. When it becomes that popular it just makes a much bigger awareness for the more underground stuff. Dance music has become so ubiquitous and in a way it's become pop music. "I feel like it's been brilliant, it's never been such a good time for dance music. But yeah - big up Sam Cam, I've got nothing to say!" "My favourite tweet about that was my friend Sophie Wilkinson who said, 'I can't believe SamCam likes a song that says 'I guess that c**t went to Eton' (sic). '212' is on the compilation, what do you think about Samantha Cameron apparently being a fan? Also 'Paris' by Jay-Z and Kanye, they wouldn't let that - I'm really happy we got stuff like A$AP Rocky and Frank Ocean and Azealia Banks." Rihanna 'We Found Love', which is my favourite pop song of the year, we weren't allowed to have that. "Well there's only been a couple with this that I really wanted to put on that I wasn't able to and that is all the Roc Nation stuff. But I don't really get to do those things that often so it's kind of weird and self-indulgent."ĭo you get any faff with tracks that you want to put on but can't? CD Two - if I was playing in the back room of a basement club, that's what I'd play. "CD One is a real direct reflection of what I've been playing out in festivals, it's pretty much the setlist of my festival sets. It's a genuine reflection of the songs that I've connected to most in the year.
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One of my favourite things is putting mixes together, putting songs together, making playlists on iTunes or whatever, so this is like a glorified, professional version of that. How much fun is to make the compilations? To promote the double-disc collection, Mac also heads up the Annie Mac Presents 'All The Way' tour next month, with guests Magnetic Man, Redlight, Rudimental and Disclosure.Īfter quizzing her about pal Nick Grimshaw's new job as the Radio 1 Breakfast Show host, we went on to ask her about dance music, DJing and more. Annie Mac has been one of Radio 1's top dance DJs for years and she underlines that position with the release of her fourth annual AMP compilation this week.