Deadmau5 went on BBC Radio 1 last night for his first solo Essential Mix since 2008. Over 10 years later, a lot has changed, both for deadmau5 personally and in the dance music world. For starters, Deadmau5 has a new alias to bring along for the ride: testpilot.
The entire first hour of the Essential Mix is dedicated to his testpilot side, focusing on more techno and house; he mixes in tracks from Nic Fanciulli, Pig & Dan, Cosmic Boys, and more with ease. He also played his unreleased testpilot tune “Fall” at the end of the hour. The second half is devoted to his classic deadmau5 music, mixing tracks like “Moar Ghosts N Stuff” with unreleased cuts like “A Seed,” “Saturn,” and “Coasted.”
Essential Mix excels at sending listeners on a vibrant and unique two-hour journey, and you can hear it all below. 
Tracklist
testpilot played:
01 deadmau5 – Polyphobia [MAU5TRAP]
02 deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire – Monophobia [MAU5TRAP]
03 Nic Fanciulli – Understand [REKIDS]
04 Pierre Blanche – Ares [DAVOTAB]
w/ deadmau5 ft. Chris James – The Veldt (Acappella) [MAU5TRAP]
05 Pig&Dan – Lost Another Angel (Dub) [COCOON]
06 Architectural – Cubismo 8.3 [ARCHITECTURAL]
w/ deadmau5 ft. Greta Svabo Bech – Raise Your Weapon (Acappella) [MAU5TRAP]
07 Enrico Sangiuliano – Symbiosis [DRUMCODE]
08 Cosmic Boys – Minotaur [LEGEND]
09 deadmau5 – Imaginary Friends [MAU5TRAP]
10 ARTBAT – Planeta [DIYNAMIC]
11 deadmau5 – Avaritia [MAU5TRAP]
12 Tony Rohr & Layton Giordani – Careless Suggestions [PHOBIQ]
13 Inner Membranne – Lucy Rose
14 Julian Jeweil – Transmission [DRUMCODE]
15 testpilot – Fall
deadmau5 played:
16 deadmau5 – Where My Keys [MAU5TRAP]
17 deadmau5 – My Pet Coelacanth [MAU5TRAP]
18 deadmau5 – Maths (Cobra Effect Remix) [MAU5TRAP]
19 deadmau5 – Moar Ghosts N Stuff [ULTRA/MAU5TRAP]
20 Guy Mantzur & Roy Rosenfeld – Systematika [SYSTEMATIC]
w/ deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire – Ghosts ‘N’ Stuff (Acappella) [ULTRA/MAU5TRAP]
21 deadmau5 – A Seed [MAU5TRAP]
22 deadmau5 – Midas Heel [MAU5TRAP]
23 deadmau5 – Saturn [MAU5TRAP]
24 deadmau5 – Coasted [MAU5TRAP]
25 deadmau5 – Polaris [MAU5TRAP]
26 deadmau5 – Strobe [ULTRA/MAU5TRAP]
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