Legendary Belgian act Soulwax release an album that was originally recorded for Pete Tong’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix in May 2017 at the Dewaele brothers’ studio in Ghent.

They are the first artists to ever submit an entire hour’s worth of original material for a BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix.

Comprised of 12 tracks, named ‘Essential One’ to ‘Essential Twelve’, each song on the album is based around the word ‘essential’.

Recorded in just under two weeks, ‘Essential’ was created using the gear they didn’t use for their celebrated 2017 album ‘From Deewee’, which was recorded with the band in one take. ? Soulwax will be touring this summer across Europe and the USA, including Coachella Festival and shows in San Francisco, LA and a stop in Mexico, as well as All Points East.

Despacio (2manydjs aka Soulwax and James Murphy from LCD soundsystem), have shows in New York City, at the Knockdown Centre and during Sonar, Barcelona in June and All Points East, London.

LP is heavyweight black double vinyl with a UV neon green sleeve and digital download code.

Previous remixes include those for Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jagwar Ma, Jungle, Warpaint, Tame Impala, Metronomy, Arcade Fire, Daft Punk, Gossip, Hot Chip, MGMT and many more.