2008
| Date | Performer(s) | Mixes | Additional Notes |
| 27 December | Swedish House Mafia | Mixes | live from Warehouse Project, Manchester |
| 20 December | Slam | Mixes | |
| 13 December | Rusko | Mixes | |
| 6 December | Markus Schulz | Mixes | |
| 29 November | Flying Lotus | Mixes | ESSENTIAL MIX OF THE YEAR |
| 22 November | Loco Dice | Mixes | |
| 15 November | A-Trak & Erol Alkan | Mixes | live from 2020 Rocks, Bournemouth |
| 8 November | London Elektricity | Mixes | |
| 1 November | James Lavelle & Pete Tong | Mixes | |
| 25 October | Steve Mac | Mixes | |
| 18 October | Calvin Harris | Mixes | |
| 11 October | Deadmau5 & Pete Tong | Mixes | Live from Warehouse Project, Manchester |
| 4 October | John Dahlbäck | Mixes | |
| 27 September | Dennis Ferrer | Mixes | |
| 20 September | Riton | Mixes | |
| 13 September | Mauro Picotto & Sander van Doorn | Mixes | |
| 6 September | Mason | Mixes | live from PlanetLove |
| 30 August | Peace Division | Mixes | live from PlanetLove |
| 24 August | Pete Tong, Sasha, Eric Prydz, 2 Many DJs, Noisia | Mixes | 5-hour special live from Creamfields |
| 16 August | Paolo Mojo | Mixes | |
| 9 August | Chase & Status | Mixes | |
| 2 August | Steve Aoki | Mixes | Ibiza Mixtape |
| 26 July | Kris Menace & Fred Falke | Mixes | |
| 19 July | Deadmau5 | Mixes | |
| 12 July | John O'Callaghan | Mixes | |
| 5 July | James Zabiela & Booka Shade | Mixes | Live from Glastonbury |
| 28 June | Roger Sanchez | Mixes | |
| 21 June | Crookers | Mixes | |
| 14 June | Groove Armada (Live from Openeing Party, Ibiza) / Paul Van Dyk & Richard Durand (Live from Coloursfest) | Mixes | |
| 7 June | DJQ Bassline Special | Mixes | |
| 31 May | Dirty South | Mixes | |
| 24 May | MSTRKRFT | Mixes | |
| 17 May | Alex Kidd | Mixes | |
| 10 May | Sébastien Léger | Mixes | |
| 3 May | Annie Mac & Tom Maddicott | Mixes | Live from Metripolis, Bath (Essential Mix: Introduction Tour) |
| 26 April | Kissy Sell Out & Jaymo & Andy George | Mixes | Live from Metripolis, Bath (Essential Mix: Introduction Tour) |
| 19 April | Judge Jules & Barry Connell | Mixes | Live from Inside Out at the Arches, Glasgow (Essential Mix: Introduction Tour) |
| 12 April | Pete Tong & Martin Doorly | Mixes | Live from Metripolis, Bath (Essential Mix: Introduction Tour) |
| 5 April | Moby & Carl Cox | Mixes | Live from WMC, Miami |
| 29 March | Deep Dish & Cedric Gervais | Mixes | Live from WMC, Miami |
| 22 March | Shlomi Aber | Mixes | |
| 15 March | Matthew Dear | Mixes | |
| 8 March | Copyright | Mixes | |
| 1 March | Adam Freeland | Mixes | |
| 23 February | Laidback Luke | Mixes | |
| 16 February | Hernan Cattaneo | Mixes | |
| 9 February | Mark Brown | Mixes | |
| 2 February | Benga | Mixes | |
| 26 January | Luciano | Mixes | |
| 19 January | TC | Mixes | |
| 12 January | Gareth Emery | Mixes | |
| 5 January | Hervé & Sinden | Mixes |
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