Essential mixes are not such a thing now, but they were big in the 90s, the BBC gave a band 2 hours to do a mix, usually broadcast late night. There's some really good ones. My two faves are the Richard fearless one
Played it to death in my car, driving round in the rain. There's this brilliant tune on there, halfway thru, about needing your computer, but the whole thing is excellent
and this high contrast one
With his Roland Clark I get deep remix. High contrasts dad used to be shakin Stevens' manager.