LA composer/producer/songwriter Lauren Hillman aka Kotomi drops a late summer jam of 2017 contender with this balmy electronic pop banger, which elicits all the magical nervous energy and anticipation of a steamy late night dancefloor encounter in some exotic tropical locale, as it smolders and pulses with shades of the best of Chairlift, Major Lazer, and early Madonna...
Listen to our June 2017 monthly mix, featuring some of the best new tracks from the past month by Blue Hawaii, Kedr Livanskiy, Alvvays, Morly, Baltra, Jim-E Stack + more:
Baltra drops a vibey, seasonally appropriate deep house mix for London label Of Paradise. The producer says of the mix via instagram:
Presenting our second annual summer mixtape of modern yacht rock vibes: Like last year, we’re using the term "yacht rock" loosely here, to include myriad sounds inspired by smooth, sumptous soft rock grooves, while occasionally veering off into balearica, pillowy soft funk, sophistipop, cosmic disco novelties, psych-soul, and darker forms of hypnogogia. Listen/download + check the full tracklist below:
Shlohmo drops his new, self-described "big heat wave lounge style music" mixtape FOR THA SUMMER for Sneeze Mag, featuring laid-back re-works of only the hits from Thugger, Future, Rae Sremmurd, Migos, Mobb Deep + more, with woozy samples from "old Japanese and Korean soul records" deftly weaved throughout...
Presented by Sound on Sound Fest, starring headliner + co-curator WASHED OUT, and featuring JESSY LANZA, JACQUES GREENE (live set), SHE-DEVILS, + more. Shoutout to our friends at Modelo + Stem for helping to make this possible...
Skylar Spence + the Knocks combine forces as supergroup/alter-ego Amelia Airhorn to drop an immersive, character-filled, starry-eyed love letter to NYC nightlife, teeming with summertime nostalgia, familiar samples, channel-surfing interludes, New York hip-hop, and straight up euphoric hands-in-the-air disco-soul...
Ernest Greene aka Washed Out drops a glorious hour-long mix of perfect laid-back weekend vibes (heavy on the lo-fi house) for NTS Radio, featuring tracks from Kaytranada, Jack J, Project Pablo, Mount Kimbie, Mall Grab + more...
We featured a couple of tracks from this thing in our June 2016 mix, but it's worth noting that New Jersey producer Flamingosis' stellar, sample-based new full-length Bright Moments is officially out now...