ford & lopatin

With the recent return of Sirius XM's glorious seasonal yacht rock channel, we were inspired to compile this mixtape of modern soft rock, sophistipop, vaporwave, balearic pop, cosmic funk, and smooth hypnogogic jams from the past decade or so that would fit seamlessly in the station's rotation, or alongside the legends Fleetwood Mac, Loggins & Messina, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, Toto, et al

Here's the stellar first single from Joel Ford + Leanne Macomber's new collab project Ejecta, taken from their forthcoming debut LP, out this fall on Driftless Recordings. Check the glistening "futuristic Balearic synth-pop" jam "Jeremiah (the Denier)" below, and grab it here...

The creators of two of my favorite records of the year hook up on this extended "dancehall psychedelia" remix of Ford & Lopatin's "I Surrender." Taken from Channel Pressure Remixes, out next week on Software Recording Co. / Mexican Summer: Ford & Lopatin :: I Surrender (Peaking Lights Bass Ship remix)

Listen to the haunting piano-based title track from Oneohtrix's Point Never's new LP Replica, a "song cycle based around lo-fi audio procured from television advertisement compilations." Replica is out November 5 on Software / Mexican Summer: mp3:

Joel Ford + Daniel Lopatin just posted up this dope new GAMES jam on their blog. Welcome sounds for those that miss the warped, chopped-up sample-based (thanks bobka) steez of That We Can Play: Games :: "No Disguise"

New one from Airbird -- aka Joel Ford (of Ford & Lopatin fame) -- taken from his forthcoming City vs. Mountains 12", out next month on Mexican Summer / Software: Airbird :: City vs. Mountains

Adult Swim's Singles series is back for summer 2011. If you'll recall, last year's edition produced new jams from Washed Out, Madvillain, and Cults, among others, so we're psyched to see who they have lined up this year . First up: Ford & Lopatin, with a free download of arguably the best jam from their new record Channel Pressure, "Too Much MIDI": mp3:

Listen to the new album from Joel Ford & Daniel Lopatin -- the bros formerly known as Games -- in its entirety below, via FACT. If you're looking for a place to start (other than the beginning), "Joey Rogers" and "Too Much MIDI" are the jams. Channel Pressure drops next week on Mexican Summer.