LOL boys

Jerome LOL's Deleted/Fool EP is out today on Friends of Friends.

Taken from Heartbeat(s)' Home Remedies tape, out now on 1080p:

This mix is a mix of songs that inspire me. None of them are secret, none of them are unreleased, none of them are brand new, even. Each song on the mix means a lot to me, and I hope they end up meaning a lot to you too. This mix should get you in the proper mood for the upcoming summer...

We spent an inordinate amount of time listening to (and trying to make) mixes this year. Here's a collection of some of our favorites from the past 12 months, all of which were huge sources of discovery + inspiration for us. And we're always up for more, so feel free to hook us up with recommendations for any essential mixes we might have missed...

Jerome LOL continues his domination of the simultaneously uplifting/heartcrushing emotional remix game -- see also: his Tomas Barfod remix from the other day + his "Diamonds" remix -- with this cathartic edit of The-Dream's "Can't Wait to Hate You" demo...

Tomas Barfod's gorgeously Nina Kinert-assisted "November Skies" remains one of our favorite tracks of 2012, and while pitch-shifting Kinert's already flawless vocals all over the place probably should have resulted in total disaster, Jerome LOL manages to create something moving and amazing that rivals the soaring euphoria of the original...

Montreal's CFCF drops a classy, some things will never change re-work of LOL Boys' "Changes," taken from the forthcoming Changes remix EP -- also featuring Star Slinger, Groundislava + others -- out October 16 via Friends of Friends.

L.A. producer Shlohmo's fractured, moody take on the breezy title track from LOL Boys' Changes 12" gets some appropriately haunting visuals from video marsh. Catch LOL Boys + Shlohmo together in the Boiler Room L.A. tomorrow night.

Great new mix by Shlohmo for BBC Radio 1's Exploring Future Beats, featuring a bunch of unreleased material from the L.A. producer, including a dope new track called "Out of Hand" + remixes of Just Friends (Nico Jaar + Sasha Spielberg), Ryan Hemsworth, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more: mp3: