BMX x MR MITTENS

SUMMER WINE

Lana Del Rey covers the Lee Hazlewood classic Summer Wine...
 

SHE WAS GONE

Francisco Dávalos aka Bronx makes chill house and tropikool tunes. Check out the track She Was Gone (download here), which samples Aaliyah's If Your Girl Only Knew, same as Finnebassen's If You Only Knew...

SIMULATION VID

BRINGING YOU DOWN

Jonas Rathsman belongs to the circle of French Express producers along with Chris Malinchak, Isaac Tichauer, Moon Boots and Perseus. Common to these artists are chill house beats, often blended with RnB vocal samples and tropical sounds, in other words tropikool music. Check out Rathsman's latest track Bringing You Down (download here)...
 

BABY I GOT THAT

Teenage producer duo Bondax recently dropped the tune Gold (posted here), which is the follow-up to last year's Baby I Got That EP...

The release includes an Endless Summer remix by Justin Martin (download here)...



...and the track It's You...

PERSEUS x ASHANTI

French Express producer Perseus released the three-track Russian Girlfriends EP (download here) earlier this year. It contains the track Running Back To You (download here) which samples the vocals of Ashanti...



The original Ashanti tune Foolish samples Stay With Me by DeBarge...

The opening track Cool Runnings (download here) from the Russian Girlfriends EP samples another Ashanti tune...

NEW LIFE

Aussie imprint Future Classic released the track New Life by Jeremy Glenn last year (download here).

Check out the tropikool Perseus Summer of 83 remix (download here)...

SEYCHELLES

French Express producer Perseus serves up tropikool beats with his latest track Seychelles (download here) combining chill house with nu disco sounds and RnB vocals...

 
The vocal sample is lifted off Toni Braxton's You're Making Me High, pitching her low voice up a bit. Here's the original...

SUMMER CHILL

A fresh batch of mixtapes with summer chill sounds from deep disco to classic soul...

Cosmo Baker serves up some relaxing summer soul, jazzy breeze and folksy tunes such as Minnie Riperton - Les Fleur, The Main Ingredient - Summer Breeze, Quincy Jones - Summer In The City, Cris Williamson - Shine On Straight Arrow, and Nina Simone - Feeling Good.

More chill vibes can be enjoyed in this Balearic beat mix by DJ Zak Hamburg featuring a relaxing edit of the Marvin Gaye classic Mercy Mercy Me.

Picking up the pace a bit, London-based Musica Hermosa presents his first Musica Mixtape. Opening track is the Neon Heights dub remake of the country classic Wichita Lineman.

More chill delights from Neon Heights in this half hour crazy beatz mix.

From the Baltics comes this Mario Basanov Balearic mix for the beach...

Sunny disco from Brazil in this summer mix by Fernando Iervolino.

Last, but not least, enjoy these smooth Superbreak sounds straight outta Greece. Opening track is Locussolus - Next To You.

HOTTER THAN JULY

Summer jam...

SUMMER IN THE CITY

dL edit of the Quincy Jones 1973 classic Summer in the City.

RECORD COLLECTION

Cool Perseus rework of Mark Ronson's Record Collection...
 

HOLD THE LINE

Norwegian DJ Henning Severud aka Telephones has been producing music for the last five years. He finds inspiration in disco and electronic sounds, new and old. His track The Sand The Ocean The Lorenzo is a brilliant piece of summer sounds.

SWIMSUIT

The new Cool Kids album will soon hit record stores. In the meantime, enjoy the latest single Swimsuits featuring soul kid Mayer Hawthorne on vocals.

If you're in a swimsuit kinda mood, be sure to check out Electric Relaxation by the Liaison Hotel roofdeck and pool from 7 to 11 this evening.

CRUEL SUMMER

Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Tony Johns edit)

SUMMER SOUNDS

LA based producer duo Poolside released the summer tune Do You Believe a couple of months back. It's featured on the Elektrik Soul June Mixtape. Now, they've made a mixtape of their own - in fact their very first. It comes in two parts - one for hanging out by the pool in the sun, the other for night-time delight. Here's the day tape - a sweet batch of summer sounds. Enjoy!

Track List

Long Hot Summer (The Style Council)
You Like Me Don't You (Jermaine Jackson)
Love For The Sake Of Love (Pete Herbert re-edit)
Why (Carly Simon)
When Am I Going to Make a Living (Sade)
Wild & Peaceful (Kenny Dope Remix)
This Is How We Walk on the Moon (Arthur Russell)
Do you Believe? (Poolside)
I Love You More (Rene & Angela)

POOLSIDE

Poolside is a Los Angeles based duo "crafting music in their pool house turned recording studio that captures the sound of a perfect afternoon" and creating "day time disco." Their perfect summer tune Do You Believe has recently been released by Aussie label Future Classic.