The lounge chair's in the right place. Most of the umbrella's still standing. It's everything else that's gone. Bid farewell to civilization with this dramatic mix of post-nuclear lounge tunes -- a fantasia of slunk grooves, dramatic orchestral arrangements and exotic percussion. Join me for our last few sips of wine cooler ever, at the last party anyone will attend, here on the last patios anywhere. Tracklist: Submerse - It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses, Les Baxter - Thinking Of You, Esquivel and His Orchestra - So Rare, Paul Tanner, Andre Montero and His Orchestra - Holiday On Saturn, Martin Denny - Hypnotique, The Surfmen - Aloe Oe, Armando Sciascia - Black Sand, Frank Hunter and His Orchestra - White Goddess, Ron Goodwin - The Moon, George Shearing - Lotus Land, Warren Baker and His Orchestra - Malayan Nightbird, Piero Piccioni - Eros In Hiro, Jerry Byrd - Bird Of Paradise, Frank Comstock and His Orchestra - Out Of Space, Henry Mancini - Lujon (Slow Hot Wind), Decibels A Go-Go - De 9 A 6, Andre Popp Presents Elsa Popping and Her Pixieland Band - La Java Du Diable, Russ Garcia and His Orchestra - Red Sands Of Mars, Stan Applebaum, His Orchestra and Chorus - Undiscovered Island, Tak Shindo - Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Johnny Spencer and The Kona Koasters - Monsoon, Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again (1939 Version)

The only way out is through. Wild Gems III will get you there. Tracklist: Roger Roger and Nino Nardini - Strange Motion (Nature Nocturne), Los Amaya - Bailen Mi Rumbita, Indian Rope - Purple Mania, Ike Mathews - African Feeling, Erkin Koray - Karli Daglar, Goat - Try My Robe, Wadih Essafi - Aandak Baharia Ya Rayess, The African Brothers International Band - Wompe Masem, Aby Ngana Diop - Sapaly, Roj - Bongo Workout, Aldo Tamborrelli - Indian Feeling, Hervé Roy and Pierre Bachelet - Pachydermes and Cie, Alessandro Alessandroni - Collata, Omar Khorshid - Rakset El Fadaa, Okay Temiz - Dokuz Sekiz, Un Dos Tres Y Fuera - San Juan, Tambor Y Fuera, Can - Smoke (E.F.S. No. 59), Mac Talla Nan Creag - Grugaigian Chant, Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects - Roof Fish Suck, The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band - Sao Sakit Mae, Beaver and Krause - People's Park, Flamingods - Gojira, Albert Marcoeur - Controle-Vitesse-Pusssance, Agitation Free - Ala Tul Canal Din, Georgia - (Open Voice)

Mind Train aka Wild Gems II picks up where the first Wild Gems left off, taking us further down the stoney path through a vibrant and concerted wilderness of psych, exotica and eclectic international rock records. Tracklist: Budapest Radio Orchestra - The Lights of Hong Kong, Yoko Ono - Mindtrain, Erkin Koray - Sir, Bharat Karki and Party - Calcutta Calcutta, Fred Weinberg - Aum Mau Mau, Dick Hyman - Topless Dancers of Corfu, Bo Dollis and The Wild Mangolias - Handa Wanda, Bernard Gérard - Crocodile Porte-Clé, Stereolab - Iron Man, Ersen - Gafil Gezme Saskin, Cem Karaca and Apaslar - Gilgamis, Pierre Henry - Jericho Jerk, John Hill - Io, Morgan Delt - Barbarian Kings, Selda - Yaylalar, Kalyanji-Anandji - Bansarai Babu Beats, The Piranha Sounds - La Turbie Pirhanienne, Raymond Guiot - Primitive Spirit, Ananda Shankar - Dancing Drums, Zafer Dilek - Tokat Sarması, Los Diablos Rojos - El Guapo, Banda Eletrica - Soy Loco por ti America, Yma Sumac - Gallito Ciego (One-Eyed Rooster), Los Henry's - Cumbia del Amor, Abelardo Carbono - Guana Tangula

Enjoy a mix of vintage Luk Thang 45s, ripped from a stack of singles brought over from Thailand by our cousin and good friend. Here's the best hour of material. I try to provide an authentic rendering of each disc, while avoiding the harsher surface noise, clicks, and scratches from the vinyl. Information about some of these Luk Thang picks is available online, but many remain mysterious. My partially reconstructed tracklist has tunes by Sangsuree Rungroj, Sayan Sanya, Winai Bundarak, and Chaloemphon Hit Donchai, but we know up to ten other unknown artists are featured. Who, for instance, is behind the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's "J'taime Moi Non Plus"? Whatever the answer, dip into the retro vibe of Thai Town, the first of four new episodes to be released over upcoming weeks tracing the varying strains of sound among international musics. Tracklist: Sangsuree Rungroj - Mixed, Sayan Sanya - Unknown, Sayan Sanya - Some Old Love, Sayan Sanya - Do Not Fall For The Rumor, Sayan Sanya - Borderman, Unknown Artist - J'taime Moi Non Plus, Chaloemphon Hit Donchai - Past Love Buddhist Lent Day, or Past Love Rainy Season, Chaloemphon Hit Donchai - Won Mae Engagement Girl, Winai Bandurak - Mexican Sunflower, or Tree Marigold

House music for the nest: These selections of micro, minimal, lo-fi, glitch, ambient and deep house hang together like insulating drapes -- subtle head music heaving and pulsing in the stillness of a calm room, with steady, four-on-the-floor background beats and tightly knit bass lines that like to lead the groove. Synth pads and vocal samples line the space like wallpaper. Zone out and enjoy. Tracklist: Afterhours - Defragment #2, Body-San - One Million Brazillion Dollars, Stimming - No. 17, Ishmael - No Chaser, Letherette - Without You, Farben and James Din A4 - Please Excuse My Face, Jan Jelinek - They, Them, Jetone - Octan, Rod Modell - Syria, Martin Schulte - City Night, Thomas Fehlmann - Atlas 2, Elka - BBX1999, You're Me - Oot Re Mi, Perfume Advert - Auspice, Anders Ilar - Gramineous Glow, Martin Buttrich - Stop Motion, Ricardo Villalobos - Hireklon, Farben - Silikon, Nosaj Thing - NR2, Moodymann - Why Do U Feel, Gold Panda - Mediaevil, Francesco Tristano - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Euphoric vibes, sculpted tones and melodic (at times challenging) beats converge for a brisk tour through the industrial cyberpark of tomorrow. The hoverboard has its soundtrack. Tracklist: Yasuaki Shimizu - Tachikawa, Radiohead - I Am Citizen Insane, Rival Consoles - Morning Vox, Ada - You and Me, Rabit - Glass Harp Interlude, Aphex Twin - Milk Man, Iller - Bending Oddity, Kwes. - Hives, Arca - Dignity, Kahn, Commodo and Gantz - Kibosh, Knxwledge - Dntleave, Bullion - Don't Talk (Close Your Eyes), Gold Panda - Autumn Falls, Gobby - Hyuna, Bjork - Innocence (Alva Noto Unitxt Remodel), Jlin - Nandi, Kutmah - Darkening Of The Light, Henry Wu - Expensive Ghetto (Feat. Mo Kolors), Cakedog - 24 HRS, Moiré - Gel, Beat Spacek - Alone In Da Sun, Dabrye - In Water, James Place - High Rise (Rainier), Bibio - Saint Christopher, Baths - Seaside Town

It's the sound of momentum: Hand drums, mallet instruments and mesmeric beats cut an exotic path through the worlds of global electronica and avant-garde techno. Tracklist: You're Me - Walled Garden, Mestre Geraldo E Su Bateria - Mistura #2, Don't DJ - Evolve, Black Merlin - Reef Play, Tyondai Braxton - Greencrop, Clap! Clap! - Sahkii's Elevation, Cut Hands - Inchantment, Tony Allen - Asiko (In A Silen Mix), YPY - Gazing Beat, African Head Charge - Timbuktu Express, Banabila and Machinefabriek - Awake, Andew Pekler - A Savage Topography, Michael Turtle - Zoote Pointe, Don't DJ - Disparata 69, Francis Bebey - Binta Madiallo, NV - Bells Burp, DJ Eye - (iii), BD1982 - Coney Island High, Elysia Crampton - Dummy Track (Feat. Why Be and Chino Amobi), Bateria Fantastico De Potela - Demonstracao de Som e Andiamento, Lucy - A Millenia Old Adversary, DJ Paradise - Mbizi (R)

The second of two mixes compiling excellent 2016 instrumental music, fashioned for wet weather and a cool state of mind. This one's got (somewhat) more of a rock bent. Enjoy. Tracklist: So Percussion - Drumkit Quartet No. 51 (Chicago Realization), Thor Harris - 12 Ate, Anna Meredith - Blackfriars, Christopher Tignor - The Will And The Waiting, F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm - Day One Three, Suzanne Kraft - Bank, Raime - Dialling In, Falling Out, Szun Waves - Orb Light, nonkeen - Glow, Daedelus - Hold Sway, BADBADNOTGOOD - Here and Now, Kikagaku Moyo - Melted Crystal, The Eye of Time - I could sleep for thousand years, Billington-Tramposh - Live January 13 2016, Mica Levi and Oliver Coates - Xhill Stepping, Mark Pritchard - Cycles Of 9, Plaid - Wen, Guy Blakeslee - Maja (Queen of The Storm) Movement 3, Oren Ambarchi - Hubris Part 1, Odd Nosdam - Endless 432 (Feat. Teebs)

The first of two mixes compiling excellent 2016 instrumental music, fashioned for wet weather and a cool state of mind. Tracklist: Mica Levi and Oliver Coates - Mob of Waters, Olof Melander - Travelers, Body-San - Voices 1, Foodman - Waterfall, Barnaby Carter - Cold Weather Warm Soul, You're Me - Applet W, Don't DJ - The Grey Shrine, Autechre - spTh, Banabila and Machinefabriek - Strokjes, Suzanne Kraft - Scripted Space, Kane Ikin - Echoic, Jilk - Baby Hannah, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Stratus, Masayoshi Fujita and Jan Jelinek - Helio, Andrew Pekler - Theme From Tristes Tropiques/Avian Modulations/Life In The Canopy, Seiho - The Dish, Ian William Craig - Lost On Time, Part 1, Nicolas Jaar - Leaves, Ash Koosha - Ooh Uhh, Burial - Young Death, Pendant - Des Vieux Temples, weeVanStood - black.exe

My mood at the end of an era. This Best Of 2016 mix offers neither the very best songs nor representation for the very best albums of 2016. Instead it condenses some of the year's very best tracks from some of the year's best albums into a cloud of sentiment--a Top 40 mix defined by its vintage, covering the songwriters and producers I like most (plus a few one-offs). Enjoy. Tracklist: Laura Mvula - Bread, Chairlift - Crying in Public, Jenny Hval - Period Piece, Cross Record - Steady Waves, Radiohead - The Numbers, Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞n), Mitski - Your Best American Girl, Suuns - UN-NO, Tobacco - Human Om, Gobby - Mysterioso, Alex Smoke - Dire Need, Nicolas Jaar - Three Sides of Nazareth, David Bowie - Lazarus, Flamingods - Anya, Cloudland Canyon - An Arabesque, Morgan Delt - Don’t Wanna See What’s Happening Outside, Animal Collective - Golden Gal, Danny Brown - Lost, Mark Pritchard - Beautiful People (Feat. Thom Yorke), Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Rare Things Grow, James Blake - Choose Me, Bibio - With The Thought of Us, Santigold - Banshee, Nite Jewel - Kiss the Screen, Blood Orange - Better Than Me, Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You, Olga Bell - ATA, El Guincho - Cómix (Feat. Mala Rodriguez), Kaytranada - GLOWED UP (Feat. Anderson .Paak), A Tribe Called Quest - Whateva Will Be (Feat. Consequence), KOOL AD - UP DOWN FREESTYLE (Prod. DJ MUSTARD), KA - That Cold and Lonely, Clipping - Air ‘em Out, Gaika - VSOP, Foodman - Mid Summer Night (Feat. Diskomargaux), MJ Guider - Lit Negative, Nite-Funk - Let Me Be Me, Anna Meredith - Something Helpful, Julianna Barwick - Beached, Babyfather - Militant