The New LoFi Mixtape

As is tradition around this time of year, we’ve put our “new music” aside for this week and went into the archives to pull out over an hour of festive music.

This month we’ve created a bonus mixtape that explores the grittier side of Christmas music. Over an hour of some of the best indie rock Christmas music. We’ve got Christmas music from the likes of Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainright, The Walkmen, Fleet Foxes, Julian Casablancas, Deer Tick, The Kinks, Best Coast, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and of course, The Pogues.

If you are in the Christmas spirit, please go support the Heart N Soul Christmas Fundraiser by visiting their JustGiving fundraising page to give what you can.

If this gritty indie rock sound is not what you are looking for during Christmas, you should check out some of our Christmas Mixtapes from previous years: The 80’s Christmas Mixtape, A Jazzy Big Band Christmas Mixtape, A LoFi Christmas, A Classical Christmas Mixtape or The Christmas Mixtape 2000!

This month we’ve got over an hour in some of the best house and techno that has been submitted to the blog in the last couple of months. New music from Barry Can’t Swim, Joy Anonymous, Sofia Kourtesis, The Chemical Brothers, Mija, Bexxie, Starita, Miles O’Neal, Needs No Sleep, Mira Nait, James Blake and a very interesting remix of Depeche Mode’s track “Personal Jesus.”

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

This month we keep the autumnal music rolling from last month with another hour of jazz, soul and psychedelic from around the world. New music from Say She She, Sven Wunder, Surprise Chef, Yazmin Lacey, Planet Ibiza, Elephant Stone, Louie Rubio, Web Web, and many more.

But before we jump into the mix, here are two interesting videos we’ve picked out from the line up for you:

Say She She’s excellent music video for their new single, “C’est Si Bon”

Interesting animated video for “Microdosing” from African Head Charge

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

This month we get into the crunchier side of autumn music in the northern hemisphere. From psychedelic indie to Arabic funk, October’s mixtape includes over two hours of jazz, soul, and rock from around the world. Featuring new music from Kokoroko, Babe Rainbow, Sven Wunder, Nick Marks, Dougie Stu, Dina Ogon, Maribou State, and Matthew Halsall.

But before we dive in, here are a couple of interesting videos from the mix this month.

Get psychedelic with Babe Rainbow’s new single:: “Juice of the Sun”

Obongjayar becomes a pinball in his video for “Just Cool” 

Sefi Zisling – Welcome Sunset

Maribou State get nostalgic with their new video for “Blackoak”

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

The September mixtape features new music from Boys Noize, Disclosure, Fisher, Skrillex, Jax Jones, Nia Archives, CIISNERO, Jungle, Emma-Jean Thackray, Wax Motif, edapollo, Mild Minds, Davide Marsala, Sofia Kourtesis, and a fantastic new Bicep remix of “Glue” by Blake Strange.

But before we get into the mix, check out some of the fantastic videos from the podcast below:

The trippy new video for Sofia Kourtesis’ remix of “Merchants” by Sans Soucis

Ok, I take it back, if you think the video above is trippy, this is like ten times more. Above is like a mushroom trip, but this Icy Ericc remix of “Sandstorm” is like a DMT trip.

Now it’s time to take the trippiness to the Artificial Intelligence arcade with Fisher’s new video for “Take It Off”

Dom Dolla ripping it up with his remix of “New Gold” by Gorillaz

I’m getting major Y2K vibes with this new Nia Archives video

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

September 2023 Mixtape Playlist

The mixtape for August features new music from Crystal Fighters, Laura Misch, Devendra Banhart, Fever Ray, SAULT, Move 78, Daao, Freyja Garbett and Nu Genea. This mixtape is a real wormhole of audio. It starts to go in one direction and then switches it up to a completely new vibe. I think you’ll like it. 

As I mentioned in the intro, check out some of the fantastic writing and photography that our very own Jarrett Edmund has been crushing this year with his coverage of Sled Island and the Blink 182 Tour. And of course, his feature on Nickleback called: “Look at these photographs: my day with Nickelback.”

Oh, and check out our new Jazz Underground resident artist this month, Bubble Wrap Trap. If you like their sound, go check out the ten new track on our Jazz Underground Spotify playlist. Follow the playlist to show your support!

Full playlist for the mixtape below, and a shortlist of our favorite videos from the mix this month

Lorenzo Morresi’s video for his new single: “Pop Flop”

Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – Tired Faces

La Ka Ba’a by Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy band

Some saxy video vibes from Fever Ray’s new music video for “Shiver”

The beautiful psych rock music video for “What Has Happened” by Tonstartssbandht (try pronouncing that three times fast)

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

August 2023 Mixtape Playlist

The July Mix is all electronic from start to finish. We’ve got new music from Rival Consoles, Barry Can’t Swim, DJ Seinfeld, Peggy Gou, Confidence man, Daniel Avery, Banyan, Scasca, Swimming Paul and an up-and-coming electronic artist called simply: Nicolas

The new music video from Peggy Gou goes like:

“On & On” from Confidence Man and Daniel Avery

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

July 2023 Mixtape Playlist

This month’s mixtape features new music from Little Dragon, LA Priest, Altin Goon, Stella, Biig Piig, Peggy Gou, Teen Daze, Django Django, Confidence man… It’s an absolutely packed line up this month. And we’ve also got a couple new remixes from Soulwax, Self Esteem, and Tame Impala.

Basically, this is a great little mix for summer. But before you get into the mix, check out some of the music videos

The hamster takes over in Jan Verstraeten’s video for his new single, “Goodbye World”

New music video for “Pacific Ave” by Pearl & The Oysters

Let’s get psychedelic with the new Adrian Quesada music video for “Starry Nights”

The new Tame Impala video for their remix of “Holiday”: also trippy

“The Jungle” by Plants and Animals

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

June 2023 Mixtape Playlist

This month we’ve got new music from Sofia Kourtesis, Bonobo, The Blessed Madonna, Ross From Friends, Fred Again.., Skrillex, and Underworld. Check out full playlist below.

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

May 2023 Mixtape Playlist

Thanks for tuning into the April edition of The New LoFi mixtape. I had a lot of fun exploring the tropical exotica side of jazz and funk last week. This week is a bit of a continuation on that idea by taking a dive into funk and psychedelica that has been released in the last year from the Arabic world. It’s all about the Turkish funk and soul this month. Turkish psychedelic funk from producers like Janko Nilovic, Charif Megarbane, DJ Istanbul or a band like Altin Gün.  

There is some more traditional jazz and soul outfits on the mix including one from Chip Wickham’s new album called “Astral Traveling.” And we’ve also got a few indie tracks floating around like a new track from an all-girl LA-based trio called Automatic. 

Check out the full playlist (and some video from a few of the artists) below. Links on how to support each artist in the playlist.

Sweet little video for the new Automatic single

Gweno’s new track, “Tresor”

Bonkers collage video for Black Flower’s new single, “O Fogo”

The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher.

Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition marbled blue vinyl as well. If you want to give the record a sample before you buy, have a listen on our mixtape special podcast here.

April 2023 Mixtape Playlist