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Big ’70s sounds for getting swept away — Whether by love or lust, joy or jealousy, or even just the sounds themselves. Tracklist: Supertramp – Lady, Wings – Arrow Through Me, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles, Lion – YouR…

Soak in a smooth 21st century comfort blend aligning voices from indie, pop, R&B and electronica, all vibing on the Sade/Enya/Prefab Sprout/”fourth world” edges of the sonic multi-sided die. Tracklist: Body-San – Koko Chats Online, Nite Jewel – Real High, Toro Y Moi …

As advertised: A cosmic blend for the epic cool off so desperately needed between our ears, now and always. Sit within a vast interior and take in the rich atmosphere. Tracklist: Pan-American – The Cloud Room, Triosk & Jan Jelinek – Neckless, Isotope 217 – Le Jeteé, Bennie…

Enjoy deep grooves and progressive rock riddims selected from ’70s and ’80s art rock artists across the UK, Japan, America, Brazil, and Italy. The smooth lilt, driving pulse and spacey production touches of dub reggae, the sublime syncopation of funk, the soft timbres of mallet instrume…

Your curt shots / Sarcastic remarks come so often / They’re never sincere / Darker amusement sets in / That’s the problem / You’re saying something and my eyes open wider / There’s someone identical / Far away from here / Our love settles down into soft sweet sounds / You’re…

Stretch out and lose your sense of time with a mix blending beat-making and the avant-garde. The bounce dial turns until a near-dissolution of rhythm, before returning to earth with hot drumming and sublime ambience until the finish. Keep bouncing. Tracklist: Califone – Outro, Dabrye ̵…

Sounds of rebirth and renewal in a cool register, from artists and labels associated with Chicago, LA and far beyond, made during my first Spring in the windy city after moving from LA. A cumbia mix would have been equally appropriate to Pilsen, but in an ode to the sensations given by Chicago̵…

And so we return and begin again. Tracklist: Kraftwerk – Endless Endless, The New Year – The End’s Not Near, It’s Here, Chicago Underground Quartet – Total Recovery, Thom Yorke – Atoms For Peace – Four Tet Remix, James Blake, Bon Iver – I Need A F…

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 p…