The Chillout Lounge Mix - Looking
You don't need eyes to see, you need vision. Variety of forward thinking and emotive music blended together thoughtfully in this mix.
Opening with the inspiration for the name of this mix the track Look For What’s Looking by Alex Donofrio who is smashing it with the productions, loving his mixture of sounds from chill to more up-tempo organic, melodic vibes. Dave Brevi decided to try a new style for himself and it worked out great, Green Morning (Sublabel of Ylla Music) presents two incredible chillout tracks; Latecomer and Calluna. Diversity of Earth's nature and distant fairy worlds, greatness of limitless Space and travel to other planets, all this and much more tell you the music of dreams and pleasant memories by Green Morning label. Huge fan of Koresma (Ryan Lindberg) who’s an electronic producer based in Los Angeles, California, Koresma creates a blend of chilled electro-acoustic music centered around a strong drum groove, inspired by landscapes and their influence on sounds; lots of quality sounds and collaborations to check out here. Eliza Noble and Jennifer Skillman are Eli & Fur; the British live act, singer-songwriter and producer duo whose career together stretches back for nearly a decade. Found In The Wild is the pair's long-awaited studio debut which will be released this summer on seminal electronic imprint and long-time label home Anjunadeep. Wild Skies is taken from the 'Found' collection - a sensual and otherworldly ensemble which glues the duo's trademark textured sound palette together perfectly. Russian producer Coout (Sine Music) has a diverse creative sense as he proves once again with his new single This Time. After his previous chillout and ambient releases he now surprises us with a new musical direction with a smooth chillstep beat, crackling vinyl sounds create warmth and male vocals surprisingly and seamlessly blend in a wonderful call and response to the main beautifully sung female vocals. The sublime label Art Vibes is back with their annual compilation Spring Vibes, for the fourth edition, they took the talent of 8 producers to an unprecedented creative level. With the essential characteristics of the music collective, full of melodic and progressive atmospheres, 9DEEP - Another Galaxy was my favourite track but there are lots to choose from. Tinlicker return to Anjunadeep with their Lost Gravity EP, a four-track club EP that calls back to their uplifting progressive roots, Jordi Van Achthoven and Micha Heyboer have been busy since the acclaimed Sleepwalker EP (their last standalone release on the label). The last year has seen the pair land a Beatport #1 with their edit of Robert Miles’ ‘Children’, release two collaborations with Ben Böhmer, and accrue tens of millions of plays on their 2017 track ‘Because You Move Me’. Loki Records announce that you can now pre-order Cusp / Journals on vinyl via their webstore. The collaborative project between Frameworks & Murge is a special concept release celebrating DJ culture, and responding to the global cancelation of concerts; 100% of all profits from the vinyl are being DONATED to support venues, crew, and other industry workers who were impacted during the pandemic, we all want to get this tour life back up and running. You can hear a bit about the project directly from Frameworks & Murge in this mini documentary. Laura Masotto, the Italian composer and violinist created in collaboration with the Greek ambient producer / composer (but Berliner by adoption) Hior Chronik; Ithaki released on 7K! Records in June along with WE the album is a relaxing, soft and nostalgic journey through ambient electronics, warm string sounds and hints of kalimba. Mischa Blanos (InFiné Music) a pianist with a classical academic background since the age of seven is also a creative force who has constantly pushed the boundaries between genres. In parallel to his solo career, he travels the world's festivals and clubs as a member of Amorf, a reference on the global minimal-techno scene with a resolutely underground ethos, vinyl-only releases, and a solid reputation for relentless live jams. Fluorescence is the second single taken from City Jungle, Mischa´s debut album. Der Waldläufer produces another sublime chilled track called Sandman, more info here. !K7 presents the latest chapter in Niklas Paschburg’s rework project, a series focusing on reimaginings of the German producer and pianist’s most recent album Svalbard. OPERA has a completely different concept from any other track featured in the rework series, it’s a collaborative re-work of Niklas’s track where we see him performing the accordion, Hannes Kretzer playing synths and Dobrawa Czocher on cello. This is the result of a meeting with three extraordinary artists/musicians a unique journey between space, ambient, folk and classical music, conceived as a tribute to the accordion, the instrument together with the piano preferred by Niklas. Kuan is the name of Raffunk's (from Gushi & Raffunk) new project that stems from live improvisation during yoga practices, using music as a conveyor of our inner places of being, modifying itself each time by the synergy generated in every session between the musician and the practitioners; from this emotional and physical exchange, the 6 growing phases of From Here On are born, a journey within each of us. Calibre releases his first bonafide 140bpm record, all of the tracks have been road-tested in Calibre's DJ sets over the last 2/3 years with many of them being sought-out by his hardcore fans. It was only a matter of time then that he put them out for all to consume. With a nod to the dancefloor, the clear idea for the album came about following the release of his most personal album to date Planet Hearth. “It still works in the headspace but ultimately it's been written for the sweaty club experience we miss now, also after an album like Planet Hearth it felt very liberating to do. The whole album is special to me, everything on there has import and meaning beyond for me, I have spent much time on all these and hope they are special for other people too.”
Tracklist:
Look For What's Looking - Alex Donofrio
Calluna (Original Mix) - Dave Brevi
Alpine - Koresma & Andrew Rothschild
Wild Skies - Eli & Fur
Paint The Sky - Koresma & Edapollo
Latecomer (Original Mix) - Dave Brevi
This Time - Coout
Another Galaxy - 9DEEP
Watching Over You (Extended) - Tinlicker
Cusp - Frameworks & Murge
Ithaki feat. Hior Chronik - Laura Masotto
Fluorescence - Mischa Blanos
Sandman - Der Waldläufer
Opera (Dobrawa Czocher & Hannes Kretzer Collaborative Rework) - Niklas Paschburg
Travel (Atmospheric Version) - Kuan
Time To Breathe (Original Mix) - Calibre