Waldeck
Memories
Waldeck sets Zeebee's smoky voice inside a crackling, sepia-toned ballroom swing, a downtempo daydream about a love that only lives on in memory.
Genre
downtempo
11 tracks.
Nu, Jo.Ke
Who Loves the Sun
Nine sun-warmed minutes of organic deep house from the Bar 25 world, where Jo.Ke's gentle, sing-along vocal drifts over a loping groove made for golden-hour dancing.
Kosheen
Addict
Deep, dark bass, insistent drums and Sian Evans' voice cutting through the fog: Addict opens Kosheen's Independence with the pull of something you cannot quit.
Klyne
Waiting
A slow, stripped-down slice of dark electronic R&B from the Eindhoven duo Klyne, where Nick Klein's soft, close-miked voice drifts over sparse beats and muted synths; the new song on their 2015 Closer EP.
Klyne
Entropy
A hushed, late-summer slow jam from the Dutch duo Klyne, where a feather-light falsetto floats over soft keys, tropical-leaning drums and pulsing synths.
DJ Fitchie, Joe Dukie
Midnight Marauders
Seven unhurried minutes of Pacific dub-soul from two Fat Freddy's Drop mainstays, Joe Dukie's honeyed voice drifting over a deep, patient bassline built for the small hours.
Chet Faker
Talk Is Cheap
A wistful, treated saxophone line, a lazy, warm beat and Chet Faker's husky croon make this Built on Glass lead single the definition of late-night electronic soul, and triple j's number one song of 2014.
Camel Power Club
Ourson
Soft beats, sunny loops and a sampled Son House blues voice: Ourson is a short, cuddly piece of French chillout, first a 2015 single and later part of Sputnik II, that feels like a teddy bear rendered in warm sound.
Lulu Rouge
Sweeter Than Sweet (feat. Alice Carreri)
From Lulu Rouge's 2008 debut Bless You, a slow, dub-shadowed Copenhagen downtempo track in which Alice Carreri sings Mikael Simpson's words over deep bass and spacious, echoing textures.
Marbert Rocel
Hush Now
A soulful downtempo song from the German trio Marbert Rocel's second album Catch A Bird: Antje Seifarth's gentle voice over soft, slowly unfolding electronics, made for winding down.
Alif Tree
Forgotten Places
'Forgotten Places' is a hushed downtempo piece by the Marseille producer Alif Tree, built around a sampled voice of the jazz singer Shirley Horn and released on Compost Records in 2006: nu-jazz that sounds like a memory being replayed.