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.
Feeling
relaxed
11 tracks.
Klangkuenstler, Alice Phoebe Lou
Man On the Moon
KlangKuenstler wraps Alice Phoebe Lou's soft, folk-tinged voice in a warm, unhurried deep house shuffle that feels like a slow drive home under a full moon.
Joss Stone
Less Is More
A teenage Joss Stone leans into a lilting, reggae-kissed soul groove and sings about wanting less with the husky authority of a singer twice her age.
Jain
So Peaceful
Zanaka's gentle closer, a reggae-tinged sway where Jain lets the album's travels settle into calm, sunlit contentment.
filous, LissA
Feel Good Inc.
The Austrian producer filous strips the Gorillaz classic down to a delicate xylophone, plucked strings and airy beats, and LissA's light voice turns the old windmill anthem into a hazy daydream.
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.
CLAAP!, S.A.N.T.A.N.A.
Dimanche
A slow Sunday-afternoon deep house cut from a Paris duo's debut EP on La Belle Records, all warm chords, an unhurried beat and Santana's soft vocal drifting in and out of the haze.
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.
Kazy Lambist
Doing Yoga
The title track of Kazy Lambist's 2015 debut EP: a smooth, sunlit electronic pop song by the Montpellier producer Arthur Dubreucq, laid-back beats and a playful melody built for summer.
JPattersson
Elevator
A laid-back fusion of dub, reggae and deep electronic beats from East Germany: JPattersson's 2016 Elevator, the title track of an EP that also carries its own dub version and two remixes.