Sporadic yet substantial, August featured a number of lengthy playlists, chock full of nu-disco, indie house and subdued electronic. Listen to the full (chronological) playlist of August songs below.
Goldroom has been at the forefront of the Nu Disco and Indie Dance scene since first exploding onto the blog scene with the bongo-laden Morgan’s Bay in 2011. In addition to touting one of the most ear-wormy guitar hooks you’ll hear, it earned LA producer Josh Legg a spot on the blog charts with each subsequent release.
On Monday he put out his latest release, Till Sunrise, which seemed as good a time as ever to put assemble a playlist of some of his best originals and remixes. Expect a lot of warm, padded synths, disco-inspired basslines, liberal marimba usage and unspeakably catchy choruses.
And yes, upon seeing that Goldroom image you may have an idea of where the inspiration for the Esthetick header came from.
If yesterday’s fuzzed out sounds from Jungle didn’t quite satiate your need for sitting-around-in-the-sun music, then go ahead and try on this hour of slow-jam disco. Grab your favorite wine cooler and portable speakers and go get your sunburn on.
A couple of notes: 1. The first two songs are from my personal favorite mixtape of all time, Goldroom’s Sole Fixtape 7 and in tandem they were made for vacations. 2. A well-done edit of The Bee Gees can never go wrong and 3. The nine-minute re-imagination of Toto’s Africa to cap off this playlist is deserving of its self-described epicness.
Goldroom’s mixes are hands down my favorite, and his most recent from last month has one of the best first halves of any mix I’ve heard for quite some time. It’s his usual mix of nu and tropical disco along with some poppier house and electronic tunes. Download it below, and check the track list (with my favorites highlighted in case you want to skip around) underneath.
Goldroom – Embrace (Backstroke Remix)
All The Colours – Shame (That’s Nice Remix)
Pherotone – Look Into Your Eyes
EMBRZ – Make Your Way
Goldroom – Embrace
Wayward – Love Jones
Tobtok – Savannah
Lane 8 – Nothing You Can Say
Edwin Van Cleef – Two As One
Chris Malinchak – If You Got It (The Magician Remix)
Miami Horror – Real Slow (Gold Fields Remix)
Cassian – The Ninth
TCTS – Over (feat Holly Partridge)
Cosmic Kids & Fingerpaint – Manteiga
Hero – Daydream
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