Ghost Order - Hollows EP

Ghost Order is an artist based in Britain, currently remixing and designing beautiful downtempo melodies. I love tracks that have driving percussion that makes your head nod with very chill melodies and layers. I stumbled across an older Ghost Order album called Hollows (EP). The title track is my favorite, with light piano over percussion and reverberating bass. It's a great straight forward song - Hollows - that I can listen to over and over again.

BadboE - Ghetto Funk Testament Mixtape (May 2015)

Listen all the way through - this funk/breaks/nu-dub mix is killer. This is the type of mix where you want to make sure you can listen to it for the full hour. Enjoy!

Jeff Oster - Chillout Trumpet Remixes by Chris Coco and AfterLife Chill

Jeff Oster is a California based trumpet player who contributes to and has released his own downtempo and chillout albums. He recently shared some of his tracks from "Surrender" - a very nice downtempo album he released in 2011. The album is a collection of tracks that make me feel like I should be in a beach sunset, slight breeze while listening to them. Check out two highlights - remixes and edits by none other than the legendary Chris Coco and AfterLife Chill:

Social Sounds from Planet Dub - Playlist

The name of this playlist says it all - dubbed out tracks, chill reggae vibes, transport yourself to Planet Dub. Perfect chill jammin', right here.

Gelka & Phoenix Pearle - Catching Sunrise Mixtape

Really enjoyed listening to this chill mixtape by downtempo veteran Gelka. The mix starts with ambient sunrise and builds into lounge beats that are perfect for an active grilling afternoon on this holiday weekend, or for some poolside sounds. Listen here!

Gelka & Phoenix Pearle - Catching Sunrise Mixtape by Gelka on Mixcloud

Adam Warped Downtempo Mix - Strange Days / Hypersonic Radio

Stumbled across this beauty of a downtempo mix by Adam Warped, selectah supreme for Hypersonic Radio in Austin, TX. Oh, i'll be in Austin next weekend and hope to catch some live mixing!

Nice mix of electronic downtempo with a bit of Texas whimsy and twang sprinkled in.

New DJ Shiftee Traktor Routine

Just sick, I want all these toys (oh and the skillz would be nice too!)

Artifakts - Midwest Electro Hip Hop

I saw GRiZ at Terminal 5 in New York City last Friday and to my surprise the highlight was his openers -The Floozies and Artifakts. (GRiZ was just okay, he quickly forgot his sax and devolved into a poor man's Bassnectar and leaned on dubstep way too much for my taste). I had Floozies tracks but had not heard of Artifakts. So he took the stage first and immediately grabbed the audience - triggering funky samples and beats to command the audience and bring them into his sounds.

I'm from Milwaukee, so I loved hearing he's from Minneapolis - MIDWEST 4 LIFE! His sound is great, it's got that funky electro hip hop flavor similar to Gramatik, Pretty Lights, GRiZ (makes sense for his tour), Odesza, you name em. Check out this mini-mix here and follow him on Soundcloud!