October 2013: Closer to Your Heart

Closer to Your Heart from letmeget on 8tracks Radio.

If You're Short on Time (Like I've Been...):
Apologies for taking so long with this mix; fortunately, it's a great one. "Wait for Love" is from St. Lucia's predictably infectious LP, When the Night (since none of the tracks are on SoundCloud, you can stream the whole album by following the link below). "Take Me Higher" is also from Cut Copy's upcoming LP, Free Your Mind, which can be streamed over at Pitchfork here. "Afterlife" is, as you probably know, from Arcade Fire's annoyingly over-hyped and rather polarizing LP Reflektor that is still definitely worth a listen (stream it here). The lyric video for "Afterlife," essentially a montage of clips from the film Black Orpheus, is simple but surprisingly effective (not only this video, but also the album artwork and two other songs reference the Orpheus myth; brush up on your mythology here). I wish I could pick favorites, but it's hard to say with this playlist. The remixes are all interesting takes on the originals, so be sure to listen to as many as you can. Happy listening, and happy Halloween!

1. Better in the Dark - Say Lou Lou
2. Wait for Love - St. Lucia
3. Hemiplegia - HAERTS
4. Ghost Iron - Druid Cloak
5. Take Me Higher - Cut Copy
6. Always (Classixx Remix) - Panama
7. Afterlife - Arcade Fire
8. Dreams - Wet
9. Adalita (feat. Chela)* - Goldroom
10. Sonsick (Vacationer Remix) - San Fermin
11. Deadbolt (Twin Shadow Remix) - SKATERS
12. Second Heartbeat - Shy Girls
13. Sexy Socialite* - Chromeo
14. Undress (Your Mind) - ESTA.
15. Back Seat - Arkon Fly
16. Lessons (XO Edit)* - SOHN
17. The Wire (Farhot Remix) - HAIM
18. Fantasy (MØ / Vindahl Remix) - MS MR
19. Maputo Dance* - Iamnobodi
20. Hold On, We're Going Home (Drake Cover)* - Holy Ghost!
21. Voyeur* - Tabloid
22. Murder* - Scoop X On Planets
23. The One* - JMSN
24. Rafstraumur (Cyril Hahn Remix) - Sigur Rós
25. Always (Wave Racer Remix) - Panama
26. Hilarity Duff - Kaytranada
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October 2013: Slow Down

Slow Down from letmeget on 8tracks Radio.

If You're Short on Time:
There aren't a whole lot of free downloads this time, but there are plenty of tracks worth listening to. For one, James Murphy's Steve Reich-influenced remix of David Bowie's "Love is Lost" is long but amazing. Both Panama and Kelela have full EPs available for download through SoundCloud links below, so be sure to check that out if you like either track. Leaderboy's new remix of Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues is one of seemingly infinite remixes, all available over at SAFIA's Facebook page here. HAIM's new track, "Edge," was co-written by Twin Shadow and is great, as expected. "Sunset" is also work checking out, as is the entire The Internet (Syd Tha Kid and Matt Martians of OFWGKTA) LP. Also, "400 Lux" and "A Stillness" are both great but unfortunately not yet on SoundCloud, so links to them are provided below.

1. Slow Down* - Panama

2. Apex - New Mantra

3. Don't Wait - Mapei

4. Jadallah (Goodbye $ummer)* - ESTA.

5. 400 Lux - Lorde

6. Wow - Taquwami

7. Caaalifornia (feat. Ghost Beach) - French Horn Rebellion

8. El rito - Destroyer

9. Echelon (It's My Way) (Jagwar Ma Remix) - Angel Haze

10. Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues (Leaderboy Remix) - SAFIA

11. Hold On, We're Going Home (Drake Cover) - Arctic Monkeys

12. Bridges* - BROODS

13. Osaka - Blood Diamonds

14. No Gun - Naomi Pilgrim

15. Indian Summer - Blood Cultures

16. Airglow Fires - Lone

17. Julio (Busta RMX)* - FALCONS

18. Pressure (FFFRRANNNO Birthday Sex Remix) - The 1975

19. The Tropics (Ta-ku Remix)* - L D R U

20. Don't Wanna Be Your Girl - Wet

21. The Power - Fryars

22. A Stillness - The Naked and Famous

23. Did You Hear the Rain - George Ezra

24. Edge - HAIM

25. Guns & Synths* - Kelela

26. Marijuana - Chrome Sparks

27. Love is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Remix by James Murphy) - David Bowie

28. Sunset (feat. Yuna Zaraai) - The Internet

*FREE DOWNLOAD