Playlist #1 – Stoner Mix

Too often in music you come across artists who've made one excellent track and a bunch of less impressive stuff, or other tracks that are just more of the same, but worse.

So the other thing I'm gonna do this weekend besides remixes is give you a little playlist, of which I have quite a few planned – and this time I'm going for a chilled out groove; so there'll be Trip-Hop aplenty, with some electro, dub and reggae thrown in.

Not all of these artists only have one good song, some of them have great albums as well. But I figured people reading this probably already know most of the albums I review, so here's a little taster of some other stuff you may or may not wanna get your teeth into. 

So here you go:

Tracklist:

Tricky – Overcome

Classic trip hop, breathy track with a pulse.

Death In Vegas – Dirge

Some fine trip hop, a haunting female vocal overlaid with strong beats and a great build to the end.

Cut Chemist – The Garden

More of an electro track, still very chilled out from a skilled producer.

Fugees – How Many Mics

Laid back hip-hop from the 90s.

Gonjasufi – Change

Lush and trippy track with an echoey beat and Gonjasufi's distinctive vocals.

Wax Tailor – Que Sera

Great trip-hop with a fantastic sample (which you should recognise) from cool French producer.

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Lo-fi trippy witch house (it's pronounced 'Horse Macgyver', apparently)

King Midas Sound – Cool Out

Great track, quiet, chilled and dangerous from The Bug producer.

Alpha and Omega – Who Is the Ruler

Great dub, was included and remastered by Diplo in a recent mix.

Massive Attack – Karmacoma

You might recognise bits of this, Tricky (the first artist in the list) sings and writes the vocals, lyrics which he used again in his track Overcome. Either way, two very different and very good takes on the same lyrics.

Deadboy – Brock Lee Riddim

(Unfortunately I can't find this track on youtube, but here is a link to it on Spotify)

Really nice dubby track, a little less laid back but a great reggae sample.