The New LoFi Mixtape

This month we are carrying on with the eclectic music from all over the world with a mix of psychedelic French indie, Turkish funk, and American desert rock. It’s sort of an evolution of last month’s mix of tropical exotica and jazz.  But this mix has a low key swagger all the way through.

New music from Jungle, Kraak & Smaak, Jamie xx, Greg Wilson, Gianni Brezzo, Vegyn, YIN YIN, Soul Wun, and many more

The best electronic music from 2023 in one mix. Featuring tracks from Jungle, FISHER, Chemical brothers, Gorillaz, Boys Noize, Joy Anonymous, Skrillez, Disclosure, Will Clarke, and so many more.

Indie rock Christmas music from the likes of Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainright, The Walkmen, Fleet Foxes, Julian Casablancas, Deer Tick, The Kinks, Best Coast, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and of course, The Pogues.

To give you a bit of a pick me up in the darker months, we’ve got over an hour in some of the best house and techno that has been submitted to the blog in the last couple of months. New music from Barry Can't Swim, Joy Anonymous, Sofia Kourtesis, The Chemical Brothers, Needs No Sleep, Mira Nait, James Blake and a very interesting remix of Depeche Mode’s track “Personal Jesus”

This month we keep the autumnal music rolling from last month with another hour of jazz, soul and psychedelic from around the world. New music from Say She She, Sven Wunder, Surprise Chef, Yazmin Lacey, Planet Ibiza, Elephant Stone, Louie Rubio, Web Web, and many more.

From psychedelic indie to Arabic funk, October's mixtape includes over two hours of jazz, soul, and rock from around the world. Featuring new music from Kokoroko, Babe Rainbow, Sven Wunder, Nick Marks, Dougie Stu, Dina Ogon, Maribou State, and Matthew Halsall.

For September we've got new music from Boys Noize, Disclosure, Fisher, Skrillex, Jax Jones, Nia Archives, CIISNERO, Jungle, Emma-Jean Thackray, Wax Motif, edapollo, Mild Minds, Davide Marsala, Sofia Kourtesis, and a fantastic new Bicep remix of “Glue” by Blake Strange.

James is back in South London to record the new mixtape for August. Featuring new music from Crystal Fighters, Laura Misch, Devendra Banhart, Fever Ray, SAULT, Move 78, Daao, Freyja Garbett and Nu Genea. This mixtape is a real wormhole of audio. It starts to go in one direction and then switches it up to a completely new vibe. I think you’ll like it.

James records the new mixtape from bed as he gets over the norovirus with nearly two hours of electronic music featuring new singles from Rival Consoles, Barry Can’t Swim, DJ Seinfeld, Peggy Gou, Confidence man, Daniel Avery, Banyan, Scasca, Swimming Paul and an up-and-coming electronic artist called simple: Nicolas

This month's mixtape features new music from Little Dragon, LA Priest, Altin Goon, Stella, Biig Piig, Peggy Gou, Teen Daze, Django Django, Confidence man… It's an absolutely packed line up this month. And we’ve also got a couple new remixes from Soulwax, Self Esteem, and Tame Impala.

This month we’ve got new music from Sofia Kourtesis, Bonobo, The Blessed Madonna, Ross From Friends, Fred Again.., Skrillex, and Underworld. Check out full playlist below.

New music from Janko Nilovic, Charif Megarbane, DJ Istanbul or a band like Altin Gün and many more

James is in East London this month to share a new mix of music in the sub genre of Jazz Exotica. We’ve got almost two hours of new music jazz, soul and psychedelic music from El Michels Affair, Sudan Archives, Photay, Sven Wunder, Surprise Chef, Tenderlonious, and Biig Piig

This month's mix features a wandering collection of jazz, indie and electronic. Look out for new singles from Floating Points, Four Tet, Session Victim, Gillian Moss, Clive From Accounts, Bentley, Nia Archives, and Leon Vynehall.

Happy New Year! As is tradition, we are releasing the first mixtape of the year on New Year's Eve. This month's mixtape is a compilation of all the best electronic music from 2022. We're revisiting tracks from Floating Points, Four Tet, Maya Jane Coles, Clive From Accounts, Slow Rotation Inc., Axel Boman, Fred Again.., The Blessed Madonna, Sofia Kourtesis and many more. And for all of you kids that grew up in the 90s like me, there are a few late night treats in the podcast including remixes of 90s club classics from Ciara, Fatman Scoop and Missy Elliot.

James heads to a snow covered Walthamstow Forest to record the intro for this bonus Christmas mixtape. For the holiday season bonus mixtape this year, we've got all the best big band Christmas music. You’ve got your Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Peggy lee, Louis Armstrong, Andy Williams, Doris day, Burl Ives, Stan Kenton, and many many more.

This month we’ve got new music from Little Dragon, Poolside, The Frightnrs, ODESZA, Scoobert Doobert, Nia Archives, Sea Glass, Soft Double, Albatrauss and Portugal. The Man. This month we’re returning to form with the mix by creating a sort of musical journey across genres. The aim is to take you just a bit out of your musical comfort zone. There's indie, there's breakbeat, there's tropical, there's electronic, and there's plenty of new music that you've never probably heard of before. It's a good one for the last mixtape of the year.

This month James takes us on a two and a half hour journey through the world of underground psychedelic jazz, soul and tropical exotica. Featuring new music from Jazzanova, The Sorcerers, Chip Wickham, Florence Adooni, Sam Wilkes, Kolumbo, Frowein Pedersen, Frank Dukes, Los Bitchos, Bentley, and Surprise Chef.

If last month was a journey through Autumnal music during the daylight hours, then this month is an exploration into the darker side of the season. This is Autumn after the sun goes down.

This month James waxes lyrical about his childhood growing up among the pine barrens. Also, a line up of autumnal indie music featuring new music from Parquet Courts, Loyle Carner, James Wyatt Crosby, Metronomy, Donkey Kid, Sworn Virgins, Common Saints, Sven Wunder, and two tracks from Pine Barons.

This mix is like a continuation from last month. The mix starts off with a bit of chilled-out daytime disco and balearic beats to warm you up. Then it dives into some festival-grade electronic music. Featuring new music from, AMEME, LUXXURY, Mura Masa, Channel Tres, Shy Girl, Sofia Kourtesis, Harry Romero, Roosevelt, and much more.

Last month the mixtape was a celebration of the start of summer. But while last month’s podcast was a mix of summer jazz, surf rock, reggae and island music, this month is a combination of balearic beats, melodic techno, and sunny summer house music. New music from Nubya Garcia, JUNGLE, Fred Again.., BICEP, Axel Boman, Joy Orbison, HAAi, Four Tet, Jon Hopkins, and many more

This month's mix includes new tracks from Khruangbin, Nightmares on Wax, Pool Boy, Molly Lewis, Baba Stiltz, Minyo Crusaders, Private Agenda, LDRDO, and many many more.

It’s May already! Can you believe it? I hope you are ready to leave your musical comfort zone for a couple of hours this month. We have new music from Quantic, Tycho, Sea Glass, Photay, Chip Wickham, Boyan, Silver Lake and many more. There's even a few older tracks on the mix this month from the likes of Akasha and Vono Box.

This month we have new music from Kokoroko, Yukihiro Takahashi, Surprise Chef, Babe Rainbow, The Psychedelic Aliens….

This month we have new music from Fat Freddy’s Drop, Pete Tong, Athlete Whippet, Luxxury, Scoobert Doobert, and a cover of “House of the rising sun” by a band called Pijama Land.

This month we have new music from Maya Jane Coles​​, Anish Kumar, Sofia Kourtesis, Fred again.., The Knocks, Romy (from the xx) and a very interesting electronic rework of a Nelly Furtado track from the late 2000s.

it's a dance compilation of the mixtape podcast. A soundtrack for your stay-at-home New Year's Eve dance party.

Merry Christmas everyone! We're very happy to announce that the annual bonus Christmas Mixtape is here! This year's bonus mixtape features a classical Christmas compilation. All the biggest names in classical music — Mozart, Handel, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Holst, Bach, and many many more.

This month James is back in his favorite south London cafe to bring you the last mixtape of the year. December's mixtape includes new music from Khruangbin, Afrojack, Sufjan Stevens, The Landing, James Chatburn, Los Bitchos and this fantastic Turkish Trio called Islandman

This month James is in south London bringing you more introverted mix as winter draws in. November's mixtape includes new music from Nightmares on Wax, Jungle, Diplo, Kraak & Smaak, Bonobo, Soulwax and many more

This month James is back in his usual coffee shop in south London bringing you a mix of upbeat indie and autumnal electronic. October's mixtape includes new music from Disclosure, Fred again.., Logic1000, Joy Orbison, DJ Seinfeld, Jacques, Baalti, Clairo and ​​Rival Consoles.

From new interpretations on Turkish folk music, to 1970s disco crossed with a house beat — September's Mixtape has a little something for everybody. This month, James comes to you live from Field Day festival in East London as Autumn moves into the northern hemisphere. September's Mixtape includes some Autumnal indie rock including new tracks from Elroy Finn, Old Smile, Little Archer and Erlend Øye (The Whitest Boy Alive, Kings of Convenience). There is also some electronic music towards the end including mixes from Fred Again.., LUXXURY, and Sofia Kourtesis.

This month James delivers the mixtape intro from Camp Bestival — a music festival on the South coast of England. This month the mix includes new music from Polo & Pan, Solomun, Rögg Collins, Mano La Tough, Always You, The Orb, Madlib and many more.

Happy 4th of July everyone! This month's mix features a nice mixture of indie pop, hip hop and deep house to facilitate some summer party vibes. We've got new music by Hot Chip, Jayda G, Tensnake, the Sirens of Lesbos, Channel Tres, El Michels Affair, Polo & Pan, Mr Jukes, Com Truise and many many more!

James finds himself back in his favorite spot in London to share some brand new music with you to celebrate the beginning of Summer and the end of lockdown. This month's mix features new music from Nubya Garcia, Channel Tres, Flight Facilities, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada, Green-House, Caravan Palace, El Michels Affair and a Pixies cover by Tkay Maidza. There is also a fantastic Billy Idol remix by Poolside that reinterprets “Eyes without a face” into a super chilled-out poolside banger. So so good.

May's mixtape features new music from The Chemical Brothers, Kraak & Smaak, KOKOROKO, Old Smile, Maya Jane Coles, La Femme, and the latest single from Gaspard Augé’s solo project

This month's mixtape features new music from The Avalanches, JUNGLE, Mac DeMarco, BICEP, Connan Mockasin, TOLEDO, Kraak & Smaak, Royksopp, Robyn, Solomun, Tommy Guerrero, Janko Nilovic & The Soul Surfers and much more.

This mix is dedicated to the end of lock down. It's a self-isolation rave for your living room. New releases from Tame Impala, Rhye, Grimes, Romy, Ross From Friends, Blood Orange, JJ & The Mood, Logic 1000, Sanchez of Bel-Air, Saint Jude.

This month's mixtape features new music from Soulwax, Toro y Moi, Mindchatter, Babe Rainbow, Karl Zine, North Downs, GODTET, Matthew Halsall and so many more.

Nearly two hours of new(ish) music to kick off the new year. Featuring new tracks from Kaytranada, Flight Facilities, Will Clarke, The Koreatown Oddity, Kelpe, DJ Tennis, The Gaslamp Killer, Al Pagoda and another song off of the new Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience album.

With 2020 coming to an end, we thought it was fitting to put a Christmas Mixtape together that collected all the best new Christmas songs from the last 20 years. It's the Christmas Mixtape 2000!

I grew up in the 1980s and for me, the 80s had some of the best Christmas music. A lot of it still feels fresh today. I mean... it's not Christmas until you have "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses blaring out the radio. And "Last Christmas" by Wham! C'mon. Christmas songs don't get better than that. And the video for that song! George Michael and his pals retreating to a painfully cheesy 80s ski chalet. Everyone's hair is ridiculously big and floppy and beautiful. Everything about that song is great.

It's the first ever Christmas special mixtape from The New LoFi. This is the first part of a two part Christmas special mixtape: Christmas songs of old. This includes big band Christmas anthems from the 30s, 40s and 50s as well as all of those old classics that define the holiday season.

The New LoFi is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a 10-track compilation featuring 10 of our favorite artists from the past decade. This month's mixtape is dedicated to the 10 artists that will be featured on the album. Listen as The New LoFi's founders reminisce about the blog and talk to each artists on the record.

This month we’ve got new music from Session Victim, Tiga, Hudson Mohawke, Disclosure, Verdance, Khi Infinite, Solomun, Monkey Safari, Old Smile and O'Flynn. I'm designating this mix as the lockdown dance-your-face-off-at-home mix. It starts off smooth with some psychedelic indie and jazz in the beginning before becoming progressively faster as the mix goes on. Perfect for some self-isolation dance party fun.

Bonobo, Laurence Guy, SAULT, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, James Chatburn, Kauf, and more.

This month features new music from The Avalanches, Metronomy, Romare, channel tres, Bonobo, Royksopp, SAULT, Kraak & Smaak, LUXXURY... there is just so much good new music on this mix this month! The mix starts off with a bit of indie and quickly gets into that soul music. The soul gives way to a sprinkling of disco and then gets deeper and deeper into house. This is fantastic for chilling out those hot August summer nights.

This month we’ve got new music from TOKiMONSTA, Jayda G, Boys Noize, Lone, Star Parks, the Sirens of Lesbos and many more. There's a good mixture of lo-fi chilled-out beats, indie music and deep house. And loads of other weird and wonderful new music.

June's Mixtape includes three hours of summer sounds. Featuring new music from Star Parks, Disclosure, Alex Boman, Magic Bronson, Jacques and Agoria. For me, the music that best represents summer is a combination of Reggae, High Life, Afrobeat and Surf Rock. And I think there is a good mixture of all of that in the first hour of the mix.

This month's mix starts off with some jazzy summer tunes before moving into some deep house and disco. Look out for new music from Bicep, Quantic, Munya, Linkwood & Foat, and Green-House.

The July mixtape is about three things: sun, fun, and dirty mother-f-ing beats. Summer is in full swing here in the northern hemisphere so it’s time for some good old-fashioned mixtape. Let’s talk about what you can expect from this month’s mix. First off, we’ve broken some rules. We’ve been told that when making mixtapes, you are NOT allowed to repeat artists. We mostly follow that rule, but this month I decided to totally throw that rule out the window.

Although it's still technically spring, today felt a lot like summer has arrived (at least in the northern hemisphere, sorry Australia). To celebrate, we've put together a mixtape filled with summer sounds and deep house beats.

It’s May! Spring is here in the northern hemisphere. The new website design is here. And there’s a new mixtape for you to listen to! Since the website has been down for the last couple of months, we’ve had to take a break from the podcast. But now that the new design is up, we’ve decided to put together a new hour-long mix to celebrate Spring.

To celebrate the month of November, we’ve got a brand new TNLF Mixtape with over an hour of the best weird and wonderful music. And while “weird and wonderful” new music is what we are all about at The New LoFi, this mix might be too random even for us! But hey, we’re just giving you the music that is coming out now and mashing it up into an eclectic mix for your listening pleasures.

I don’t know what it is about Fall that makes me feel like listening to indie music. Maybe there is more indie music produced in the Autumn months? Maybe it’s that stripped back sound that compliments the season getting crisper and leaves falling…. it’s like nature is stripping back.

What’s up mixtape aficionados? September is here, and with it comes a new mixtape. This month’s mix includes sound from all over the place. From Scandinavia to Southern California. From South America to East Africa. There is a very world music feel to this months mix. And by “world music” I don’t mean the genre. There is just a wide range of sound that doesn’t necessarily come from the Westernized catalogue of pop music.

You can think of this mix like an old school mixtape that has an A-side and a B-side. The A-side is heavily influenced with music found south of the equator. Afro-Caribbean, Brazilian, and music from parts of west Africa that conjure up sunny summer vibes.

This month on the mix we have new music from: Quantic, Salvatore Ganacci, Sebastien Tellier, Paco Versailles, and Disclosure.

This month on the mix we have new music from: Bombay Bicycle Club, Kauf, Lane 8, Max Cooper, Mura Masa and a new track from a very old friend of the blog: Danish producer, Anders Trentemøller

This month's mixtape is filled with good vibes. New music from Ben Hayes, Nubia Garcia, Little Dragon, AMTRAC, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, St. Vincent, King Krule and more!

This month’s mixtape includes new music from Big Wild, Modeselektor, Overmono, Dark Sky, Floating Points, and Leon Vynehall.

Featuring new music from Toro y Moi, Floating Points, Bonobo, Overmono and Sam Wilkes