Jungle

Sometimes I forget human voices can sound this smooth with the accompaniment of beautifully alien-like, synthetic sounds like the ones in Lucky I Got What I Want by Jungle. Check out Rhye, The Weeknd, and James Blake for similar aesthetics.

Lucky I Got What I Want

Shy Girls

If you like the Weeknd, you will be very confused to discover that this track does not belong to them. Without is a beautiful and sensual hip-hop and r&b song by Shy Girls, a super cool guy who knows how to make music that will make you want to glide. The characteristics of his work, including, falsetto, synthesizing, light dub, 120s BPM composition is becoming quite popular nowadays.

Without

John Newman

A rising star, John Newman, is coming strong in the US. Although popularized in 2012 in places like the UK, Australia and New Zealand, this artist released his single, Love Me Again single, last June and is now starting to receive fame. Easily placed in the pop-genre, his music is just right for the youthful club scene and workout playlist. He’s like a combination of Avicii‘s dubpop, Mayer Hawthrone‘s funk, and James Blake‘s soul. His husky voice is also a plus.

Love Me Again

 

Gramatik

Good Evening Mr. Hitchcock is the !#$%# bomb when it comes to instrumental, spacey background music. Although the piece is circular in the way it goes round and round, revisiting the same phrases and melodies, it is anything but redundant. It circles, but never does so in the same way twice. There is always something a bit different about the next phrase. Take a close listen to this song and you may even start to feel hypnotized.