Mixes Digest 15: Floating, Flowing, Rolling

Five stellar new sets—from ambient to downtempo to 160 BPM thrills

It’s Friday! This has been one of those weeks where I half marvel that I—or we, probably—made it here at all. But it is, indeed, Friday, and just in time, I’m back with an overdue installment of the Mixes Digest. This issue includes:

• the platonic ideal of a downtempo mix, heavy on the dub

• another downtempo mix, this one unapologetically geared toward makeout-friendly trip-hop

• a cinematic blend of variegated soundscaping from one of Balmat’s own

• one of the best, most enveloping damn ambient mixes I’ve heard in ages

• and, finally, a showcase of rolling 160 BPM cuts and spiky techno that’ll have you smashing the Shazam button track after track

It’s all after the jump. This one’s for the paying subscribers, as a thank you for your ongoing support. Paid subscriptions are $5 a month or $50 a year; perks include to exclusive playlists for chilling and clubbing (now available on Deezer as well as Apple Music and Spotify); the ongoing Mixes Digest series; and full access to the archives, including interviews with Longform Editions head Andrew Khedoori, Bristol bass trickster Bruce, drone titans Belong, Seefeel’s Mark Clifford, and more.