The New LoFi Mixtape
The New LoFi mixtape is an hour-long mix covering all of the music posted to the blog last month. It features an eclectic selection of new artists from a range of different genres. This is the perfect mix if you are looking to discover new music.
Episodes
July 2026 Mixtape
This mix is a smooth and blissed out journey through indie pop, synth, and eletronica with a special feature instrument: the marimba. And it's curated by special guest Jarrett Edmund, photographer, festival veteran and long time New LoFi writer.
June 2026 Mixtape
This month we've got new music from Overmono, Collect 200, Fcukers, Jimi Polo, Billy Inns, Yung Singh, and many more. It's a mixtape deticated to the dancefloor: indie house of every flavor. The mix goes bonkers around 35 mins when the new Overmono single enters the chat. So good.
April 2026 Mixtape
This month we're taking over the Mixtape with Fizzy Legs Radio. Record label boss, Jason Smith takes you through some of his favorite deep cuts.
March 2026 Mixtape
This month we've got two hours of indie electronic, tech house, jazz house and everything in between. New music from Daphni, Caribou, Baxter Dury, Honey Dijon, Soul Wun, Joshua Idehen, Gorgon City, Stuzzi, and much more
February 2026 Mixtape
new music from Khruangbin, Collect 200, Joshua Idehen, Sholto, Kraak & Smaak, Matt Wilde, Sababa 5, Robyn, Jamie xx, Okonski, Barry Can’t Swim, and much more.
Christmas In The Islands
This year we are taking Christmas to the islands — from the Caribbean to the North Pacific, we’ve got warm weather Christmas music with a maritime twist. Steel drums, slide guitars, and ukeleles... it's all about the warm-weather Christmas sound from Hawaiian music to calypso and reggea — this is all about Christmas in the islands.
November 2025 Mixtape
This month we are gonna chill with a one hour mix of the best jazz house that has been sent to the blog over the last year. New music from Chaos in the CBD, Tour-Maubourg, suncream, Felipe Gordon, Soul Shades, Milo Jax, and many more.
October 2025 Mixtape
New music from Gilligan Moss, Swimming Paul, Barry Can’t Swim, The Blaze, Mindchatter, Yuksek, A/S/L and even a couple tracks using some retro samples, including one that samples Nelly Furtado’s track, “Say It Right” and another that samples Kool & The Gang’s track, “Celebration.”
September 2025 Mixtape
This month we have new music from Sven Wunder, Kokoroko, The Sorcerers, Leroi Conroy, Alexander Flood, Salin, The Offline, Sons of Sevilla, Beach for Tiger, and many more. It’s all about end of summer lazy days.
August 2025 Mixtape
This month the Mixtape returns to the dancefloor with new tracks from Four Tet, Roosevelt, Nimino, Sofia Kourtesis, Gilligan Moss, Barry Can’t Swim, Snakeships, Rival Consoles and many more.
July 2025 Mixtape
Featuring new music featuring Damon Albarn, Vegyn, AIR, Sholto, Chitinous Mandible, Beach For Tiger, Assaf Spector, and John Carroll Kirby. From indie and jazz, to ambient and psychedelic soul... this month's mix is like a tropical soundtrack groove to summer.
June 2025 Mixtape
This month’s mix features new music from Sven Wunder, Move 78, Surprise Chef, Joe Armon-Jones, Chip Whikham, Alexander Flood, Vinyl Williams, Sholto, Rachel Kitchlew, Rubblebucket, Unessential Oils, and many more.
May 2025 Mixtape
This month we’ve got over two hours of indie electronic music featuring new tracks from Avalon Emerson, Σtella, Neil Frances, Young Franco, Barry Can’t Swim, Polo & Pan, Nimino, Gilligan Moss, Swimming Paul, Lindstrøm, Getdown Services, bad tuner, and so many more.
April 2025 Mixtape
This month we’ve got over two hours of jazz, soul, indie, and all sorts of other stuff for you. The mix features new music from Delicate Steve, Polo & Pan, Gianni Brezzo, Brijean, Phoebe rings, Lars Fiil, Sholto, Kokoroko, Eric Hilton, Daniel Ögren, Jimi Tenor, Zero 7, and so many more.
March 2025 Mixtape
This month we’ve got nearly two hours of house music lined up for you. New music from Caribou, Franc Moody, Brijean, Bakermat, Starya, Riva Starr, Cole Knight, Butcher Brown, Yero, Suncream, Gilligan Moss, and many many more.
February 2025 Mixtape
This month we have two hours of escapism. It's two hours of jazz, indie electronic, funk and tropical psychedelic to fill your soul. It features new music from The Ironsides, Sven Wunder, Pearl & the Oysters, Mulatu Astatke, Doctor Bionic, Goose Down, Lars Fiil, Sweatson & Klank, The Groovy Nobody, and many many more.
January 2025 Mixtape
Just over an hour of our favorite dance music that was sent to the blog this year — all in a tidy new mixtape to help you celebrate the new year.
Christmas at the Movies Mixtape
Christmas at the Movies Mixtape
December 2024 Mixtape
This month we’re featuring new music from Barry Can’t Swim, Sholto, The Offline, Lewis OfMan, KIDSØ, The Sorcerers, Theatre of Delays, 3030, Phree Direxion, TVLI, Arky Waters, Skallee & Wagz, A/S/L, and many more.
November 2024 Mixtape
This month we’re featuring new music from Floating Points, Salvatore Ganacci, Jewel Kid, Hamdi, ATRIP, The Blessed Madonna, Peggy Gou, The Streets x Overmono, Skrillex, TOKIMONSTA, Photay, and many more…
October 2024 Mixtape
This month we’re got new music from Sven Wunder, Baby Cool, Maverick Sabre, Photay, John Carroll Kirby, The Offline, Janko Nilovic, Dream Sitch, Nick Marks, and many more
September 2024 Mixtape
This month we’re featuring new music from Bonobo, Jayda G, Lindstrøm, ATRIP, Confidence Man, Joy Anonymous, SG Lewis, Olof Dreijer, Dead On, Ezra Collective, Blugazer, Nicola Conte, Sampa the Great, Stacey Hotwaxx Hale, and many more.
August 2024 Mixtape
For the August Mixtape, we've poured ourselves a relaxing poolside cocktail of tropical exotica and soul jazz. This is nearly two hours of music you can chill out to in the end of summer heat. This month's mixtape features new music from Brijean, Michael Kiwanuka, Bodysync, Tutankhamun, Monster Rally, Dirty Art Club, Johnny Cisneros, Peter Anderson, and many more.
July 2024 Mixtape
This month we head to the dance floor with a mixtape filled with nearly two hours of the latest electronic music.
June 2024 Mixtape
This month we’ve got new music from Monster Rally, La Lom, Jungle, Marla Kether, Rubberband Girl, Dirty Art Club, Paddan, L Lewis, Holland Andrews, and many more. Over an hour of new music from all over the world.
May 2024 Mixtape
New music featuring Jungle, Vegyn, Fabiano do Nascimento, Sam Gendel, Godtet, Lucien Johnson, John Carroll Kirby, Scoobert Doobert, Keegan Del Rio, Echo Thrills and many more.
April 2024 Mixtape
This month, TNLF goes in with over an hour of House, Techno and Drum & Bass to kick off spring. New music from Chase & Status, Four Tet, Floating Points, Vegyn, Joy Anonymous, Joy Orbison, The Blessed Madonna, Passerines, Bryan Softwell, Niel Frances, Leon Vynehall, HAAi, and many many more
March 2024 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.
February 2024 Mixtape
New music from Jungle, Kraak & Smaak, Jamie xx, Greg Wilson, Gianni Brezzo, Vegyn, YIN YIN, Soul Wun, and many more
January 2024 Mixtape
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.
The Whiskey Soaked Indie Rock Christmas Mixtape
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.
December 2023 Mixtape
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”
November 2023 Mixtape
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.
October 2023 Mixtape
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.
September 2023 Mixtape
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.
August 2023 Mixtape
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.
July 2023 Mixtape
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
June 2023 Mixtape
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.
May 2023 Mixtape
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.
April 2023 Mixtape
New music from Janko Nilovic, Charif Megarbane, DJ Istanbul or a band like Altin Gün and many more
March 2023 Mixtape
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
February 2023 Mixtape
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.
January 2023 Mixtape
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 tha
A Big Band Christmas Mixtape
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.
December 2022 Mixtape
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
November 2022 Mixtape
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.
October 2022 Mixtape
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.
September 2022 Mixtape
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.
August 2022 Mixtape
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.
July 2022 Mixtape
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
June 2022 Mixtape
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.
May 2022 Mixtape
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.
April 2022 Mixtape
This month we have new music from Kokoroko, Yukihiro Takahashi, Surprise Chef, Babe Rainbow, The Psychedelic Aliens….
March 2022 Mixtape
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.
February 2022 Mixtape
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.
January 2022 Mixtape
it's a dance compilation of the mixtape podcast. A soundtrack for your stay-at-home New Year's Eve dance party.
The Classical Christmas Mixtape
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.
December 2021 Mixtape
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
November 2021 Mixtape
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
October 2021 Mixtape
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.
September 2021 Mixtape
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 Øy
August 2021 Mixtape
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.
July 2021 Mixtape
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!
June 2021 Mixtape
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 remi
May 2021 Mixtape
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
April 2021 Mixtape
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.
March 2021 Mixtape
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.
February 2021 Mixtape
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.
January 2021 Mixtape
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.
Christmas Mixtape 2000
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!
Ten Year Anniversary Mixtape
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.
November 2020 Mixtape
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
October 2020 Mixtape
Bonobo, Laurence Guy, SAULT, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, James Chatburn, Kauf, and more.
September 2020 Mixtape
This month features new music from Disclosure, Röyksopp, Kamaal Williams, Trentemøller, Foals, Boys Noize, and HAAi.
August 2020 Mixtape
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 th
July 2020 Mixtape
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 2020 Mixtape
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.
May 2020 Mixtape
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.
April 2020 Mixtape
This month on the mix we have new music from: Quantic, Salvatore Ganacci, Sebastien Tellier, Paco Versailles, and Disclosure.
March 2020 Mixtape
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
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