Kindness.

it's rare that you find something that's groovy as well as trancy and ambient. 

KINDNESS 

woah.

elements of ambient euro-trance with organic percussion and 70s pop / rock n' roll vocals. 

killer. my new study music.

also pretty hair. bye.

i suppose they call it chillstep?

there's something about over-compartmentalizing electronic music that i'm  endlessly attached to, yet naturally reject. chillstep just sounds like a cop-out to me. seems like artists keep conjuring up new names for things that can be described more in depth using current terms. maybe i'd say something closer to acoustic indie ambient trance...

 but call me old fashioned.

the original by Benjamin Francis Leftwich 

(backwards in the video title. idiots.) 

was one of my top travel jams when i was backpacking, and whenever i was by the sea it kept me feeling like i never actually moved. lovely to see it revisited with a couple rimshots and a bit of ambient echo. his voice can really do anything. 

while we're discussing chill indie vibes one can't ignore this gem. 

go make some toast and enjoy something slightly uptempo. 

good morning 

lapalux

this is how i feel about this song:

Not a massive fan of ambient electronica but this little trick by 

LAPALUX

 is so percussive and painful that i've fallen in love.

for one thing: LIANNE LA HAVAS has the most exhaustingly beautiful voice. so wonderful it's tiring. a wicked songwriter too, check out more super cute funny tings by her here. 

but it's the little tricky ticks and knocks that Lapalux layers over her ghostly sweet soul voice that spice up this heartbroken ballad. 

a wonderful achievement.