With summer drawing to a close, it seems people are rushing around trying to take advantage of whatever time is left under the empowering and freeing summer sun. This being the last weekend August, I too am feeling the push to post up lakeside and relax. So before my family and I head to the cottage for this last stretch of summer, I've compiled a list of 12 new tracks that will make your time pass that much more enjoyably. Even better, the majority of these tracks are up for free download.
The first three or four tracks are rough, raw and hard hitting trap numbers from big names
Masayoshi Iimori,
Slumberjack,
San Holo and
Josh Pan.
Slumberjack and
San Holo are back with new originals, while Iimori and Pan build on their already inimitable styles with two massive remixes. After taking on Kanye West earlier in the week,
Josh Pan now takes on Amerie's "
1 Thing." Following that is a brilliant bootleg from German producer,
Bibo of classic Skylar Grey "
Love The Way You Lie." The next four tracks are extremely bright, futuristic tracks from Italian,
Mordecai, Frenchman
Offramp,
Pluto and
Ye. and
Sweater Beats. The following track from
Bonnie and Clyde is somehow able to combine many of the styles from the previous tracks. "
Tonight" is part future bass, part house, part trap, part tropical; a blissful balance between pop and bass. The duo of Los Angelenos,
DJCJ and
Bloodtone rework Kevin Gates' "
Really Really" to perfection, calling me back to
Dr. Fresch's "
Gangsta Gangsta." Rounding things out in the best way I know how, with
UZ's joint remix with
MYRNE of his own "
Trap Shit 16." It's always awesome when an original artist remixes their own work but the touch of
MYRNE takes it to the next level, as a true work of art. Follow through for all of the download links and get your own copy of the tracks above.
