Chris Coco

So here we are again, on the beach, in the car, in the apartment, with her, him, them, the special people who mean so much. Time is tight and ever so precious and there are places to go and food to be prepared and sunshine to be had and the tricky music choice to be made too. What to play for this oh so special day? Well, if it's that lazy summer feeling, that time stretching, super relaxing, everything is fine feeling that you are after, then the choice is simple. Reach for my latest selection - Lazy Summer. I have been scouring record stores and hard drives, making notes on planes and trains, listening to net, radio and live DJ sets, trawling through hours worth of promos, to select the best, most evocative, atmospheric music to soundtrack your perfect summer day. There's a wide range of styles on here but hopefully they string together in a way that makes sense. We dip into the worlds of lounge, dubstep, soul, electronica, chillout and weird pop, but all the music has a common thread. It's warm, heartfelt, amazing and in some way beautiful. There are new versions of classics: Augusta tackles the lovely L'Importante É Finire while The Field bring the Korgis' 80s pop hit Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime bang up to date. There are future classics too: Joy Orbison's wonderful Hyph Mngo is nearly legendary already and it works surprisingly well away from it's original urban setting; The Normalites' Campervan, an exclusive to this CD, is set to become every slacker's favourite new song; and Nebraska's The Other Side is one of those songs you feel know from the very first time you hear it. Somehow the world sounds of Nicholas Jaar and Fools Gold sit beautifully next to the more kitsch lounge of Daco and Sare Havlicek. In this musical universe everything makes sense, everything flows effortlessly, just like your perfect summer day. All these gems are collected in this newly refined and luxurious digibox, marked by a new interpretation of the absolutely cool and timeless heart design.

Italian Import Cd