Last week, we had Pete Emes of Calgary’s Smalltown DJs share his favourite artists, labels, and venues of 2015. Now we have an exclusive mix from the duo featuring the tracks they couldn’t get enough of this year. The latest edition in what’s become an annual tradition for the pair kicks off with their Toronto friend Grandtheft’s “Summer In The Winter,” running through hip-hop, Top 40 pop (Deejay Theory’s fantastic “Sorry” reggae refix), and psychedelic rock selections, before ending with R&B singer Leon Bridges’ soulful “Coming Home.”
“The ‘Best Of’ mixes have taken on a life of their own since we started doing these a few years ago for our friends,” the duo tells THUMP. “These are some of our favourite mostly non-club tunes of the year, for use in your car, or at the gym, or at a house party, or instead of falling asleep at your desk at work, this mix will get you through most situations. There were so many great songs released in 2015, it made our job easy. Thanks for listening!”
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Check out the tracklist below and grab the mix here.
Tracklist
Grandtheft – Summer In The Winter (feat. Fantastic Modern)
Big Grams – Fell In The Sun
Natural Numbers – Rastaman
Wild Belle – Giving Up On You (Ticklah Remix)
Justin Bieber – Sorry (Deejay Theory Reggae Refix)
The-Dream – Black Magic
Mura Masa – Lovesick Fuck
Chairlift – Ch-Ching
SoySauce – Broken Record (Louis The Child Remix) (feat. Joni Fatora)
Beirut – Perth
J Dilla x DJ Pump – Funky Dills
Tae Shi – Basically
Glass Animals – Gooey (Love Taps Remix)
Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (20syl Remix0)
Raury – Devil’s Whisper
Boxed In – Mystery
Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta (Cousin Cole Edit)
Duke Dumont – The Giver (Reprise) (Mark Ronson Remix)
Jamie xx – Loud Places (feat. Romy)
Gilligan Moss – Choreograph
Shura – Indecision (Jungle Remix)
Michna – Time Will Tell
Hot Chip – Huarache Lights
Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
Towkio – Involved (feat. Vic Mensa)
Kartell – All Night
Erykah Badu – Dial Afreaq
Bicep – Just (Rumpus Edit)
ZHU & AlunaGeorge – Automatic
Pokey LaFarge – Actin’ A Fool
Funkadelic – Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You? (Nick Bike Edit) (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Kaytranada – At All
White Denim – Just Dropped In
Tame Impala – Let It Happen (Soulwax Remix)
Radio Dept. – Occupied
Baio – Sister Of Pearl
Dismantle – Way I Feel
Leon Bridges – Coming Home
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