Run

Absolutely YES for some new Tourist, one of my personal favorites because of his relaxing rhythms and because, let's face it, I'll always be a tourist wherever I go. "Run" is just the perfect blossoming into spring tune-- I think that's just how fast I'd like to get there. I love to follow Tourist's evolution and can't wait to see what's next, but for now, this one is pretty wonderful. Who else could create such an atmosphere based around only one word??

Tourist - Run

To Have You Back

For those of you who didn't know, I love Tourist. It's really fun to follow an artist's work and see how it evolves. I still listen to one of his first releases, "Placid Acid," all the time. This most recent track of his just uses one phrase: "just to have you back." It's kind of crazy to see what can be built just around that, but it surely is a lot! The beat breakdown after the words around 2:40 is superb and it's awesome to hear it build back up after that.

Tourist - To Have You Back

Trust In You

Another recent release from yet another one of my favorite DJs, Tourist. Honestly, I never thought I could enjoy the repetition of a sequence of so few words, but I like to think of this kind of electronic music as abstract art... I would never know what to put on a blank canvas but, damn, do the artists have a way of filling it with something I could never imagine. Check it:

Tourist - Trust In You

Patterns

Whoa, alright. Tourist does not disappoint with his latest release "Patterns." He kills it as the electronic backbeats steadily build throughout the song without overshadowing the awesome and soulful vocals by Lianne La Havas. This sexy futuristic track stuns as it flows and goes beyond its time with unexpected combinations of sounds.

Tourist - Patterns (feat. Lianne La Havas)

Sights Remixed

Excuse the absence, I am finally recovered from a 103˚ fever that I had all weekend (party)!!! Anyways, Tourist comes back to us with his powerfully smooth finesse in his remix of London Grammar's "Sights." Clearly the tourist in him didn't want these sights to go unseen..ha. Tourist's tunes always reach a dramatic peak of rhythm and eventually fade out, which is a pretty fun trait. The beats play off the seriousness of the vocals and give the song an even more relaxing vibe than it began with. Love your work Tourist, keep it up.

London Grammar - Sights (Tourist Version)