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  • 2022 lofi releases

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    Getting closer to the end of the year, I thought a sum up 2022 lofi releases in a short article for you. I hope you join me in this journey of lofi and chill sketches.

    2022 lofi releases: albums

    Let’s start with the albums. 2022 kicked off with Travellers, my 20th album since 2007. This one has a particular story and a timeline of 3 years production, so I guess it is worth reading.

    Followed by Rock 128, a chiptune LP that was fully composed on a PO-128.

    Finally #22 – Ruby album. While Ruby is the pair (and second half) of Sapphire album, it is different in many aspects. Without going too deep in this topic I would say this 2022 lofi release is pretty complex and happier piece of Latte Chill over the first part.

    2022 lofi releases: EPs

    In the second part I will cover chill EPs I have released in 2022. In this part of the article I will feature much more beats. Let’s start it:

    Café Tokyo in May, celebrating urban Tokyo vibe and night life with smooth jazz and blues sample based beats.

    Followed by Cowboy Gospel, an EP inspired by Cowboy Bebop live action series of Netflix. Fun fact of both EPs (and many of the rest), that I have been using photos we took with my wife, when we travelled to Tokyo in 2019.

    Up in the Air is different. It is very much different as it features upbeat songs and some with lyrics as well. I worked on the beats with my pal, Viktor and decided to release it after 4 years of work time.

    Going on with the Cowboy Bebop line, the second EP was Venus Pop with again 4 new songs.

    The 3rd part of the Bebop live series inspired lofi 4 piece sketches was Dog Star Swing with another batch of new beats and Tokyo photo cover.

    Another Viktor collaboration EP was released by the end of 2022 (but I can already hint, 2023 will feature some more!) – Urban Night, released in November.

    Lastly, I closed December with the 4th Bebop lofi EP: Callisto Soul.

    2022 lofi releases: Compilation

    Almost lastly, but definitely not least: compilations. This year I released a couple of interesting lofi beats that were not part of the regular EP or LP due to different reasons.

    Re-releasing Stock Stories Extended (with 4 new songs) and Wabi-Sabi Extended with 4 new songs.

    Singles #8 featuring mostly last year beats.

    And Singles #9 with the free lofi beats of the albums and EPs listed above.

    B-Sides #3 of 19 songs from the past years.

    Travellers’ B-Sides with special PO-33 KO cover beats of old Latte Chill songs, part of Travellers project.

    Summer Chill with Ermine-chan – a T21CB lofi cover EP released this summer.

    Lastly, Cherryland with 12 cover songs of my old band, Dark Cherry.

    Finally, Latte Chill in bands

    Speaking of Dark Cherry, the band would be 15 years old in 2022, though we ceased all activities in 2011 after our last live by the end of 2010. Still, it seems like the 15th anniversary had some surprises with a soft relaunch of the band.

    First covering an early hit song Fly Poison.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcqc6zzQ9w8

    Followed by a recent cover of Chaos of the Moment. A punk song, that was originally released in 2008 (and now, in 2022).

    Keep following us on T21CB page either to learn more about the upcoming rock songs, if you like the genre.

  • [Single] Hopeless Romantic

    Hopeless Romantic

    With Hopeless Romantic live I can confirm now: new album is about to come. The album will feature 12 Dark Cherry songs covered in lofi genre. More information is coming soon.

    About Hopeless Romantic

    This song was one of the first songs ever released with the band back in 2008. The song was a mix of hard rock vibe and electric arps, making our performance pretty dope. #M single features it if you wish to hear the original version as well.

    Along with Memoire, it was one of our most performed songs on the setlist, therefore it was just essential to work on a cover beat. As usual, the whole concept is to convert a rock song into a lofi one. Vocal to an instrumental beat. I can’t say it will be always ultra slow. Some have an essence of tempo that requires a minimum middle speed song. But I guess Hopeless Romantic found the balance pretty well.

    The song is free of charges. Click on the cover and get it for free. Check my Bandcamp page or my website for more free singles.

    The cover was shot by me during sakura (cherry blossom) this year. I edited it in Snapseed, keeping it as lofi and minimal as the song itself.

  • [Single] Mossdeep

    Mossdeep - Latte Chill lo-fi single

    New single: Mossdeep. The third and last single from Ruby album is now available.

    Remaining within the boundaries of lo-fi but enjoying the simplicity of PO-33 KO. This is what Mossdeep is offering to the listeners. A song from the middle of Ruby album, released along with 14 other new songs by the first days of June. I intended to continue Sapphire album, I released in 2021. But at the end this album became more lo-fi. I feature more royalty free samples and somehow the drum parts ended up being less harsh. Of course there is a major difference between the two albums. While Sapphire was composed in Greece, during my trip to Lefkada, Ruby was born in Hungary. On the other hand I played the same game as an originator, so I intended to offer similar vibe.

    Did I succeed? Give both a spin and let me know!

    I also add my YouTube link here as I released a little promotional video of Mossdeep recently. I used some stock videos as recently I had less chance to be outside due to my work. At the end I believe this video is able to visualise what I wished to show you as a musician. A bit of water, the chill of the woods, the waves of the ocean. Ruby is heavily influenced with nature chill vibe mixing it with the imperfection of lo-fi.