Beat Smoothie by Guzzalina

Beat Smoothie is an indie blend of danceable beats, home-studio recordings, jazz, funk, honk and global samples, heartfelt lyrics and a sound that has both smoothness and sharp edges. Twelve original tracks, half with vocals, half instrumentals.

Never boring, the album’s 12 tracks move from old-school beats, like a blend of Luscious Jackson and Beth Orton, to newer keyboard-and-guitar-driven indie sounds in the vein of Little Dragon, Sylvan Esso and Phantogram. The tracks with vocals include Make Do (tracks 1 and 12 - extended mix), with its funky basslines driving a catchy, upbeat sad song; But I Think, which was originally written while living abroad after hearing the news of a family member's cancer; Things I Never Had, a hypnotic journey through regret; and A Little Euphoria, a slower meander through spacey, psychedelic trip-hop.

Beat Smoothie includes an instrumental track started on election night, 2016 (Election Night) as well as several energetic dance tracks with global samples -- including mash-ups of indie rock classics (Looks Like Rain) and Boards-of-Canada-esque keyboards over a driving Mediterranean beat (Making Time) with a guest appearance from the Appalachias. Then there's the dub-flavored paen to the Spacey Invasion, like a soundtrack for a dub robot melting down. Rounding out the album are Solid Hymn, a club-ready hymn to the dance floor; and Beat Smoothie - representing the idea of the whole album: transcendental honk-tronica, complex beats, blended up and served to your ears for maximum fun.

Guzzalina is an indie and electronic music project fronted by the multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and vocalist known as Lisa Guzzalina. As paths twist and turn, the latest evolution of the project — now based in Los Angeles and no longer just solo — infuses indie rock sounds into the melange.

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