Field Day 2011 // Preview mixtape

With less than a week to go until Field Day 2011, and what may be the best Field Day of its young life, I cannot stop gaping at the line-up in awestruck paralysis. Some of the best UK artists are on show in the form of Anna Calvi, James Blake, SBTRKT, Anika and Spectrals, while there's a healthy sprinkling of trans-Atlantic big hitters Twin Shadow, Glasser and Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti as well as our European cousins Junip, who I for one don't listen to enough.

Below is a mini-playlist to whet your appetite, led out by the boy-girl harmonies, pounding drums and driving 60s garage guitars of Veronica Falls' new track, plus a few choice extras from Gruff Rhys, Jamie xx, Anika and Junip. We also have a fleshed out Spotify playlist you can grab here.

Field Day 2011 mixtape by No Action
Jamie xx - Far Nearer (limited vinyl & download out now - http://farnearer.com) by Numbers
Anika - Terry by stonesthrow



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Cloud Boat // Lions on the Beach

Stars of last Tuesday's Boiler Room session alongside Vondelpark, Cloud Boat have just come off tours with Mount Kimbie and James Blake and trade in similarly blissful, dub influenced soundscapes. Haunting, expansive, beat laden, more about the spaces in between sounds than the sounds themselves, expect Cloud Boat to be on the tips of everyone's James Blake imprinted tongues before too long.



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