Check out this unwieldily-titled Indie R&B: The Evolution of Alternative and Experimental Contemporary R&B mix which aims to chart “Alternative R&B”, “lo-fi R&B”, “future soul”, “prog-RnB”.

Call it what you like. R&B ain’t the same it used to be. It evolved.

It features tracks from Quadron, Aloe Blacc, Active Child, Jamie Woon, The Weeknd (I just found out it’s pronounced like “Weakened”), Onra, The Dream, Frank Ocean, Shlohmo,

Indie R&B: The Evolution of Alternative and Experimental Contemporary R&B by machicodi

Download link #1 – AAC | Download link #2 MP3

There’s also Indie R&B Part 2 available on the Indie R&B blog.

Tracklisting

1. Aloe Blacc – “Arrive”
2. Milosh – “Another Day”
3. The Foreign Exchange – “Daykeeper” feat. Muhsinah
4. Machine Drum – “In the Dust” feat. Jesse Boykins III
5. Discovery – “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” feat. Angel Deradoorian
6. Muhsinah – “Stay Here”
7. Electrik Red – “So Good”
8. Quadron – “Horse”
9. The xx – “Basic Space”
10. Sonnymoon – “Houstonatlantavegas” (Drake Cover)
11. Pit Er Pat – “Water”
12. Teen Inc – “Fountains”
13. Alicia Keys – “Unthinkable” (Physical Therapy Real Heavy Vibe Mix)
14. Onra – “High Hopes” feat. Reggie B
15. Earrings – “World End”
16. The-Dream – “Priceless”
17. Active Child – “When Your Love Is Safe” (Classixx Remix)
18. Andreya Triana – “A Town Called Obsolete” (Mount Kimbie Remix)
19. Ciara – “Deuces” (Dubbel Dutch Remix)
20. Guerre – “LT4”
21. Drake – “I Get Lonely Too” (TLC Cover)
22. Body Language – “You Can”
23. How to Dress Well – “Ready for the World”
24. White Hinterland – “Don’t Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)” (Monica Cover)
25. Collarbones – “One Time” (Justin Bieber Cover)
26. First Rate People – “Funny Games”
27. Frank Ocean – “Novacane”
28. Shlohmo – “Places”
29. Marques Toliver – “Deep In My Heart”
30. The Weeknd – “What You Need”
31. d’Eon – “Transparency”
32. Jamie Woon – “Gravity”

Posted on June 20th, 2011

Tags: indie R&B

Artists: Mixtape, The Weeknd