Using lockdown to increase productivity? Now is the perfect time to start a new hobby or work on old projects, and what better way to do it than with some LoFi beats playing in the background. But why listen to the same old monotonous beats when you could listen to a playlist curated to keep you focused, attentive, and intrigued. LoHi LoFi is a curated playlist of beats meant to be listened to and appreciated for their production value. Perfect for background or foreground listening. Listen to the playlist from start to finish to hear production quality and musical ideas improve from song to song.
hold up – eevee
Simply built from a bold jazz guitar sample, drum layer and bass layer, it doesn’t get any more LoFi than this. Eevee has been producing LoFi in this fashion since 2014 and LoFi lovers can’t get enough!
Goodbye – Walterwarm
Carries that true grainy LoFi aesthetic. With its abstract musicality and involved production, this track was bound to make it on this list.
Reading Tabs (feat. Sleepdealer) – HM Surf
HM surf is truly an under-appreciated producer. Bringing us bittersweet feelings and a profound sense of conclusion, there is no better producer to help you feel that things are meant to be the way they are.
hardly – eery
Truly containing an organic LoFi feel, this track is produced and arranged in such a way that we can almost visualize the producer pressing buttons and turning knobs on their SP-404.
Luvsick – Killer Bee
Our first 5 layer beat, containing drums, bass, Kanye vocal chops, piano chords, and flute melody is here to remind us that we cannot have the light without the dark.
Sex For Breakfast (ft. Shiloh) – Lo’Fi Boy
How could Shiloh not make it on this list! Staying true to the low fidelity aesthetic, this song goes a little bit further than the previous on the list with bigger production and a very nice break down.
BESIDJU – Joji, shamana
Throwing a trap bass in the mix, this song has a modern lofi feeling. Love him or hate him, you can’t deny Joji compliments this abstract track nicely.
Graffiti on a Tuesday Night – Neat Beats
Speaking of abstract, this song pulls the rug from under your feet and pushes you into space. Sampling the record, “MAN ON THE MOON” released by CBS back in the day, this song truly shows the potential of the genre in creating various moods throughout the track.
quickly, quickly – Swingtheory | Live | Red Bull Music
This song can only be described as future bass LoFi, quickly, quickly does a great job of blending these two genres with this song.
Spaces – Somni
What if the entire genre of LoFi imploded into one track? I think it might sound a little bit like this. This dense track feels like a swirl of sound that only grows in complexity as the track goes on. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it most definitely deserves to be the last song on this playlist.
