TRACKLISTING:
A1. Plunky - Africa Sunset
A2. Harlem Gem - More Than You Can Wish
A3. Svend Undseth - Aquilla Aquela
B1. Alex Simon - Runnin' Out Of Time (Instrumental)
B2. Mark Goddard - Tiny's First Journey
B3. Foe - Are U Da Bomb / Blow Up Girl (Beautiful
C1. Nature Love - You Turn Me Around (Karu Mix)
C2. KW Griff - Be Ya Girl
C3. The Horn - Whiddon On Down
D1. Hieroglyphic Being Presents Analogous Doom - Living In A Zome
D2. Spirit Garden - Electra City

OVERVIEW: After signing on with Gatto Fritto's mind-melting Sound of Love International Volume 1, we're back, we can smell summer and we're putting you in the capable hands of festival favourites, Washington DC's Beautiful Swimmers.

A beautiful swimmer is a small blue crab. The Beautiful Swimmers are Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering (AKA Max D). And you, my friend, are about to get high on the happy. They're here to take you on a gleeful joyride around their collective musical imagination.
The Swimmers are full-bore record enthusiasts you see, but whereas you might associate this with squirrelly, exclusive and crabby sorts, they are inclusive, human and warm. It's a wide-eyed ebullient romp and the joy of discovery is one to share. And to see them DJ IS a joy - they're having at least as much fun as anyone else in the room, locked together tight, riding the same wave.

So even when shit gets somewhat darker, the tempos higher and sounds gnarlier (Analogous Doom) the world is never grey. When we're stone cold balearic in the Adriatic (Plunky) the vibe is up, young and fun. Banging them B'more house beats? Well, you're probably going to be recognising a welcoming RnB sample (KW Griff).

We've also been blessed with some Swimmer's specials in the shape of 'Blow Up Girl' and 'Living in a Zone'. Exclusive.

Ari and Andrew have previously worked in dog and childcare respectively. If this compilation were a dog it'd be a "rascal", if it were a kid it'd be "spirited". We can't think of anyone better to be your guides, as they themselves might say, "it's a vibe".

This is the sound of Love International. Part Two.

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TRACKLISTING:
A1. Plunky - Africa Sunset
A2. Harlem Gem - More Than You Can Wish
A3. Svend Undseth - Aquilla Aquela
B1. Alex Simon - Runnin' Out Of Time (Instrumental)
B2. Mark Goddard - Tiny's First Journey
B3. Foe - Are U Da Bomb / Blow Up Girl (Beautiful
C1. Nature Love - You Turn Me Around (Karu Mix)
C2. KW Griff - Be Ya Girl
C3. The Horn - Whiddon On Down
D1. Hieroglyphic Being Presents Analogous Doom - Living In A Zome
D2. Spirit Garden - Electra City

OVERVIEW: After signing on with Gatto Fritto's mind-melting Sound of Love International Volume 1, we're back, we can smell summer and we're putting you in the capable hands of festival favourites, Washington DC's Beautiful Swimmers.

A beautiful swimmer is a small blue crab. The Beautiful Swimmers are Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering (AKA Max D). And you, my friend, are about to get high on the happy. They're here to take you on a gleeful joyride around their collective musical imagination.
The Swimmers are full-bore record enthusiasts you see, but whereas you might associate this with squirrelly, exclusive and crabby sorts, they are inclusive, human and warm. It's a wide-eyed ebullient romp and the joy of discovery is one to share. And to see them DJ IS a joy - they're having at least as much fun as anyone else in the room, locked together tight, riding the same wave.

So even when shit gets somewhat darker, the tempos higher and sounds gnarlier (Analogous Doom) the world is never grey. When we're stone cold balearic in the Adriatic (Plunky) the vibe is up, young and fun. Banging them B'more house beats? Well, you're probably going to be recognising a welcoming RnB sample (KW Griff).

We've also been blessed with some Swimmer's specials in the shape of 'Blow Up Girl' and 'Living in a Zone'. Exclusive.

Ari and Andrew have previously worked in dog and childcare respectively. If this compilation were a dog it'd be a "rascal", if it were a kid it'd be "spirited". We can't think of anyone better to be your guides, as they themselves might say, "it's a vibe".

This is the sound of Love International. Part Two.

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TRACKLISTING:
CD:
1. Derrick Harriott - Dub Whip
2. Anaalivaihe - 10_11_2012
3. Sonny Okosun - Highlife (Dub Version)
4. Joe Ariwa - King Moses (33RPM Version)
5. Pilgrims Of The Mind - Airplane
6. Khan - Turkish Bath (Part 1)
7. Code - Parsifal (Ambient Dub)
8. Sandoz - Dark Continent
9. Mi Ami - Free Of Life
10. The Black Dog - Rainbow Bridge
11. Nation Of Noiz - Xes Noiz
12. Earthquake Studio - 21st Century

OVERVIEW: Welcome to the Sound of Love International 001 complied by Gatto Fritto. Love International is a festival held in Tisno, Croatia now moving into its third season. Held to a soundtrack of the very best of underground dance music and running 24 hours a day - from noon to night and back through again - full circle. This series, masterminded with London's Balearic culture website, Test Pressing, is curated by some of our favourite artists and DJs. A place for them to choose 12 records close to their heart, and with ties to the festival, that they love and what to share with the world. So, to the first compiler - Gatto Fritto AKA Ben Williams.

A lifetime working in the better record shops of London and Berlin and DJing in Europe's finest underground clubs, Ben is getting the props he deserves. Put into context, although not in a box, on line-ups curated by Call Super, Ben UFO and Palms Trax the word is spreading. It's partially testament to the increased open mindedness of younger big room crowds but far more to Gatto's ability as a DJ and a knack for finding an undiscovered mix of music that fits.

Having previously made freaky Disco mutations for Dissident Records, then an album of Kosmiche inspired sounds for International Feel, it's proving to be something of an advantage not being easily hamstrung by genre.

So, what about the music here? It's a collection of tracks that Ben played across his last two sets at Love International's open-air club Barbarellas. There's a dubby wildness in the stereo field that sounded good on the soundsystem. The clever part is how well suited these sounds are to the balmy outdoor vibe and where and when this music comes from. You can't copyright these emotions, it would seem, and no-one told them in Cologne, Sheffield, Jamaica that the music they were producing would soundtrack a blinky-eyed sunrise in Croatia.

We get Mad Professor's son, Joe Ariwa's, demented Gabber tempo stepper played on 33. Which is about as House as Reggae is ever going to be. A crash course in Skwee's yearlong diversion into afrobeat turned out the cream of the crop in Anaalivaihe's 10.11.2012 or Mi Ami's outlier release on Pure Silk that sounds like, in Ben's words, "Francois K being forced to make a record with a Juno 60". Or crazy vari-speed tape dubbing from Sonny Okosun in the dub version of 'Highlife' - the kind of record that Ben loves, where the end result is a happy accident. The original intention of the maker some distance from the reasons for our enjoyment.

Musically adventurous, disparate yet harmonious and dance floor friendly. Clever trick, clever bloke. Ladies and gentlemen this is the sound of Love International.
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