This mix was inspired by the strange ecosystem of mall food courts. It’s a world Leisure Suite‘s Bridgette Le became especially attuned to after returning home to Melbourne from Japan. Feeling low and lost, she’d often retreat into these brightly lit coves during her work lunch break, and increasingly came to notice that regardless of the location, the environments would always feel familiar in the same strange way. “Like Japan, most people I saw were eating alone looking pretty morose and I always thought it was kind of funny how all the tables and chairs were drilled into the ground — like you were trapped against your will in such a depressing space,” she remembers.
In opposition to this creeping vibe, she created this mix to be listened to in those lunch breaks, “almost like an aural hug from me personally, to hopefully brighten up their day.”
Music to shift your mood from staying in to staying up all night… Transmission 5, Paranoid London
Music for fiery arguments and emotional goodbyes… Wonderwall, Oasis
Music to kiss and make up to… Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby, Cigarettes After Sex
Music to heal a broken heart… In Another Time, Sade
Music to get high to… Homewards, MNDSGN
Music to change your night from mediocre to magnificent… Forbidden Colours, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Music to walk down the aisle to… Fade Into You, Mazzy Star
Music you’d like played at your funeral… Love Talkin’ ‘honey it’s you’, Tatsuro Yamashita
Music to have sex to… Again, Wun Two
Music to celebrate your birthday to… Birthday Sex, Jeremih
Music guaranteed to give you serious swagger… I Know What You Want, Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes
Music to make even the wallflowers dance… Do It Again, Shinichiro Yokota
Music to play at the afterparty when it’s 6am and the sun is beginning to rise… Fall In Love, Slum Village
Music that could put even an insomniac to sleep… Sleep Apnea, Beach Fossils
Track list
Wish You Still Felt This Way – Sophie Meiers
My <3 – Purpan
Aruarian Dance – Nujabes
Vibe Out – J Dilla
Purple – J Dilla
Catch Your Tears – Sol Monk
Carbonated – Mount Kimbie
Look 4 – Olive Oil
Again – Wun Two
Nakhodka – Khotin
Fall In Love – Flying Lotus
5_32PM – The Deli
Keep & Grind – Hubert Daviz
Lonely But Not When You Hold Me – Duendita
Credits
Photography James J. Robinson