Kisses | Dedications Mixtape

ION favourites, Kisses have a certain quality to them that makes for not only perfect summer listening, but around the calendar. They've got a touch of that safari sound, but more than that they just make wonderful songs, appropriate for the nightclub, or your private balcony.  As a hat tip to LA freestyle and funk staple, 92.3, and its keystone show, the Art Laboe Connection, Jesse and Zinzi asked some of their friends and favorites across the globe to dedicate a song to one of their loved ones. The complete tracklist is below. 

The new Kisses album, Kids in LA, is out now on Cascine. And be sure to catch the duo on tour this summer!

Dedications Mixtape:

1. Jesse Kivel of Kisses - The Gap Band - Outstanding
2. Michael David of Classixx - S.O.S Band - No One's Gonna Love You
3. Pete Wiggs of Saint Etienne - The System - I Can't Take Losing You
4. Victoria Bergsman of Taken By Trees - The Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
5. Erika Spring of Au Revoir Simone - Sade - Clean Heart
6. Simon Raymone of Cocteau Twins - Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine
7. Jens Lekman - Jennifer Lara - Our Love
8. Magnus Wahlström of Boat Club - Axel Boman - Purple Drank
9. Marcus Joons of Korallreven - Parsley Sound - Ease Yourself and Glide
10. Mike Simonetti of Italians Do It Better - Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
11. Pat Grossi of Active Child - Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
12. Seth Haley of Com Truise - Madonna - Like a Prayer
13. Paul Sprangers of Free Energy - R. Kelly - Bump and Grind

KISSES 

06/13 Brooklyn, NY - Northside Festival (Cascine Showcase)
06/15 Chicago, IL - Taste Of Randolph Festival
06/19 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
07/13 Sacramento, CA - This Is Block Party
07/16 Boston, MA - Middle East
07/17 New Haven, CT - BAR
07/19 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
07/20 Washington, DC - Living Social House
07/21 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
07/23 Durham, NC - Pinhook
07/24 Nashville, TN - High Watt
07/25 Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn