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Mom and dad, meet Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. Hans-Peter, the folks. Now mom and dad, I know you may not care much for Mr. Lindstrøm's otherworldly space disco, nor his killer remixes for the likes of Franz Ferdi-whosit?, LCD Sound-something-or-other, and Annie, but chew on this: Hans likes a lot of the same music you like, the music you grew up listening to.

Just take a gander at the tracklist for Lindstrøm's forthcoming entry into the LateNightTales mix series, out this July on Azuli Records: Carly Simon. The Lovin' Spoonful. Dusty Springfield. Sly and the Family Stone. I mean, Todd Rundgren, for crissakes. Mr. Lindstrøm clearly cares about your musical needs.

Thankfully, he doesn't neglect the present while doing so, interweaving these classics with contemporary tunes-- now pardon me a moment while I talk to the kids, ma-- from the likes of Terje & Thomas, Anja Garbarek, and Pitchfork's own Dominique Leone. And in curating the latest LateNightTales compilation, Lindstrøm joins the esteemed ranks of kid-tested, mother-approved faves like the Flaming Lips, Belle & Sebastian, Air, Four Tet, and more.

Lindstrøm wouldn't be Lindstrøm without a bevy of other material in the works, too. On June 5, he and BFF Prins Thomas release Reinterpretations on Eskimo in the U.S., which collects reinter-- er, alternate versions of tracks from the pair's self-titled 2005 LP, alongside B-sides and a pair of unreleased jams. Those unreleased jams will in fact also appear on the forthcoming Nummer Fire EP 12"-- out via Eskimo the same day as Reinterpretations-- thereby making them, perhaps paradoxically, actually released.

What's more, the previously mentioned Contemporary Fix EP (which features remixes of Lindstrøm by Boredoms' eYe and Bjorn Torske) will finally see release via Smalltown Supersound on August 6, in CD, 12", and digital formats. Finally, Lindstrøm and Smalltown will also hit us with a 12" of "Breakfast in Heaven" (backed with "Blast of Loser") this summer.

LateNightTales:

01 Alf Emil Elk - "To You"
02 Fern Kinney - "Baby Let Me Kiss You"
03 Gina X Performance - "Kaddish"
04 Sly and the Family Stone - "In Time (Album Version) (Clean Version)"
05 Carly Simon - "Why"
06 Todd Rundgren - "Born to Synthesize"
07 George Duke - "North Beach"
08 Dominique Leone - "Conversations" (aka "Conversational")
09 Anja Garbarek - "I Won't Hurt You"
10 Rainer Bloss - "Pan Americana"
11 Terje & Thomas - "Regnbågan"
12 Jean-Philippe Goude - "Energie"
13 Smash Band - "Grand Drums"
14 Farah - "Law of Life"
15 Lindstrøm - "Let It Happen (Exclusive Vangelis Cover Version)"
16 Dusty Springfield - "Baby Blue"
17 Pekka Pohjola - "Pressure"
18 The Lovin' Spoonful - "Coconut Grove"