All the Tablet Tunes mixes are available for download, track by track or in their entirety, from the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia versions of the iTunes Music Store. Downloads will be available soon from other country-specific iTunes Music Stores.
|
|
|
Miami Sound System
This one skips the expected Latin rhythms and goes Jamaican all the way. Selected by The Standard Miami, Miami Beach
|
|
Miami Beach, FL, USA
Please note: Children under 14 years old are not permitted on the property.
The long-awaited Standard Miami is here — and anyone who anticipated a carbon copy of the LA Standards will be in for a bit of a surprise. Still intact is the budget-chic philosophy — itself enough to raise an eyebrow or two in shamelessly glam Miami Beach — and unique to this particular Standard are a few novel solutions to the problem of shoehorning another big-deal hotel into the already packed South Beach scene.
First, the hotel is located off the main drag, on the quiet and mostly residential Belle Isle, along the Venetian Causeway just short of Miami Beach proper. A shuttle can deliver you to The Raleigh, very much in the thick of it, within minutes, but The Standard makes the most of its slight remove, such that it may furnish the kind of peace and tranquility that’s long since departed Collins Avenue. Well, relatively speaking, anyway — The Standard’s guests are not exactly wallflowers, and there’s always something going on in the bar; but compared to South Beach proper, this is practically transcendental meditation.
Second, and certainly related, is the spa, not at all a given in The Standard universe. Here not only are you comfortably sequestered from all the ballyhoo on the beachfront, but you’re surrounded by guests in Standard-issue white bathrobes, participating in the communal bathhouse culture of the place and indulging in mud ... more
|
|
|
All Hotel Mixes
- Number One Playa The sound of a humble fishing village gone suddenly upscale cool. Selected By Deseo, Playa Del Carmen
- On The Rocks A night out on the stylish side of Sydney. Selected By Establishment Hotel, Sydney
- England's Dreaming An epic London soundtrack spanning three decades of English rock and pop classics. Selected By The Zetter, London
- Come, Gentle Night Dim the lights and unwind after a night out in Soho. Selected By The Soho Hotel, London
- Downtown Sounds What the rest of the world will be listening to a year from now. Selected By Soho Grand Hotel, New York
- Paris After Dark A soundtrack for a contemporary city romance. Selected By Hotel Sezz, Paris
- Chicago via Paris See this all-American city from the French point of view. Selected By Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, Chicago
- Cool Water Hide out from the hoi polloi in elegant Isla Verde. Selected By The Water Club, San Juan
- Diesel World An amusement park of a rather more adult kind, it's a bizarre fantasy from the Italian fashion giant. Selected By Pelican Hotel, Miami Beach
- Tune In Tokyo An eclectic assortment of Western sounds, new and old, as seen from the Meguro underground. Selected By Claska, Tokyo
|
- Marrakech Express A cosmopolitan mix for mellow days in the medina. Selected By Dar Warda, Marrakech
- It's Oh So Quiet Ten laid-back tracks to set the mood, whether you're going out or staying in. Selected By Clift Hotel, San Francisco
- Swedish Gold A crash course in Sweden's leading export from the '70s. Selected By Hotel Rival, Stockholm
- Love Supreme A collection of mid-century jazz classics to set the mood for a wine country rendezvous. Selected By Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg
- Mexico City Oasis The perfect soundtrack for a moment of peace on a rooftop terrace overlooking Polanco. Selected By Hotel Habita, Mexico City
- One Night In Bangkok A dark electronic soundtrack for a wild night out in the "other" City of Angels. Selected By The Metropolitan Bangkok, Bangkok
- Soft Landing Classics from the Caribbean at its most romantic. Selected By The Landing, Harbour Island
- Miami Sound System This one skips the expected Latin rhythms and goes Jamaican all the way. Selected By The Standard Miami, Miami Beach
- A Passage To India Soak in the traditional sounds of the subcontinent. Selected By Amarvilas, Agra
|
|
|
