THE I.L.N. (THE INTERNATIONAL LOUNGE NETWORK)
Created by the Lounge King, The I.L.N. presents elements of the "Lounge Culture" from all over the globe. It presents websites, artists, places, radio shows, magazines, parties and live performances that are happening in Montreal and around the world. Become a I.L.N agent! Just send your information about places, releases etc... (places/parties/products of magazines: how is the atmosphere, the music, some photos maybe, we will be happy to share it with others in many places around the world!)

CANADA : MAI TAI
THE MONTREAL TIKI APPRECIATION SOCIETY'S NEWSLETTER
www.angelfire.com/un/maitai/
Since late 1998, the urban archaeologists who make up THE MONTREAL TIKI APPRECIATION SOCIETY have been publishing the Mai Tai newsletter… doing their best to preserve Polynesian Pop Culture in Montreal and surrounding areas. Issues of Mai Tai have been distributed free of charge in Montreal and in select tiki bars and Polynesian-themed motels in Canada, the U.S., and abroad. They have also increased readership by making Mai Tai available through mail order.

MEXICO : KONFORT
www.discoskonfort.com
One of a kind collective and non profit project from Mexico including more than 30 young talents in different electro disciplines, from the minimal, to the seductive, from the simple to the complex, the Konfort collective is an amazing proposal with more than 10 released albums made by young people, full of ideas, full of music & full of talent. DONT MISS IT! An Agent 69 favourite too.

RUSSIA : ACID JAZZ CLUB RUSSIA
www.acidjazz.ru
The Acidjazz.ru project, known as Acid Jazz Club Russia was founded sometime ago, in March 1999 by Alexander Serdukoff, an enthusiast from St. Petersburg. Years have passed since the beginning and the project has grown from a hand made web site to a professional resource in the Russian Interweb. They promote acid jazz/nu jazz/funk and related styles in Russia, support and promote Russian bands and projects, have information about acid jazz/funk and other jazzy bands and events in Russian and they review gigs, cds and events. They bring music to the people.

USA : KANSAS : THE RETRO COCKTAIL HOUR
www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kanufm/public_html/retro.html
For Lounge "orthodoxes", great instrumental pop of the 1950s and '60s from the Polynesian sway of Les Baxter and Martin Denny, the eccentric pop confections of Juan Garcia Esquivel, the mambo madness of Perez Prado, "private eye jazz" from TV's 77 Sunset Strip and Peter Gunn and the cartoon-like caperings of Raymond Scott, among others. Kansas Public Radio's Retro Cocktail Hour (Saturdays at 7:00 pm) is a weekly nod to the Space Age Pop revival. Here you'll find vintage recordings from the dawn of the Hi-Fi Era - imaginative, lighthearted (and sometimes lightheaded) pop stylings designed to underscore everything from the backyard barbecue to the high-tech bachelor pad. Lounge King's friend Darrell Brogdon serves up two hours of incredibly strange music on Kansas Public Radio, so grab a cocktail shaker and join us for The Retro Cocktail Hour. EXXCELLENT LK

USA : SAN FRANCISCO : LUXURIA MUSIC
www.luxuriamusic.com
Programming an original mix of music content not found anywhere else. Luxuria Music features outre lounge and Latin jazz, breezy swinging instrumentals and vocals, groovy 60's go-go and 70's Bollywood soundtracks, psychedelia, quirky oddities, retro pop, surf music and much more! They also feature up-and-coming new artists. COOL! LK

USA : SEATTLE : COMFORT STAND RECORDINGS
www.comfortstand.com
Great music, great artists and in many ways the true alternative in avant garde music in this not-for-profit community driven label where all releases are free with artwork and liner notes. Having no business model or profit motive they strive to bring the people recordings that they find interesting, original and of course fun!, compelling and downright enjoyable. Everybody needs free music. MY FAVOURITE LK