Summer has its own texture. It is salt drying on your skin, coconut sunscreen on a towel, and sunlight that still looks gold at 8 PM.
It has a sound, too: waves beyond the dunes, friends laughing across a patio, and an acoustic guitar near a bonfire. When the sun goes down early or winter settles in, the right lofi summer music can bring that atmosphere back for a few minutes.
Music cannot replace a holiday, obviously. It can make an ordinary room feel less fixed in place.
On his latest release, “Beach Kisses,” Lofi Guitar artist Arkadi Martinë writes toward that feeling.
Released through Chilled Bear Recordings, the Lofi imprint of the Klangspot family, “Beach Kisses” is a compact instrumental about the fading light of a summer romance. Its Chillhop beat and Acoustic Guitar create the feeling of a trip remembered later, with a little distance and soft focus. It may appeal to anyone feeling Fernweh, the German word for longing to be somewhere else.
The track sits comfortably in the Guitar Lofi space. Acoustic detail, a relaxed beat, and a warm mix make it suitable for summer nostalgia playlists, sunset drives, and quiet afternoons.
Capturing golden hour
The title “Beach Kisses” suggests a clear scene: warm air, privacy, and a moment that does not last long.
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There are no lyrics, yet the track still implies connection. This is not club music or a track built to fill every second with noise. It suits the quieter stretch after a party, when people are walking home and the shoreline has emptied out.
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Martinë gives the instruments room to breathe. The arrangement stays open rather than busy, and that space helps the music feel like it belongs outdoors, with a long horizon somewhere beyond the speakers.
How “Beach Kisses” sounds
“Beach Kisses” leans on organic instruments instead of obvious digital samples. That decision shapes much of this acoustic guitar lofi track’s personality.
1. Acoustic guitar
Many Lofi Hip Hop melodies come from sampled piano or synthesizer lines. Martinë places acoustic guitar at the center of this instrumental Chillhop release instead.
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The guitar recording is clean enough that you can hear fingers travel across the fretboard. Those minor sounds matter. They make the performance feel close, as if someone is playing a few feet away rather than inside a heavily processed mix.
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The melody stays light and hopeful. Major seventh chords add a gentle jazz color without turning the song into a harmony lesson or making it sound overly polished.
2. Percussion
The drums in “Beach Kisses” move at a familiar Chillhop pace, but they are softer than a standard programmed lofi beat.
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Shakers, snaps, and rim clicks replace the hard crack of a digital snare. The percussion gives the song motion without asking for attention.
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The shaker may bring sand moving underfoot to mind, while the beat rises and settles with a loose tidal motion. At roughly 80-90 BPM, this is relaxed background music, not a track that rushes the listener.
3. The Lofi treatment
The guitar remains clear, while the full mix has the soft warmth associated with Chilled Bear releases.
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A faint tape-saturation or vinyl-crackle layer gives the recording an older edge. It recalls a summer memory from the 1990s: not perfectly sharp, perhaps a little idealized, but pleasant to revisit.
Arkadi Martinë
Arkadi Martinë is part of the Chilled Bear Recordings roster. His music combines detailed guitar playing with the unhurried pace listeners expect from Lofi.
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These songs feel composed rather than assembled from a stack of loops. The guitar parts use harmony, voice leading, and shifts in dynamics to keep the arrangement moving, even when the beat stays steady.
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Guitar gives his work a different color in a genre where keyboards are common. There is some of the easy acoustic character associated with Jack Johnson, paired with the even pulse many listeners know from Lofi Girl-style study music.
Where the track fits
“Beach Kisses” works in several ordinary settings, especially where music should set a mood without taking over the room.
1. Golden-hour videos
Travel videos and sunset reels often need music that supports the image instead of competing with it.
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The acoustic guitar and easy rhythm sit well beneath footage of sunsets, road trips, beach walks, and ocean views. For creators looking for lofi music for travel videos, it adds a cinematic lift while leaving space for the visuals.
2. An outdoor study session
Study music does not need to sound grey, sleepy, or sad.
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For work in a park, on a balcony, or at a desk that needs a little daylight, the track keeps a light pulse without becoming distracting. It suits a productive afternoon better than a desperate late-night cram session. Listeners after relaxing instrumental music for studying may find the guitar easier to live with than a more repetitive piano loop.
3. Dinner or drinks at home
It also fits behind a meal, a glass of wine on the patio, or a quiet evening with another person.
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“Beach Kisses” is romantic without becoming syrupy. Because it is instrumental, it fills pauses without getting in the way of conversation. That makes it useful as relaxed acoustic background music when the room needs warmth but not a performance.
An imaginary coast
Where does this music lead? “Beach Kisses” suggests The Coast of Somewhere Beautiful.
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The place remains open to the listener. It might be Malibu, the Amalfi Coast, or a quiet Baltic beach. The song draws on familiar coastal details: bright light, moving air, and the relief of having nowhere urgent to be.
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Three minutes of music will not replace a holiday for someone in an office or city apartment. Still, a summer lofi instrumental can change the atmosphere briefly, especially when the weather outside is nowhere near beach weather.
Chilled Bear Recordings
“Beach Kisses” fits naturally beside the music that Chilled Bear Recordings has released.
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As a sub-label of Klangspot, Chilled Bear releases calmer, melodic electronic music. The label’s catalog generally puts melody and mood ahead of heavy impact, which makes sense for Chillhop and instrumental Lofi listeners.
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The production keeps the guitar audible and defined. The Lofi texture sounds deliberate, not rough or unfinished, and that restraint helps the track avoid the muddy sound that sometimes follows this genre.
Why summer nostalgia works
Summer songs often feel especially good in winter because memory edits the past. Psychologists call one part of this rosy retrospection, the tendency to remember past experiences more fondly than we experienced them at the time.
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The acoustic guitar in “Beach Kisses” may bring back holidays, old friends, long evenings, or time outside. The association changes with every listener. That is part of the appeal: the song leaves enough room for people to put their own version of summer inside it.
Keep a little summer nearby
Summer fades. Tans fade. Memories change around the edges.
Arkadi Martinë gives those feelings somewhere to return with “Beach Kisses.” It is an easy track to play while slowing down, opening a window, or taking a break from a busy day. Sand is optional. Carpet works too.
Pour a cold drink, let some air in, and press play.
Stream “Beach Kisses” by Arkadi Martinë on Spotify, Apple Music, and other major streaming platforms via Chilled Bear Recordings.
Release details
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Artist: Arkadi Martinë
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Title: Beach Kisses
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Label: Chilled Bear Recordings (Klangspot)
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Genre: Lofi Hip Hop / Chillhop / Guitar Lofi / Instrumental
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Sound: Acoustic guitar, organic percussion, a relaxed beat, and a summer mood
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Mood: Romantic, sunny, nostalgic, and relaxed
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Fits: Sunsets, road trips, study sessions, videos, and downtime
Reasons to save the track
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For daydreamers, it brings a sunlit beach scene to mind without forcing a specific destination.
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For creators, it sits comfortably beneath summer travel footage, beach clips, and sunset videos.
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For Lofi listeners, it is a lighter alternative to the genre’s familiar sad-piano mood.
Chilled Bear Recordings brings a little of the shoreline closer.
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