Poolside is the Los Angeles project of Jeffrey Paradise, started as a duo with Filip Nikolic in 2011 and the defining name in daytime disco — house, disco, and Balearic moods built for sunshine. Pacific Standard Time (2012) set the template; Blame It All on Love (2023) keeps it fresh. Find Poolside vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Poolside formed in Los Angeles in 2011 as a duo with Jeffrey Paradise and Filip Nikolic. Their 2012 debut Pacific Standard Time established their distinctive daytime disco aesthetic - combining house, disco, and Balearic-influenced electronic music in a relaxed, sun-drenched style. Filip Nikolic departed in 2017, with Paradise continuing the project as his solo vehicle. He launched the Pacific Standard label. They have continued releasing material across multiple decades.
Poolside's sound combines daytime disco, Balearic beat, indie dance, house, chillwave, electronic, dance-pop, and yacht rock with the project's distinctive multi-vocalist arrangements (use of vocal samples and guest collaborations), atmospheric production approaches, and arrangements drawing on classic 1970s disco, yacht rock, and Balearic beat alongside contemporary electronic music influences.
Pacific Standard Records and Counter Records pressings of the Poolside catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Poolside typically start with Pacific Standard Time (2012) or Blame It All on Love (2023).
