A dash of Manu Chao, a pinch Gabrielle & Rodrigo and top with Thievery Corporation - bake at 400 degrees and 20 minutes later you have Federico Aubele. The Argentinian musician has been dominating the speakers in our Whistler apartment which earned him two tracks on December's sOUNDTRACK tO mY lIFE. The music feels very international with Aubele's guitar mixed into stylish lounge beats and enticing vocals. The smooth sound is no coincidence as the album is actually produced and distributed by Thievery Corporation's ESL Music label.

While Aubele was my favorite artist of the month my favorite song of the month goes to M.I.A's Paper Planes. M.I.A. is another artist who combines a variety of different musical genre - I don't know if I'm listening to indie rock, dub reggae, hip hop or something in between. However you want to classify it, it's one of the best songs I've heard all year.

You can listen to both Aubele and M.I.A below. Let me know what you think of all the songs for this month's soundtrack.

p.s......did you notice that December soundtrack was released on time?!?!?