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Café Del Mar: Volume 1

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Artist: Café Del Mar
Title: Volume 1
Released: 1994
Label: React Music Ltd.
Time: 76:29
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Appears with:
Category: Club/Dance
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2002.04.02
Price in €: 1,00
Web address: www.cafedelmarmusic.com

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[1] Agua (King/Padilla) - 7:39
[2] The Story of Light (Leach/Orbit) - 6:17
[3] Smokebelch II [Beatless Mix] (Burns/Jagz/Weatherall) - 4:17
[4] Music for a Found Harmonium (Jeffes) - 2:58
[5] Sundance (Loderbauer/Thiel) - 4:28
[6] Fanfare of Life (Leftfield) - 6:07
[7] The Hypnotist (Bridgen/Leahy) - 9:01
[8] Second Hand (Underworld) - 9:01
[9] Crazy Iven (Pine) - 6:35
[10] Estelle (Jones/Parker/Rodgers) - 6:48
[11] On the Rocks (Blake/King) - 6:25
[12] Sunset at the Cafe del Mar (Rasa) - 6:53

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JOSE PADILLA
WILLIAM ORBIT
SABRES OF PARADISE
PEGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA
SUN ELECTRIC
LETFIELD
SISTERLOVE
UNDERWORLD
VER VLADS
A MAN CALLED ADAM
OBIMAN
TABULA RASA

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1994 CD React Music Ltd. 41
1999 CD React Music Ltd. 2091

German version of the first volume of the popular dance series, this volume's emphasis is on Ibiza and it features W illiam Orbit, Underworld, Leftfield and Sun Electric to name a few. 1994 release. Standard jewel case. First volume in what has become an extensive series of trance / ambient / atmospheric compilations reflective of the Spanish island's sometimes laid-back feel. 'Volume 1' was released in 1994, compiled ('with love') by Jose Padilla & features cuts by William Ørbit, Underworld, Leftfield, Tabula Rasa & more.


Ibizan chill-out culture earned a bad reputation over the years for patronizing the pretentious marijuana factions of a dance community reeling from the globalization of acid house, but the maiden installment of the Café del Mar series is one of its most touching, even if it does occasionally blow toward mawkish oversights. Featuring lesser-known names like Man Called Adam, Ver Vlads, and Obiman, as well as some typically unconnected with lush downtempo like Leftfield or Penguin Cafe Orchestra, it's filled with gentle pianos, hyperphysical beats, and a forlorn, electronic sort of spirituality. The beatless remix of the Sabres of Paradise's "Smokebelch II" is its reigning champ, encapsulating everything that can be good and honest about Ibiza, daring to drown you in timeless, reputation-baiting, Balearic bliss.

Dean Carlson, All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2002 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



Once upon a time, Ibiza was a spiritual and magical place. Every sunset, people gathered at Jose Padilla's ornately-decorated little beach-side bar to be hypnotised by his unique sunset DJ mix, staring dreamily out to sea. The first Café Del Mar album encapsulates this mystical experience, beginning light and airy with Jose's own dolphin-esque "Agua", progressing to darker, bassier sounds like Underworld and Ver Vlads to represent the sun falling behind the horizon. Jose creates a spellbinding atmosphere by placing oddities such as Penguin Cafe Orchestra, alongside dance tracks that take inspiration from world music and New Age (ethereal female vocals; bongo-lead percussion; samples of self-hypnosis tapes, flutes; wave-sounds). Higlights include the resonant piano and strings of Sabres Of Paradise's "Smokebelch" beatless mix. The sky fades to black with the gentle ambience of "Sunset At The Café Del Mar". Café Del Mar was "compiled with love" and thus truly stands the test of time. A great beginning to a classic compilation series.

Sarah Champion, Amazon.co.uk



Am Anfang war der Sonnenaufgang in San Antonio auf Ibiza. Das Café Del Mar ist ein realer und zugleich unwirklicher Ort, eine Oase des Friedens im drogen- und geldgetriebenen Nightlife-Zirkus der weltberühmten Party-Insel. Café-Del-Mar-DJ José Padilla weiß, was übernächtigte Raver brauchen und hat auf dieser CD erstmals einen seiner inzwischen berühmten Chill-Out-Cocktails angerührt. Wundersame Schwebeklänge zwischen Ambient, House und Trance, die fast ausnahmslos begeistern -- teils von bekannten Größen wie Underworld, Leftfield und William Orbit, trifft auf experimentelles Material wie "The Hypnotist" von Sisterlove. Hier spricht eine sanfte Stimme von "expandierendem Bewusstsein" und schickt den Hörer auf eine mentale Reise durch den eigenen Körper. Wesentlich überraschender ist allerdings die Wahl des Stücks "Music For A Found Harmonium" des Penguin Café Orchestra, das so gar nichts mit Chill-Out-Ästhetik zu tun hat, sondern eher eine Ironisierung der Minimal Music von Kollegen wie Steve Reich oder Phil Glass darstellt. Mit anderen Worten, Café Del Mar hat -- lange bevor dies zur Mode wurde --Grenzen überschritten zwischen U und E, zwischen Avantgarde und Funktionsmusik. Das Resultat ist ganz unangestregt und einfach nur schön.

Christian Arndt, Amazon.de
 

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