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Maretimo Records present Best of Del Mar Vol. 7. 30 excellent Chillout tracks and a continuous mix with mixing duties handled by DJ Maretimo.

The Café del Mar is perhaps most known around the world for its chill-out music compilations. The songs are described as balearic ambient, easy listening music. The collections of the music played at the café were first sold on cassette at the end of the 1980s. In 1994, the first official “Café del Mar” CD was released, which included works by world-renowned artists. Following the great success of the first release, a total of 18 volumes of the main compilation series have been published.

Manifold Records present Best of Del Mar Vol. 2 - 50 Beautiful Chill Sounds. 50 excellent Chillout tracks from Cafe Americaine, Chillwalker, Noise Boyz, Mahoroba, Frank Borell and others.

Manifold Records present Best of Del Mar - 33 Beautiful Chill Sounds. 33 excellent Chillout tracks from Cafe Americaine, Noise Boyz, Orange Music, Chillwalker, Frank Borell and others.

The remarkable thing about this volume is not that it's the 13th installment in the extremely popular Cafe Del Mar series but that they've managed to maintain the quality control and this is just as good as any of the first 12! Cafe del Mar is the perfect scenery to enjoy an exclusive fusion of light, water and sound; the primary icon of the cult of sunset, without any doubts, one of the most wonderful and incredible existing in the planet. With the first Volume, thirteen years ago, Cafe del Mar began to put music to sunset. Cafe del Mar's spirit has reached all the corners of the world.

Lana Del Rey could have retired after the cinematic grandeur of her 2019 high-water mark Norman Fucking Rockwell! That album's imaginative songwriting, finely crafted performances, and exceptional production served as a realization of the magnificence promised by earlier efforts, and the deepest look yet at Del Rey's stormy inner world. Subsequent albums suggested a little bit of a comedown after such heights. Both released in 2021, Chemtrails Over the Country Club felt like an NFR! bonus reel, while Blue Banisters played like a mixtape of solid but random song ideas. Ninth album Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd finds Del Rey returning to the powerful level of song sculpting she reached on NFR!, and feels like a strong step forward as much as it does a worthy follow-up to her best record.

Maretimo Records present Best of Del Mar Vol. 6 - 50 Beautiful Chill Sounds. 50 excellent Chillout tracks from Vladi Strecker, Cafe Americaine, Sean Hayman, DJ Maretimo, Jazzy James Jr. and others.

The delicacy of many ECM recordings can be measured via degrees, but in the case of the music conceived by pianist Stefano Bollani, those increments of hushed tones are micro dynamic, rendered as quintessentially subdued. Within a typically formatted piano-bass-drums trio, Bollani alongside bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Morten Lund can be described favorably as a cut below most groups of this type in terms of a sonic footprint. While Tord Gustavsen, Esbjorn Svensson, or Bobo Stenson may approach the similarly softer side of contemporary Continental jazz, Bollani has them covered in his utterly subtle approach, while still grasping an elusive, haunting quality to melody-making.

The PMJL Parco della Musica Jazz Lab, led by trumpeter Enrico Rava, brings together some of the most interesting musicians have gained momentum over the last few years. After having experimented with the music of Gershwin, Michael Jackson and Lester Bowie, the collective will face now the original repertoire of Enrico Rava, excellent composer of songs characterized by great swing and melody, with influences ranging from free to bop to the Argentine tango. All with new arrangements, entrusted by Rava saxophonist Dan Kinzelman.