VA - Café del Mar: 20th Anniversary 1980-2000 (2000) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 864 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 330 Mb | Scans ~ 60 Mb
Label: Cafe Del Mar Music | # 20-2000-20 | Time: 02:23:23
Genre: Lounge, Chillout, Downtempo
The premier purveyors of Ibiza comedown have selected two dozen tracks of laid-back, cozily experimental music to help celebrate their 20th anniversary, and while it at times feels ungainly, it never seems too scripted. The first disc has Amalagation of Soundz creating a rustic drum'n'bass mantra ("Enchant Me"), Moodrama mixing tribal beats with flitters of jazz (the appropriately titled "Jazz Tip"), and even Deep & Wide constructing a gorgeously subtle native twinkle along the lines of Dario G's "Voices." The other disc tends to go for the more celestial (Jean Michel Jarre, Jon & Vangelis) or the post-sunset reawakening (Foundland, Christian Alvad), but begins to sag with the drugged-out self-importance of a born-again hippy. Luckily, with so many tracks on offer, it's easy to sift out the treasures. This is a fine, calming collection of indigenous, open-door attitude.