Under The Stars
V. Lara | Houston, Texas | 07/17/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Three words sum up this compilation, "PURE BALAERIC BLISS", and the album's cover describes it in a similar fashion, "poolside chill and sun drenched grooves" but both descriptiona apply here. Phil Mison has compiled some of the best chill compilations in the world, but in my opinion this tops all of them, perhaps only equaled by his Cantoma album. What makes this compilation so amazing is the quality of the songs along with the fact that there are some new, rare & unreleased gems included, an equation that very few chill/lounge compilations follow. The songs on both discs are featured in full and are UNMIXED:
CD ONE
1.Smith & Mudd - The Start
2.Happy Cones - Brothers and Sisters
3.Aqualise - WPPK (Instrumental)
4.Kentaro Takizawa - Gradual Life (Silend Dream Version)
5.Cantoma - Under The Stars (New Cantoma Track)
6.Da Lata - Cores (taken from the "songs from the tin" album)
7.Optimus - Castle Out (Drift Mix)
8.Trilok Gurtu - Om (Phil Mison Mix)
9.Boom Clap Bachelors - Combiner
10.Jerry Dimmer - Slow Pull
11.No Logo - Is Anybody Out There (Ambient Mix) (Different mix from the one found on Cafe Mambo 06)
CD TWO
1.Cantoma - Out of Town (New Cantoma Track)
2.The Karminski Experience Inc. - The Sea
3.Smith and Mudd - Shulme
4.Frontera feat. Sophie Baker - A Baia (taken from the self-titled Frontera album)
5.Ost & Kjex - Have You Seen The Moon In Dallas (Maurice Fulton Mix)
6.Flipide - Outside (Summer Mix)
7.Bliss - Don't Look Back (Fug Remix) (previously available on the special 2 disc edition of the Bliss album "Quiet Letters")
8.Kenneth Bager feat. Jean Luc Panty & Nikoloj Grandjean - Fregment Four..Love Wont Leave Me Alone (Idjut Boys Remix)
9.Fragile State - Hoop Dreams (Original Mix)
10.Lulu Rouge - Melankoni
11.Afterlife feat. Chris Coco - Home (taken from the Afterlife album "The Afterlife Lounge")
Disc one provides the chill while disc two serves up the grooves, but both are equally enjoyable. This is definitely a must have for any Cantoma fan, but if you buy just one chill compilation this year, let it be Pure Ibiza, it's perfect when traveling out of town and especially when laying under the stars."