Café del Mar, Vol.18 (2012) VBR

Cafe Del Mar Vol.18

Year 2012

Disc 1
01 dnote – love is wise 04:20
02 blank & jones with jason caesar – hideaway 06:00
03 chris coco – cape clear 04:30
04 bent – the park 05:12
05 ultra nat? – the rush 05:07
06 lux – sunset disco 05:13
07 talvin singh & niladri kumar – the bliss 05:36
08 chicane – goldfish 03:45
09 unkle – trouble in paradise 04:41
10 moby – lie down in darkness (ben hoo¦s dorian vibe) 03:53
11 ben onono – big blue moon 04:14
12 lamb – dischord 02:22

Disc 2
01 afterlife – espalmador 04:27
02 gelka – have you kept your ticket 03:48
03 ganga – gymnastics 04:46
04 faithless – love is my condition 05:58
05 aromabar – simple life 04:55
06 kid stone feat. lovely laura – rio 05:16
07 silent way – the cloud 04:37
08 james bright – no better feeling 04:42
09 no logo – vibrafone 05:30
10 hannah ild – right beside you 05:07
11 hybrid – blind side 04:30
12 underworld – to heal 02:33


Anyway, for the selected volume Dieciocho tracklist of mostly well-known top acts of Lounge-/Chillout-Szene arouses curiosity: Afterlife, Blank & Jones, Moby, Chicane, Lamb, Underworld, Bent and D * Note each with brand new releases are gathered here. A total of 24 tracks can be heard, including at least 20 exclusive tracks that can be found on any other compilation.
My own experience to the musical spectrum of really great new tracks from the already mentioned artists that fall all the top quality level ranges over some exotic ("The Bliss" by Talvin Singh) some classic ("Gymnastics" by Ganga) inspired Related to relatively unobtrusive pop songs.
Overall, the album is without a doubt a lot better and not as arbitrary and without profile as many of the latest "Café del Mar" spending since 2003. The reactivation of many top acts that had already finished the first CdM grandiose spending by 2000 is a good step. However, no new impulses or innovations can be seen. Has heard it all before anyway once. This was different than the first Café del Mar compilations created something completely new and the large lounge / chill-wave has been started and the DJ, who chose the songs for the album, even to stardom. Furthermore, the question remains whether it have to have to be a double album. In the early days it was customary to publish a CD with a running time of around 70 minutes. Here are 2 CDs with each slightly less than one hour runtime. Less is often more, and only the truly standout tracks on one CD I would not call it a disadvantage ...
4 stars, however, are already there, because actually includes "volume Dieciocho" everything you expect from a good compilation of the genre. Real failures are not recorded, different sounds and styles were integrated very professional in the tracklist. Variety is certainly warranted, the album is by no means over, without any recognition effect on one. One star deduction for the lack of courage to take risks and to really make something new.