Cafe Del Mar - Aria Vol.3 (Metamorphosis) [Digipak] - Various Artists

Advantages: Simply fantastic
Disadvantages: none.

...and I don't mean that badly, its nice to be soothed so much by one cd. The theme on this cd is mostly a natural rythmic feeling, guitars and classical sounds, but with some electric influence, but as i have said, nothing shocking, I have heard alot of these tunes on BBC 1's Holiday programme and i'm sure most people would recognise a few of the tunes at least. There are 13 tracks on this cd, and as usual, they range from different era's, most are from 1996, one from 1991 and track 3, Sueno con Mexico, a classical guitar piece is from 1979. On almost all of the Cafe del mar cd's you will find one track from about 30 years ago, but it will fit in, and its age won't show, infact you will probably find it to be the best track on the cd and will want to find more music by the artists. Volume 3 also boast's the best and most fragile cover... Read review

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Advantages: Oh my, too many to list.
Disadvantages: Absolutly none.

...an array of styles. I am not sure about the availability of this cd, but if you cant find it new, im sure it will be found secondhand somewhere like Ebay. If you like music, good music that enters your soul, then you buy at least a couple of cd's from the series. Number 6 would be a good choice, it has a little of everything that the Cafe del mar stands for, or used too anyway. Track listing... 1. Traveller. by Talvin singh. 2. Dub in ya mind. by Afterlife. 3. The messenger. by A new funky generation. 4. Homebase. by dZihan & kamien. 5. Beautiful. by Mandalay. 6. 3.2 Bedrock. by Humate. 7. Satie 1. by Endorphin 8. Homelands. by Nitin Sawhney. 9. A distant invitaion. by Rae & christian. 10. Existance. by Bugge Wesseltoft. 11. Oh home. by Paco fernandez. 12. Les kid nappeurs main theme. by... Read review

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Advantages: Truly Beautiful
Disadvantages: None.

...I was introduced to the cafe del mar series by a friend back in 1995, what a long time ago! I have never been to the famed cafe in Ibiza, but have purchased all the volumes in this series upto Vol 6. I stopped here because the man that puts them togther stopped, there are others and i'm sure they are good, but they won't be as good as this! Jose Padilla is the master mind behind volumes 1-6, he has such a good understanding of music and the way that it can influence moods and feelings and his selections on the cds are outstanding. I will review each of the 6 as I get the time, but here we will deal with the first... There are 12 tracks on the cd, I think you can still by it in the shops but remeber that it is now 10 years old!! This volume mixes tracks by Leftfield, Underworld, A man called adam and others, The penguin cafe... Read review

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