Fine Tunes Del Mar - Chillwalker

Advantages: Some astoundingly moving tracks, unbeatable for its chill value
Disadvantages: A little inaccessible at times

...to listen to as a one off if you fancy. I’ve been waiting a long time for this product to be added, and to review one of my favourite CDs of all time, so without further ado, let’s get the show on the road… -- A. P. Rabman - Mumbai theme tune -– There is a somewhat ironic story behind this opener and also behind my introduction to Café Del Mar. It was my brother that initially bought this album, and I always remember him telling me that he heard this track and thought “What the hell have I bought here?!”. He actually loved the rest of the album but this not being his kind of thing, thought he’d made a big mistake. I later went on to buy most of the series whilst he returned to his knish in dance music …. But anyway, back to the track! It’s extremely ambient this one, and vaguely... Read review

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Advantages: Simply fantastic
Disadvantages: none.

...to it 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.

...Jose padilla has done it again, brought such diverse tracks together in harmony to make us lesser mortals feel good about everything. This sadly was to be Jose's last compilation in the cafe del mar series, as i have said before, this is where i stopped buying these cd's. For me no one else could put them together in the same fashion. I started reviewing this series with the first offering and have now jumped to the last, I hope to find the time to review the rest soon, but i have fishy presure at work at the moment (if you read my last review you'll understand!!) So here we are, number six and the last stage of the journey Jose has taken us on. Through the six years these cd's have been produced my musical horizons have been ever deepend, and my mind and soul soothed by the heavenly sounds contained within. I will put the track... Read review

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