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V/A - Macao Cafe 2

 

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Artist: Various

Title: Macao Cafe 2

Label: Etnica.Net

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. Etnica : Lingerie

02. Baltimore And Mendoza : Make My Heart Beat

03. Lenny Bizarre : All About The Gin

04. Baltimore : Alcyon

05. Etnica : Legens Of The Ocean

06. Eric Paque : Something About You

07. John Doe : Stone Cold

08. Shpongle : Around The World In A Tea Daze

09. Phuture Sound Of Ibiza : June

10. Solid World : No Regrets

 

Review:

 

As most of you probably know, Etnica is two Italian guys living on Ibiza, the

party island. On this island there is a café called Macao Café, where there is

for sure a chilled vibe. Last year Etnica made a chill out compilation called

Macao Café, released on their own label Etnicanet Records and the Japanese

label Solstice Music. A collection of lounge music, very different from most

psychedelic chill out. Now they are out with the second part pf the Macao Café

series. You also get a little booklet with beautiful pictures from Ibiza that

shows the island from a better side than the usual bars and tourists with bad

behaviour. You can say that the front cover says it all: Balearic Lounge

Collection. The first track is probably the most beautiful on this

compilation, but far away from psychedelic chill out. Very Balearic with a bit

of vocal by Samantha Sharon. Usually the Etnica guys call themselves P.S.O.I.

when they make music like this. The second track is a collaboration between

Fredric Holyszewski (Dado, Deedrah, Synthetic) and Serge Souque (The Antidote,

Total Eclipse). But don`t get fooled! This is pure Balearic music with almost

only organic sounding instruments. Very jazzy. Track 3 is made my Lenny

Ibizarre (Lenny Krarup) which have released a lot of more commercial sounding

chill out. But here he fits right in with jazzy lounge music. Track 4 is a

pure jazz track with a lot of trumpet. Dado shows again that he manages a lot

of different styles. Serge Souque also shows what a musical talent he is with

track 5. Again jazzy vibes with trumpet and dubby rhythms. Etnica gives us

track 6, which is a completely chilled ambient track. Very chilled and

relaxing, but maybe a bit little varied and boring. Erik Paque is another one

of those more commercial Ibiza guys, which fits right in with a very sexy

Balearic track 7. Nice easy listening music. Track 8 is by Jhon Doe (Benjamin

H. Buchbinder). He had a track on the first Macao Café too. The track we get

here is not very good. Sounds a bit like Air, but not as good. Track 9 doesn`t

really fit into this compilation, but it is a fantastic track, the best one

one on this compilation. The Shpongle track Around The World In a Tea Daze

(first released on the Shpongle album Tales Of the Inexpressible, Twisted

2001). Then we get a track by P.S.O.I. (Phuture Sound Of Ibiza), which is a

side project by Etnica. This is a nice track that reminds me a bit of earlier

chill out tracks by Etnica. The last track by Solid Worlds is a really

beautiful finish with strings, piano and trumpet. This compilation is for you

who want to try out new kinds of music. It seems a bit easy to write the

words; Balearic, Ibiza and lounge outside a cd these days. There are way to

many compilations like this out already, but maybe the Etnica guys do it a

little better, but I haven`t checked all those trendy chill out compilations

lately.

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