Tracks Songs from the Chillout Lounge: Check Out the Sounds from the Chillout Lounge
- Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away
- Grover Washington - Just The Two Of Us
- The Love Unlimited Orchestra - Midnight And You
- Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Nellee Hooper's Edit)
- Chilled 2 The Groove - Waterfalls
- Chicane - Autumn Tactics (Chicane's End Of Summer Remix)
- Clannad - Theme From Harry's Game
- Jose Padilla - Adios Ayer (Fresh Mix)
- Garbage - Milk (D-Mix)
- Kinobe - Slip Into Something More Comfortable
- Bill Withers - The Wheat
- Luther Vandross - So Amazing
- Weekend Players - Jericho
- Smoke City - Underwater Love
- Moodswings - Spiritual High (State Of Independence) (Radio Edit)
- Goldfrapp - Utopia
- Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
- Chicane - Saltwater (The Thrillseekers Remix)
- Olive - You're Not Alone (Nightmares On Wax Remix)
- Stewart And Bradley James - The Wheat
- Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me
- Tall Paul Vs Inxs - Precious Heart (Lush Remix)
- Faithless - Evergreen (Dusted Remix)
- Dusty Springfield - Spooky
- Barry White - Just The Way You Are
- Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me (Radio Mix)
- 10cc - I'm Not In Love
- Moloko - Sing It Back (Album Version)
- Jakatta - American Dream (Afterlife Mix)
- Dido - Here With Me
- Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
- Ella Fitzgerald - Someone To Watch Over Me
Publisher: Telstar Release date: 2002-01-26 RRP: £17.99 Price: £0.09
Review Songs from the Chillout Lounge: Check Out the Sounds from the Chillout Lounge / Various Artists:
Tracks Angel Beach Vol.4: the Fourth Wave - Chillout and House Beats from Ibiza Rio Goa & Miami
- Rinocerose - Mes Vacances A Rio
- Maharishi - Within You, Without You
- Deepest Blue - Give It Away
- Cabin Crew - Star To Fall
- Paul Johnson - She Got Me On
- Tempramentals - I Could Let You Love Me (DB Boulevard Club Mix)
- Temposhark - Invisible Ink
- Stereo Star (Feat. Mia J) - Utopia (Where I Want To Be)
- TCOB - Como Esta
- Axwell - Feel The Vibe (Til The Morning Comes)
- Celso Fonseca - Bom Sinal
- Stereo MCs - First Love
- Moby - Dream About Me
- StoneBridge (Feat. Therese) - Put Em High
- Basement Jaxx - Romeo
- Röyksopp - Only This Moment
- Love Trax - Wish I
- Max Sedgley - Happy
- The Herbaliser - A Mother (For Your Mind)
- Badly Drawn Boy
- Black Mighty Orchestra
- Max Graham Vs Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
- Uniting Nations
- Nitin Sawhney -
- Beautiful People - If 60s Were 90s (PM Dawn Mix)
- Ghostland - Interview With The Angel
- Kaskade
- Depeche Mode - Useless (Kruder + Dorfmeister Session) (TM)
- Garota Del Rio - Cantaloupe Island
- Cibelle
- Eric Prydz - Call On Me
- Supermen Lovers - Starlight
- Los Chicharrons - Summer Fling
- Thievery Corporation - Samba Tranquille
- Ikon - The Dove
- Amber - Sexual (Afterlife Mix)
- GoTan Project - Triptico
- Ian Pooley (Feat. Rosanna & Zélia) - Coracao Tambor
- Freemasons - Love On My Mind
- Soul Central Feat. Kathy Brown
- Morcheeba - Wonders Never Cease
- Goldfrapp - Utopia
- Deepak Chopra (Feat. Demi Moore) - Desire
- Jakatta (Feat. Seal) - My Vision
- Koop - Summer Sun (Markus Enochson Remix)
- Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
- Chicane
- Praful - Says Kabir
- Mylo - In My Arms
- Dada Zep - Kashmir
- Flora Vasconcelos - Come Away With Me
- Studio B - I See Girls (Crazy) (Freemasons Remix)
- Gazzara
- DJ Sammy - Why (Phunk Investigation Club Mix)
- Simply Red - Sunrise
- Fatboy Slim - Dont Let The Man Get You Down
- Marcos Valle - Mushi Mushi
Publisher: Inspired Release date: 2005-07-11 RRP: £18.99 Price: £14.00
Review Angel Beach Vol.4: the Fourth Wave - Chillout and House Beats from Ibiza Rio Goa & Miami / Various Artists:
Tracks Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea (Simian Mix)
- Papua New Guinea (7" Original)
- Papua New Guinea (Satoshi Tomiie Radio-Path)
- Papua New Guinea (Hybrid Radio Edit)
- Papua New Guinea (Blue States Mix)
Publisher: Jumpin & Pumpin Release date: 2003-07-02 Price: £5.99
Review Papua New Guinea / Future Sound Of London:
Tracks Chill Out in Paris Vol.5
- Message - Duke B & Angela McCluskley
- Float Through Stars - Funky Lowlives
- Toc Toc - Pat C
- Fall Into You - Soulstance
- Take It Slow - Boozoo Bajou
- I Am Your Mind - Ayers, Roy
- It's On - Motorcitysoul
- Slide - Luke (4)
- Senza Parau - Quintetto X
- Pay For Price - Wei-Chi
- Greatest - Platnum
- Lover Uncovered - Truby Trio & Marcus Begg
- Destination Moon - Dining Rooms
- You've Taken All - Micatone
- What Nature Brings - Nekta (1)
- Trying - Quant (1)
Publisher: Stefano Cecchi Release date: 2006-07-03 RRP: £13.99 Price: £7.85
Review Chill Out in Paris Vol.5 / Various Artists:
Publisher: Sony TV Release date: 2008-02-01 RRP: £4.99 Price: £1.97
Review The Classic Chillout Album / Various Artists:One of the more high profile and successful chillout compilations of 2001, The Classic Chillout Album is a double-disc affair with all the right hits in all the right places. The big guns are here on disc one with Kinobe's "Slip Into Something. ", Groove Armada's "At the River" and Jakatta's "American Dream" to name but a few. Disc two is a bit more new-age with Deep Forest's "Sweet Lullaby", "Sadness" by Enigma and "Silence" by Delerium but there are some genuinely beautiful pieces from the likes of Morricone ("Chi Mai") and Robin Young-Smith ("Flower Duet") which sit more than comfortably with their downbeat dance cousins. -Georgina Collins.
Tracks Furious Angels
- Speed Me Towards Death
- Left Me For Dead
- Prelude
- One And The Same (Coda)
- Furious angels
- Clubbed To Death 2
- I'm Not Driving Any More
- Instrumental
- Will You Follow Me?
- Nothing At All
- Pause
- There's Only Me
- Clubbed To Death
- Born Yesterday
- Drinking Song
Publisher: Cheeky Release date: 2002-06-29 RRP: £14.99 Price: £6.99
Review Furious Angels / Rob Dougan:Rob Dougan may not be a household name, but his debut single (featured here on Furious Angels) could barely have escaped anyone's attention. Originally released on James Lavelle's Mo Wax label in 1995, "Clubbed To Death", with its melancholic string sweeps, doom-laden bass and dogmatic break-beats, became not only the ultimate trip-hop record, but one of the most licensed tracks ever. Yet despite generating $1. 5million from its use in films like The Matrix and countless adverts, Mo Wax were less than enthusiastic about Dougan's debut album; eventually he would fund most of its six years of recording himself. On first listen, Mo Wax's reluctance is understandable. Rather than playing up "Clubbed to Death"'s demonic dance element, Furious Angels treads an altogether more cinematic path. Indeed "Will You Follow Me?" and "Instrumental", are straight Star-Wars-style classical pieces. Elsewhere, when he does fuse his lavish orchestration with dank beats, as with "Left me for Dead" and the title track, the clattering rhythm track is merely an eerie backdrop for some staggering string arrangements and Dougan's vocals. A striking resemble to Chris Rea aside, with his phlegmy rasp he manages to make the already murky "There's Only Me" and "I'm Not Driving Anymore" all the more desperate and wretched. All in all a phenomenally dark album-part Portishead, part Massive Attack, part deranged crooner- that's never less than epic. [+]
-Dan Gennoe.
Tracks Arabic Beats: 3cds of Chillout Moods from the World of Arabia
- Camel Dreams [Smile Reprise] - Orchre Oak
- Arabiant - Radar
- Still Sahara - Claudia Maria Mokri
- Only When You're There - Rhythm Vendors
- Samal [Bombay Dreams Mix] - Cesare Martinez
- Tantalise Touch - Torres
- Born Again [Cycle Mix] - Domez M
- Deep Seas [Chill Desert Mix] - Dub Corporation
- Marrakesh - Rey Ra
- Algiers Dream [Dub Mix] - Ke Fez
- Own My Heart
- Souk Nationala - B Line Brothers
- Resolution [Dub Mix] - Exile
- Distant Skies [Abstractions Mix]
- Morning Sun [Glow Mix]
- Descend - Foundouks Foundations
- Koubba - Anciennes S
- Four-Four-Four - Fragile State
- Sweetsmoke [H20 Mix] - Florence Ayrault
- Fables Gold - Nero
- Storms [Addict Mix] - Ti.Ra.
- Carnival - Mischa Taschenkow
- Zanzibar Casbah [Light Mix] - Dua
- Atlas Mountains - Seventh House Out
- Bliss [Sound System Mix] - Cheb Barouc
- Simplicity - Uzma
- Trav Dee Det [Arabian Mix] - Meich Kasbat
Publisher: Bar De Lune Release date: 2004-09-27 RRP: £6.99 Price: £3.88
Review Arabic Beats: 3cds of Chillout Moods from the World of Arabia / Various Artists:
Tracks Somersault
- Somersault
- Light Blue Movers
Publisher: Ultimate Dilemma Release date: 2004-05-17 RRP: £4.99 Price: £37.95
Review Somersault / Zero 7:
Tracks The Best Chillout Ever
- Firesuite - Doves
- Always Returning - Brian Eno
- Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl
- Hometime - Alison Moyet
- Tubular Bells (Part 1) - Mike Oldfield
- Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole & George Shearing Quintet
- Adiemus - Adiemus
- Sarabande (from Harpsichord Suite No 4) - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Avalon - Roxy Music
- Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
- Return To Innocence - Enigma
- Centrepeace - Badly Drawn Boy
- Any Other Name (American Beauty Theme) - Thomas Newman
- Miss Riddle - Boz Scaggs
- So Easy (As featured in the T-Mobile TV ads) - Royksopp
- Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
- Heart Of Asia (Astro Heavenly Mix) - Watergate
- Days Go By (Acoustic) - Dirty Vegas
- Ikes Rap II - Isaac Hayes
- Dove (Sisco¹s Lounge Mix) - Moony
- Le Voyage De Penelope - Air
- Street Spirit - Radiohead
- Until You Come Back To Me - Hil Street Soul
- Saltwater 02 (Thrillseekers Ambient Mix) - Chicane
- Alison - Elvis Costello
- Run - Supergrass
- The Mission - Ennio Morricone
- I Don¹t Know What I Can Save You From (Royksopp Remix) - Kings Of Convenience
- Smile - David Gray
- The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise - Michael Nyman
- Sightings - Craig Armstrong
- Spacewalk - Lemonjelly
- Caroline, No - The Beach Boys
- My Culture - 1 Giant Leap
- Have A Nice Day (Live Acoustic Version) - Stereophonics
- It Doesn¹t Matter Anymore - Eva Cassidy
- Adagio For Strings - Samuel Barber
- The Scientist - Coldplay
- Breathe - Telepopmusik
- Everybody¹s Talkin - Fred Neil
- Albatross - Chris Coco
Publisher: Virgin TV Release date: 2002-11-25 RRP: £17.99 Price: £22.81
Review The Best Chillout Ever / Various Artists:
Tracks Ambient
- Dog
- Bad Days
- Heaven
- J Breas
- Tongues
- Lean On Me
- Sound
- My Beautiful Blue Sky
- House Of Blue Leaves
- Piano And String
- 80
- Myopia
Publisher: Instinct Release date: 2007-10-01 Price: £7.99
Review Ambient / Moby:Long before music marketers coined the term ambient to describe ethereal electronic music that's too slow to dance to, Moby had already written several songs that fit nicely into this genre. They are included, along with newer material, on this album. Moby's more conventional song structures will appeal to those who find Robert Fripp and Brian Eno's experimentation unpalatable. "Myopia" is a good representation of Moby's ability to write accessible ambient music that never strays too far into the abstract. -Beth Bessmer.
Tracks Bicycles and Tricycles
- Kompania
- The Land Of Green Ginger
- L.U.C.A,
- Dilmun
- Orb Is
- Gee Strings
- Aftermath
- From A Distance
- Prime Evil
- Abstractions
- Tower Twenty Three
- Hells Kitchen
Publisher: Cooking Vinyl Release date: 2004-05-03 RRP: £9.99 Price: £5.80
Review Bicycles and Tricycles / Orb:Best known as the prime originator of ambient house back in the early 90s, Alex Paterson has always managed to avoid stagnation. With Bicycles & Tricycles he extends his parameters even further. "From a Distance", featuring vocals from the Corporal and a sample of Grace Jones's "Slave to the Rhythm" pulses and stomps like an electro glitter band. The dark, dubby "Prime Evil", with its creepy laughter, dramatic climax and a portentous, Lovecraftian narration courtesy of Neville Jason, has an impressive Italian horror-movie feel, while "Kompania" has you thinking of Pink Floyd jamming with a crazed campanologist in deep space. It's impressively ambitious stuff. But there's also plenty of humour, stretching from the CD case, through to "The Land of Green Ginger", with its clattering percussion and cheerful whistling, where Jason somehow keeps a straight face in recounting a potty tale of wizards and enchantments. This is the way throughout, with Paterson veering between playfulness and serious intent. In this he has much in common with the psychedelic revolutionaries of the mid-60s. -Dominic Wills.
Tracks Babylon Rewound
- Until The Morning
- Un Simple Histoire
- Resolution
- State Of The Union
- Truth And Rights
- Until The Morning
- Outernationalist
- Exilio
- Richest Man In Babylon
Publisher: Esl Release date: 2004-11-15 RRP: £13.99 Price: £4.33
Review Babylon Rewound / Thievery Corporation:
Tracks Classical Chillout Gold
- Agnus Dei - (Barber) - Platoon
- Dance Of The Hours (Ponchielli) - La Gioconda
- Overture (Mozart) - The Marriage Of Figaro
- Harry Potter (Williams) - Harry Potter
- Minuet - String Quartet G275 (Boccherini) - The Ladykillers
- Sarabande (Handel) Levis Advert
- La Donna E Mobile (Verdi) - Rigoletto
- Gymnopedie No.2 (Satie)
- Intermezzo - (Mascagni) Cavelleria Rusticana
- Vissi D'Arte (Puccini) - Tosca
- Flower Duet from Lakme (Delibes) British Airways Advert
- Any Other Name (Newman) - American Beauty
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Warbeck) - Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- Coral Wonder (Fenton) - The Blue Planet
- Dr Zhivago (M Jarre) - Dr Zhivago
- L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Bizet) - Carmen
- Piano Concerto No.5, Adagio Un Poco (Beethoven) - Dead Poets Society
- Prelude - A L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune (Debussy)
- Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici (Verdi) - La Traviata
- Adagio Sostenuto - Piano Concerto No.2 (Rachmaninov)
- Aquarium - Carnival Of The Animals (Saint-Saens) - Orange Advert
- Barcarolle (Offenbach) - The Tales Of Hoffmann
- Cavatina (Myer) - The Deer Hunter
- The Lamb (Tavener) Orange Picture messaging advert
- Caruso (Dalle)
- Adagio - Violin Concerto No.1 (Bruch)
- Goldberg Variations, Aria (JS Bach) - The English Patient
- Gymnopedie No.1 (Piano Version) (Satie) Frys Chocolate Vream Advert
- Gnossienne No.1 (Satie) - Chocolat
- A Beautiful Mind (Horner) - A Beautiful Mind
- In Paradisum (Faure) - Requiem
- Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Morning (Grieg) - Hovis Advert
- Cello Suite No.1, G Major Prelude (JS Bach) Orange Advert
- Sicilienne (Faure)
- O, Silver Moon (Dvorak) - Rusalka
- Lord Of The Rings (Shore) - Lord Of The Rings
- Requiem, Lacrimosa Dies Illa (Mozart) - Amadeus
- Pavane (Faure) - Theme from World Cup
- Theme From Inspector Morse (Pheloung) - Inspector Morse
- Nessun Dorma (Puccini) As performed by the Three Tenors
- The Young Prince And The Princess - Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
- O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini) - Gianni Schicchi
- Autumn - The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
- Andante - Piano Concerto No.2 (Shostakovich)
Publisher: Decadance Release date: 2002-11-04 Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart RRP: £18.99 Price: £10.73
Review Classical Chillout Gold / Decadance:
Tracks A Word of Science: the 1st & Final Chapter
- Aftermath
- Stop (Crack)
- BWTM
- Mega Donutz
- Nights Interlude
- How Ya Doin'
- Playtime
- EASE
- Fun
- Back Into Time
- Biofeedback
- Case Of Funk
- Dextrous
- Sal
- Coming Down
Publisher: Warp Release date: 1999-11-01 RRP: £13.99 Price: £5.98
Review A Word of Science: the 1st & Final Chapter / Nightmares On Wax:Nightmares on Wax's A Word of Science was recorded at the height of happy hardcore fever that gripped the UK in the early 1990s. Alongside groups such as the Prodigy, LFO and A Homeboy, a Hippy and a Funki Dred, Nightmares on Wax introduced a hard electronic sound that tore up house music and overthrew acid. "A Case of Funk" has that typically hysteric, operatic sound that made early-1990s Brit electronic music the rush that it was; the same goes for the squidgy synths and tribal beats of "Coming Down". Both tunes reflect the increasing influence of Ecstasy on the rave scene as mellow euphoria was replaced by a sharper, teeth-grinding groove. However, "MegaDonutz" starts as typical hardcore but warps into a 45 King style hip-hop production while "Back in time" is down-tempo and uses an old Bizmarkie sample-even with the rave scene around them, NOW went back to their original hip-hop roots. As a snapshot of British dance music at the turn of the 1990s, A Word of Science works well, though not as good as the many compilations out there that cover this period more comprehensively such as Pioneers of the Hypnotic Groove. -Jake Barnes.
Tracks The Scottish Chillout Album
- Why
- Homeward Bound
- Your Song
- I Don't Wanna Talk About It
- Titanic
- Danny's Theme
- Only When I Sleep
- Love
- Unbreakable
- I Don't Wanna Talk About It
- Hill
- Rabbie's Trilogy
- Breakaway
- River
- Local Hero
- Wonderful Tonight
- Angela's Ashes
- Thousand Lives
Publisher: Music Kitchen Release date: 2003-04-07 RRP: £14.99 Price: £9.89
Review The Scottish Chillout Album / Various Artists:
Publisher: Metro Triples Release date: 2005-09-12 Run time: 211 min. RRP: £10.99 Price: £6.62
Review Classic Chillout: Timeless Music for Relaxation / Various Artists:
Tracks Jump Leads
- It's A Knockout
- We Build Arks
- DNA
- Nightfall
- Spill the Beans
- Motown Coppers
- Monk's Utterance
- Mother Nature's Spies
- Percival Quintoine
- The Green Green Grass of Homegrown
- Bumblehaun
Publisher: 23 Release date: 2008-06-02 RRP: £13.99 Price: £9.02
Review Jump Leads / Fila Brazillia:Jump Leads is the eighth full-length LP from Hull-based sound sculptors Fila Brazillia-an undeniably impressive achievement in the often ephemeral world of electronic music. How they've fitted it in is anybody's guess, what with their recent Another Late Night and Brazilification mix albums, a world tour (first time with a live band) and setting up their own label 23 Records. For their latest document the duo keep the emphasis on accessible and musical yet blatantly quirky sounds, infusing their beats with analogue warmth, live instrumentation and song-writing prowess. Like friends and fellow Humberside-dwellers Baby Mammoth, this year has seen the band plug into some of the varied and musical upbeat sounds currently around, though their album also features plenty of their usual downtempo material. Mellow tracks like recent single "Spill The Beans"-which uses the velvety vocal talents of Steve Edwards-highlight their knack of writing catchy hooks but there is a wide range of other material here such as the warm, chunky funk of "DNA", the kooky feel of "We Build Arks" and the dark, percussive Brazilian swing of "Percival Quintaine". An album of many colourful and exotic shades Jump Leads can only please Fila fans and newcomers alike. -Paul Sullivan.
Tracks Chillout Ibiza Vol.2
- 93 til infinity - Souls Of Mischief
- High noon - Kruder & Dorfmeister
- Rapture (Soulside mix) - Iio
- Beautiful (chillout mix) - Darey, Matt
- Morning sun (Pepe Bradock mix) - Block 16
- Ocean beach - Black Mighty Orchestra
- Mother Nature's spies - Fila Brazilia
- Plenitude (part 1) - Soft Wave
- Blend - Herbaliser
- Destination - Schmoov
- ResuRection (Robots outro) - PPK
- Light a rainbow (chill mix) - Tukan
- Summer rain - Coco Steel & Lovebomb
- Guitarra G - G Club
- Souka nayu (Thievery Corporation mix) - Maal, Baaba
- Samba (Rae & Christian mix) - Faze Action
- Did I dream - Lost Witness
- Private road - Bent
- Getting into U - WOSP
- Vai viver a vida - Rae & Christian/Tania Maria
- Shanti - Banco De Gaia
- Release the pressure - Leftfield
- Silence (Michael Woods mix) - Delerium (2)
- Come home - Lil' Devious
- Venice Beach - Egg (3)
- Chunk - Fug (1)
- Running - Pharcyde
- Cores - Da Lata
- Do it now - Dubtribe Sound System
- Omen - Aim & Diamond D
Publisher: Decadance Release date: 2002-07-15 RRP: £10.99 Price: £12.03
Review Chillout Ibiza Vol.2 / Various Artists:
Tracks Ibiza Chillout Vol.3
- Slow Drift Rising - Skinny Elvis
- Lost World - Harmony
- Air You Breathe - Chime
- Moon and Back - Pulsar
- Casbah
- Private Interlude - Groove Armada
- Moodswings - Purple Nine
- Slip into Something More Comfortable [Instrumental Mix] - Kinobe
- Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad - Moby
- Trumpet of Dawn - Discordia
- Bluntz [Sly Mix] - AOC
- No Regrets - Discovery
- Personal Reality - Guidance
- Run Away - Herbalism
- Big Pun - Freeflow
- Retro Vibes [Decade Mix] - Ghost
- Good Life [Ian Pooley's la Buena vida en Notas Mix] - Inner City
- Bliss - Headspace
- Life Times - Aquarium
- Man With the Red Face [Svek Mix] - Laurent Garnier
- Touch - Entice
- Exterminator [Massive Attack Mix] - Primal Scream
- Nuits - Nightmares on Wax
- Life Story - Inspired
- Blue
- Calm Storm
- Hard Times - 7th Path
- Time Is Now [Francois K Blessed Out Dub] - Moloko
- Space Food
- Definition - Kruder & Dorfmeister
Publisher: Zyx Release date: 2001-05-21 RRP: £20.99 Price: £12.16
Review Ibiza Chillout Vol.3 / Various Artists:
Tracks Twoism
- Oirectine
- Seeya Later
- Basefree
- Twoism
- Sixtyniner
- Smokes Quantity
- Melissa Juice
- Iced Cooly
Publisher: Warp Release date: 2002-11-25 RRP: £13.99 Price: £12.98
Review Twoism / Boards Of Canada:Almost as elusive as the act themselves, Twoism has been exchanging hands for anything up to £800 since its original 100 copy vinyl release back in 1995. Available for the first time on CD, re-cut and re-mastered, this near-mythical collection of minimal ambient treasure is as listless, pastoral and evocative as its follow-up, 1998's Music Has The Right Children and this year's Geogaddi. Even more understated than its successors, Twoism drifts with indolent beats and droning keyboard hooks. Hidden away in their remote Hexagon Sun studio in the highlands of north Scotland, Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison inhabit a reclusive windswept world that is too damn cold to produce chill-out music. What you have here are delicate, deceptively simple, emotive soundscapes that bore right to the heart of the listener and refuse to be ignored. Broken into eight tracks but seemingly one continuous gentle sonic glide, Twoism opens with the mesmerising melancholia of "Sixtyniner" changing course only for "Basefree" with its restless itchy break beat and urban menace. At turns soothing and haunting it stirs feelings of desolation while somehow creating an intensely intimate feel. Laying the foundations for a career that has seen the duo become renowned exponents of blissful organic electronica; Twoism is an essential (no longer missing) link in the acts evolution. -Christopher Barrett.
| Models & Brands: Songs from the Chillout Lounge: Check Out the Sounds from the Chillout Lounge, Angel Beach Vol.4: the Fourth Wave - Chillout and House Beats from Ibiza Rio Goa & Miami, Papua New Guinea, Chill Out in Paris Vol.5, The Classic Chillout Album, Furious Angels, Arabic Beats: 3cds of Chillout Moods from the World of Arabia, Somersault, The Best Chillout Ever, Ambient, Bicycles and Tricycles, Babylon Rewound, Classical Chillout Gold, A Word of Science: the 1st & Final Chapter, The Scottish Chillout Album, Classic Chillout: Timeless Music for Relaxation, Jump Leads, Chillout Ibiza Vol.2, Ibiza Chillout Vol.3, Twoism |