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Cafe del Mar, Vol. 5

Cafe del Mar, Vol. 5
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Fontana Mca
Category: Music

List Price: $9.98
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 45 reviews
Sales Rank: 13491

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 565228
UPC: 731456522821
EAN: 0731456522821
ASIN: B00000B98T

Release Date: August 2, 1999
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Tracks:

  • Mumbai Theme Tune - A.R. Rahman
  • More Than Ever People - Levitation
  • Appreciation (Radio Mix) - Jelly & Fish
  • Paradise (Tease Mix) - Nookie
  • Penelope (Radio Edit) - 4 Wings
  • Tout Est Bleu (Original Ame Strong S.A. Remix) - Ame Strong
  • Uschi's Groove - The Ballistic Brothers
  • Lubumba '98 - A New Funky Generation
  • Face A La Mer (Massive Attack Remix - Full Version) - Les Negresses Vertes
  • Talking With Myself '98 (Canny Remix) - Electribe 101
  • Pojo Pojo - Cyberfit
  • Transfatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Remix Edit) - Lamb
  • Angels Landing (Jose Padilla & Sunchild Remix) - Salt Tank
  • Mani - Paco Fernandez
  • Close Cover - Wim Mertens

Similar Items:

  • Cafe Del Mar: Volume 6
  • Cafe Del Mar - Volume 7
  • Cafe Del Mar - Volume 8
  • Cafe del Mar, Vol. 9
  • Cafe del Mar, Vol. 4

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Cafe Del Mar's Volume 5 (recently released for the first time in the U.S.) oozes warm, fuzzy, and thoroughly provocative trip-hop laced tuneage sans the shadow of conventional electronica. As is the way with the Del Mar catalog, a true gem sits amid the collection waiting to be discovered. In this case, it is the superb "Les Negresses Vertes" from Face a la Mer (a.k.a. a Nick Warren project from the early 1990s) given a thoroughly good dubbing by the great Massive Attack. Only the KLF-like spatial dreamweaving of Lamb's "Transfatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister remix edit)" comes close to bettering it.

Elsewhere, Levitation's "More Than Ever People" is pure orange sunsets on shimmering waves, the warmth of its backbeat adding sensuality, while the retro-disco of French act Ame Strong's "Tout Est Bleu" has the rounded curves of bottom-end as opposed to the sharpened corner of dancefloor disco. Overall, the way to enjoy Volume 5 is to adhere to cliche No. 177 (the sum is stronger than individual parts), dim the lights, find some romantic company, and let the music do the talking. --Steffan Chirazi

Album Description
Fifth in the extremely popular dance compilation series. Compiled by Jose Padilla. 15 tracks from such artists as Levitation, Ame Strong, The Ballistic Brothers, Les Negresses Vertes and Lamb. 1998 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details
This is the Fifth Cafe Del Mar Compilation. The Album is Compiled by Joe Padilla who is the Resident DJ at a Chill Out Bar in Ibiza Named Cafe Del Mar, which is a Very Famous Venue, and Thousands of Clubbers Go There Every Year.


Customer Reviews:   Read 40 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars It May Be Volume 5, But it's Not Worth 5 Stars   July 27, 2007
Cloudman (Vancouver, BC)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Ambient Compilations are far too common nowadays. Very easy to collect an album's worth of tracks at any given time thanks to the thriving Ibiza music scene (where Cafe del Mar lives). So what makes a great album different from an OK album. Generally just track selection, but a great album is usually mixed which none of the Cafe del Mar compilations are. Regardless they do put out some decent ambient/chillout albums, and after collecting a few, one can make their own favorite chillout mix.

This is the fifth installment of the still going strong series. Not bad, but not great. I can't consider any of the tracks as phenomenal, but I do think there are a couple of duds. "Tout Est Bleu" [Original Ame Strong S.A. Remix] and "Talking With Myself" '98 [Canny Remix] receive the dud awards for this album.

3/5 stars.



3 out of 5 stars Not Bad   July 12, 2007
C. Browne
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Volume 5 isn't a bad mix, but is definitely not the finest of the Cafe Del Mar series. Volumes 4, 6 and 7 are far more relaxing and have better flow than this volume. Nonetheless, not bad for background music if you are entertaining and not intently listening to the album.


4 out of 5 stars Chill   May 12, 2007
Neil S. Cooch (Philadelphia, PA USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

Bought this on a whim, actually it was one of the suggested picks from amazon. I put it on but never really listen to it. Definitely background music. Its got like weird orchestral and indian stuff going on, but its good. I like Talk with Myself.


3 out of 5 stars the series did get abit tired...   June 5, 2006
beach boy (Hong Kong)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

One of my favourite tracks ever from the series is the last track on Volumen Ocho, Plum Crazy by Celestial. And if you like that sound, then you'll love the albums from Hong Kong's Celestial. Check them out, they are titled:

Hong Kong Dub Station
Happy Valley
Spirit House

it's a deeper dubbier sound that most of Cafe Del Mar, more real instruments, and more space...



5 out of 5 stars My favorite Cafe del Mar so far!   January 6, 2006
Cari L. Campbell
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I'm not sure if I can articulate how amazing this cd is. It really grooves and flows. The beats are more lively than some of the other volumes, but this is exactly what I have been looking for! The other Cafe del Mar's have taken a few listens before I really liked it, but I got into this one immediately. I try to work while listening to this and all of sudden I just get caught up in the grooves and forget about work. I am also a big fan of volume 7, but volume 5 doesn't have the prominent vocals of v.7 (not that either is bad or good- they are just different).

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