Well, I’m not exactly keeping up with posts, but that was somewhat to be expected. I did get my cd shortly after my last post, and it was so good i had to run up and post about it. If the fact that it has been weeks wasn’t enough to imply sarcasm, let me be a bit more exact: it was quite disappointing. It’s a Nettwerk various artists compelation called Chillout 04: The Ultimate Chillout. I head one track from it on Yahoo’s Chillout “stream” (it’s not really a stream. it’s more of a streaming playlist) which follows the American view of chillout. This entire production is even a US only release. If you like European chillout (like what is on DI.fm), this doesn’t mean you like American chillout. A lot of American chillout is remixes and still contain vocals. It also isn’t very chilled; I would call it pleasent vocal trance for the most part (some is better, some is worse).
So what about this album? It is all vocal. I personally don’t see that as a positive in general, but it’s not always bad. The tracks that were literally giving me a headache would definitely be a bad thing though. There is far more trance than chill in most of these tracks and one is downright house. That I see as bad. There are a few tracks that I think fit the chilled status enough to be considered good. I got the cd for USD 10 so it wasn’t a bad investment for the 5 tracks that I like to varying degrees. Just because I think they are worth noting (as opposed to the others that I wouldn’t even put on my portible player, and I almost always move full albums). The first two are particularly good:
- At The End (Sat & Lee Howler Reprise) — iio
- Center Of the Sun (Solarstone’s Chilled Out Remix) — Conjure One (I might have heard this one elsewhere. There is also a real media demo on the album link above)
- As The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Chillout Mix) — Motorcycle
- Everything In It’s Right Place — Radiohead
- One Too Many Mornings — The Chemical Brothers (I know I heard this one before)
Well, hopefully that gives you an idea whether or not you want the cd.
Thursday night I’m going to see the Blue Man Group on their new tour. This will be the third time i’ve see Blue Man Group and expect to say nothing less than those who have not heard it are truly missing out. Even after you have heard them, you have to be there. Between the concert and another cd i’m getting for my mother (both for her birthday), hopefully I’ll have something good to tell you.
For DNS, I set up an account through EveryDNS to handle the domains on this server so cardamar.quad341.com should be working, but please continue to use chilloutmixes.com to get to the mirror. If any dns errors arrise, can someone drop me a line? Thanks
That’s all for now.