Cafe del Mar, Vol. 12 [Import]

Cafe del Mar, Vol. 12 [Import]

ASIN: B0009JM3WA

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Sácame de Aquí [Dab Remix]

2. All Shades of Blue

3. Lazy Summer Days

4. Empuriabrava - Alessandro Boschi

5. Another Day - New Beginning

6. Antología Café del Mar - Arnica Montana

7. Sea, Sand and Sun - Arnica Montana

8. Aquarius

9. Quiéreme Otra Vez

10. South Beach Soul

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Disc: 2

1. Someone Like You - Blank, Michael Francis, ,

2. Eso Es

3. Montreux Jazz

4. Make It Happen - Luminous

5. Junto Al Mar

6. Vent M'A Dit

7. One Life

8. Amanecer en Bolonia

9. Looking Down

10. Two Rivers, One World

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Tracks:

Sme de AquDab Remix] - Enrique Bunbury
All Shades of Blue - Slaven Kolak
Lazy Summer Days - Alejandro DePinedo
Empuriabrava - Alessandro Boschi
Another Day - New Beginning
AntologCafel Mar - Arnica Montana
Sea, Sand and Sun - Arnica Montana
Aquarius - Alejandro DePinedo
Quime Otra Vez - F3R Delgado, Friction,
South Beach Soul - Andrndreo,
Enjoy Your Life - Liz June, , Chris Leblanc
Lazy Loungin - Jo Manji
Save a Little Prayer - Annette Berg, Steen Thp,
Bailando Va - Ca

Tracks:

Someone Like You - Blank, Michael Francis, , Jones
Eso Es
Montreux Jazz - Francesca M.
Make It Happen - Luminous
Junto Al Mar - Elcho
Vent M'A Dit - Ca
One Life - Mahara McKay
Amanecer en Bolonia - F3R Delgado,
Looking Down - Paco Fernandez
Two Rivers, One World - Lladp
Mauritia - Yann Kuhlmann
Con Amor - Nera & Felix
Otis - Koru
Lament - Light Of Aidan

Customer Reviews:

not bad though the brand is a little tired.......2006-06-05

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...

Not the best in the series.......2006-05-26

I love some of the previous CDM cd's in the series, but this one is definitely disappointing. Nothing inspiring or innovative. My favourites in the4 CDM series are numbers 4, 9, 11 and the 25th Anniversary Addition.

Cafe Del Mar contact Blank and Jones.......2006-05-19

I agree with Mr."Graduate Student" in that Cafe Del Mar has lost something with this latest CD. Where has the effort gone in this production? Sure it's relaxing, but it's just not entertaining. Blank and Jones have taken over the trend with their new Relax II CD. Check it out. It may fill the void while CDM gets it together.

It all depends on what you expect from these 2 CDs.......2006-04-24

If you're expecting to find more of those dynamic rythyms and beats from volumes 1-7, you will be sorely disappointed, as I was.

However, after listening to the tracks together with my own playlist songs, it starts to grow on you! After I took about a week to forget about the disappointment in the noticeable shift in the flavour of the Cafe Del Mar series, Volume 12 slowly began to stand out in its own merits. Like the earlier volumes, it is a chill out CD, but far more mellow and relaxing. With tracknames like "Lazy Lounging", you can't really expect tunes as catchy as ones earlier in the series.

In fact, the music from this collection is so relaxing, that you just can't help but laze around to them. Its so difficult to get to work (like preparing for my college exams). If I'm working on my stuff and songs from this volume plays, I'll start to sit back and daydream. But that might just be me.

The high quality of tracks is consistent throughout the 2 CDs, and it is difficult to single out good ones without naming half the tracks from the entire volume. I would recommend at least these few tracks, which are what I find captures the essence of the Volume 12 spirit.
05 - Another Day
06 - Antologia Cafe Del Mar
14 - Bailando Va

I can't help but paint a picture of the imaginary dreamlike place this 2 CDs always seem to whisk me away to.

If Cafe Del Mar Vol.12 is like your weekend away to a nice relaxing mediterranean beach resort, then CD1 would represent your arrival at the beach, and once you unpack, you lazily lounge away the entire day away, relaxing and watching the sunset sipping endless cocktails with tiny paper umbrellas on them.

CD2 would represent the 2nd day of your mini holiday, bringing slightly more upbeat tunes more suitable for a day filled with parties and games by the beach, while still retaining the relaxing chill-out mellowness characteristic of this volume.

The last few tracks of CD2 are a little more solemn though, suitably wrapping up the dreamy episode.

I admit that I seemed to be describing an experience, than writing a 'review' of this compilation. But an experience is exactly what the Cafe Del Mar series has always brought to its listeners. Well, a tad more mellow this time.

Just remember, like what a few previous reviews have mentioned, if you're expecting music from the single-digit volumes, stay clear of this "tiki-torch party" muzak. If you'd like something different for a change (like when you first bought your Cafe Del Mar CD), this volume would grow on you fast. Having said that, I'd still wish for the series to return to its previous style of the earlier volumes (eg. 6th, 7th).

Very Poor Quality, Unfortunately.......2006-03-16

This is the first review I have written on Amazon, and I am doing so only because this CD is so bad. I have every other Cafe Del Mar Vols 1 - 11, and while there is some variation in quality, I have generally enjoyed them all. Overall, the Cafe Del Mar (CDM) series is undoubtedly my favorite ambient / chillout compilation.

Volume 12 is the first in the series to lose its edge, and it has an elevator pop music feel to it. Whereas the prior volumes had legitimate bands on it (Lamb, Talvin Singh, Dzihan & Kamien, etc), this is no longer the case, and it is obvious from the quality of this CD. I actually went to the CDM website and cross-referenced the CD to make sure I hadn't bought a fake imitation CD. Really disappointing.

The producers of CDM may have boosted it to 2 CDs while keeping the same budget for artist fees, hoping to increase profit margins due to a higher priced double CD set with the same production costs, capitalizing on name rather than quality. Of course, this is all speculation, but it fits with what they have done here (first double CD, first reduction in artist quality). Perhaps I'm being cynical and they are just looking for a new sound; if so, they should just fire their marketing department. To be more balanced, from the reviews below, some people do enjoy the CD, so you may as well. However, if you have enjoyed the sound of prior CDMs, make sure to listen to this one before buying, as it is very "fluffy" compared to the others.

Unless you are looking for unobtrusive background music for a tiki torch party, please steer clear of this CD. Buy any of the other CDMs, in fact; they are all solid and each has a unique sound. Hopefully, low sales of this CD will compel CDM to put out a Vol 13 that is more consistent with the quality of the rest of their line. If not, it least Hotel Costes hasn't taken a nosedive yet.

Average customer rating:

Schmaltz - German for Bad

Café del Mar: Classics, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Cafe Del Mar
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
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Café del Mar: Classics
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Café del Mar: Dreams, Vol. 2
Café del Mar: Dreams, Vol. 1
Café del Mar, Vol. 12

ASIN: B0001KL2OC
Release Date: 2004-03-30

Tracks:

Clair de Lune
Concerto for Clarinet K.581
Cz
Romeo and Juliet (Love Theme)
Canon & Gigue
Gnossienne No. 3
Dream of Love No.3
Scheherazade (The Young Prince and the Young Princess)
Noctune No.2
Aria & Larghetto from "Concerto Grosso No. 12 Opus 6"
Traviata (Prelude to Act I)
Sonata Pathque (Adagio from "Sonata No. 8 Opus 13")
Air (From "Orchestral Suite No.3")
Whiter Shade of Pale
Gymnopedie No. 1 [Interactive Track]

Album Details

A Second Volume of Beautiful Classical Music Assembled to Greet the Fabulous Sunsets that Nature Affords on the Fabled Isle of Ibiza.

Customer Reviews:

Schmaltz - German for Bad.......2006-01-30

Hard to believe that Cafe Del Mar has sunk to this level.

This is NOT "chill," meditative, relaxing or even New Age music.

This is a round-up of the best "relaxing" classical music as performed ineptly and cheaply by nobody in particular.

(...). It's heartless and dull. It's also pointless and sad that Cafe Del Mar would stamp their name on anything.

If you want "relaxing" classical music and you're just starting out in collecting classical or you're not a purist and want music for dinner or a relaxing evening, you would be better off listening to any of these from Amazon (see link below) locked in a wooden box and cotton stuffed in your ears than the tripe of the absolutely horrible, horrible Café del Mar: Classics, Vol. 2.

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