Chilled Ibiza Vol.1

I am serious need of some chilling out. My job is getting me down, the 2 women in my life are demanding more than I can offer. (The wife and daughter!) I was looking through some old CD's and came across this one, and thought it might just do the trick. Released in August 2000, this was one of the first of the new breed of chill out albums, which seemed to become so popular last year. Maybe it is a sign of how stressful our lives have become, or maybe that we are desperately looking for new mediums to relax us and act as antedotes to the high octane music which pound us day in day out, and until now I though it was a bit of bandwagon jumping in the main, and ...  Read the complete review

Seems to me everywhere I turn at the moment another chill-out album is being thrown at me; Chilled Breakdown On an Ibiza Beach Towel 2 featuring all the same chilled tracks by the same bloke or chilled mixes of hard trance tracks that no one ever listens to. From my opening line you may be able to tell that the onslaught of “laid back” vibes does not impress me. As you probably know there is nothing more irritating and condescending as someone telling you to “chill out”, as it implies that your not cool, not The Dude and probably in need of sedation. However the public and the record industry’s embrace of all ...  Read the complete review