Today’s compilation:The Chillout Album, Volume 1: The Essential Late Night Mix1999Downtempo / Trip H

Today’s compilation:The Chillout Album, Volume 1: The Essential Late Night Mix1999Downtempo / Trip Hop / Future Jazz / Drum n Bass / Big Beat / Jazz / Breakbeat / Deep HouseMan, this is such a great fucking double-disc of mostly mid-to-late 90s chillout shit. True-blue chillout junkies might roll their eyes at the thought of having to sit through yet another spin of “6 Underground” by Sneaker Pimps, but still, even for the junkies, there’s some choice nuggets on here that they’re far less likely to have ever encountered, like Trigger’s remix of “Still” by Double Six or DJ Cam’s mix of “Sousoundé” by Métisse. Only thing is that even though the subtitle says that this is “The Essential Late Night Mix,” it’s actually not a DJ mix at all, which kinda feels like false or misleading advertising to me. I mean, if a release says “mix” in its title, then I think it’s safe to assume that the tracks will bleed into each other. But that’s not the case here.However, now that you know that it’s not a DJ mix, if you consider yourself a bit of a downtempo / trip hop / future jazz novice who might be looking to get their beak wet, then I still highly recommend this release. Nearly every song is great, even though I personally wouldn’t categorize some of them to be chillout, and while the majority of tunes come from the mid-to-late 90s, there’s a fair bit of early 90s tunes as well, and also a sprinkling of some stuff from the 60s through 80s, too, although most of those 60s through 80s songs feel a tad misplaced, except for Jean-Jacques Perrey’s novelty, “E.V.A.,” which amazingly sounds like it fits right in on this comp even though it’s from 1970. It’s like a proto-big beat jam. *deep breath*So, you’re getting a lot of contemporaneous and highly popular UK tunes, some less popular and more niche tunes, and also a history lesson packed in here as well. And whoever compiled this thing must’ve been really into Everything But the Girl at the time (or maybe Telstar TV, the label who released it, had some kind of deal with Virgin, EBTG’s label back then) since Tracey Thorn graces three different tracks. But can you blame them? Her voice is watery magic .Highlights:CD1:Massive Attack - “Protection”Sneaker Pimps - “6 Underground”Fatboy Slim - “Praise You”Bentley Rhythm Ace - “Bentley’s Gonna Sort You Out”Chicane - “Offshore”The Orb - “Little Fluffy Clouds”The Aloof - “One Night Stand”LTJ Bukem - “Horizons”Everything but the Girl - “Walking Wounded”Adam F - “F-Jam”The All Seeing I - “Beat Goes On”The Stone Roses - “Fools Gold (The Stone Roses vs. Grooverider - Grooverider’s mix - edit)”Smoke City - “Underwater Love”Lalo Schifrin - “Bullitt (main theme)”Nightmares on Wax - “Nights Interlude”Pat Metheny Group - “Are You Going With Me?”CD2:Deep Dish with Everything but the Girl - “The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)”David Holmes - “Rodney Yates”Étienne de Crécy - “Prix Choc”Primal Scream - “Slip Inside This House”World Party - “Is It Too Late? (remix)”Rae & Christian feat. Veba - “Spellbound”Moloko - “Fun for Me”Jean-Jacques Perrey - “E.V.A.”Ronny Jordan - “The Jackal”The Ballistic Brothers - “Blacker”Métisse - “Sousoundé (DJ Cam mix)”Electribe 101 - “Talking With Myself”Saint Etienne feat. Moira Lambert - “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”Way Out West - “The Gift”Olive - “You’re Not Alone (Nightmares on Wax remix)”Double Six - “Still (Trigger mix)”SWP - “Voyager” -- source link
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