Customer Reviews

Cafe Del Mar

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Upon my one and only visit to Ibiza a few years back, I was blow away by the "discovery" (for me at least) of the Cafe del Mar series, at the time helmed by Jose Padilla. I went to a great music store where a little old Spanish lady came up to me and asked me if I was looking for "chill-out", "house" "trip-hop" and I almost died laughing. Don't judge a book by its cover as she knew so much more than I did about music.

Notwithstanding my story, the point is that I truly value people's feedback on Amazon.com and I like to contribute when I really like something or the polar opposite. Here unfortunately I have to report, that the first of the famous series is abysmal. No variety, distinctiveness, and even a general sense of doom rather than the warmth that this series generally generates.

One could argue that the fact that it's not filled anything distinctive should not necessarily be a bad thing as many projects have a different agenda. Unfortunately, even critics of the series who see it only as background noise, would have a point here. It gets worse as I found myself not even being able to have it in the background as the music is not enjoyable or soothing. If you like the series, I love volume 3,4,5,6,7, and now 9. Volume 8 was Bruno's first effort after CDM and Jose Padilla parted ways and it did not quite do it for me, but Volume 9 shows much promise.

i really like the cafe del mar series. i first got hooked up with it accidentally in a music store. since then i have grown to love the downtempo music genre. i always try to find other artist like cafe del mar but i find myself coming back everytime. cafe del mar is so well compiled. however, i never got hookup with volume 1. it never did it for me. many people say if you liek cafe del mar you got to have 1-7. volume 1 was too typical for my taste. nothing original. jose padilla did very good on the other 5 though (2-6). yeah, dont' buy volume 1 unless you have money to waste.

This compilation of music, originally intended for unwinding after an intense rave, is the first in an excellent series of four CDs. Thoughtful and peaceful. Highly recommended.

If i was on a desert island i would like to have this collection, the best music i ever heard, if you buy it you won't regret!

This is the first of now four CD's (fifth is comming at beginning of 1999). Although not the best in the series, this sampler is one of the best in pleasant music. Float away with the music into an endless late summer!

I have now got the full collection all 6 CD's . I think it is a must for anyone's music collection to have at least one (my favourite being No.5)

If U should have just two cd's of the Café Del Mar initial collection (1 to 5), this is one and Volumen Dos (the 2nd) is the other.

Cafe Del Mar, volumen Ocho, a post Padilla compilation if I understood correctly is a collection of way better tunes than this first cd. This is my personal opinion. There is nothing wrong with exposing Penguin Cafe Orchestra to a greater audience, but frankly, I am way happier with the later Cafe Del Mar compilations - tunes are better, meld better together, there are more interesting originals... IMHO.