Destination Lounge: San Francisco

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Revive the Soul
• ASIN: B00065GHPQ
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,609 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Arabian Eyes

2. Milan

3. Kese Kese [The Zindegi Meera Mix]

4. North South East West

5. Genevieve

6. Molihta/The One I Love

7. Transitions

8. Dundadeova

9. Phi-Loq

10. Awaken

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Disc: 2

1. The Night [Andy Caldwell Mix]

2. Listen to the Fog

3. Fall Into You

4. Palmetto

5. Summertime

6. What I Want

7. Make My Heart

8. Gotta Keep Movin'

9. Get Down [Movido Mix]

10. Body Move

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chill-Out Compilation Captures San Francisco Club Sound, April 10, 2005

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Ed Uyeshima (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Destination Lounge: San Francisco (Audio CD)

This is an intoxicating double-CD set that fully captures the current chill-out scene divided neatly into two themes, "Relax" on the first and "Revive" on the second. As a resident of San Francisco, I have been to a few of the so-called chill-out bars in the area, such as Foreign Cinema, Swig and Levende Lounge. My belated entrée into this once underground territory certainly means this genre has come up beyond the musically hip crowd and turned into a strong commercial force that synthesizes electronica, downtempo, nu jazz and world music with true craftsmanship.

Disc one has a whirling sense of the Middle East and India heavily steeped into electronica. "Relax" offers an unmixed warm-up with tracks from up-and-coming musicians like Julius Papp, Romanowski and Joonbug. Standout tracks include Karsh Kale's "Milan", Romanowski's "North South East West", Mystery School Ensemble's "Transitions", and Karmacoda's "Awaken". Disc two is appropriately entitled "Revive", as it is a relatively more heated affair with San Francisco's DJ F mixing up tracks by local artists Miguel Migs and Jay-J, here appearing with Halo Varga and Latrice Barnett, as well as some female imports like Detroit's K Hand and London singer/songwriter Haley. In spite of its more uptempo presentation, the pacing on disc two is really mid-range and not all that aggressive. The tracks have energy but with a soft touch, starting off with the soulful jazz of "What I Want". "Palmetto", "Gotta Keep Movin'", and "The Night (Andy Caldwell Mix)" enhance the house-type theme, while more variety is introduced with numbers like the minimal "Listen to the Fog" and the pop-funk of "Get Down". This compilation proves there is life for this type of music beyond the clubs. Hard to resist the beats on these tracks.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than chillout, January 21, 2005

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Diva (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Destination Lounge: San Francisco (Audio CD)

upbeat and funky, relaxing and soulful... definitely worth buying.. if only for the orginal and entrancing track "I can't do that" by Hayley. Where did she get that voice?

5.0 out of 5 stars Great mixes!, March 7, 2007

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J. More - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Destination Lounge: San Francisco (Audio CD)

This is one of my favourite cds to play at work and to drive to. It doesn't suck you into the stereotypical same old 'techno' overused beat loops. I'd actually recommend any of the Destination Lounge compilations.