Relax-Edition Four [Import]

Blank & Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: PID
• ASIN: B001URU37W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,149 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Blank & Jones have teamed up with numerous top international stars in their career. The Cure mastermind Robert Smith, Joy Division/New Order founder Bernard Sumner, and Sarah McLachlan have all been featured on Blank & Jones tracks, giving the duo credibility beyond the boundaries of dance music. Further evidence of their versatility can be seen in their contributions to the Café del Mar compilation series and their own chill-out album series, Relax. With the popularity of their Bernard Summer collaboration “Miracle Cure,” including having the “Miracle Cure (Martin Roth Nu Style Dub Mix)” being named one of the Best Trance Tracks on Beatport in 2008 and the accompanying album The Logic of Pleasure’s worldwide success, laid the foundations for Blank & Jones to create a solid fan base in North America. The 24 track/double CD set is the perfect accompaniment to that slightly hung over brunch by the pool. The album has several notable guests including Laid Back (of “White Horse” fame), British superstars Keane, and New York songstress Vanessa Daou. Relax Edition 4 also introduces Atlanta based soul singer Jason Ceasar on the album’s single release “Relax (Your Mind)”. Blank & Jones’ roots are firmly placed in DJ culture. In North America they regularly headline the big rooms at superclubs such as LA’s Giant, NYC’s Webster Hall, San Francisco’s Ruby Skye, Chicago’s Metro and many others. To give their North American fans more Blank & Jones will return to LA, San Diego, San Francisco and many more cities in North America this year. Overwhelmingly positive reactions to the Blank & Jones tour means that the American fans are excited for Relax Edition 4 to be released. Take a vacation to Ibiza’s beaches in your headphones with Relax Edition 4 from Blank & Jones. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A most pleasant surprise, January 19, 2011

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rnddude - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Relax Edition Four (Audio CD)

I purchased this 2 disc set based solely on hearing one track on XM Chill that I liked. In that past, I have had mixed results doing that, but this 2 disc set has been a revelation in that I like almost every single track on both. Sometimes I get lucky, this one one of those. I won't elaborate much more than saying that it is diverse and very listenable, and I give it a BIG thumbs up.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A New Blank & Jones Flavor, February 3, 2010

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Michael Waldron (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Relax Edition Four (MP3 Download)

Volume 4 knocks the socks off of the other Relax EPs. The first CD is downtempo pure chill, while the second is a more uptempo mix. My favorite tracks on this album are Keane's "Try Again" and the Vanessa Daou vocal tracks. But all of the tracks have their place in this compilation and are really wonderful. I am thoroughly enjoying this purchase! Great for late nights with the significant other (if you know what I mean [wink]). This compilation is right up there with Cafe Del Mar albums of yesteryear.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Nice New Way To CHILL!, August 10, 2009

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John (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Relax-Edition Four (Audio CD)

Wow! I just kind of stumbled on this album the other day, and have been in a blissful state of disbelief ever since. I quickly had to forget everything I thought I knew about Blank & Jones (having heard only a few tracks from Logic of Pleasure) and just accept the awesomeness that is "Relax: Edition Four". Apparently, when these guys aren't making great trance music, they're busy revolutionizing everything: creating new sounds, styles, and stages, breaking rules, building bridges, and in this case, redefining what it means to "relax".

It is difficult to classify the overall sound, because in keeping with its cosmic theme, discs 1 (Sun) & 2 (Moon) are indeed about as different as night and day. And like their celestial counterparts, both stand alone as miracles of form & function, but each has its time to shine.

Disc 1 is definitely "chill"; pure, simple, satisfying lo-fi lounge grooves with a global/beachy feel; solid stuff, not one bad track, but nothing revolutionary...

Disc 2 is the true masterpiece here with its unique, refreshing, and very successful combinations of catchy, progressive, electro, acoustic, deep, funky, **UPBEAT & CHILL**. Some songs have a sound that is totally new to me, and I love it. Many defy categorization and demand to be played over and over again, but somehow remain new, novel, and different. -Not one bad track, and totally revolutionary...

And so with Disc 2, Blank & Jones have proven that it is possible to simultaneously RELAX and get a serious GROOVE on, while the series itself is proof that a couple of trance DJs from Germany can step outside themselves and produce something entirely different and exceptionally enjoyable.

An amazing gift, "Edition Four" offers a wonderful new way to CHILL and a real reason to RELAX.