Cafe Del Mar Ibiza Vol.7: Compiled By Bruno - Music (Various Artists)

An oasis of calm amid the turbo-fuelled clubbing tornado that is Ibiza , Café Del Mar is the White Isle's original home of red-eye chill-out vibes and weepy sunset soundtracks. The series of compilations bearing the bar's name, meanwhile, have long patented that authentic sound of Balearic bliss (even claiming Madonna as a huge fan) and this seventh volume maintains the high standards. Founding DJ Jose Padilla may have long moved on, but his successor, DJ Bruno, is clearly well aware of the old adage about fixing what ain't broke. There's the usual mix of names well-known (Moby, Bedrock, Nightmares On Wax) and head-scratchingly obscure (Uko, Lux, Aromabar), but the sound of beautiful music for loved-up and lazy beach-bums stays the same. Frankly, this sounds as good at home as it does on the early morning terraces of San Antonio.--Calvin Bush

Customer Reviews of Cafe Del Mar Ibiza Vol.7: Compiled By Bruno

IBIZA-JON
south west london
21st January 2008

I WOULD GIVE IT 10 STARS IF I COULD
A BLINDING CD NOT A DUFF TRACK IN SIGHT THE BEST CHILLOUT TO DATE. MUSIC TO DIE FOR. JUST SIT BACK CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK OF THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE STROLLING ALONG THE WHITE ISLE WATCHING THE SUN SETTING WHAT COULD BE MORE BLISSFULL (ALL THE VOLUMES OF CDM

Aeneas

19th December 2007

Great compilation
I have had this one for quite a few years now and it is still one of my favorites from the Cafe del mar series. It is an energetic easy listening mix, that facilitates work and web surfing. Thumbs up!

Life's Too Short
Britain
11th February 2003

Plastic Bags vs Timelessness
Now I've tried not to have any preconceptions regarding Padillo's absence, yet I just could not overlook the lack of CDM's hallmark. The music is decidedly nice, generally chilled, possibly hip. BUT there was NOTHING special in the disk. It is not enough to gather a collection of "safe tracks" and slap them together. The order, the mix and the overall combination plays a roll and this is what lets the disk down. Pitty. On to CDM 8. Luckily this doesn't put my nose out of joint quite so much because of its inclusion of some irrefutably legendary tracks (esp. American Beauty's Dancing Plastic Bag hit). But again, I felt these were quick wins, compared with Padilla's inherent skill for succesful compilation.

19th February 2002

Sunset memories
As the Amazon review says 'sunset soundtracks' sums this CD up for me. I can't pretend to know much about the history of these collections of music but I now what I like.

This CD was the one in our Sunset Villa on Lizard Island, Australia that would be left playing for us when we returned from dinner in the evening. Listening to the tracks now makes me cry!

Beautiful sounds to match a beautiful place. Buy this and dream of summer.

22nd December 2001

Missin the Padilla magic
We thought we'd said "Goodbye" to Cafe Del Mar with Volume 6 but this offering shows we were mistaken. We should really have left the series to rest there, for Volume 7 lacks the evocative mood, warmth, colour and flavour injected by Jose Padilla while he presided over the series. This is Cafe Del Mar by name but not by nature and it is, frankly, disappointing. That is not to say these tracks aren't worth hearing; it's just that they're not what you'd expect from Cafe Del Mar.