Cafe del mar

When we went for a dinner last night to my fiance's sister's place, I heard some chilled-out House music playing in the background on the PC of my fiance's bro-in-law. Out of curiousity I asked him what he was playing, and he said it's a compilation called Cafe del Mar. He had pretty much every compilation of their Chill House mixes.

Apparently Cafe del Mar is a real bar in Ibiza, built in 1980, perfectly located near the beach where you can watch the sunset every night, in beautiful scenery, whilst listening to a DJ play very appropriate, chilled-out House music in the background. The bar became popular mainly because of the Chill House compilations released annually, since 1994.

I had a look at the track-listing of the mix that was playing and was surprised to find some really good artists, including one of my favourite tracks at the moment - Trust Me by JT Donaldson. The compilations were mixed by someone named Bruno, and the mixing was pretty average, but the tracks were consistently chilled-out, deep house tunes -- excellent for a sunny Sunday afternoon at a bar!

Coincidentally, my November mix also had a lot of similar tracks to the Cafe del Mar compilation we were listening to, so I downloaded it onto the PC for them to have a listen to later. Here are some other artists in the Cafe del Mar compilations that I was familiar with.

Johnny Fiasco
Julius Papp
Solar House
Roy Davis Jnr
To-Ka Project
Jay J
AlexKid
Ross Couch
JT Donaldson
Collette