London natives Geoff Wilkinson and Mel Simpson had a simple idea: sample their favourite jazz albums to make new dance music. Aqua Bassino is a stalwart for high quality smokey upbeat Jazz-flavoured electronica. He made the pilgrimage to New York to work for one of the biggest house labels of all time (Strictly Rhythm) and there has since been producing a steady stream of soulful house music gems. was introduced to dance music by the Chicago House pioneers such as Lil Louis and Farley Jackmaster Funk. Together with the vocals of Zoe Johnson – who sound like a cross between Joni Mitchell and Tracey Thorn – they make tracks ranging from lush deep house to blessed-out Balearic song. The outfit was started by Cal Gibson and Sime White, two Nottingham-based DJs who met on a sound engineering course. Taken from the album “A View From The Heights” This Hungarian wonder kid is somewhat a breath of fresh air with his eclectic sound, blending Eastern-European folk with downtempo, rock and some trippy electronic beats and yet he hardly fits into any typical electronica/lounge stereotype. Taken from the album “Splendid Isolation” Gotan Project took the world by storm when they debut in 2003, skillfully mixing the sounds of tango with adventurous downtempo elements and sprinkled with their trademark accordion-based French grooves. 12”Ī side-project between composer Steve Isles and Jamie Cullum. Taken from the compilation “Café Del Mar Vol. Taken from the album “Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By”Īn ambitious all-star project by Handsome Boy Modeling School / Gorillaz graduate Nathaniel Merriweather (aka Dan The Automator), layering down some ultra laid-back beats and easy listening styled hip hop. The freedom of old-skool jazz combined with the groove of modern electronica and hip hop describes the character of Parov Stelar. This is a pleasant jazzy number sprinkled with flute and saxophone melodies, coupled with an alluring vocal delivery. London-bred future soul/funk outfit Jamiroquai are an enigma in the British music scene who are constantly churning out their distinctive classic sound and are always on top of their game. The outfit make organic ambient music that draws on the timeless mix of worldbeat and modern electronica. Taken from the album “Psychedelicatessen”Ĭomprising of James Hood (one-time drummer of The Pretenders) and Billy Bragg producer Grant Shwobiz. MOODSWING - The Redemption Song (Oh Happy Day) German producers Steffen Andersen and Jan Kjølhede Meedom pay tribute to the world reknowned San Antonio beach bar.
The Manchester-based outfit put their sophisticated sound to the Tears For Fears classic.ĭoubt as the best chillout anthems ever made in the early 90s. Taken from the album “Tears Roll Down : Greatest Hits 1982 – 1992”Īccording to Ramon, owner of Café Del Mar, Afterlife have been "the sound of the summer" for years. TEARS FOR FEARS - Mad World (Afterlife Remix) The production mastery of Mike Mukhopadhyah, Andy Cocup & Dan Hewson. Taken from the untitled demo CD from 1999. The Vienna based trio Aromabar consisting of Roland Hackl, Karin Steger and Andreas Kinzl are masters of blurring pop and modern electronic music with utmost elegance and esprit.
To this day, they have refined their songwriting craft, developed alternative directions in their productions like this acoustic beauty and have been a firm material choice for Café Del Mel. Met with consistent financial success as, they are unquestionable Germany’s biggest electronic music export.
The production team of Blank & Jones dominated the top of Germany's dance charts since the country's late-'90s trance explosion.
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