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OUT OF THE BLUE (W-PACK)
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artist:VA (PHIL MISON)
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OUT OF THE BLUE (W-PACK)

label:LENG (UK)

3,540円


A1:The Cactus Rose Project – Jelly
A2:Leston Paul – Santa Cruz
A3:Dancing Fantasy – Voodoo Jammin’ (Eros Mix)
B1:Bandolero – Rêves Noirs (Instrumental)
B2:Don Carlos – Aqua (Part One)
B3:Language – Tranquility Bass
C1:Kamasutra – Sugar Step
C2:Moodswings – The Jazz Man
C3:Congarilla – Sacred Tree
C4:Red Sun – Honey From The Baka
D1:Coste Apetrea – Hej Där
D2:Christoph Spendel Group – Forever
D3:Frank De Wulf – The End
D4:Cantoma – Gambarra (Unreleased Mix)

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Over the years, Phil Mison has become the go-to selector for those looking for Ibiza-themed compilations. None of his previous collections, though, have been quite as personal as Out Of The Blue, a compilation inspired by his first spell behind the decks at the Café Del Mar in 1993 - and the remarkable chain of events leading up to it. Mison made his first trip to Ibiza in the summer of 1991 and quickly fell in love with the magical music being played by Café Del Mar resident DJ, Jose Padilla. On his return to the UK, Mison began to cultivate his own take on the laidback, open-minded style, recording mix-tapes of Ibiza style chill out' tunes to give to friends. In November 1992, Mison was hanging out in Tag Records, Soho, when Padilla walked in. He plucked up the courage to speak to the Spaniard because earlier that summer Mison had given one of his friends some tapes to take out to Jose in Ibiza so he wanted to see if he had got them. During the conversation Mison invited him down to his next DJ set at Nicky Holloway's club, the Milk Bar and less than three months later, and clearly impressed by what he'd heard on the tapes, Padilla invited Mison to fill in for him at the Café Del Mar, beginning in April '93. It's that first trip to DJ in Ibiza - a crazy six-weeks spent dividing his time between spinning records at Café Del Mar, hanging out in Jose Padilla's house in the hills, and meeting some particularly eccentric White Isle residents - that proved the inspiration for Out Of The Blue. The compilation contains a mixture of records that Mison played in his earliest Ibiza sets, those that remind him of that period, and recent discoveries that boast a similarly warm, loved-up vibe. Mison is at pains to point out that it's not a track-for-track representation of his first sets, but rather a collection inspired by this most momentous of experiences. As you'd expect from a selector of Phil Mison's standing, Out Of The Blue is an outstanding collection. Some will no doubt hear the influence of his mentor - the man he credits with effectively turning his DJing career around - in the undulating rhythms and new age melodies of Kamasutra's Sugar Step', the meandering synthesizer solos and Spanish language vocals of Congarilla's sublime Sacred Tree', and the lilting flamenco guitars of Gambarra', an unreleased mix from Mison's popular Cantoma project. Elsewhere, listeners can marvel at the starry ambient bliss of Belgian legend Frank De Wulf's The End', recline to the saucer-eyed fusion jazz of the Christoph Spendel Group, shuffle along to tactile, hard-to-find period deep house from Language, Moodswings and Don Carlos, and marvel at The Cactus Rose Project's ridiculously rare Jelly', a sparkling, disco-era jazz-rock outing partly inspired by the Doobie Brothers' Long Train Running'. Out Of The Blue may well be a very personal selection of tracks celebrating a moment in time, but it's happily one that we can all enjoy.

A1:The Cactus Rose Project – Jelly


A2:Leston Paul – Santa Cruz


A3:Dancing Fantasy – Voodoo Jammin’ (Eros Mix)


B1:Bandolero – Rêves Noirs (Instrumental)


B2:Don Carlos – Aqua (Part One)


B3:Language – Tranquility Bass


C1:Kamasutra – Sugar Step


C2:Moodswings – The Jazz Man


C3:Congarilla – Sacred Tree


C4:Red Sun – Honey From The Baka


D1:Coste Apetrea – Hej Där


D2:Christoph Spendel Group – Forever


D3:Frank De Wulf – The End


D4:Cantoma – Gambarra (Unreleased Mix)
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