[.ca] V1- Perfecto Chills

Secondhand purchase:
Alright, these cd's have been my fuel for the last few days so I had to write a review. My brother hated this mix, so he sold it top me. I love this mix. The reson he hated it was he was wanting a really cool down chill out mix. This mix for me represents the early morning with your friends chilling after the club mix. 5am down time. So if that's the sort of chill album you want this is the ticket. Very smooth and yet very forward. Watch the sunrise with your mates before you crash.

Perfecto!:
Much like the reviewer below, I buy a lot of chillout/downtempo music. But these days it seems like it's getting tougher and tougher to sort through the garbage- a lot of the compilations have 2-3 really good tracks and the rest is just whatever. This comp is definitely the exception, and it truly lives up to the Oakenfold/Perfecto label. My favorite tracks are the trip hop remix of Coldplay's "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" (a remix that has been previously nearly impossible to purchase), Infusion's "Meant to Be," and the Rae & Christian Remix of Aim "Sail." Like all good Perfecto releases, both discs close out with stunning tracks, and the sequencing is really well done. \oIf you live in the SoCal area, you'll also notice that they included KCRW favorite Jem on Disc 2.\c Buy this album and don't get burned by one of the other so-so chillout compilations.

Perfecto chills:
To say I am a fan of chillout music would be a gross understatement of the century. Whether I am kicking back in my apartment or listening to music at the office while I work, I always am in the mood for some soothing music. I am particular picky about buying chillout compilations that floods the cd racks nowadays. A lot of compilations just copy one another. This past weekend, I came across "Perfecto Chills Vol.1" in the club section of my favorite record store. I didn't buy it then. I decided to buy it today when I was unexpectedly given the rest of the afternoon off. Although I have a couple of songs already, the majority of the songs I have never heard of like Frossst's "Amygdala"and Echo's "I've Got You Under My Skin". Obviously what is a Perfecto compilation without a Paul Oakenfold song? Since chillout music is the rage now, it was obvious that Oakey would jump on the bandwagon. Unlike the crappy and predictable Ultra Chilled series, "Perfecto Chills Vol.1" is a solid compilation filled with some of the most hauntingly beautiful music perfect to enjoy a martini or two on a cold winter/fall night. On disc 1, I thought the strongest tracks was the Lemon Jelly song "Space Walk", Bent's "The Everlasting Blink", and my personal favorite Motorcycle's "As the Rush Comes In". "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" is probably my least favorite Coldplay song on their latest album "A Rush of Blood to the Head" but I thought the remix was quite interesting. The gentle, trip hop beats mellowed out the song. After hearing the royksopp's remix version of The Streets' "Weak Become Heroes" on another chillout compilation, I think I prefer that over the original version that is on this compilation. That is just my personal preference. As for disc 2, I just flipped over Frost's "Amygdala" and Echo's "I've Got You Under My Skin". I guess it was the angelic female vocals over the smooth trip hop beats that got me hooked. My only beef with the compilation is the predictability of the songs, I already have heard the songs by Motorcycle and The Streets (well the Royksopp remix that is). Plus the vibe of the cd doesn't match the meditative vibe I get from the Buddha Bar series. Still if the first volume is a sign to what to come from Oakey, then I look forward to hearing more in this chillout series.

Great Sounds:
I fell in love with Motorcycle's "As the Rush Comes" and came across this CD while surfing for this song...this song nornally plays on party 93.1 (Florida) and is a faster beat(Gabriel and Dresden trance remix) than the one here. The one here is just as fantastic and sounds perfectly sexy. I listened to the rest of the CD and it is great. Worth the $20 bucks spent. Almost all songs are just plain great!

A HUGE Mistake!:
Last week I bougt this cd because I thought it was actually Paul Oakenfold's music, not the music of various artists "presented" by Oak... I have never been so upset at a purchase. Almost every track has a whiny woman singing over some pretty repetitive beats. It feels like there this album was thrown together to keep up with the whole Chillout music craze. A few tracks such as Coldplay's God Put a Smile on your Face and Oakenfold's The Harder They Come were decent. However, overall the cds were not worth the money. Be warned!

• Lemon Jelly - Space Walk
• Coldplay - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Def Inc. Remix feat. Mr. Thing)
• Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Chill Out Mix)
• Oakenfold - The Harder They Come (Feat. Nelly Furtado & Tricky)
• Infusion - Meant To Be
• Underworld - Twist
• Pepe Deluxe - Lying Peacefully
• Hakan Lidbo - From Stockholm With Love
• Bushy - There’s A Light
• Bent - The Everlasting Blink
• The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
• Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band - Clouds
• Weekend Players - Best Days Of Our Lives
• Kings of Convenience vs. Erot - Gold For The Price Of Silver
• Miguel Migs - Don’t Let Me Down
• I:Cube - Tropiq
• Jem - Finally Woken
• Frost - Amygdala (Mind Over Midi's Emotional Memories Mix)
• Echo - I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Karsh Kale Remix)
• Aim feat. Kate Rogers - Sail (Rae & Christian Remix)