Chillout Renaissance offers a few nice alternatives to the average downtempo/electronica comp, including tracks from Wax Poetic ("Angels," with vocals from Norah Jones) and Lemongrass (the Latin-tronic "Beach Ball"). But it isn't willing to license a whole set of solid material, and falls back on filler like El.Geb's quavering, misguided cover of 10cc's "I'm Not in Love" or the formless "Relax 2 the Max" from Ohm-G. Nitin Sawhney does a decent Tricky impersonation on "Everything," but it's not enough to help Chillout Renaissance recover. A rethink of the genre this certainly isn't.
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Chillout Renaissance, Vol. 1
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Chillout Renaissance, Vol. 1 Review
by Johnny Loftus
Track Listing
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Alphawezen | 04:19 | Amazon | ||||
2 | Norah Jones / Wax Poetic | 03:03 | Amazon | ||||
3 | Naomi | 05:08 | Amazon | ||||
4 | Lemongrass | 03:18 | Amazon | ||||
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Mint Royale | 04:36 | Amazon | |||
6 |
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Ohm-G | 05:40 | Amazon | |||
7 | Homegrown | 07:16 | Amazon | ||||
8 |
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MING | 03:34 | Amazon | |||
9 | Geb.El | 06:48 | Amazon | ||||
10 |
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Nitin Sawhney | 03:54 | Amazon | |||
11 |
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Mystic Diversions | 04:28 | Amazon | |||
12 |
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Moonlight Sound Design | 06:03 | Amazon |