Buddha-Bar, Vol. VI

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: February 17, 2004
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: World

Review

The sixth installment in the famed Buddha-Bar series is the creation of producer Ravin, a Paris-based DJ of Indian extraction who has been combining traditional sounds of South Asia with European electronica for the past 15 years, and is currently the resident DJ at the London bar from which this series gets its name. Buddha-Bar, Vol. VI consists of two discs, about half the contents of which are previously unreleased. Assuming that the 13 tracks included on the condensed promotional version are representative of the whole album, it's a beautiful and surprisingly restful affair -- funky enough, to be sure, but not something that will compel you to dance if you're not up for that. Michael Stipe is almost unrecognizable on a gentle and introspective romantic ballad called "The Way You Dream," and there are clubby remixes of a piano miniature by the 20th-century French composer Erik Satie, and of Sarah Vaughan's rendition of "Whatever Lola Wants," as well as more obscure fare from the Danish group Bliss (whose "Manvantara" is both rhythmically intricate and absolutely gorgeous) and a band called Loopless (whose "Pink Blue Hotel" is a sort of dub-house fusion with nice, breathy vocals). The album offers a surprising variety of textures and sounds despite its relative consistency of mood. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Angelic Voices [Rebirth Remix]		B-Tribe	(4:12)
The Way You Dream	Duncan Bridgeman, Michael Stipe	1 Giant Leap	(4:10)
Shake It Loose	A. Levy	Dolphin Boy	(3:32)
Sonargaon	Daniel Masson	Daniel Masson	(4:40)
She Will Never Learn		Simon Deewogab	(4:54)
Gnossienne No1 [Buddha Bar Remix]	Erik Satie	Erik Satie	(3:20)
Por-Do-Sol		Cellar 55	(4:30)
Kanasando [Rebirth Remix]		Ryukyu Underground	(4:17)
Chair		Ganga	(4:10)
The Alkemyst	S. Colby Miller, Phil Mison	Dos Hombres	(5:21)
Naturally	Morten Varano, M. Nichol	Slow Train Soul	(5:29)
Cold Winter			(4:49)
Straight to...Number One [Dreamcatcher's Remix]	David Lowe	Touch & Go	(4:14)
Essarai	Phil Mison	Cantoma	(5:37)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Bangla Soul	Daniel Masson	Baul Dimension	(4:23)
Memory	Ludovico Einaudi	Ludovico Einaudi	(3:57)
Trail of Dawn	Morten Varano, M. Nichol	Slow Train Soul	(7:44)
Pink Blue Hotel	Hugo Novo	Loopless	(4:04)
Breathe [Banzai Republic's X-Hale Remix]	Angela McCluskey	Télépopmusik	(5:25)
Whatever Lola Wants [Gotan Project Remix]	Jerry Ross, Richard Adler	Sarah Vaughan	(4:21)
Manvantara		Bliss	(9:27)
Baul Dimension	Daniel Masson	Baul Dimension	(5:20)
Sunrise [DJ Thunda & K20 Allstars Mix]	S. Colby Miller	Afterlife	(6:08)
Nameless	Anne Marie Purdy	Pilgrim Souls, PQM	(4:30)
De Moma De [Paris & Sharp Remix]	Olivier Berger, Stan Kolev	Casa Flava	(5:32)
Bumba [Stereo Sax Mix]	Martin H.		(2:49)

Credits

The Brave (Producer), Angela McCluskey (Vocals), Martin Sharp (Remixing), Philippe Cohen Solal (Electronics), Philippe Cohen Solal (Beats), Luis Paris (Remixing), Phil Mison (Guitar), Phil Mison (Arranger), Phil Mison (Producer), Nini Flores (Bandoneon), PQM (Arranger), PQM (Producer), PQM (Mixing), Stephane K. (Vocals), Gotan Project (Remixing), Gotan Project (Remix Producer), Gotan Project (Remix Arrangement), Keith Gordon (Arranger), Miguel Guia (Producer), Eduardo Makaroff (Guitar), Chayan Khoï (Cover Art), Kenneth Bager (Arranger), Kenneth Bager (Producer), Anh Van (Artwork), Banzai Republic (Remixing), Olivier Berger (Producer), Steffen Aaskoven (Producer), Pompon (Mastering), Stan Kolev (Producer), Christoph Mueller (Electronics), Christoph Mueller (Beats), Cellar 55 (Arranger), Cellar 55 (Producer), Cellar 55 (Mixing), Fred de Fred (Arranger), DJ Ravin (Compilation), DJ Ravin (Mixing), Soren Kierkegaard (Author), Acel Neiluj (Text), Anne Marie Purdy (Vocals)