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Fire up the blender! Add one part tiki bar, two parts cool DJ chill, and a heaping dose of lazy pedal steel guitar, and voila?the perfect soundtrack to any party! So you thought the pedal steel meant Nashville and Tammy Wynette? Think again. Trouble in Paradise blends groovy pedal steel guitar with the hippest DJ?s and serves up the most fascinating take on electronica and showcases this eclectic concoction in surround sound with many DualDisc extras. BJ Cole is recognized as an amazing pedal steel guitarist (surprisingly?not from Nashville!) who has collaborated with artists as diverse as Beck, John Cale, Shania Twain, Pink Floyd, REM, and Robert Plant. On Trouble in Paradise, BJ Cole glides menacingly above the blippy, hustling beat of Milkshake Roadmap (with help from drummer Neil Conti and processing by Brian Eno), gets trashy and low-down with A3 (of Sopranos theme song fame) on Are You Ready for Some Country, and "blends acid house with bluegrass" over Luke Vibert's shape-shifting groove on Surf Acid Hoedown. It?s one cool musical cocktail and you?re invited to the party!