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'Skylines' is the eagerly awaited debut album from GXR, the new project from U.K. producers Phil Webb and Simon Cooper. Pushing back the boundaries of chill-out, 'Skylines' encompasses lush downtempo, electronica, deep house, mellow drum n bass and trip hop within warm, evocative Balearic soundscapes. Following their seminal remix of the classic Billie Holiday track 'Long Gone Blues' for Sony Legacy, Skylines is the realization of GXR s creative vision... drawing on all the experience and inspiration that has seen Webb and Cooper's music appear on over 150 compilations and in the Top 10 iTunes Electronic charts worldwide. 'Skylines' album highlights include the luscious, floating chill-out of 'Groove Diving' and the vinylistic exquisite hip-hop funk of 'Ultramarina'. The elegantly sensual vocals of Manuela Van Geenhoven return on 'Time And Tide', smooth Latin lounge evoking hot summer days on Balearic shores, and 'Smoke And Mirrors', an exotic adventure in mellow drum n bass through fleeting cities at night. Finishing the album on a high is the transforming deep house of 'Dazed', penned by Chris Brann (Ananda Project/Wamdue Project) and featuring the superb, smooth-as-silk vocals of Solu Music's Kai Martin. The music on 'Skylines' transports the listener into that rarefied zone between the city and the sky, visual and unique, where soundscapes as ethereal as the clouds meet the deepest beats from the street.