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An Eclectic Fusion Of Chill Out World Music!

Clarissa | Ontario, California | 11/02/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What an eclectic range of music! I say this because "Chill Out In Paris 2" has something that most chill out compilations don't have: Diversity! And, unlike most chill out compilations today (which usually try to find cloans of groups like Massive Attack, Chicane and Morcheeba), David Visan coherses world artists with that of smooth mellowness (Disk 1: LOVE) and electronic dance beats (Disk 2: HATE), which makes this album even hipper than all other chill out compilations that most likely copy from each other's ideas for it's (dare I say it?) DIFFERENT! Some people are frightened and intimidated by this word but sometimes it's good to expand your musical horizons! You might actually find more joy in listening to the music that YOU LIKE (the individual!), and not just because everyone else is listening to it! That's why, if you're questioning on whether or not you wanna buy this, you should NOT read the first person's review because they're describing this as being cheesy when it's anything BUT that! They're bashing this album just because it's world music! Well, if you don't like world music than I agree: DON'T BUY THIS ALBUM! If you do like it, however, than I highly recomend this! The only song that really reminds me of something I'd hear in Paris, though, is Rosetta Stone's "Paris Divine". Don't let that disgruntle you though for this edition to the Buddha Bar series is well worth the purchase."

This is the worst Chill Out compilation I've heard

achristoff | Grand Rapids, MI United States | 07/16/2004

(1 out of 5 stars)

"If this music is considered Chill Out, then apparently David Visan changed the definition of the genre and didn't tell the rest of the world. How french of him! I don't know WHAT this music is. It was either so dull, it bored me to tears, or it was so annoying that I just skipped right through the tracks. I MUCH MORE recommend Stephane Pompougnac's Hotel Costes series, which sounds like ambience meets Edith Piaf (awesome!) and any of the Cafe del Mar series mixed by Jose Padilla (volumes 1 -6). Chill Out in Paris 2 was a total bust and I regret even having bought it."

Five stars doesn't cover it.

J. R. SOUTH | Albany, New York USA | 12/24/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"David Visan's "Buddha Bar IV" and first "Chillout in Paris" compilation were, to my ear, uneven at best, displays of a wide range of material from the sublime to the uninspired to the downright horrible. But take it from a listener who's addicted to world/chillout music, and who is always seeking out my next, new "fix": "Chill Out in Paris 2" is without a question the ABSOLUTE BEST CD I own of this genre. It surpasses any of my favorites from the "Hotel Costes" and "Cafe del Mar" series. In fact, the only recording that stands up to "Chill Out in Paris 2" is the over-the-moon masterpiece, "Buddha Bar 1" by Claude Challe. Put this CD in your system and you'll be on a vacation that Alice in Wonderland would envy. Buy it, you can't go wrong. Any of the reviewers who gave this aural gem less than five-stars is simply not a fan of this style of music. Superb, utterly original selections, recorded, mixed and blended beyond perfection."