Salt... Meets Island Café [LP]

Various Artists - Salt... Meets Island Café [LP]

The latest installment in the popular sea-themed compilation series ''SALT... meets ISLAND CAFE''-supervised by the beach lifestyle magazine/media ''SALT...''-is its first-ever ambient music collection, ''DEEP BLUE''. Centered on the theme words that evoke the deep, quiet blue of the ocean, it presents soothing music suited to modern lifestyles, spanning chillout, Balearic, meditation, healing, and more. Ten artists trusted by discerning listeners across the ambient, chillout, Balearic, and surf music scenes created brand-new original ambient tracks for this project. From veterans active since the 1990s to cutting-edge track makers, the result is a superb ambient album unified by the theme of the sea. Mastering was handled by Calm, the ambient/Balearic visionary who also contributes to the compilation, bringing the sound to its finest form. Please enjoy all 10 tracks-each artist's take on ''DEEP BLUE'' translated into sound. For the artwork, Brazilian-born, Japan-based surfing photographer Pedro Gomes provides artistic photography, while designer Masato Maekawa (tAnkers inc.), whose work spans apparel to outdoor fields, crafted a design that expresses a first-class worldview under the supervision of ''SALT...''. Tracklist: Side A 01. Chihei Hatakeyama / Gloaming Western Ocean 02. [.que] / deeply 03. Kaoru Inoue / A Distant Coast 04. YAKENOHARA / Heavenly Pale Waves 05. Calm / Shiono Ka Side B 01. Natural Calamity / Wipe Out 02. Shimon Hoshino / Blue Horizon Memory 03. Hiroto Taniguchi / still 04. Moshimoss / Unsaid 05. Yosuke Onuma / In Harmony with the Flow