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Hotel Costes, Vol. 6 kick starts things right off with In The
Black Of The Night by Slow Train. It's a beautiful, soulful,
jazzy track with excellent female vocals. We then head off to
Reality Check by Stigmato Inc. Not one of my favorite tracks on
here but still OK. It gets thing ready for the next track called
Metropolitan by Emmanuel Santarromana. An amazing track with the
beautiful sounds of the accordion. I'm not sure what language it
is but I think it could be Italian. Right after that track
things really start moving with Surround Me With Your Love
(Mental Overdrive Mix) by 311 Porter. This track is a
Spanish/Latin flavored piece with enough energy to set the dance
floor on fire yet still having a moody feel to it that you can
chill to. It does have the vocals Surround Me With Your Love - I
Need Your Love. Magnificent!
Right up next we head into familiar territory with Rolf Royce by
Tosca feturing Stephan Graf Hadik Wilnder. I'm familiar with
Tosca and everything else they have done and this is another one
of their amazing downtempo tracks and fits here excellently in
this mix! Things slow down a bit on the next track. Morenito
(Bossa Mix) by Stephane Pompougnac featuring Clementine is a
beautiful Latin/Brazilian flavored track that has enough of a
beat to keep you grooving but not heavy enough to really tire
your ears. Next up things pick up again with a fun Latin House
track. This is an excellent track to get things going. It's just
a fun party tune. Snowblind by Minus 8 is fun, moody and groovy
perfect for this set. I love the vocals on here. It fits
excellenty in the track. Up next is my favorite track on this
collection. Come On (Sket Remix) by Dutch Rhythm Combo featuring
Annik. What an amazing track this is. It's got great vocals by
Annik complementing the delightful beats behind it. AMAZING!
Next up we have You Fly Me by Fingathing. This track reminds me
of a score from a 60's/70's romance flick. This actually sounds
much better than what music would sound like back then but it
just reminds me of music from romance flicks from that era. It
actually gives me goose bumps just listening to that piece of
music. Bluesless (Radio Mix) by Spiro Projecto featuring
Josefina Sanner is another jazzy, instrumental electronica
track. It's very upbeat and it has minimal vocals. It's actually
really fun and keeps this mix moving forward into the next
track. Sometimes it reminds me of early 90's techno and rave
music but not obnoxious sounding to not be able to fit in this
mix.
Up next is The Breeze Is Back (Moonstar Remix) by Zimpala. I
have to say this is not one of Zimpala's stronger pieces. I
really love the track Sugar by Zimpala. I just love that track
but this track doesn't compare at all to Sugar. The vocals
actually get a little annoying after a while. Luckily the vocals
are short and they end pretty quickly. Things start winding down
from now on with Party's On by Grand Palace and finally Un Monde
Sans Frime by Doctor Jazz's Universal Remedy. The stronger of
the latter two tracks is Un Monde Sans Frime. This track has
beautiful vocals and the music is excellent.
Overall Hotel Costes still has it going for it and Stephane
Pompougnac is the man behind the higly successful Hotel Costes
series. Hotel Costes 6 is definitely a winner. So go get it and
listen to it or enjoy with your friends while having a cocktail
party.
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