If there’s one man who knows the ins and outs of a good chill out record, it’s José Padilla, so it’s good to report this increasingly fine summer is bolstered by a really good album from the Spaniard. His unexpected reappearance is down to Mark Barrott, label manager of International Feel, who coordinated parts of the album along with Jan Schulte, Tornado Wallace and Jan Schulte. It hangs together strongly, from the immediate blast of sultry heat through the quality deep house of ‘Day One’. ‘Maybe The Sunset’ has the album’s standout vocal, from Lydmor, while ‘Solito’ is lush sunset music, the more beat driven ‘Afrikosa’ uses a good bass vocal and ‘Blitz Magic’ is nicely layered, heat soaked house. All very pleasant – but with a reassuring depth of quality too.
4 out of 5
Reviewed by Ben Hogwood
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