Cardinal club conquistadors Hed Kandi take a step out into the welcome summer sunshine with the latest instalment of their sensational Serve Chilled series. Unmixed, across two CDs, the Kandi crew provide another faultless set of hazy, lazy listening, taking in lounge grooves, soulful jazz, Balearic beats and laid back Latin vibes.
Serving up a straight ace, Serve Chilled opens with the familiar Gallic infused grooves and sultry strings of ‘Paris,’ which sees Groove Armada making a welcome return to the fold. The breathy vocals and lounge stylings of Kandi favourite Samantha James’ ‘Right Now’ lead into erstwhile Orbital sibling Phil Hartnoll’s new project alongside Nick Smith, Long Range, laying down some blissfully languid beats on the aptly titled ‘Lie Down’. Stone cold Kandi classic ‘Put ‘Em High’ from StoneBridge ft Therese gets a Claes Rosen rub down before DnB darlings Blu Mar Ten’s give The Cars timeless ‘Drive’ an atmospheric makeover, whilst fellow junglists J Majik & Wickaman get the Afterlife treatment on ‘Crazy World’ a resplendent head to head with Kathy Brown. Moon & Blenk’s ‘Pimp My Style’, L’enfant Terrible’s ‘Definition Part 2’ and Blue States’ shimmering ‘Allies’ pave the way for the West Coast vibes of Neon Heights’ ‘Walked Out This Morning’, a strikingly jazzy reworking of José González’ ‘Killin’ For Love’ courtesy of Beatfanatic and part one’s, parting shot the Floris mix of Headstrong’s ‘Love Calls’ featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw in awesome form.
Serve Chilled’s second set is as fresh as the smell of a new cut lawn, volleying the ambient mix of Furry Phreaks ft Terra Diva’s ubiquitous ‘All Over The World’ before switching to the back hand for ‘Mind Set’ delivered by Kandi legends Afterlife & Pete Gooding in their No Logo guise. Roberto Rodriguez’s ‘We Was So Close’ segues in to Francois K’s retooling of legendary chanteuse Nina Simone’s cover of ‘Here Comes The Sun’, and Jody Wately’s ‘I Want Your Love’ re-editted by Danny Krivit. The super soulful Reel People ft Tony Momrelle & Imaani, Serve Chilled regulars 4 Hero, the pop-tronica of Ralph Myerz, a Jazzbox remix of Kenneth Bager, Kiwi Greg Churchill and Flash Callahan all score points to love before Todd Terje makes a pair of appearances, firstly retouching I Powga and then giving ex-Blockhead Chaz Jankel the benefit of his golden touch on ‘Glad To Know You’, wrapping things up on another Grand Slam victory.
Tracklisting:
CD1
Groove Armada - Paris
Samantha James - Right Now
Tyrell - Listen
Long Range - Lie Down
Stonebridge ft Therese - Put 'Em High, Claes Rosen
Blu Mar Ten - Drive, Ambient mix
J Majick & Wickaman - Crazy World, Afterlifes Dancing at Sunset Mix
Moon & Benk - Pimp My Style
L'enfant Terrible - Definition part 2
Blue States - Allies
Neon Heights - Walked Out This Morning
Jose Gonzalez - Killin' for Love, Beatfanatic Remix
Headstrong - Love Calls, Floris mix
CD2
Furry Phreaks ft Terra Diva - All Over The World. Ambient mix
No Logo - Mindset
Roberto Rodriguez (Track n Field) - We Was So Close
Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun, Francois K Mix
Jody Watley - I Want Your Love, Danny Krivit Re-edit
Reel People ft Tony Momrelle & Imaani Amazing, Album Mix
4 Hero - Look Inside, Album Mix
Ralph Myerz - My Darling
Kenneth Bager - ...and I kept hearing, Jazzbox Remix
Greg Churchill - Look No Further
Flash Callahan - Do You Know The Truth
I Powaga - Camino Del Sol, Todd Terje
Chaz Jankel - Glad To Know You, Todd Terje Re-edit
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