Track Listing

1. Cape Porcupine ~ Achillea
2. Why ~ TYA
3. One And Twain ~ Ginkgo Garden
4. Samah ~ Nasser Kilada
5. Touche’ (Sutra Edit) ~ TAU
6. Bhajya Sahita ~ Hands Upon Black Earth
7. Empowered (Club Remix ~ David & Steve Gordon
8. Northern Lights ~ Stella Maris
9. Mangoville ~ David Gordon
10. In For The Night (Buddha Edit) ~ The Moontrane Conductors
11. Descent to the Lowerworld ~ David & Steve Gordon
12. Hamana Nale (Lotus Mix) ~ One At Last
13. Sky Walk ~ Althea W.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #80589 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Welcome back to your location for relaxation - refreshment awaits as you step once again into the mystical lounge that satisfies like no other can. Our house DJs the Gordon brothers (Café de Luna, Hotel Tara) once again demonstrate their mastery of mood as they present another luscious set featuring the crème de la crème of chill-out/lounge music from around the world including TYA, Althea W., Moontrane Conductors, Achillea, Ginkgo Garden, TAU, Stella Maris, Nasser Kilada and One at Last plus David & Steve Gordon. With their keen ear for finding hip sophisticated music and their impeccable mixing, you can rely on the Gordon’s expertise. In their sublime blend, ethnic world sounds and voices merge with modern electronica creating a mesmerizing atmosphere for socializing, yoga or just kicking back. Forget your cares and just relax with these European favorites, as the hypnotic rhythms, sensuous vocals and multi-cultural grooves take you away.

All Music Guide
"Intoxicating grooves continuously mixed for maximum chill…"

NAJ
"Yet another great CD. A fascinating blend of flutes, percussion, vocals and techno go into creating this ultra chillout CD."

Customer Reviews

The Best Buddha Lounge Yet !
This is definitively the best Buddha Lounge CD release to date. Buddha Lounge 4 even transcends its immediate predecessor. These are some of the coolest tracks in the chillout genre. I especially recommend Achillea's "Cape Porcupine" from their recent "The Nine Worlds" release. Jens Gad (of Enigma) is at his very best on this track. Hands Upon Black Earth's "Bhajya Sahita" is nothing less than sublime. Other tracks of special note are The Moontrane Conductors "In for the Night (Buddha Edit)" and Althea W.'s "Sky Walk". I hope to see a full release from them in the near future. Another real treat is "Hamana Nale" by One At Last (formerly Lost At Last) featuring the sultry and inspiring vocals of the enchanting Jaya Lakshmi. This is a high recommend.

Chillin' With The Buddha
This is an interesting one, that is sort of outside my normal frame of reference. My girlfriend and I were in a "new-agey" store while on a road trip, and we were both sort of intrigued in the music that was playing, which turned out to be this album. I would consider this disc a combination of two genres of music which I am actually rather unfamiliar with-techno and world music. It actually comes together quite well; most of the selections on this compilation are somewhat obscure(to me, anyway) european trance or house DJs (again, I'm going to have to cite unfamiliarity with the current "hip" slang on this subject(*snicker*)which incorporate world music and chanting (in Arabic?) into undeniably modern drum beats and synth programming. There is also a fair amount of briefly-phrased but very melodic electric guitar reminiscent of Buckethead's "Electric Tears" or "Colma" albums...quite a soothing combination, although I could have done without one track, which is sung in French. Excellent music for just relaxing with friends or a glass of wine.

Keep it up Gordon Brothers, your Buddha series is perfect!
I was so pleased to see this top compilation series continue with even more great selections. Helen Horlyck's atmospheric vocals and J. Gad of Enigma fame on their track Cape Porcupine, is a great way to introduce this excellent collection of mood music. TYA shares an exotic atmosphere on Why. One And Twain by Ginkgo Garden is spatial and measured as Mueller-Key adds a melodic story. Touche' by TAU adds an inspired French groove. Samah livens up the grouping with Kilada's Arabic/Afro beat & vocals. Bhajya Sahita by Hands Upon the Black Earth has gentle vocals by Renee Petry along with a light-hearted beat by Bobby Cochran. The Gordon Brothers added one of my favorite tracks of theirs, with a club-remix of Empowered, giving a North American contemporary beat; as well with Descent to the Lowerworld, where the brothers always take me on a rewarding venture into deep Shamanic landscapes. Mangoville by David Gordon brings a gentle and instrumental track, which lends a joyful, lazy summer-like feel. With Northern Lights by Stella Maris, this obviously multi-talented group demonstrates their special brand of mystery-pop in both their vocals and melodies. The entrancing American group, the Moontrane Conductors, brings a wide multiplicity of soothing sounds with their In for the Night. Jaya Lakshmi & Deva Priyo hook up to weave together a Sanskrit chant into a rhythmic sway with a contemporary reward in Hamana Nale. And last but not least, Abraham Schenk wields a way among the electric in Sky Walk, which graces the end of this entrancing and soothing album. All together, this album has provided me with many soothing hours of aural enjoyment, and served as easy background music, when I have entertained friends. Keep it up Gordon Brothers, your Buddha series is perfect!