August sees the return of electronic composer Roger Shah’s best-known sobriquet. Three years since his last Sunlounger excursion, Roger Shah is ready with a new wave of captivating sun-tipped audio primed to take on the world’s lounges and more cultured dancefloors subtly by storm.
‘Balearic Beauty’ features 14 new Sunlounger recordings, featuring the vocal talents of many, including ‘A Beach Side of Life’ album alumni Inger Hansen, Yoav (of ‘Beautiful Lie’ fame) and EDM singer/songwriter/hit-maker JES. Also on board is an ensemble of new-found favourites – including Sason Bishope Parry, Alexandra Badoi, Chase, Kingseyes and Suzie Del Vecchio. Arriving in its now customary album and chillout versions, ‘Balearic Beauty’ picks up where ‘Beach Side’ left.
“While having a couple of trademark instrumental guitar tracks on ‘Balearic Beauty’, I also tried to find some new voices again to give this album a special note,” says Roger Shah.
Arriving at the apex of the 2013 Ibiza season, Roger’s fourth Sunlounging collection once again equalises White Isle rush with downtime chillseeking. The album cruises out with a quartet of instrumentals. Threading together hazily strummed guitars, echoing pianoforte evocation, live percussive loops and aquiline melodies, tracks like ‘Sunkissed’, ‘Coconuts & Pineapples’ and the album’s title piece chart a course to sundown.
Collaborations prove equally expansive on the album. ‘Relaxation’ is all but commanded on Roger’s co-production with Jörg Stenzel (part of famed trance act York). Having worked extensively on Sunlounger’s ‘Another Day on the Terrace’ album, he and Roger reteam to compose an epic, heterogeneous piece of music that draws on progressive rock era guitars and gently modulating trance synths. ‘Mojito’ meanwhile (recorded alongside South African producer Andre Frauenstein) synthesizes coolly syncopated drums and percussion loops with smoothly oscillating, modulating synths to create 360° summer surround-sound.
“People who follow my studio work will know by now that I’m a fan of many different types of music, both electronic and un-synthesised. There are few I love more than ambient and chillout though. Through Sunlounger I’m able to travel deeper into this area – the ‘ying’ to my club ‘yang’. It’s something that will always be fundamental to Sunlounger’s musical identity.”
The album is available now through Black Hole Recordings on Beatport, iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.
TRACKLIST
CD1: Downtempo
03. Sunlounger featuring Kingseyes – I Just Wanna Dance With You (Chillout Mix) (5:01)
04.Sunlounger – Coconuts & Pineapples (Chillout Mix) (4:41)
05. Sunlounger featuring Alexandra Baboi – I’ll Be Fine (Chillout Mix) (4:17)
06. Sunlounger – Sunkissed (Chillout Mix) (5:00)
07. Sunlounger featuring Suzie Del Vecchio – If You Where Here (Chillout Mix) (6:03)
08. Sunlounger – Balearic Romance (Chillout Mix) (6:00)
09. Sunlounger featuring Yoav – Today Tonight (Chillout Mix) (5:22)
10. Sunlounger featuring Andre Frauenstein – Mojito (Chillout Mix) (4:24)
11. Sunlounger featuring JES – Glitter And Gold (Chillout Mix) (6:22)
12. Sunlounger featuring Chase – Surrender (Chillout Mix) (5:37)
13. Sunlounger featuring Jörg Stenzel – Relaxation (Chillout Mix) (4:39)
14. Sunlounger with Rocking J featuring Sason Bishope Parry – Find My Way (Chillout Mix) (6:11)
CD2: Uptempo
03. Sunlounger featuring Kingseyes – I Just Wanna Dance With You (Album Mix) (5:07)
04.Sunlounger – Coconuts & Pineapples (Album Mix) (5:20)
05. Sunlounger featuring Alexandra Baboi – I’ll Be Fine (Album Mix) (5:21)
06. Sunlounger – Sunkissed (Album Mix) (5:26)
07. Sunlounger featuring Suzie Del Vecchio – If You Where Here (Album Mix) (5:48)
08. Sunlounger – Balearic Romance (Album Mix) (4:05)
09. Sunlounger featuring Yoav – Today Tonight (Album Mix) (5:33)
10. Sunlounger featuring Andre Frauenstein – Mojito (Album Mix) (5:31)
11. Sunlounger featuring JES – Glitter And Gold (Album Mix) (5:30)
12. Sunlounger featuring Chase – Surrender (Album Mix) (6:00)
13. Sunlounger featuring Jörg Stenzel – Relaxation (Album Mix) (4:46)
14. Sunlounger with Rocking J featuring Sason Bishope Parry – Find My Way (Album Mix) (6:20)
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