Big Chill provide soundtrack to summer

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  • Boards of Canada, St. Etienne and Jamie Lidell make the cut on the first Big Chill Festival compilation, a collection of eclectic cruisy downtempo cuts.
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  • Boards of Canada, St. Etienne and Jamie Lidell make the cut on the first Big Chill festival compilation, a collection of eclectic cruisy downtempo cuts. The Big Chill is the boutique festival started by Pete Lawrence and Katrina Larkin twelve years ago. It originally began as a Sunday chill-out and social club night in London. After their first outdoor event in the Welsh Black Mountains the festival moved to Dorset's Larmer Tree Gardens before finding its current home at the Eastnor Castle Deer Park. Besides the festival which pulled in 30,000 folk earlier this month there's also The Big Chill Bar in East London and The Big Chill House, another London venue opening August 25, 2006. Compiled and sequenced by organiser co-founder Pete Lawrence 'The Big Chill' double CD set is a collection of folktronica and contemporary downtempo cuts including tracks from Nitin Sawhney, Nightmares on Wax, Ulrich Schnauss, Bent, St. Etienne, Boards of Canada, John Martyn, José González and Jamie Lidell. The comp is typical of the broad and eclectic sounds heard at the annual festival. The Big Chill Tracklist CD1 01. José González Heartbeats 02. Vashti Bunyan Diamond Day 03. The Beauty Room Holding On 04. Nouvelle Vague Blue Monday 05. Psapp Tricycle 06. Grandadbob English Summer 07. Saint Etienne Sun In My Morning 08. The Free Design Love You 09. A Man Called Adam Barefoot In the Head (Acoustic Edit) 10. Josh Rouse Wonderful 11. Chilled By Nature State Of Grace 12. Fink Biscuits 13. Roisin Murphy Through Time 14. Emiliana Torrini Today Has Been OK 15. Max Richter Written On The Sky 16. Infantjoy Ghosts 17. Tim Hardin Reason To Believe 18. John Martyn Bless The Weather 19. Jamie Lidell Multiply (In A Minor Key - Gonzales Remix) 20. Nightmares On Wax I Am You 21. Nitin Sawhney Sunset 22. Boards of Canada Oscar See Through Red Eye CD2 01. Tonto's Expanding Head Band Cybernaut 02. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Le Freak 03. Quantic Soul Orchestra Get A Move On 04. Husky Rescue Summertime Cowboy 05. Ulrich Schnauss In All The Wrong Places 06. Sparks Perfume 07. Neon Heights Listen To The Music 08. Bent Sing Me 09. The Rebirth This Journey In 10. Nuyorican Soul I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (4 Hero Remix) 11. Denice Williams Free 12. Eva Abraham Today and Everyday 13. Nancy Wallace Are You Ready For Love? 14. The Lovin' Spoonful Daydream 15. Harpers Bizarre 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) 16. Rodrigo y Gabriela Stairway To Heaven 17. El Perro Del Mar God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get) 18. Nick Drake Hazey Jane 1 'The Big Chill' is released on Resist Records on August 21, 2006.
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