For one thing, electronica is finally creeping into the American mainstream, giving this latest Café Del Mar release a commercial potential in this country that its predecessors lacked. Volume Siete finds this series at something of a crossroads. It’s also become a merchandising machine, cranking out souvenir T-shirts and a remarkably successful series of chill-out compilations based on Padilla’s celebrated sets. Made famous by DJ Jose Padilla’s gorgeous sunset accompaniments, the club has become a staple of Ibiza’s ephemeral party scene, providing 20 years’ worth of bleary-eyed revellers with a much-needed moment’s respite from the island’s steady diet of dancefloor anthems. It’s ironic that the club that has most come to symbolize Ibiza, Europe’s summertime hotbed of drug-and-techno-fueled, dance-all-night bacchanals, is the supremely mellow Café Del Mar.
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