Cream Ibiza Classics

REVIEW

"Another album from the Cream series, released just in time for the summer. An album of classic tracks from clubbers paradise – Ibiza, it’s release coinciding with the super-club celebrating 10 years in the clubbing capital.

There are usually many albums of this sort released for the summer, a mix of recent tracks and some older ones intended to bring back memories of holidays past. All generally billed as ‘the soundtrack to your summer’ they rarely deliver. These albums usually seem to be made up of few big club anthems and a disappointing mix of tracks you’ve never heard in clubs or anywhere else for that matter and those tracks which don’t seem good enough to have made the grade onto a dance album for public release.

So, to Cream Ibiza Classics, a pleasant surprise on the track listing – I had heard of every tune on the album! What’s more on first inspection all was looking pretty good and I was hopeful that this was an album of classic Ibiza dance music.

The album really hits the mark with massive clubbing classics such as Renegade Master, Café Del Mar and Higher State of Consciousness, the sort of huge track you would expect to find on an album like this. It covers all the big-hitters of the Ibiza clubbing scene; Tiesto, Oakenfold, Layo & Bushwacker, Tim Deluxe, William Orbit, Basement Jaxx, Leftfield and Laurent Garnier to name but a few, a fantastic mix of artists in itself. But, the album also includes more commercial tracks that even non clubbers would know well; Mr Oizo – Flatbeat, Olive – You’re Not Alone, Benny Benassi – Satisfaction, that have featured in the charts but have also made it big on the Ibiza scene.

The mix works well and manages to tick all the boxes, with enough classic club tracks to hold the interest of true clubbers and more commercial tracks that will also keep the non clubbers listening, without being too commercial to alienate the true Ibiza dance fans.

This album really delivers, a fantastic mix of old and new tracks, with some absolute classics, the sort of tracks you would instantly think of when coming up with your classic dance tracks. For any dance music fans out there this truly could be the soundtrack to your summer!" - Karen Hagan

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