Aux-In

Finishing up Part II of my Chill Out Sessions with five more tracks.


This trance track might require some patience at a total of nine minutes long. It starts off slow for the first half, but by the time we get to the 4:40 mark, it delves into bigger-sounding synths. However, the producers didn't overdo it and the track remains true to its chiller roots. Laura Aqui on vocals, and the story she narrates is that of a lover who is hurt and angry. And yes, she wants her love interest to know about it.

What makes you think that we,
Could fall in love again,
After all our trials,
I still wish,
That what we had was real,
But I know…
There is nothing but space between us,
There is nothing but cold dead air.

She's not done, either, as in the very next line after the above, she goes on to drop a rather pointed expletive. "Oooooh no, an expletive," you ask? That's correct. That kind of thing can come across as unnecessary or tacky depending on its application in a song like this, but here it is pleasingly unexpected as it adds another layer to the emotional impact of "The Space Between."


It's aight. Kind of slow, obviously. While not a go-to, it's nice to put something like this in the rotation from time to time.


This deep-house track is either a cover or an adaptation of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," or something like that. I'm splitting the difference of the "s" as the reason for my uncertainty, not to mention the fact that I simply have no interest in diving that far into things. With "Wicked Games," the Parra for Cuva version, the effects that were put on the vocals sound weird, although they don't ruin the track too much as long as you don't let that kind of thing get to you. Deep house and I don't always see eye to eye, but I'm alright with the beat on this one. More of a background track for me.


My favorite versions of "Lost" are the [Chillout Mix] and the [Dance Mix], but the uptempo dance mix loses some of the warmth of the aformentioned, so the chillout mix it is. The video I'm posting is the official upload, but it's not the full version (that can be found by searching YouTube or whathaveyou). When playing this particular video, it gives a good description of the song via a bunch of text scrolling across the screen, so anyone wanting more info on the track can check that out.

"Lost" is a song to put on for when you're going through a difficult time in life; when you're looking for a song to fit that kind of mood.

- Sunlounger is German composer Roger Shah.


Perhaps one of the more powerful and emotional songs in my playlist, and it doesn't need to beat you over the head to do it. At the moment, I don't have anything creative to say about the lyrics or meaning, but my lack of words in no way detracts from the quality of this tune.

"Center of the Sun" was co-written by the singer of the song, Poe.


Even though I have a lot more ambient stuff upcoming, I wanted these two Chill Out Sessions to focus on downtempo-type tracks. For Part II, I like the lyrical content in these selections, particularly "The Space Between," "Lost," and "Center of the Sun."

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