Name: White Martini: La Musique Lounge Moderne, Vol. Deux
Brand: Water Music Records
SKU: 162434
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White Martini

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Album: White Martini: La Musique Lounge Moderne, Vol. Deux
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Riviera Rendezvous - Ursula 1000
2)	Sigh [Adani & Wolf Remix] - Praful (Adani & Wolf Remix)
3)	Naturally - Slow Train Soul
4)	Icy - Rafe Gomez
5)	Teddy Acapulco - Vonobox
6)	Reflections - Red Hook Project/Various Artists
7)	Panther, The - Thunderball
8)	Beautiful Day - Rachael Roberts/Rachel Ann Roberts/Sian
9)	Namoro - Project 2000
10)	Hide Your Ways - Puddu Varano
11)	Departures - Karminsky Experience
12)	Voulez-Vous? - Cameron/Arling
13)	Kalas - Butti 49
14)	Cafe de Lux, Un (Un Apres Midi) - Caf‚ de Lux/Cafe Delux
15)	Fatigue Universelle - Troublemakers
16)	Captured - Emotive Blue

Album: White Martini: La Musique Lounge Moderne, Vol. Deux
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Riviera Rendezvous - Ursula 1000
2)	Sigh [Adani & Wolf Remix] - Praful (Adani & Wolf Remix)
3)	Naturally - Slow Train Soul
4)	Icy - Rafe Gomez
5)	Teddy Acapulco - Vonobox
6)	Reflections - Red Hook Project/Various Artists
7)	Panther, The - Thunderball
8)	Beautiful Day - Rachael Roberts/Rachel Ann Roberts/Sian
9)	Namoro - Project 2000
10)	Hide Your Ways - Puddu Varano
11)	Departures - Karminsky Experience
12)	Voulez-Vous? - Cameron/Arling
13)	Kalas - Butti 49
14)	Cafe de Lux, Un (Un Apres Midi) - Caf‚ de Lux/Cafe Delux
15)	Fatigue Universelle - Troublemakers
16)	Captured - Emotive Blue

Performer Notes

Personnel: Machan (vocals, guitar); Rachael Roberts, Pernille Rosendahl (vocals); Praful (soprano saxophone); Glenn Kaye (trumpet).
Arrangers: M. Nichol; Puddu Varano.
Subtitled "La Musique Lounge Moderne Deux," White Martini picks up where 2002's left off, serving both as a nicely selected program of contemporary lounge music and downtempo electronica and as an advertisement for Players brand flavored vodka (a recipe for the titular cocktail is included in the liner notes, as is a full-page ad for the booze). Sure, it's maybe a bit crass, but this is lounge music, folks -- a certain degree of crassness is part of its charm. By the time you're halfway through "Riviera Rendezvous," the Ursula 1000 track that opens this album, you'll no doubt be hunting through the closet for your pipe and smoking jacket, and setting up highballs for your guests. Not everything here partakes so explicitly of the esprit de lounge, however; Praful's "Sigh" is straight-up house music with a sighing hint of strings and a smooth saxophone; "Naturally," by Slow Train Soul, is laid-back acid jazz, as is Puddu Varano's gorgeous "Hide Your Ways"; Rafe Gomez contributes a funky and faintly Latin-flavored little number called "Icy." Everything is nicely chilled and goes down smooth. ~ Rick Anderson