Alternate Vision

I have this burnt CD that says "Chillout" on it. I haven't the foggiest how and when this CD made its way into one of my case logics. I'm normally pretty good about keeping track of my CDs, labeling them carefully and all that jazz. Though, as a result of one too many "lends" some of my most favorite CDs are, sorry to say, scratched. I hate it when that happens but I'll save that rant for another time. Anyway, back to this myterious "chillout" CD. It mostly has lounge/ house/ dub and latin groove beats (everything from Nitin Sawhney to Cafe Del Mar) on it all of which made my miserable car ride to campus in the pouring rain early this morning a tad bit more bearable. Then, Track 11 comes on. I almost rammed into the next car. I couldn't stop moving. I haven't been entranced by a beat like that in a while. The song has this las salinas-esque quality to it, with an electronic guitar sound that reminds me of infected mushroom, a simple catchy base line and no lyrics but instead this sexy latin flavor woven into the fabric of the song. My anthem of the week, no doubt. And of course I sat in the parking lot and waited till the whole song finished. I'm a sucker for good music, what can I say.

But, where did this "chillout" CD appear from? How am I to figure out the name of the song? the maestro behind all this? I want to guess its one of the "chillout sessions" from the Ministry of Sound that Alex owned that somehow made its way into my case logic, but I could be wrong. Besides where do I start? Oh the torture. I shall interpret this as a sign from the divine superpowers above that I need to start making music again. Jeremy will need to be involved in this. It has been too long.