ISCOVER THE FUTURE OF CHILL-OUT
WITH DJ MORPHEUS' NEW SELECTION - 23 EXCLUSIVE TRACKS BY UP-AND-COMING KINGS OF THE DIVAN, LOUNGE WIZARDS AND HORIZONTAL MOVERS & SHAKERS:

DJ VENOM
WORLD OF APPLES
CIBELLE
AUDIOMONTAGE VS. SHUR-I-KAN
FAUNA FLASH
ANANDA PROJECT (w/C.Brann aka P'taah)
SONAR LODGE feat. Max 404
DZIHAN & KAMIEN
BIGGA BUSH (ex-Rockers Hi-fi)
THE DETROIT ESCALATOR Co.
LANDSLIDE feat. Victor Davies
Tim "LOVE" LEE
QUANT
COMPANION feat. Nicola Hitchcock
BABY MAMMOTH vs TETRIS
BURNT FRIEDMAN
JURYMAN (Ian Simmonds)
EARTHBOUND
SEBO K vs KOSMA
NUBIAN MINDZ vs NU ERA
ROBERT HOOD
SUPADREAD (aka STEVE SPACEK)
KID KOALA

freezone ® (seven is seven is)
double CD and limited-edition vinyl 4 LP
SSR 237
out now

Did you notice how your local record store got gradually swamped with dozens of "chill out" and "lounge" compilations during the last couple of years?... Whatchamacallit-Bar, Hotel-This, Café-That... some of them excellent, some good, some not-quite-so-good... This had seemed like the perfect moment for the makers of the acclaimed Freezone series to step back, make a pause, chill out some... or rather move on to something else (such as for example their extremely successful Ziriguiboom sister-imprint, which has been ruling the neo-Brazilian scene with great albums by the likes of Bebel Gilberto, Suba, Zuco 103 et al)... But it's hard to fight against one's nature and, in the spring of 2001, irrepressible Freezone mastermind DJ Morpheus felt that the time had come to share with the public some of the discoveries he couldn't help making during these long, freezone-free months... so he's gone back to the drawing board in order to design this new volume of Freezone, The Mother - Of - All - Chill - Compilations...

Let's refresh our memories for a second: between 1994 and 1999 the Freezone series has always been ahead of the most interesting new trends in horizontal and semi-vertical dance music... thanks to his legendary flair and impeccable taste, DJ Morpheus has consistently managed to introduce up-and-coming greats... Did you know for instance that DJ CAM, MIGHTY BOP (aka BOB SINCLAR), HOWIE B, PHOTEK, 4 HERO, KRUDER & DORFMEISTER have all appeared on Freezone 2, back in 1995 ? Then came FILA BRAZILLIA, HERBERT, PHIL ASHER & ASHLEY BEEDLE, PULSINGER, LUKE VIBERT (FZ3, 1996), BASEMENT JAXX, THIEVERY CORPORATION, CHARLES WEBSTER (FZ4, 1997), Rae & CHRISTIAN, KEVIN YOST, JOE CLAUSSELL, DOCTOR L, SUBA, DJ SPINNA (FZ5, 1998), ISOLEE, AIM, SEñOR COCONUT, LONDON ELEKTRICITY, CHATEAU FLIGHT, MAURICE FULTON (FZ6, 1999), as well as already-confirmed acts like MOBY, JOSH WINK, CARL CRAIG, COLDCUT, PLAID, ALEX GOPHER etc... Also: the fact that (since the 96 edition) every single track has been exclusive certainly did contribute to making the collection even more fascinating...

To make a long story short: Freezone has been an absolutely major reference for chill out fans worldwide, each volume being at the same time a precious set of clues for things to come and a great listening experience... So the release of this new double album should be great news to anyone who likes his lounge music to be a little more spicy than what's on the usual menu, to anyone who believes that "chill" doesn't need to mean "dull", and that "adventurous lounging" isn't necessarily an oxymoron.