BONDI CHILL is a richly layered Chill Out album with blissed-out beach bar grooves, hypnotic beats, mysterious World Music sounds and a hauntingly beautiful Bulgarian flute.
Bondi Chill is the true heart of Bondi Beach, Australia. You get gorgeous sunshine, white sand and the ocean. The eternal beauty of a perfect wave. The cool cafes and bars… You could stop right there – and miss the real Bondi! Bondi Chill takes you to a community of myriad nations, their languages, culture, politics and, yes, the music.
Bondi Chill lets you listen to the famous African Drums of the Pavilion. It invites you to watch Brazilians doing Capoeira and join the South American Festival. You’ll meet a Polish poet and Australian Indigenous activists, then become entranced by the otherworldly sounds of a flute in the Sufi tradition. You will find love stories and stories that tell of the love for freedom, in so many places, by so many people, unified by the cool beats of summer.
The album was written, performed and produced by rick.e.dee, with the invaluable contribution of Kim Sanders on Kaval (the Bulgarian flute) on a number of tracks. The arrangements, the production and the sonic quality of the album are of a very high standard and the renowned William Bowden beautifully mastered the final product.
The feel of Bondi Chill could be described as Buddha Bar meets Hotel Costes meets Thievery Corporation with a hint of Kruder & Dorfmeister and more than a dash of World Music.