This is the digitised version of side 1 of a mixtape made on cassette by Jose Padilla and sold at the Cafe Del Mar in the early 1990’s. It was played with a video from that era in Edition 12 of The Chill Out Tent in March 2021. It’s a seminal collection, Jose’s Balearic blue… Continue Reading →
Jose Padilla Remembered by Sally Rodgers
Listen to Sally Rodgers from A Man Called Adam as she remembers her friend Jose Padilla. An affectionate and knowledgeable conversation with Sally from a recent BBC Radio 4 interview
The Chill Out Tent – Jose Padilla Cafe Del Mar Cassette Mixtape #8
Here is the digitised and remastered audio of the cassette sold to one of The Chill Out Tent crew by Jose Padilla at Cafe Del Mar in the early 90s. CintiFest created a film to accompany this audio, first shown in Edition #8 on 29 November 2020 as part of our tribute to Jose, the… Continue Reading →
Edition #8 – A Tribute to Jose Padilla
This Sunday in Edition #8 of the Chill Out Tent for one part of our tribute to the original sunset maestro Jose Padilla we have a digitised and remastered original early 90’s cassette that Jose sold at Cafe Del Mar with added new visuals by film maker and Ibiza resident Cintifest. Cinti has produced a… Continue Reading →
Remembering Jose…
We’re busy preparing our next Chill Out Tent event, (streaming to you on 29/11/20) and we’ve got some really special material lined up in memory of Jose Padilla. While listening to one of his old compilation CD’s we found this poster tucked in the packaging…
Melodica 26/10/20 (with a tribute to Jose Padilla)
This Episode… The Chill Out Tent’s Chris Coco is digging deep into the archives, looking to the future, but mostly staring out to sea as the sun sets on the horizon, remembering some magic created by the original sunset maestro – Jose Padilla.
The Chill Out Tent – Jose Padilla Archive Playlist
We’ve curated a playlist of beautiful music to help remember and celebrate the life of Jose Padilla. These are tracks that appeared in his legendary mixtapes, charts that he shared and some of his own timeless productions. They all provide an insight into Jose’s balearic blueprint of ambient, electronics, classical, new-age, film scores, jazz and… Continue Reading →
Jose Padilla – A Life in Music
Jose Padilla was a friend, mentor and inspiration to many people in the Chill Out Tent community. His passing is a huge loss to all who knew him and his work. We pass on our thoughts and condolences to all his friends and family at this sad time. We are working on an appropriate way… Continue Reading →
The Chill Out Tent Guest Mix- Dr Rob
Dr Rob writes an extremely good blog called Ban Ban Ton Ton, he’s also a music fanatic and a rather good DJ. Here’s what he said about this exclusive guest mix that he did for us here at the Chill Out Tent: ‘These are all records that I pulled from the shelves, for a gig,… Continue Reading →
The Chill Out Tent – Phil Mison Exclusive Mix
If anyone DJing today is the epitome of Balearic, it’s probably, Phil Mison. His eclectic taste; his history, playing Cafe Del Mar in its heyday in the 90s alongside Jose Padilla; his consistently great production work as Cantoma; and his dry sense of, well, everything; mean he is often seen as the DJs DJ, the… Continue Reading →
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