Cafe Del Mar Biography
Café del Mar is a bar located in San Antonio, Ibiza, just to the west of the West End. It is a popular summer tourist destination, noted for its view of the local sunset. Café del Mar is the original Ibizan "sunset bar", opened by Ramón Guiral, Carlos Andrea, and José Les in 1978. The Café del Mar releases compilation albums with tracks selected by the bar's own DJs. The music selection is intended to induce the mood that is experienced watching a sunset. The tracks are described as ambient, easy listening music. The bar originally sold their own tapes of the music but a series of Café del Mar CDs have been sold. As of 2008, there are 15 volumes, numerous side compilations, plus 2 albums commemorating the 20th and 25th Anniversary. A total of about 9 million albums have been sold worldwide.[citation needed] The original first six volumes' tracklists were selected by José Padilla, a DJ often heard at the Café del Mar. Bruno from ibiza has mixed five out of the fifteen Café del Mar volumes, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 9, Volume 10, and Volume 11. Bruno also mixed nine of Café del Mar’s spin off albums, Chill House Mix 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 20 Aniversario, Dreams 2, Dreams 3, and El Comienzo.
