Everyone needs a little chill in their lives and in time to soundtrack a  Balearic winter Ambient Zone 2, the fifth album in The Just Music Cafe Compilation series, will be released on January 20^th  2016.

Following the success of 2013’s The Ambient Zone, ("an excellent compilation from the always interesting Just Music label" The Sunday Times) this is the Just Music’s second beautiful journey into the immersive world of ambient electronica. The atmosphere over the twelve tracks of 'winter music' perfectly encapsulates the approaching mood of quiet introspection, comfort in solitude and promise of the new, following the long dark silent nights.

Alongsie contributuon from Jn Hopkins Marconi Union and Dan Arborise, the album features nine brand new tracks created exclusively for the label in response to a beautiful series of carefully selected photo images, each Artist responding to the atmosphere of the photo, each translating the feelings evoked in them by the image into an exquisite and fascinating piece of musical ambience.

The journey opens with the cinematic elegance of Digitonal’s Sentinel, flowing mesmerically on to Afterhere’s captivating On Wings, from there meandering into the sultry beauty of Chris Coco's New Age Sunrise. The dreamy piano of Jon Hopkins’ bewitching Autumn Hill then takes its hold, closely followed by the dark mystery of Sam Thomas’s Seeing or Agreeing. A pivotal point in the album is Loner’s My Kingdom, Your Sunset with its enigmatic vocals, after which Echaskech's deep and emotionally resonant Caeleste and the tranquility of Xspance’s The Last Sunrise roll hypnotically on into the idiosyncratic keys of Opdot’s Piano Monody, the gentle beauty of Marconi Union’s Transient and finally, the beautiful last two tunes, Laki Mera’s mysterious Talk To Me and the acoustic innocence of Dan Arborise’s Paths. The album is mixed by Chris Coco.

The serene and elegant journey is then at an end, leaving the listener with the desire to listen all over again….

Soundcloud Link:  Full Album

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and love to everything”Plato

Track listing:

1. 1.Digitonal - Sentinel
2. 2.Afterhere - On Wings
3. 3.Chris Coco - New Age Sunrise
4. 4.Jon Hopkins - Autumn Hill
5. 5.Sam Thomas - Seeing Or Agreeing
6. 6.Loner - My Kingdom, Your Sunset
7. 7.Echaskech - Caeleste
8. 8.Xspance - The Last Sunrise
9. 9.Opdot - Piano Monody

10.Marconi Union - Transient

11.Laki Mera - Talk To Me

12.Dan Arborise - Paths

"Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound” Kabir

Previous compilations in the series:

• Just Music Café Vol 4: The Ambient Zone
• Just Music Café Vol 3: Poolside Beats
• Just Music Café Vol 2: AM:PM
• Just Music Café Vol 1: Acoustic & Beats