DAVIDHERSH

Back in 2000, before she became a big star, Nora Jones recorded some vocals for an album entitled New York City by The Peter Malick Group. That album was release in 2003, but just the other day I came across this remix album while checking out Virgin's new digital music service.

The CD consists of eight tracks, with four songs being remixed twice each. I have a slight preference for the second set of remixes, but overall this is an excellent CD. I normally don't like remixes because I'm usually too attached to the original versions of songs. In this case, though, I wasn't at all familiar with the originals. I've since gone back and listened to them and they really aren't my style of music.

These tracks, however, are right up my alley. I'm a big fan of chill-out/downtempo music, and this set of tunes is more soulful than a lot of what you might expect from that genre. Nora Jones has just an incredible voice and the DJs here transform the tracks into some great chill out music. I would definitely recommend giving this a listen, even if this isn't a genre you don't normally follow.