Villa Mercedes is a luxurious club-restaurant in Athens with a nice and relaxing atmosphere created mainly with great chillout lounge music renditions and remixes of all time hits compiled by popular Dj's. In this 4CD compilation you will find innovative renditions of many well known popular tunes backed by mesmerizing electronic rhythms and soft voices. Enjoy "Smooth Operator", "I Will Survive", "Sweet Child Of Mine", "Non Je Ne Regrette Rien", "Quando, Quando, Quando" and many more, in a chillout and refreshing "lounge" style.

Claude Challe is one of the most creative and innovative electronic music producers of our time. Seven years after the top selling 2005's Best Of Collection, he released Vol II with 43 selections from his many albums compiled in the Buddha Bar, Select, Nirvana, Movies, Reprises and other popular electro-music series. In the three thematic CDs of the collection, "Chill", "Life" and "Clubbing" you will find an inviting parade of inspiring and motivating musical pieces with versatile flavor and character, mixed and compiled to chill and refresh the listener. An album you won't get tired of hearing again and again. Enjoy.

Starting from 2008, the french-tunisian lounge guru Claude Challe and his brother Jean-Marc, create and mix a 2CD album entitled "Select, Music for our friends", to share their last discoveries of the year. Each double album contains a chill out CD and a party CD – an eclectic blend of ambient, new age trip hop world, and house which became know as “lounge” and created a new genre world-wide. Here are 12 CDs with an extremely juicy cocktail of surprising and sophisticated flavours. Enjoy an explosive festival of delicious and refreshing music selected and mixed by the expert Challe brothers.

Fotis Dimas was a greek singer who became very popular during the sixties. He had a beautiful "baritone" voice and was one of the famous representatives of the light ("elafro" in greek) genre of song, together with Yiannis Vogiatzis, Jenny Vanou, Alekos Pandas, Yiovanna and many more. He interpreted songs of Manos Hadjidakis, Giorgos Katsaros, Lykourgos Markeas and others, with a unique, expressive way. This rare "best-of" album, contains some of Fotis Dimas' greater hits. Enjoy an outstanding voice from the sixties.

From the sixties to this day, Tunisian-French DJ, club owner and producer Claude Challe, has been the master of ceremonies of the most mythic spots in Paris – from the Privé to les Bains, the Centre-Ville and the Buddha Bar. His music compilations – gold records several times over – have brought him world-wide reknown. He created an eclectic blend of ambient, new age trip hop world, and house which became know as “lounge” and created a new genre world-wide. This beautiful best-of 3CD compilation, features selections from Claude's first albums (1996-2005), categorized in the three CD as "Love", "Life" and "Dance". Enjoy relaxing, inspirational music from one of the masters of the kind.

"Movimento" is the sixth studio album of the portuguese quality music group Madredeus. Teresa Salgueiro's beautiful voice backed up by excellent playing from Pedro Ayres Magalhaes, Jose Peixoto, Carlos Maria Trindade and Fernando Judice, create a unique musical experience. Magalhaes's compositions are superb and Salguiero's interpretations are ethereal. Enjoy a masterpiece by Madredeus.

"Armada Music" is an Amsterdam-based record label founded in 2003 by Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and David Lewis (Ar-Ma-Da). Throughout the years, Armada Music has brought many quality releases within the wide spectrum of electronic dance music. This "Armada Lounge" collection features inspirational, finest music, by some of the greatest names in the electronic downtempo industry, and it is designed to unwind the listeners from the stresses and strains of the everyday grind, and take them to a place where music makes everything else disappear. Enjoy many hours of euphoric music.

Accordeonist and arranger Christos Zerbinos selected 17 well known, traditional greek folk songs, and arranged them for accordion and piano. As he explains in the included booklet: "he decided to go against what was perceived as being 'folk' in the collective consciousness of the Greek people and work towards a different aesthetic direction." Therefore he tried to feel the sound through the colors, the light, the truth and honesty - elements that are hidden within and strive for an elegiac atmosphere. He invited his friend, the talented pianist Miltos Logiades and they recorded this outsatnding instrumental album. As the great Mikis Theodorakis comments in the booklet: "I would describe this work as a magical bridge that connects the Greek folk song with the contemporary one of the 50's and 60's". Enjoy.

Stamatis Spanoudakis is widely regarded as the most prolific Greek composer of his age. Versatile in his music for film, television, records and concerts, he uses a rich and original musical palette that conjures up different perceptions in the sphere of musical imagery. Till 1995, when he decided to concentrate only on instrumental music, he had worked with the most successful Greek singers, bringing out their “other side” by both composing the music and writing the lyrics for a large number of hit songs which are still very present today. This "best-of" collection showcases Spanoudakis' most beautiful "successes with lyrics" from the period 1970-1995. Enjoy a delightful parade of songs featuring a musical blend of new age music with elements of typical greek folk culture, perfomed by top greek singers.

Outstanding collection with 100 original songs and instrumentals from the early years of the legendary, multi-awarded greek composer Manos Hadjidakis. Packed in a deluxe 8cd-box release of 2008, and a nice booklet included with information on all songs and many rare photos. Among the 100 songs you will find rare recordings from film scores by Hadjidakis, great instrumentals and some renditions by famous non-greek artists and orchestras. Enjoy a unique journey of five hours to some of the most beautiful greek songs of all time.

Superb album from the mature period of the popular algerian-french singer and songwriter Enrico Macias. Impeccable arrangements and orchestrations, combined with heart-warming interpretations by Macias, often expressing nostalgic feelings for his "pays natal". Folk ballads like "Mes Andalousies" or "Ecoute ma voix" offer an outstanding mix of french chanson with oriental rhythms that drives the listener to a nostalgic and emotional musical journey. Enjoy the beloved Enrico Macias in a great album.

Great collection of 40 classic latin hits performed by artists from various countries like "Las Marimbas de Guatemala", "The Nicaragua Boys", "Los Cubaztecas", "Orchestre Barreto", the famous tango composer and performer "Tani Scala" and many more. A delightful parade of latin flavored tunes from rhythmic salsas, rumbas, cha-cha and passo dobles, to romantic tangos and boleros. Enjoy.

"Andalucia Flamenco Chill" is a series with music by various contemporary artists, that mix electronic chillout sounds with basic flamenco instruments, like flamenco guitar, claps, cajun, southern-accented vocals, acoustic piano andalusian touch, castanets, shoes and chorus. The result is a bouquet of relaxing rhythms and sensual melodies, that will travel you to the wonderful Andalucian beaches. Enjoy.

Maya (and The Eight Illusions) is an inspiring listening experience, based on the Emmy awarded Chris Spheeris' work for the score of the 2003 documentary “In A Just World”, that dealt with women's rights to choose abortion and contraception in various cultures around the world. The music has intense oriental influences and highlights women's voices by including ethereal vocals by sacred chant chanteuse Deva Premal, and R&B singer Martha Redbone. Musician Eric Zang adds middle-eastern percussion, male vocals and flutes to the arrangements. Enjoy an inspirational album, the latest release of multi-talented Chris Spheeris.

This is a delightful album where the composer, multi-instrumentalist and guitar expert Chris Spheeris, teams up with Anthony Mazzella, one of the finest guitar virtuosi today, to blend the colors of Spain, Greece, Northern Africa, American finger-style and popular jazz into a confluence of passion, color and atmosphere. The outstanding guitar duet is backed by Eddy Barattini (drums) and Eric Zang (percussion). Enjoy some heart warming music interpreted by two excellent performers.