With his previous CD Gemini, the Antwerpian Sven Van Hees has achieved great success in the international lounge world. It provided him with an extensive list of bookings as a deejay, as far as San Francisco. Tired of large quantities of sushi, oysters and champagne, Van Hees tried to rebel against the lounge phenomenon with the successor Calypso. He did not succeed: Calypso is again best listened
… to in a luxurious Chesterfield chair. That does not detract from the fact that it is again an extremely pleasant album, based on the laidback atmosphere of seventies jazz rock, which are so typical of the American west coast. Calypso is so subtle, sultry and warm that you can hear the sun shining. (AD)more
