Smokers Delight
chillout downtempo lounge trip-hop ambient
Based on Quincy Jones's Summer in the City, this is the second in a series of variations on a theme appearing on Nightmares on Wax albums, preceded by Nights Interlude on A Word of Science and followed by Les Nuits on Carboot Soul. While the strings on the first part of the series were sampled from Jones's track directly, the "strings" on the second variation of the theme (this track) were played on a synthesizer and those on the third part of the series were played by an actual string orchestra. Read more on Last.fm.

Nightmares on Wax is DJ and musician George Evelyn, also known as DJ Ease (Experimental Audio Sample Expert), from Leeds, United Kingdom. The musical style is a combination of electronic sounds and hip hop beats, often regarded as "chillout". Nightmares On Wax's music is released on Warp Records. Initially working with Kevin Harper a.k.a Boy Wonder their first release was the massive underground hit 'Dextrous' which sampled the as yet unknown A Guy Called Gerald's 'Voodoo Ray' on their own Poverty Records label. Along with Unique 3 'The Theme' ,The Forgemasters 'The Track With No Name' and LFO 'Frequencies' this was one of the defining tracks of the Northern Bleep movement. The album 'Car Boot Soul' also featured the knock out vocals and keyboards of Sarah Winton. The duo also hosted their own night 'The Downbeat', initially at Rickys, Leeds before moving to the larger Warehouse Club, Leeds. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.