Various: Cafe Del Mar Volumen Ocho

By RUSSELL BAILLIE

(Herald rating: * * * )

The eighth compilation of music-to-watch-Ibiza-sunsets-by has a track by jetsetting Auckland producer-keyboardist Mark de Clive-Lowe — the DJ Spinna remix of his Day by Day is one of the more agreeable of the 14 tracks here, a gently burbling ambient house offering.

Elsewhere highlights include Goldfrapp's harpsichord swirl Utopia, Thomas Newman's pensive piano-led Any Other Name, and Dido's expansive (that is, it's nearly eight minutes long and she doesn't turn up until halfway) Worthless.

As with earlier editions in this series, it's an album that works just as well at the other end of the night too.

Label: Mercury