José Padilla, the Spanish DJ who helped define chillout
music in the 1990s, has died aged 64 from colon cancer. Padilla was born in Girona in 1955 but moved to Ibiza in 1976, and
began DJing in the island’s clubs. He made his name as resident DJ at Café del
Mar, the San Antonio bar that became famous for pairing relaxed music with
sunset vistas. After selling bootleg mixtapes alongside his DJ sets, Padilla
created the hugely successful Café del Mar compilation series in 1993, giving
dance music fans a morning-after soundtrack during the clubbing boom of the
1990s.
José Padilla chilled a generation of clubbers and his art
touched the lives of millions. He will always be remembered as the Godfather of
Chillout, creator of Café del Mar compilations, and true Ibiza Legend
Comments