A record I keep coming back to

Restraint is rarer than skill. I've been DJing and listening to this music for two decades, and the records I return to are almost always the ones that hold something back. Padilla's second Café del Mar compilation is the clearest example. The selection is unhurried. The mixing is barely there. The sequencing trusts you to listen. If you have a Sunday morning and an hour to kill, start with the A.R.T. of Noise ambient mix and let the rest unfold.