The Beach (Soundtrack) – Various Artists
After surviving a fate worse than marrying a soggy Kate Winslet and the sinking of a cruise liner, Leonardo Dicaprio swims all the way to Thailand and begins a life of backpacking across Asia.
During his adventures, some drunken sop tells him, in whispered tones, about a beach so beautiful it will melt your brain.
So begins the story of 90’s hedonism and awareness that secrets are best kept to yourself as nobody can be trusted. The film rings true to me especially as how every year people go to my favourite holiday spot, enjoy themselves and tell others to go too. Over the years the area has gone from nice quiet relaxing holiday spot to approaching awful Guardian reading family friendly frightfest.
Only without the drug smuggling, violence and Lord of the Flies inspired committees.
The soundtrack isn’t too bad either. It’s a nice snapshot of the 90’s hedonistic holiday nightclub crap that seemed to flood the radio waves, peoples cars and CD racks of the time. Bands such as Blur, Moby and All Saints feature with summer holiday inspiring tunes to whisk you off to your favourite sandy hot spot with a stylus fall.
Stegzy's Music Project 
[…] Franjo, Nicos and Karunesh. The kind of music that probably emanated from clubs in Thailand during The Beach era of international travel. You know, when young people had more money and lived the travelling […]