According to Ramon, owner of that crucible of chill, the Café Del Mar, Afterlife have been "the sound of the summer" Y2K. It's not surprising to hear him sing their praises. Specialising in spacey strings offset by the softer-than-satin vocals of singer/writer Rachel Lloyd, the Afterlife sound is pure sea-soaked melancholy--and has no doubt proven the perfect accompaniment to a thousand Balearic ...