Rum part of this blending process, light rums may be filtered to remove any colour gained during ageing. For darker rums, caramel may be added to adjust the colour of the final product. Artificial ageing attempts to match the molecular composition of aged rum using heat and light. Besides rum punches, cocktails such as the Cuba libre and daiquiri have well-known stories of their invention in the Caribbean. Tiki culture in the U.S. helped expand rum's horizons with inventions such as the mai tai and zombie. Other well-known cocktails containing rum include the piña colada, a drink made popular in America
Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights "Ultra-Lounge" were focused on the major labels, while his idea was to develop them from the more independent music scene of the genre. Shipley's interest in creating this compilation was after discovering the website The Exotica Project, where he noted that "Not everything on there is good, but it manages to capture a moment and show there's a moment underneath the movement." Shipley compiled nearly 700 songs for the compilation and narrowed down the choices based on personal taste and licensing availability. The compilation is split into three discs: "Daiquiri Dirges", "Rhum Rhapsodies" and "Mai Tai Mambos". The first section