Playground, Vol. 1 (2001)

About this title: Ecco Chamber, a label from Vienna, is responsible for the Playground series. On each installment, the label commissions someone to put together a set of downtempo tracks that leans toward nu-jazz territory. A term like "nu-jazz" might be an immediate deal-breaker, but the results are often better than the type of lethargy-inducing fluff you might expect. DJ Gü-Mix takes control of the first volume of the series, which includes Gotan Project's "Vuelvo Al Sur," Tosca's "Ananas," Peace Orchestra's "Who Am I," Funki Porcini's "The Softest Thing in the World," and Walkner's "Heaven or Hell." It's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Universal Rhythms [Mandrill]
2. Niku-Jaga [Tremmel]
3. Feel the Real [Trevisi/Ohm Guru]
4. Ilha [Marek]
5. Heaven or Hell [Walkner/Moestl]
6. Back & Forth [Musebrink/Gerhard]
7. Sabrina [Peters/Brick]
8. Vuelvo Al Sur [Piazzolla/Solanas]
9. Annanas [Dorfmeister/Huber]
10. Dub Nautic [Mörth]
11. Land Rover [B.]
12. Closer to God [DJ Urbs/DJ Chaoz]
13. Are You Coming Back to Me? [Alanski]
14. Who Am I [Kruder]
15. The Softest Thing in the World [Funki Porcini]
16. Outro [Mandrill]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.