V/A - The Playground Collective - Holidays In Kosovo

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V/A - The Playground Collective - Holidays In Kosovo

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: The Playground Collective - Holidays In Kosovo

Label: Psylofant

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

CD 1

01. Kein Traum (Kopfuss Resonator Rocky Horror Rmx)

02. Substanz T : Unique

03. Klangwelten

04. Human Brain Circus : Om Al Ferno

05. Diary / Tagebuch

06. Stefan Ludley And Kayan Gunes : Lunay

07. Shutka / Mazedonia

08. Who Are You ?

09. Elektrohandel : New York, London, Amsterdam

10. Tsunami Feat WNC : Hymna E Sasquetbollistave E Pejes

11. Peje

12. Elektrohandel : Uber

13. Casey Johnson : Tired

14. Gracias A La Vida

15. Lover 303 : Gjacove

16. Outside In

17. Lover 303 : Scorpio's Day

18. Subhuman

19. Scott Fair : A Little Weird

20. Nova Drive : Too Close (Live In Burg Herzberg)

21. Kosmopath : Goldi Horn

22. War Strategies

23. Scott Fair : Song Of The Strutzi

24. About Nato

25. Macona And Kosmopath : El Cuervo

26. Sessions

 

CD 2

01. Serbian Village

02. Michael Kohlbecker : Eastern Wish

03. Small Things

04. Solar Reporter : Mondkind 23

05. Casey Johnson : Dancing On The Battlefield

06. The Toms : Riverman

07. Hidden Wars

08. Lover 303 : Tempelfest (Eargear Production)

09. Steet Und Kids Party

10. Sonnenvakuum : Zucken

11. Frami : Moonwalk

12. Volxmusik Mescla

13. Streetparade (Near Prizen) Gong

14. Hanf : Hashimoto

15. Klopfgeist : Kosovo Angel

16. Wie Ein Mensch

17. Mushroom : Let's Have Sex (Remixed By Quntus Kannegieber)

18. Tranceformer Feat Mani Neumeier : Marie Johanna

19. Ging Dubby : Melodica Dub (A Reflexion Rmx)

20. Session

21. Bosnian, Albanian And Roma Kids And Casey : Ode Yavo

22. Lover 303 : The Volunteer (Finkenbach Cut)

23. Gracias A La Vida Martina And Davide

 

Review:

 

First of all I have to explain that I bothered to write all 50 tracks, because

it matters. It'll help you get the feel of this release. This is probably the

most special release to land in my stereo for a long long time. It's the first

time in years that I play a CD and feel the true Goa spirit. Not because of

the music- just because of the Spirit.

Holidays in Kosov@ is a very special project of few people that decided that we

can matter, we can make a difference- here is the product of people that do

not only talk about the spirit, feel the spirit, or even live the spirit- they

made the effort to spread it to others, to others in great need. A group of

artists- musicians and jugglers, went on a journey in ruined Kosovo, a place

where humanity failed, to try and bring happiness to people who needed it.

This CD is all about that journey, it's a musical diary, thoughts, words,

stories melted together in music. It really takes you there and all together

it manages to convey a very clear message- we're all in this together, things

are fucked big time, and yes, we can do something about it.

The music is varied and has everything in it- psytrance, progressive, techno,

ambient, trip-hop, psychedelic rock, dub, and more. Mostly very good stuff and

anyway there's no point in listening to individual tracks here. There's even

an Israeli song of a very special band called Sheva, that makes amazing world

music with a message of peace. The song is called Salam (peace in Arabic) and

is sung here by Casey & a lot of kids that survived the war- my freestyle

translation:

Peace will come upon us

Peace will come upon us

Salam- upon us and the whole world

Salam, Salam, Salam.

Brought tears in my eyes. Thanks to all the people involved in this, keep it

going.

Bottom Line: Buy this. It's a bit hard to track, but worth it.