ECM Favorites Vol. 2 by Erwin Broers

I know two things that are true – Erwin Broers is a great contributor to Low Light Mixes and I’m an airhead. 🤪 Last year after I posted a mix of my favorite albums from ECM records, Erwin did his own version. He sent it to me in September and I totally spaced out and forgot about it until this week. But it works out in the end because I’ve been busy lately so a guest mix is just what I needed.

Here’s what Erwin says about his ECM favorites:

“When LLM published a set of highlights from the revered ECM label back in early Aug ’25, https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/ecm-favorites/, it just felt like short-selling its 1600+ title catalogue. A second installment seemed only a matter of time. And here it is! 

The mix mostly contains tracks one could characterize as “smooth contemporary jazz”, the kind of music you put on to unwind after a busy day. A classic in this genre is John Abercrombie’s “Timeless”. 

But it also features a very special piece by Stephan Micus, the renowned German multi-instrumentalist, for whom ECM seems to have been created. We hear him singing in an imaginary language and playing several instruments; hauntingly beautiful!

Cover Artwork: Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, 2017″

Thanks for another wonderful set, Erwin.

Cheers!

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• 00:00:00   Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang & Tigran Hamasyan – Traces I (Atmosphères, 2016)
• 00:06:12   John Abercrombie, Jan Hammer & Jack De Johnette – Timeless (Timeless, 1975)
• 00:18:00   Stephan Micus – To The Evening Child (To The Evening Child, 1992)
• 00:25:43   Pat Metheny, Eberhard Weber, Lyle Mays & Dan Gottlieb – Sea Song (Watercolors, 1977)
• 00:35:46   Bill Frisell – Etude (Works, 1988)
• 00:39:50   John Surman – Holding Pattern I (Withholding Pattern, 1985)
• 00:44:18   Tord Gustavsen Trio – Vicar Street (Being There, 2007)
• 00:47:49   Egberto Gismonti, Nando Carneiro & Zeca Assumpçao – Um Anjo (ZigZag, 1996)
• 00:53:32   Anouar Brahem – Ashen Sky (Souvenance, 2014)
• 01:00:50   Terje Rypdal – Shining (Skywards, 1997)
• 01:03:04   François Couturier & Tarkovsky Quartet – Nuit Blanche (Nuit Blanche, 2017)
• 01:08:28   Marcin Wasilewski Trio – Oz Guizos (Faithful, 2011)
• 01:14:55   end