Zen Lounge is a chillout compilation on CD, released on Hypnotic Room Records (HROOMCD002) in 2009.
The CD collects 12 tracks from 10 artists, having Zen Paradox featuring three tracks. All 12 tracks are exclusive to this release, appearing on no other.
- 01Zen Paradox — Tuna Head
- 02Franck De Villeneuve — Mind Trip To The South
- 03Supercozi — Zoomacca
- 04Lili Hirakawa — Waterward
- 05Zen Paradox — Shon Spagnolia
- 06Ginza Spy — Osaka Night
- 07Miruga — Kame Dub
- 08Deep Night — Sweet Paradise
- 09Zen Paradox — Melanitis Leda (Edit)
- 10Hideo Saito — White Solar Wizard
- 11Little Nobody — Woklurk Orange
- 12Takashi Watanabe — The Moment
Scour the Internet, and you'll discover that "zen" is described as a direct, experiential realization of enlightenment through meditation. With this canny definition in mind, hats off to superlative Sydney-based label, Hypnotic Room, for achieving this state in just over an hour's listening bliss. The wonderful music on this album brushes across a state of the ethereal, vaguely aquatic, with a touch of gentle breaks and chilled out soundscapes. Some artists go for an ingenious dub/downtempo/modern jazz angle, replete with dreamy, bouncy acid tones, underlying vocals, and beats that build moment by moment, belying the rush of contemporary life.
