Gay old Paris has always had a soft spot for "Le Jazz". Here, Wagram presents Saint German Café 2 a selection of electronic nuggets that lean towards the jazzier side of dance music. As a concept it's not entirely original, but the choice of tracks happens to be second to none, drawing from a host of well-respected house, nu-jazz, broken-beat and down-tempo artists, as well as some "real" jazz musicians such as American legend Herbie Hancock (with his track "The Essence") and contemporary Norwegian star Bugge Wesseltoft (with the multi-textured "Change"). Featuring artists such as Beady Belle ("Game"), Mo' Horizons ("Hit the Road Jack"), Mark De Clive Lowe ("Move On Up"), Kenny Dope ("Mr Dope"), Koop ("Summer Sun") and Ashley Slater ("Private Sunshine"), SGDPC 2 may be a mouthful to say but it has all the mellow house, warm horns, intricate riddims, sophisticated noodles, slick sax, liquid drum & bass and soulful head-nods you'll need to make a perfect summer-evening soundtrack. --Paul Sullivan