A collection of live sets played during our gatherings.

What a Playground live recordings

Lets go to work! [tracklist inside]

with a small piano introduction by Godfather of House Frankie Knuckles I decided to put play on this massive attack on house banging tunes. Inside youll find my most treasured producers, you get to hear only the first :42 min of my 1:45 min Set. 

I worked a lot on this and therefore im also a bit proud. i hope you enjoy it as much I did playing and watching the amazing crowd at Orangerie.

Thanks to What a Playground for having me! 
Thanks to all the dancers! 
Thanks to my artist care friends!
i loved it!

Tracklist:

01 The Pressure - Frankie Knuckles Classic Mix
02 Fuck Yourself - Reale & Vincent XXI
03 Lets start again - Reale & Vincent XXI
04 Everything I say - Cinthie 
05 Lets go to work - Robert Armani & Gettoblaster
06 Blow damn it! - St. David
07 Sumback - Marc Schneider & Aera
08 Easy come Easy go - HDSN 
09 Monicon - Fragg Maddin
10 Upside Down (The Checkup Club remix) - Diana Ross 
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11 124 BPM - Disco NIhilist 
12 Love will save the day (Golden Boy remix) - Whitney Houston 
13 124 BPM - Disco NIhilist 
14 Stop playing with my mind (Full Intention Vocal Dub mix) - Barbara Tucker
15 I get deep (Late night tuff guy remix) - DJ Le Roi
16 Vogue (Roman Anthony bootleg) - Madonna
17 Get Together - HDSN 
18 I love the way you hold me (TPs bangin house re-edit) - Terrence Parker 
19 Bar a Thym (THEMBA remix) - Kerry Chandler
20 Rise - Adelphi Music Factory
21 Move your body (Extended Mix) - Marshall Jefferson 
22 The Underground (Saeed and Pallash addictive trip mix) - Celeda
23 I cant kick this feeling when it hits - Moodyman
24 Lovely Day - Bill Withers

[Mitschnitt] PiliJo Gets Deep @What a Playground - Orangerie NK

Hannie Phi @ Refuge Worldwide - What A Playground Takeover - 04 Nov 2023

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Homesick

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Stone

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Miss Understood is produced & mixed by Vegyn, all lyrics written by Francis Hornsby Clark, performed by AI. Artwork by Cali DeWitt.

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Miss Understood

CHEESY HOUSE PARTY-Set 16.09.23 @Käserei Camidi (Live-Debut)

1. Sam Gellaitry/ Kaytranada "assumptions" (Kaytranada Edit)
2. Mike Dunn pres. Mr.69 "phreaky mf" (Mike Dunn's Phreak Mixx)
3. Ben Hauke "get up to get down"
4. Grey Killer "alone girl"
5. Chaos In The CBD,Benjamin Helliker-Hales "girl like you"
6. Berlioz "miro"
7. Rampa feat. Chuala "les gouts"
8. Jungle "good times" (Sofia Kourtesis RMX)
9. Girls Of The Internet "when u go" (MoBlack RMX)
10.Kastil "red clown"
11.DJ Koze feat. Sophia Kennedy "wespennest"
12.Vanyfox "melodias"
13.The Bucketheads "the bomb (these sounds fall into my mind)"
14.Deepswing "in the music"
15.Tori Amos "professional widow" RMX
16.Westbam "beatbox rocker"
17.Borai & Denham Audio "make me"
18.Space Jams "quiet storms" RMX
19.James Pepper "for all my wrongs"
20.KP & Envyi "shorty swing my way"
21.DJ Houseplants "couldn't catch my breath"
22.Saoirse "can't we just have fun"
23.Skin On Skin "way you're touchin' me"
24.Adryiano "down south"
25.Jason Hersco "everytime" (Girls Of The Internet RMX)
26.Gustav Gustav "needed you the most"
27.Gary Stantwell "dirty water"
28.Aluna,Bella Boo,Rema "the recipe" (Bella Boo RMX)
29.Dwson "nights on the floor"
30.Thundercat "oh sheit it's x"
31.Fulbert "night ride"
32.Rick Flair "vibrant air" (prod. Klaus Layer)
33.Supershy "don't let go"
34.Stardust "music sounds better with you"
35.Vhyce "just to make me"
36.Adryiano "on my side"
37.Theo Spazzatura aka. Lunchbag "make it last"
38.Kaytranada feat. Shay Lia "leave me alone"
39.Massive Attack "unfinished sympathy"

CheesyHouseParty-Set-160923

What A Playground 8th of March 2024 @ Ziegrastraße 11

huhu here is my set from the legendary Mayday Fest in Berlin! Thanks to What a Playground for the invitation, to Stueck for holding us and to all the ravers 🤩

gem.ini - Berlin MAYDAY @ Stueck

Imad b2b @triqi030 live from the Räuber*innenhöhle floor @ Fusion Festival 2024

Imad b2b Triqi @ Fusion Festival 2024

A disco set Toni Biscotti played during our women in wine apéro pop-up in collaboration with zest-wine.com and Gelato Disco on Oct 19, 2024

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Toni Biscotti at zest x What a Playground | Gelato Disco Berlin, 19/10/24

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/TheMix043EDOO

For 2024’s final instalment of The Mix, @eris-drew & @octoocta provide an hour of Motherbeat-infused ecstacy

"We wanted to do a proper, 128 BPM house mix. Our very ecstatic, house energy mix. It’s going to be just over an hour, because we want it to be in that radiant space for the entire time and play some of our older favourites, as well as newer favourites from our record bag over this past year. We’re not like ‘track of the week’ DJs, when we love something, it’s getting played over the span of a few years, sometimes even 10 years."

Tracklist + Q&A

The Mix 043: Eris Drew & Octo Octa

NATION!!! No, I cannot believe what happened there at Wäldchen opening. You have no idea what this meant to me y'all! Thank you for being there from the first to the last second! I will never forget this <3

Also this will be my last set uploaded as "Baerbelle" as this was my name on the lineup. From now on you will find all of my sounds under "Baerbel". <3
THANK YOU!!! Bushida for this amazing intro and thank you Paula Zoe for mastering this set.

Baerbel @ Nation of Gondwana 2025 │ Opening Wäldchen 18.07.25

what did you do on your forgotten days? 🫧

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tracklist:

01. town cars - go outside
02. something inside my body - ulla
03. wave atlas - marcus fischer
04. shopping list - khotin
05. meeting and partings - jj+js
06. just a thought - relmic statute
07. birds 03 - go outside
08. points of inflection / sunburnt eyes - daily rituals
09. log_20241118 - log by miyauchi yuri
10. field of dreams - robin allender
11. distant breakfast highway - ezekiel honig
12. never walk home alone at night - sonmi451
13. goodnight in muav ♭ - elijah jamal asani
14. however far i walk - the humble bee
15. swallow & electronic swallow(2023 rainy season) - sugai ken

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pictures from my private collection

forgotten days

Sägewerk Sunrising Set was Amazing!!! Big Thanks to Khis Dapaze crew for this amazing festival
Smau and Flocke reunited as the dynamic duo “Space In Your Face”, they bring an hour of joyful, high-energy house—fast, funky, and laced with deep, emotive grooves.

Space in your Face @ Sägewerk 2025

After 21 years of DJing, I played at my friends’ wedding for the very first time. The night before, I asked the groom what kind of tracks they liked. He just said, “Didn’t you see the Telegram group with the wedding playlists as inspiration?” I hadn’t. My week was so fully packed but when I finally checked, I found the group buried between ominous Berlin afterhour chats — and was stunned to see that the bride and groom had carefully prepared 80 danceable tracks for us DJs.

So I started building my set around their selection. There was plenty of overlap with my own library, especially with a lot of classics from the time of the rising of Berlin's electronic music scene.  I bought a few songs I didn’t have already, and then added another 100 from my collection. While preparing, I got goosebumps. The love in that music reminded me exactly why I became a DJ in the first place: to share songs with friends and craft compilations meant especially for one person — or, in this case, two.

The wedding itself was so beautiful I could have cried. And I did. Right after the very first transition, when I looked up and saw the couple dancing together deeply in love in the front row. From then on it was pure bliss — everyone swept up inside the warm bubble of love’s magic.

Cotumo - The Wedding DJ Set That Made Me Cry Behind the Decks

Alias: Jini Piju @jini-piju
Pronouns: They / Them
Location: Berlin
Collective: DISKOflausch
Residency: Cashmere Radio
Name of the mix: Between After Hour & Rave
About the mix: House has endless possibilities. For me, it is not about being able to define, if it’s house, techno or something in between. I’m all here for the in-betweens of both genres & I love to mix various styles to tell a story that’s entertaining, that’s outside the box – maybe even challenging. Because it's very likely that I'll take you from the after hour to a rave, from 120 to 140 bpm, before you even realize it. What I love most about House music: it’s vocal. It literally communicates, it talks to you, it’s sexy, it’s queer, it’s blooming, it’s grooving, it opens up. And that’s also how I like to see a crowd. House is about layers and side quests – not labels. Not a one way street. This mix is special to me, because I got the chance to transport what I like most about DJing & House. That is: evoking a moment of surprise for the listeners, but also myself when it comes to the combination of all the different vibes I love in various genres. Because in the end it’s about creating irritation, strong feelings, being loud, proud & in community – that’s what House is and does.

#tracklist
01. Karen Young – Hot Shot (Joey Negro Sure Shot Mix) [Z Records, 2013]
02. CeCe Peniston – Hit By Love (Def Classic 12" Mix) [A&M, 1994]
03. Negrocan – Cada Vez (Grant Nelson Dub) [Vendetta Records, 2000]
04 . Delano Smith ft. Diamondancer – A Message For the DJ (Jimpster Red Light Remix) [Still Music, 2005]
05. Terrence Parker – I Love The Way U Hold Me (TP's Bangin' House Re-Edit) [Intangible Records, 2019]
06. Breezy S – Pisco! [Perfecto Estado, 2025]
07. S.U.R.E. – In The Basement [Self-released, 2025]
08. Doechii – Robbie Otis Flip [Self-released, 2025]
09. Marc Cotterell – Inside Deep! [Soul Revolution Records, 2022]
10. Yesca – On My Mind [Happiness Therapy, 2025]
11. eRWA – House Music [Self-released, 2025]
12. Forbid – Cunty Tool [Self-released, 2025]
13. Body Clinic – Good Things Will Come [Neptune Discs, 2025]
14. S.U.R.E. – ENERGY 1 [Self-released, 2025]
15. JQL – Make a Move [WAFT, 2025]
16. Kiara Scuro – Akrasia [Haŵs, 2025]
17. William Kiss – The Beat [Rekids, 2024]
18. Max Wagner – Don't Push It [WAFT, 2025]
19. J Wax – Uber [Unit Two Records, 2019]
20. Turk Turkelton – All Colours Are Beautiful (1312 Mix) [Typeless Records, 2019]
21. Siesta Foundsystem – Sum Of No Experiences [Typeless Records, 2019]
22. Jpeg – Acid Lovestory [Records DK, 2025]
23. Solitaire Gee – Slumberland (Finn Eden Garage Re-Edit) [independent/self-published by Finn Eden, 2025]
24. GOVNAH – PONZI SCHEME (GONAH DUB) [Self-released, 2025]
25. Drua – Nightfire [Punctuality, 2025]
26. Malugi – Rollin Back [HABIBI BASS, 2021]
27. Julie Desire – Rock The House [CORRESPONDANT, 2025]
28. Escape Artist – Ascension [Craigie Knowes, 2024]

House of Others #129 | JINI PIJU | Between After Hour & Rave

Two control freaks, one booth — deep in EQ gymnastics and mutual regulation mode.
Half the evidence now spinning freely on SoundCloud.

André Dancekowski b2b karete bu unleashed at KATER Berlin.


andré dancekowski & karete bu @KATER

What a Playground is a platform run by @lenabrecht aiming to feature emerging artists who share her passion for various facets of House music. A space of warm tunes, soft vibes, energetic melodies and new encounters. 

What a Playground aims to create an open and safer space for especially FLINTA* and BIPoC artists, encouraging them to play first sets to an appreciative, curious and diverse crowd. Curating DIY gatherings since summer 2022, the format is not only about creating pleasure and joy, but also about caring for each other. During each gathering we invite everybody to support a trusted organization whose work helps underrepresented people.

Here on SoundCloud sets from our community will be shared. Furthermore, this accounts aims to push the visibility of FLINTA* and BIPoC producers/artists.

What a Playground was co-initiated by @josi_ane who's focussing on different projects since August 2024. Thanks for sharing your energy, time and passion with us.

If you want to share your music with us or talk about any kind of booking or collab please reach out via mail: hi2whataplayground@gmail.com

Toni Biscotti at zest x What a Playground | Gelato Disco Berlin, 19/10/24

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