Kobayashi - Strange Lights And Resolutions (2005)

A trippy jazz band based in Montreal with a very curious name as apparently there is no one in the band bearing the Kobayashi last name. A little bit jazz, a little bit rock, and a little bit funk, Kobayashi's "Strange Lights and Resolutions" is indeed something to listen to. Comprised of seven musicians playing 18 different instruments plus one vocalist (Rosina Kazi), the band has an innumerable amount of influences pounding down on their sound. To describe the group maybe as electronica with real instruments or rather jazz with electronics as they played the soprano sax, turntables, Roland XP-30 synthesizer, and flute to live in harmony. The band performed extensively throughout Northern America, however, "Strange Lights and Resolutions" is their first and last full lenght album as they were disbanded in early 2007.

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Gerd

I. Gerd - High, Wide and Wonderful ! (2001)



Second album from Gerd (Holland's Gert-Jan Bijl). Released under Life Enhancing Audio label, Gerd is blending live instruments and electronics and flies into downtempo territory with flares of soul, latin and jazz.

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II. Modified :Selected Remixes (2003)



"Modified" is a collection on remixes Gerd did for other acts, commissioned or uncommissioned, plus a remix of one of their own tracks by friend.

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Baby Mammoth

I. 10,000 Years Beneath The Street (1996)



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Mark "Bliss" Blissenden and Andrew "Burdy" Burdall are the brain of the downbeat/electronica duo Baby Mammoth. The duo honed Baby Mammoth's downtempo formula to have a more acid jazz edge than any other act of the genre. Recording under Pork label their debut release "10,000 YEARS BENEATH THE STREETS" have all the right flavors to their original stew of hip-hop, house, jazz, and techno. On "MOTION WITHOUT PAIN" their 6th full release, Baby Mammoth deliver grooves that playfully fused percussion, live drum, keyboard vamps, jazz guitar, and horns with the resulting output of nine tasty and funky tracks.

II. Motion Without Pain (2000)



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Jamhunters

I. Jamhunters (2006)



From Copenhagen Denmark comes some serious smooth jazz funk. Jamhunters are Peter Michael, keyboard and Lars Fabiansen, guitar. The repertoire consists of own compositions in a style that can be described as a mix of smooth jazz/lounge music mixed with pop- funk- and Latin-rhythms.

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II. Music Speaks Louder Than Words (2008)




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Burdy - 42 (2004)

First Burdy began to DJ back in 1993, initially house music moved on to DJing Hip-Hop, Abstract Beats and Blunted Techno.In late 1994, started recording as one half of Baby Mammoth on Pork Recordings with Mark Blissenden, and releasing a debut album in August 1996. Hip Hop, Abstract Beats and Techno are all a consideration in this album as Burdy moves on into beats broken & twisted,almost moving into the world of nu-jazz, breaks & house.

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Da Lata

I. Da Lata - Songs From The Tin (2000)

The London-based Brazilian fusion group Da Lata established themselves long before it became fashionable for a dance act to quote South American forms. In 1992, the group's core members - Christian Franck (Smoke City) and Patrick Forge - formed Batu, which played numerous live gigs and recorded a couple of songs for Big Cheeze in Paris and for the excellent Rebirth of Cool, Vol. 4.
After several years of group inactivity, the duo re-formed in the summer of 1998 as Da Lata and invited Portuguese percussionist Oli Savill and Brazilian singer Lilana Chachian to join the band. Da Lata released Songs From the Tin in 2000. Respectfully interpreting Brazilian musical styles from their predominately Western European perspective, Da Lata blended Savill's live percussion and Chachian's authentic Brazilian vocals with Franck's gentle guitar work and Forge's production.
The Remixes album released in 2002 and is a compilation of some of their finest remixes; it includes such club anthems as Femi Kuti's 'beng, Beng, Beng', and Da Lata's Own Signature Tune 'ponteio'.




II. Da Lata - Remixes (2002)

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The Brand New Heavies

I. The Acid Jazz Years (2001)


(Metro Music)

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II. The Platinum Collection (2006)


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