Flowriders - Starcraft (2005)

The debut album of the the Dutch outfits Flowriders.

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Planet Lounge - Nazim (2005)

Planet Lounge are Naoki Kenji (keyboards, electronics), Hakim Ludin (percussion, voc.), and Christoph Spendel (piano). As Planet lounge, apart from appearing in various chill out compilations (Bar Lounge Classic,Budha Groove, etc) they released two full length albums " Electric Bolero" in 2002 and "Nazim" in 2005 which contains 11-tracks of deep soulful down tempo jams.

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Talbot And White - Off The Beaten Track (1996)

Debut album of duo Mick Talbot (Style council,Soundscape UK) and Steve White (Style Council, Paul Weller) released in 1996. They are assisted by Mark Van Der Gucht, bassist Yolanda Charles, saxophonist Alan Barnes and Mark Feltham (harmonica). Using the Style Council's stylish, soulful pop as a foundation, they created a collection of light, jazzy soul-pop tracks.

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Man Ray Vol. I (2001)

A 2001 compilation album from the Milan label -- Man Ray Volume 1 which finds Bruno Evin, Djamel Hammadi, and Julio Black, taking acid jazz, ambient and electronica to new heights with a flawless mix of influential music that spans the globe; they combine European and Asian musicianship with the jazz traditions of the Americas. With artists such as Dzihan & Kamien-Dampfschiff, Nitin Sawhney, Azymuth, Lemon Jelly and others.

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Tab Two - Belle Affaire (1996)

Tab Two are German Jazz duo joo Kraus and Helmut Hattler playing jazz with a twist of hip hop.

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Millenia Nova - Nice Mysterious Heavy Stuff (1996)

Millenia Nova is a German electronic duo from Munich consisting of Mathias Neuhauser and Michael Meinl. "Nice mysterious heavy Stuff" is their first full length album released in 1996.

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The Super Groovers - Supergroovin' (2007)

The Super Groovers consists of a core group of two super talented musicians Frank Villafranca playing tenor, alto and soprano saxophones and Andrew D. Gordon playing keyboards, guitar, bass, computer programming, creating modern jazz/funk/latin/blues tunes influenced from the 60’s & 70s with great grooves, catchy melodies and plenty of atmosphere.

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A Bossa Electrica - Electrificacao (2004)

From Sweden A Bossa Elétrica is a collective of musicians and music connoisseurs that love all aspects of the Brazilian music heritage.Their music is recorded 100% live and their music could be described as the missing link between new acts like Da Lata and classic artists like Djavan, Joyce, Marcos Valle or Jorge Ben. “Electrificação”, which was released on Raw Fusion in 2004 is their debut album with mostly self-written compositions but one or two covers including Airto Moreira’s Tombo In 7/4.

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Bebek

I. Bebek (2005)

Bebek are Lynn Michalopoulos - vocals; Nick Michalopoulos - keys; Frank Vasile - guitar; and Anthony Matthews from Philadelphia. Their music do sound like Massive Attack or Portishead but not always. They describe their music as " A polished soundscape of electronic psych.... with European experimentation and the American soul intact" which perhaps all they are saying is that they play music with various influences and cross genres. Their latest album is "Smile, Broadcast Tattoos" which you can purchase here.

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II. Open Eyes (2006)



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Helèn Eriksen

I. Lovevirgin (1998)

From Norway, the saxophone player, singer, songwriter and arranger, Helen Eriksen has made her marks when she worked with the Norwegian hip- hop producer Tommy Tee to release her debut album "Standard" in 1996. "Lovevirgin" is the folow up album and is a continuation of her work with Tommy Tee blending lite-jazz with hip hop and rap. Working still with Tommy Tee, in 2006 she released "Small Hall Classic" which in essence a further refinement from her previous releases and this time with more funky hip hop beats plus some acid overtones.

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II. Small Hall Classic (2006)



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Crazy P - The Wicked Is Music (2002)

Crazy P is Chris Todd, Jim Baron, Danielle Moore, Tim Davies and Mat Klose an electronic/dance outfits from the UK. "The Wicked is Music" is their second outing with an infectuos blend of funk and house. Their latest album is "Stop Space Return " released in 2008.

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The Lithium Project - Many Worlds Theory (2003)

Jason Farrall and Kenny Clarke are the masterminds of The Lithium Project . Many Worlds Theory is their second release mixing downtempo jazz funk with an infusion of acid and electronica.

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Lorbi - Ring (2007)

From trip hop's ashes, "RING", the debut album of the Italian project LORBI. Lorenzo Bianchi's producer and musician skills bring Odette Di Maio's clean voice to the surface of an ocean of manipulated sounds, light noises, whispered words, warm basses, unusual rhythms.

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Groove Collective - Best (2005)

A compilation of the three Groove Collective's recordings with Shanachie namely " Dance of the Drunken Master (1998)", " Declassified (1999)", and " It's All in Your Mind (2001)".

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Cinnabar - Rhythm Plate (2001)

A decent 2001 compilation with artists such De Phazz, Buscemi, Les Nubians, Mo' Horizons, Thievery Corporation, and others.

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Heights of Abraham - Two Thousand And Six

Downtempo production team Heights of Abraham are Sim Lister, the brains behind 23 Records, vocalist Jake Harries and Steve Cobby, 1/2 of Fila Brazillia. 'Two Thousand and Six', apart from being the first Heights record where everything is under their control, is their first since 'Humidity' (1993) and 'Electric Hush' (1994).

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Fade Out Vision - Mother Earth (2003)

From Ishtar/Milano 2000 label Italy, a debut album from Fade Out Vision which surprised everyone with their intense soul and funk elements mix up with deep fender rhodes sounds, grooving basslines, and incredible vocals. Their track have appeared in some of the acid jazz/nu jazz compilation album such as the Milano Lounge 2008.

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V.A. Metti Una Bossa A Cena

I. Metti Una Bossa A Cena Vol. 1 (2000)

A well crafted compilation of rare bossa materials from Italy! the tracks all 20 of them mostly derived from a selection of 70's Italian film soundtracks; the compilation is very well selected despite some of the artists are not very well known (at least outside of Italy).

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II. Metti Una Bossa A Cena Vol. 2 (2001)

The second volume of the series and this time Schema's Gerardo Frisina served up and do the selection for all 16 tracks with even more flair than the 1st volume.

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Urban Visions - Urban Songs (2005)

From Norway, Urban Visions always play their own music composed by the main man Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred. "Urban Songs" is their debut release as a group. Some call their Music as modern acoustic jazz, others call it jazz with a beat and others would not call it jazz at all, but certainly their music offer different influences, styles and modes. See their website.

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Airbus - Bombonera (2004)

Satoshi Higuchi is Airbus a Japanese breakbeat, Nu Jazz outfit in the same vein with Kyoto Jazz Massive or Jazzanova. He is also active in Novo Tempo with DJ Shohei Mitani and Saigenji.

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