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Spirit of the Sun
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by Kyoto Jazz Massive
Price:$16.98
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Kyoto Jazz Massive are one of my favorite artists. Hailing from Japan, these DJ's and musicians are some of the finest and have worked with a wide array of artists, from break-beat to bossa to soul to new jazz. They are Shuya Okino & Yoshihiro Okino and this particular release featured some terrific guest performers, one of which being Hajime Yoshizawa who had a heavy, heavy, heavy influence on keyboards and production. Picked this up in 2002 before the new Glucklich had come out and LOVED it. Check the introductory track "The Dawn Introduction", which has the soulful Vanessa Freeman on vocals. Great track, smooth and then that's Hajime Yoshizawa's magic on the keyboards (remember "I Am With You" feat. Nina Miranda?)! "Brightness of These Days" is an up-beat cut with great programming and vocals. Mind Expansions was one of the cool cuts that was released as a pre-release EP and it features Maiya James, while "Deep in Your Mind" has the popular Victor Davies on vocals, and I really dig that track. It has that classic KJM percussion. Then there's "Shine", which features Christian Franck (Smoke City, Da Lata, Batu, etc.) & Guida De Palma - both with a release titled "Jazzinho" from this year. But this isn't totally new stuff... "Eclipse" is here as is "Substream". But oddly... Calmaria doesn't feature. I really dig this release and highly recommend it. Kyoto Jazz Massive are on the Compost label (Jazzanova, Rainer Truby, Future Sound of Jazz, Beanfield, Faze Action, etc.) and they fit in PERFECTLY to their multi-national sound and nu-music experience. If you were a fan of "A Calmaria" and "Crossbreed" among others, you'll want to get your hands on this. Likewise just know that Kyoto Jazz massive have loads of other tracks out there but some are VERY pricey imports... like their "Crossbreed" series. But both the ones that I own I enjoy. And... KJM did an ep with Bebel Gilberto titled "The View From Her Room" that has a great jazzy feel with KJM's classic beats. Also check some of their remixes - they've done eveyrone from Ananda Project to Ingocnito to Fauna Flash to Jazzanova to Nicola Conte etc. etc. Also be sure to check out the Bossa Tres... Jazz series; specifically, "Step Into the Gallery"/Bossa Mundo from 2002 and "Bossa Tres... Jazz" from 1999.
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Spirit of the Sun
by Kyoto Jazz Massive
Price:$16.98
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