Bridging The Gap July 5, 2023

*Ursula 1000: "The Neptune Freeze feat. Fred Schneider" (Esoterique 2019) NY multi-inst. producer Alex Gimeno created "retro-future" sound from varied influences.  FS: Lead singer for The B-52's

*Thunderball: "12 Mile High" (12 Mile High 2010) Wash. DC based trio Steve Raskin, Sid Barcelona & Rob Myers play electro/funk on the Eighteenth Street Lounge label.

*Public Service Broadcasting: "Gagarin" (The Race For Space 2014) London based duo J. Willgoose, Esq. on guitar, banjo, other stringed inst. & electronic inst. Wrigglesworth on drums, piano and elect. inst. Use archival footage & public info. films to "teach the lessons of the past through music of the future."

*Vintage League Music: "Slammin' feat. Kris Yunker, Will Blades, Mike Dillon" (Family Album Vol. 1 2020) Kris Yunker funk/soul Hammond organist leads this VLM group w/Will Blades organist/multi-inst.& Mike Dillon perc. vibist & vox. VLM collective/label started by Alan Evans (Soulive, etc.)

*Mr. Confuse: "Fast Lane" (Only A Man 2018) German producer, composer, arranger & DJ playing hip hop, Afro, electro, latin & funk.

*Lucky Brown: "Steamed Greens, Pt. 2" (Lucky Brown's Space Dream 2011) Am. musician, composer & label owner Joel Ricci. (Seattle based Westsound Recording Collective) LB alias & stage persona explores deep funk past to musically map soul's path from underground to outer space.

*Sadistic Mika Band: "Dontaku" (Black Ship 1974) Japanese glam/rock/funk band led by Kazuhiko Kato guit. w/ singer/wife Mika Kato, drummer Hiro Tsunoda (replaced by Yukihiro Takahashi) & guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka. 

*Harry Hosono & The Yellow Magic Band: "Shambhala Signal" (Paraiso 1978) Haruomi Hosono Jap. multi-inst. prod., singer/songwriter. Considered to be one of the most influential figures in Jap. pop history.

*Yukihiro Takahashi: "New (Red) Roses" (Neuromantic 1981) Jap. musician, singer, producer & actor. Drummer & lead vox for Yellow Magic Orchestra, (formed with R. Sakamoto & H. Hosono) & drums for Sadistic Mika Band. Recorded 37 solo albums

*Ocote Soul Sounds: "Agua Santa" (Taurus 2016) Founded by Martin Perna NY multi-inst., producer, singer  (also Antibalas) teamed up w/multi-inst. Adrian Quesada when his car broke down in Austin on a trip to Mexico. 'Ocote' is Aztec language Nahuatl referring to a Mexican pine tree, used to start fires.

*Los Lobos: "Angels With Dirty Faces" (Kiko 1992) Am. rock band from East LA playing rock, TexMex, country, folk, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues & brown-eyed soul, cumbias, boleros & nortenos. 

*Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: "Navidad" (La Salvacion De Solo Y Juan 2016) Argentinian ska band from Buenos Aires. Released first album 1986. One of the most influential ska bands in Latin America. Lead singer Gabriel Fernandez Capello (Vicentico) & bassist vocalist Flavio Cianciarulo (Sr. Flavio) founded LFC and perform most of the songwriting & lyrics.

*Money Chicha: "Pacifico" (Chicha Summit 2021) Austin Tx band playing psychedelic cumbia music based on the 'Chicha' music of Colombia & Peru of the 60s & 70s

HOUR 2

*Mondo Grosso: "Overflowing feat. Mika Nakashima" (Big World ) Composer, musician & DJ Shinichi Osawa (leader & bassist of group Mondo Grosso, Kyoto 1991.) MN: Jap. singer/actress

*Pizzicato Five: "Good (Samoan Attorney Mix)" (Combinaison Speciale EP: Pizzicato Five In Dub 1997) Japanese pop duo of Maki Nomiya, vox & Yasuharu Konishi songwr., guitar, keys & vox

*Buscemi: "Twisted Lovers feat. Kyoko Baertsoen" (Nite People 2012) Belgian DJ producer Dirk Swartenbroek makes dance music with a warm feel. Named himself after Steve Buscemi a favorite actor. KB: Belgian vocalist, producer & songwriter

*Bryan Ferry: "This Is Tomorrow" (In Your Mind 1977) English singer/songwriter best know as front man for Roxy Music. Began solo career in 1973 & disbanded Roxy Music in 1983 to focus on solo career.

*Roxy Music: "The Main Thing" (Avalon 1982) Formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson. Other members included Phil Manzanera (guit.) & Andy Mackay (sax & oboe)

* Phil Manzanera & Robert Wyatt: "Frontera" (1975) Philip Geoffrey Tartett-Adams born London, Eng. guitarist & producer came to fame as the lead guitarist for Roxy Music.

*Pit Baumgartner & Joo Kraus: "I Sing (Trumpet Version)" (Low Sky Sketches 2014) PB: German/ Austrian soundpainter/sound designer founder of De-Phazz. JK: German trumpet player & keyboardist

*De-Phazz: "Cougar feat. Barbara Lahr & Tubilah" (Jelly Banquet 2022) German band led by P. Baumgartner downt. jazz, soul, latin, trip hop & lounge. BL: German singer, bassist, guitarist, comp., prod. Tubilah: German guitarist/songwriter

*The Dining Rooms: "Art Is A Cat feat. Beatrice Velasco Moreno" (Art Is A Cat 2022) Jazz & electronic duo Stefano Ghittoni & Cesare Malfatti. BVM: 

*David Nesselhauf: "Never Take It feat. Soulamadou" (Afronaut II; The Lowbrow Manifesto 2018) German bassist, composer member of Diazpora & Hamburg Spinners fuses krautrock with afrobeat to create 'afrokraut': raw funk, stoner rock & tasty jazz

*Chicago Afrobeat Project: "White Rhino feat. Tony Allen & Ugochi" (What Goes Up 2017) 7-14 piece world music ensemble playing afrobeat, hip hop, jazz, juju music, funk & rock. TA: Afrobeat pioneer drummer w/Fela Kuti  Ug: Nigerian singer, songwr. poet & teaching artist

*The Souljazz Orchestra: "Tambour A Deux Peaux" (Under Burning Skies 2017) Canadian Afro-jazz-funk band from Ottawa. 

*The Hykkers: "I Want A Break Thru'" (Single 1972) Nigerian army engineered band from Lagos.