Bridging the Gap November 20, 2024

*Jon Hassell & Farafina: "A Vampire Dances (Symmetry)" (Flash Of The Spirit 1988) Amer. trumpeter, comp. & author & creator of Fourth World musical style: a hybrid of music both ancient & digital, composed & improvised, Eastern & Western. Farafina: Musicians/dancers from Burkina Faso, W. Afr.
*Jimi Tenor: "Ghost Warrior feat. UMO" (Mysterium Magnum 2015) Finnish musician, composer & artist Lassi Lehto. UMO: New Music Orchestra (English trans.)
*David Nesselhauf: "The Routine" (Afrokraut 2016) German bass player, composer fuses krautrock & afrobeat for his 'afrokraut' sound. Also plays in Hamburg Spinners, Diazpora & Angels Of Libra.

*Club Des Belugas & Maya Fadeeva: "Fire" (Chameleon 2018) Russian-German sing/songwr., prod. Maya Fadeeva presented by CdB led by Maxim Ilion (Martin Kratzenstein) & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoefel) both keyboardists & producers.
*Say She She: "Questions" (Silver 2023) Brooklyn based, female led 7 piece band with sing/songwrs. Nya Gazelle Brown, Piya Malik & Sabrina Mileo Cunningham.
*The EEs & Juliet Ada: "Stand Up" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) Comp. prod. keys Andre Neundorf & comp. prod. guit. Claus Hartisch combine with German-Nigerian sing/songwr. Juliet Ada.

*Crowd Company: "Get Used To It" (Lowdown 2020) One of London's top soul/funk bands with their modern take on 70s soul funk. Produced by Soulive alum Alan Evans.
*Boulevards: "How Do Ya Feel" (Electric Cowboy: Born In Carolina Mud 2022) Jamil Rashad plays self described "southern fried Carolina funk!" He solidified his sound by calling in J.J. Whitefield of Poets Of Rhythm.
*Black Pumas: "Fire" (Black Pumas 2019) Multi-inst. prod. comp. Adrian Quesada & Sing/songwr. Eric Burton are BP. AQ is an Austin TX fixture and when EB ended up in Austin they came together as Black Pumas.

*Bidaide: "Nave Madre" (Single 2020) Contemporary band from Barcelona, SP playing soul, funk, psych rock reggae-dub & library music with Juan 'El Brujo' Cruz on guitar & vocals.
*Banda Magda: "El Pescador" (Yerakina 2014) International band of musicians led by comp. singer multi-inst. Magda Giannikou. She sings in Greek, English, French & Spanish.
*Bahama Soul Club: "Muevelo Papi Suonho Remix)" (The Havana Remixes 2017) German born, Portugal based group led by prod. comp. eng. Oliver Belz who began playing drums in kindergarten.
*Money Chicha: "Pacifico" (Chicha Summit 2021) Austin TX based band playing psychedelic cumbia & feat. members of Grupo Fantasma & Brownout.

HOUR 2

*Forro In The Dark: "Chororo" (Dia De Roda-EP 2008) NY based collective of Brazilian expatriates formed in 2002. Their 'forro' (percussion heavy rhythmic dance music) combines with rock, folk, jazz & country.
*Bossacucanova: "Consolacao feat. Silvio Cesar" (Best Of... ) Marcio Menescal & DJ Marcelinho Da Lua combine bossa nova & electronic music.
*Carlinhos Brown: "Derivado Petrolifero" (Semelhantes 2017) C Brown is a Brazilian singer, comp. percussionist & prod. blending funk, latin, R&B, soul, reggae & trad. Braz. percussion.

*Chris Joss: "Trembling Mic" (Tr 013 2022) Chris Joss is a French multi-inst. prod. comp. suffering from misophonia, an incapacitating condition involving repeating every day noises. This keeps him from performing live.
*Dr. Rubberfunk: "Slim's Mood" (My Life At 45 2020) British multi-inst.  prod. & DJ Simon Ward is also an avid remixer.
*The Electric Peanut Butter Company: "Fat Budda" (Trans-Atlantic Psych Classics, Vol. 1 2014) Amer. multi-inst. comp. prod. Shawn Lee living in London & Amer. multi-inst. comp. prod. Adrian Quesada met in 2010 and wanted to collaborate. They ended up sending music files back and forth which produced two volumes.

*Fanny: "Hey Bulldog" (Fanny Hill 1972) Amer. rock band active in the early 70s feat. June Millington on lead guit. and sister Jean on bass. They were one of the first all female rock groups to achieve commercial & critical success.
*Esperanza Spalding: "You Have To Dance (Feet)" (12 Little Spells 2020) Amer. bassist, sing/songwr & composer who's won 5 Grammys.
*Eric Lau: "Lily Of The Desert feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow" (One Of Many 2013) London based producer focuses on music that connects people & has a positive affect on society. GAM: Amer. sing/songwr. & prod.

*Fila Brazillia: "You Won't Let Me Rock" (The Life And Times Of Phoebus Brumal 2004) The UK duo of David McSherry & Steve Cobby began as FB in 1990. They both wanted more freedom than the write-gig-record treadmill they felt they were on.
*The Herbaliser: "Some Things (Inst)" (Bring Out The Sound 2018) Jazzy hip hop duo of Jake Wherry & Ollie Trattles from Twickenham, England. In 2021 Jake Wherry declared The Herbaliser finished.
*The Cheebacabra: "The Secret Agenda" (Exile In The Woods 2006) Psych funk fusion band formed by Paul Cheever when he parted ways with the Dust Brothers production team to work on his brother Aja West's Mackrosoft Records.
*Jenova 7 & Eddie Shinn: "Moon Dance" (A Cosmic Safari 2016) Boston based multi-media artist Michael J. Sirois is Jenova 7. Eddie Shinn is a Russian prod. Jenova 7 plays trip hop, downt. chill-out & inst hip hop.

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