Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap June 25, 2025 *The EEs & Reggie Worthy: "I Mean Soul" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) Comp. prod. guit. Claus Hartisch & comp. prod. keyboardist Andre Neundorf are The EEs (Eclectic Experiences.) They are joined by Amer. soul veteran bassist, songwr. prod. & vox Reggie Worthy on this cut. *Go.Soul.Map. & Derane Obika: "Hold The Line" (Peaceful Sound For Broken Minds 2024) Ital. Salvo Bruno "Dub" is prod. & performer along with UK/Nigerian sing/songwr. Derane Obika. *De-Phazz & Oli Rubow: "Sick Sailor" (presents De-Drums 2024) Another absolute gem from Germ. prod. comp. sound-painter Pit Baumgartner. This cut features Germ. organic & electronic drummer Oli Rubow. *Tokyo Groove Jyoshi: "Hello Mr. Q" (We Are TGJ 2025) TGJ is an all female Jap. jazz/funk group feat. Emily Kanazashi (keys, vox) MiMi Kawakami (drums, vox, comp.) & Rina Hoshino (bass, vox, comp.) They were brought together by Jap. p...

Bridging the Gap June 18, 2025 *Isabelle Antena: "Sous Les Paves" (Sous Influences 2017) Isabelle Antena (Powaga) is a French pop & jazz singer. She began her career with the trio Antena. As a solo performer she was particularly popular in Japan. *Banda Magda: "Reine De Bois" (Tigre 2017) Greek comp. multi-inst. singer & dynamic performer Magda Giannikou is the leader of Banda Magda. She sings in French, Greek, Spanish & Portuguese with her diverse bandmates. *Zimpala: "Le Pays D'Alice" (Honeymoon 2006) Zimpala is a nu-jazz downt. project directed by Frederic Beneix (DJ BNX) French DJ & prod. Noemie Brosset provides the sultry vocals for the Bordeaux Collective. *Farofa Carioca: "A Lei Da Bala" (Moro No Brasil 1998) Farofa Carioca is a Braz. group playing samba, pop & funk with a political bent founded in 1997. Seu Jorge was their composer. He was also an actor & cites samba schools & Stevie Wonder as his musical i...

Bridging the Gap June 11, 2025 *Quantic & Sly5thAve: "Twang" (DJ Kicks-Quantic 2025) Quantic is Brit. multi-inst. comp. prod. Will Holland. Sly5thAve is TX multi-inst. comp. arr. & prod. Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka II. They join on this cut fm Quantic's latest release DJ Kicks. *RJD2: "Another Dime From Messoud" (Visions Out Of Limelight 2024) Amer. hip. hop elec. prod. & DJ  RJD2 is Ramble Jon Krohn making his own music since 2001. *Thievery Corporation: "Fragments" (Culture Of Fear 2011) Thievery Corp. are Amer. electronic duo of Rob Garza & Eric Hilton. They met in 1995 at Wash. DC's Eighteenth St. Lounge and have been making music together ever since. *Say She She: "Questions" (Silver 2023) Say She She is a Brooklyn based female led band feat. Nya Gazelle Brown, Piya Malik & Sabrina Miles Cunningham, all classically trained singers who write songs together. *Ursula 1000: "Gimme A Sign feat. Emma Noble" (Sin...