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" (Single-2021) Ursula 1000 is prod. comp. multi-inst. Alex Gimano out of NYC. Emma Noble is a Brit. sing/songwr. & designer.
*Flevans: "Dreamer" (Stand Tall 2024) Nigel Evans is a Brit. multi-inst. DJ & prod. from Brighton. His diverse sound is based in funk, soul & electronica. 

*The Bamboos: "If Not Now (Then When) feat. Durand Jones" (Hard Up 2021) The Bamboos are an Aussie deep funk outfit led by guit. prod. comp. Lance Ferguson. Durand Jones is an Amer. sing. with his own band Durand Jones & The Indications.
*Aja West & Friends: "I Don't Need Love" (Total Recall 2012) Aja West (Alex Cheever) was a multi-inst. comp. prod. who didn't read music, but felt the funk in a deep way. This album feat. Reggie Watts on vox & synths.
*Black Pumas: "Fire" (Black Pumas 2019) Psych. soul group from Austin TX feat. Multi-inst. prod. comp. Adrian Quesada & sing/songwr. Eric Burton who moved to Austin after a time busking on the Santa Monica pier and met Adrian Quesada in 2018.

*Blktop Project: "A New Line" (Concrete Jungle 2016) Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee & Matt Rodriguez were all skaters on tour together where they began recording. They later came together to form Blktop Project.
*Ray Barbee: "Manglenese" (Tiara For Computer 2018) Amer. pro skateboarder, comp. & multi-inst. Ray Barbee plays bass & lead on his guitar when playing live.
*AM & Shawn Lee: "Flashback (Inst.)" (Outlines (The Insts.) 2015) AM (Anthony Miller) is an Amer.  songwr. prod. comp. living in LA. Shawn Lee is a multi-inst. comp. prod. now living in London.
*Clutchy Hopkins: "3:06" (The Life Of Clutchy Hopkins 2005) CHopkins is credited as prod. arr. comp. but there is no information on his real identity. Please enjoy this wonderfully anonymous music.

HOUR 2

*Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: "Cosmic Changes (Inst.)" (Jazz Is Dead 019 2023) ASM is an Amer. comp. prod. DJ & rapper, AY is a comp. prod. arr. They are saluting jazz musicians with their series Jazz Is Dead. LLS is a jazz/funk pioneer.
*BADBADNOTGOOD: "Triangle" (III 2014) Matty Tavares is a Canadian musician, songwr. prod. & founder of BBNG. He is joined by bassist Chester Hansen, drummer Alex Sowinski & sax player Leland Whitty.
*Brian Jackson: "Num's Interlude" (Gotta Play 2000) Jackson is an Amer. soul/jazz keyboardist, flautist, sing. comp. & prod. He is known for his work with Gil Scott-Heron & is featured on the JID series.

*Buyepongo: "Pegao" (Todo Mundo 2016) Buyepongo is an LA based band playing their own 'Buyangu' sound which incorporates hip hop, punk, funk & jazz into an infectious mix of Latin culture.
*Frente Cumbiero: "Paratebueno feat. Theon Cross" (Inconcreto & Asociados 2025) Bogota, Colombia based cumbia band founded by Mario Galeano, Elbis Alvarez & Quantic. 
*Jueneco Y Su Combo: "Vacilando Con Ayahuasca" (Leyenda Amazonica 2016) Juaneco Y Su Combo is the most important band from Pucallpa, Peru known for their "cumbia selvatica" (cumbia from the jungle.) Formed in the early 60s by Juan Wong Paredes.

*Ipi Ntombi: "Ipi 'ntombi feat. Margaret Singana" (The Warrior 1973) The Warrior is a musical from So. Afr. writers Bertha Egnos & her daughter Gail Lakier. It starred So. Afr. singer Margaret Singana & was a hit in So. Afr. It also toured Europe, the US & Canada.
*Mahotella Queens: "Mantsentse" (Bazobuya 2004) So. Afr. mbaqanga group feat. orig. member Hilda Tioubatla & newer members Amanda Nkosi & Nonkululeko Maseko on vocals.
*Zonke & York: "Wena Wedwa" (The EarlyTapes... ) Zonke is So. Afr. sing/songwr. Zonke Dikana. Comp. prod. York is based between Germany & So. Afr. This song is sung in the Xhosa language.

*Misha Panfilov: "On The Hook" (Single- 2023) Estonian multi-inst. prod. Micha Panvilov plays psych funk with a definite world music flavor.
*Mr. Scruff: "Champion Nibble" (Trouser Jazz 2002) Mr. Scruff is Brit. DJ, prod. & artist Andrew Carthy. He produces quirky animations & visuals associated with his music.
*Stanton Moore: "For The Record" (Flyin' The Koop 2001) S Moore is an Amer. drummer born in Louisiana. He's been the drummer for Galactic, Garage A Trois & Bonerama as well as his solo efforts.
*Garage A Trois: "Dory's Day Out" (Power Patriot 2009) Hard & quirky jazz/funk from Stanton Moore, Skerik & Charlie Hunter.

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