Bridging the Gap July 23, 2025

*Jenova 7 & Eddie Shinn: "Flying Cabs" (A Cosmic Safari 2016) Boston multi-media artist Michael J. Sirois is Jenova 7. He plays trip hop, downt. & inst. hip hop. Eddie Shinn is a Russian prod. from Ulyanovsk.

*RJD2: "Trunk Of My Computer (Inst.)" (The STS Instrumentals 2015) Amer. hip hop/electronic prod. & DJ, Ramble Jon Krohn is RJD2. He runs his own record label RJ's Electrical Connections.

*Skeletons: "Marathon Man" (Smile 2010) Benedic Lamdin is a musician, prod. & eng. He produced records as Nostalgia 77 and owns the Impossible Ark label. This album is a collection of "scraps of sound" left by musicians that played with him on other projects assembled by Lamdin.

*Sono Rhizmo: "O Telefone" (Sono Rhizmo 2010) Sono Rhizmo is a project of Mo' Horizon's comp. prod. Ralf Droesemeyer incorporating funk, soul & other styles into covers, remixes & original compositions.

*Rosalia De Souza: "Samba Lounge" (D'Improvviso 2009) Rosalia De Souza is a Brazilian bossa nova singer who studied music theory, Cuban perc. & jazz in Rome.

*Zuco 103: "O Chao Daqui" (Tripicalismo 2019) Dutch Latin electro pop band from Amsterdam with lead vox by Braz. Lilian Viera, keys by Stefan Schmid & drums by Stefan Kruger.

*Spanish Gold: "Shangri La" (South Of Nowhere 2014) Amer. indie rock trio with drummer Patrick Hallahan (My Morning Jacket), guit. Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas, Brownout, Grupo Fantasma) & guit. lead vox Dante Schwebel (Hacienda.)

*T Bone Burnett: "Stunned feat. Stan Lynch & Andy Williams" (Proof Through The Night 1983) T Bone Burnett is Amer. prod. songwr. & musician Joseph Henry Burnett III. Stan Lynch is prod. songwr. & founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. 

*Talking Heads: "Hey Now" (True Stories 1986) Amer. rock band formed in 1975 & disbanded in 1991. Led by David Byrne lead vox comp. & guit. Chris Frantz drums, Tina Weymouth bass & Jerry Harrison keys, guit. This album True Stories was also a motion picture.

*Tape Five: "Burn The City feat. Brenda Boykin" (Soiree Deluxe 2017) Tape Five are a German nu jazz band playing Latin, Lounge & electro swing led by prod. songwr. Martin Strathausen. Brenda Boykin is an Amer. jazz, soul & blues singer.

*Anne Schnell & JoJo Effect: "Stranded" (May I Think Of You ) JoJo Effect was founded in 2005 by producers, multi-insts. Jaycay (musician, comp. prod. Jurgen Kausemann) & Maxim Ilion (Martin Kratzenstein of CdB.) Anne Schnell is a German singer actress & model.

*Zouzoulectric: "Cha Cha Zouzou" (The Hopper 2016) Led by musician, prod. comp. Jurgen Kausemann with effortlessly elegant jazz singer Nelly Simon as the heart of the group.

*Zimpala: "Kove feat. Jazzmar" (The Breeze Is Black 2003) Nu jazz, downt. project from DJ Frederic Beneix (BNX.)

HOUR 2

*Tokyo Groove Jyoshi: "Funk Spirit" (We Are TGJ ) TGJ are Rina Hoshino comp. bass vox, Emi Kanazashi keys, vox & MiMi Kawakami drums vox. They play jazz, funk & groove music.

*Uyama Hiroto: "Climbed Mountain" (A Son Of The Sun 2008) Uyama Hiroto is a Jap. saxophonist, comp. multi-inst. & prod. He collaborated frequently with Nujabes (Jun Seba.)

*Jiro Inagaki & Soul Big Media: "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Jazz & Rock Out 1970) Jap. saxophonist & band leader Jiro Inagaki was one of the central figures in the development of jazz rock in Japan.

*Timewarp Inc. "I'll Be OK" Inst." (Theory Of Revolution Inst. 2019) Originally a band and now the solo project of Greek arr. comp. prod. & keys Angelos Stoumpos, Timewarp Inc. features electronic funk, house, lounge music.

*The Bamboos: "Golden Rough" (Step It Up 2006) Australian deep funk outfit led by New Zealand born guit. comp. prod. Lance Ferguson.

*Sugarman Three: "Funky So-And-So" (Pure Cane Sugar 2002) NYC based funky boogaloo band led by prod. comp. sax Neal Sugarman. He also co-founded the Dap-Kings who backed soul singer Sharon Jones.

*Bitman & Roban: "El Hechizo" (Musica Para Después De Almuerzo 2005) Chilean DJ Bitman (Jose Antonio 'Toto' Bravo) & Roban (Christian Powditch) mix electo, funk, hip hop, latin & lounge for their distinct sound.

*Empresarios: "The Vibes feat. Ephniko" (The Vibes 2015) Amer. latin fusion funk band from Wash DC play music described as "Tropicaliente!" Ephniko is a bi-lingual emcee, songwr. & prod.

*Sonido De La Frontera: "Sonando" (Sonidero Guerrillero 2021) SDLF play a mixture of the different sounds of the south of California from San Diego to the Mexican border. It is cumbia with a production approach similar to hip hop & electronic music.

*Nickodemus: "2 Sips  Magic feat. The NY Gypsy Allstars" (Sun People 2009) NY DJ prod. Nick DeSimone is Nickodemus known for his international melange of styles and grooves. NY Gypsy Allstars are classically trained virtuosi that play music ranging from swinging salsa to pulsing bhangra.

*Mungal & Nitin Sahwney: "Awake" (Dreadlocks 2000) Mungal Patasar is a sitar player from Trinidad. Nitin Sahwney is a Brit. musician, prod. & comp. & multi-inst. 

*Beats Antique: "Vesper Star feat. Alam Khan" (Shadowbox 2016) Beats Antique is a world music fusion group from Oakland Ca. Alam Khan is a comp. & master Sarode player from Bangladesh.

*Shawn Lee: "Indian Summer" (Moods And Grooves 2005) Amer. prod. comp. multi-inst. living in London.