Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap August 27, 2025 *Vito Lalinga: "Bossa Breeze" (Precious 2025) Italian DJ & prod. Vito Lalinga began as a DJ in the 80s & began producing in the 2000s. His signature sound is jazz/funk & afro. He is also known under the moniker Vi Mode Inc. Project. *Dr. Rubberfunk: "Bombay Bossa" (Northern Comfort 2010) Brit. multi-inst. prod. & DJ Simon Ward is Dr. Rubberfunk known for southern funk, psych., cool jazz & sultry grooves. *Bei Bei & Shawn Lee: "Bei's Bossa" (Into The Wind 2010) Bei Bei is a Chinese ghuzeng player who crosses trad. Chinese folk music with jazz & soul. Shawn Lee is an Amer. multi-inst. prod. comp. living in the UK. *Lanu & Meg Washington: "Fall" (Her 12 Faces 2011) Lance Ferguson is a New Zealand born prod. comp. guit. & DJ living in Australia. He fronts The Bamboos & several other groups as well as Lanu. M Washington is an Australian sing/songwr. & pianist. *Kylie Auld...

Bridging the Gap August 20, 2025 *Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: "Spiritual Ideation" (JID006 2021) G Bartz Amer. jazz alto sax, AY comp. prod. ASM DJ, comp. prod. rapper. AY & ASM founded JID in 2017 to pay tribute to the past & forge boldly into the future of jazz. *Makaya McCraven: "Sunset" (Deciphering The Message 2012) Amer. jazz drummer & prod. prefers the organic method of recording rather than highly produced works. *Misha Panfilov & Shawn Lee: "Deep Sea Oddities" (Paradise Cove 2020) MP is an Estonian multi-inst. comp. & prod. Shawn Lee is an Amer. multi-inst. prod. comp. living in London. SLee is the king of collab. and this album is a fine example. *Mo' Horizons: "Back To Melbourne feat. Gypsy Brown" (...and The Banana Soundsystem 2011) Germ. duo of prods. Ralf Droesemeyer & Mark 'Foh' Wetzler mixing electronica, jazz, latin, soul & funk. Gypsy Brown (Elvis Aljus) is a drum...

Bridging the Gap August 13, 2025 *Banda Magda: "Reine De Bois" (Tigre 2017) Greek sing. comp. & multi-inst. Magda Giannakou is the dynamic leader of Banda Magda,  a NYC based international group of talented musicians. *Isabelle Antena: "La Pecheresse A La Ligne" (Late Night Reworks ) Isabelle Antena (Powaga) is a French pop & jazz singer. She began her career in the trio Antena, where she took her stage name. *Zimpala: "Trop Mechante" (Honeymoon 2006) Zimpala is a French nu-jazz, downt. project directed by prod. DJ Frederic Beneix (BNX) with singer Noemie Brosset. *Wax Poetic: "Good & Evil feat. Gabriel Gordon" (On A Ride 2012) WP is a NY based trip hop band founded in 1997 by Turkish musician prod. Ilhan Ersahin. G Gordon is a NYC based sing/songwr & guit. *Vintage League Music: "A Little Bit Of Sunshine feat. Brother GoodLove" (Family Album Vol. 1 2021) Vintage League Music is a label created & curated by musician,...

Bridging the Gap August 6, 2025 *Go.Soul.Map.: "Fall Into The Flame feat. Derane Obika" (Peaceful Sound For Broken Minds 2024) Sicilian musician, prod. Salvo "Dub" Bruno is Go.Soul.Map. Along with London based Nigerian singer Derane Obika he explores moody and atmospheric soul with a thoughtful message. *TheEEs: "The Feel feat. Cappuccino" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) TheEEs are prod. guit. Claus Hartisch & prod. keys Andre Neundorf. Cappuccino is German MC Karsten Lowe. *Blundetto: "Only One Stand feat. John Milk" (World Of... 2015) Blundetto is French prod. DJ, sing. comp. Max Guiguet playing electro, funk, soul, reggae, dub, jazz, hip hop & world music. *Bronx River Parkway: "San Sebastián 152" (San Sebastián 152 2008) BRP is a NY Latin band that formed from a jam session at Soul Fire studios, which became The Diamond Mine in 2014.. BRP continues to push the boundaries of modern Latin music. *AfroCubism: "A La Luna Yo Me ...