Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap September 24, 2025 *Beta Hector: "Morning Train" (Sunbeam Insulin 2011) UK musician prod. & DJ Simon Hill is the man behind Beta Hector. He also formed Baby Charles with Dionne Charles. Rosi Lalor is a UK singer orig. from Liverpool. *Lanu & Meg Washington: "Wire" (Her 12 Faces 2011) Australian based guit. bandleader prod. & comp. NZlander Lance Ferguson formed Lanu feat. Aussie sing/songwr. Meg Washington. *TheEEs & Maike Jacobs: "Slight & Small" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) German prod. comp. keys Andre Neundorf & prod. comp. guit. Claus Hartisch are TheEEs (Eclectic Experiences) combining with sing/songwr. Maike Jacobs and other talented sing/songwrs on this album. *De-Phazz: "Need To Be Strong feat. Ola Onabule" (Jelly Banquet 2022) De-Phazz are a German downt. jazz ensemble led by prod. comp. Pit Baumgartner. Ola Onabule is a Brit. Nigerian sing/songwr. *Iain Mackenzie: "Mambo Tonight (Club Des Be...

Bridging the Gap September 17, 2025 *Yppah: "Where We Are Safe" (Tiny Pause 2015) Amer. multi-inst. comp. prod. Joe Corrales Jr. is Yppah.  He plays electronic, rock & psychedelic soul influenced music. *Baby Mammoth: "The Devil Lies" (Best Foot Forward 2000) Baby Mammoth is UK duo Mark Blissenden & Andrew Burdall playing instrumental hip hop & acid jazz. *Blue States: "Alight Here" (Restless Spheres 2016) Blue States is an Eng. downt. electronica project from multi-inst. prod. comp. Andy Dragazis. *Blundetto: "My One Girl feat. Lateef The Truthspeaker(Gogo Remix)" (Bad Bad Things 2010) Blundetto is French DJ sing. comp. Max Guiguet playing electro, funk, soul, reggae, dub & world music. *Linton Kwesi Johnson: "Loraine" (Bass Culture 1980) Brit. based author & dub poet LKJ was born in Jamaica & moved to the UK at age 9. He released his first album "Dread Beat an' Blood in 1978. He is one of only 3 living...

Bridging the Gap September 10, 2025 *Lanu: "The Kava Diary" (The Double Sunrise 2016) NZ born Australia based prod. comp. guit. & DJ Lance Ferguson leads Lanu as well as The Bamboos and a variety of other musical projects. *Les Baxter: "Mozambique" (The Exotic Moods Of... 1996) Les Baxter is an Amer. comp. & conductor who wrote over 150 film soundtracks. Nelson Riddle claimed that Baxter did not write the material on his exotica albums & could not conduct competently. *Don Tiki: "Turkish Delight" (South Of The Boudoir 2009) Don Tiki is a local Oahu world class exotica group led by comp. pianist Kit Ebersbach. Their live shows are a delight to behold with elaborate costumes, self effacing humor and energetic dancers. *Lance Ferguson: "Smokey Joe's La La" (Rare Groove Spectrum 2019) LF is a NZ born guit.prod. songwr. & DJ based in Australia. He is the leader of The Bamboos Australia's premier funk outfit. His Rare Groove Spe...

Bridging the Gap (Future Evergreen 9/3/25) *Adrian Quesada: "Spirits" (Jaguar Sound 2022) A Quesada is an Amer. guit. comp. prod. & multi-inst. fm Austin TX known for his work with Black Pumas, Brownout, Grupo Fantasma & Ocote Soul Sounds to name a few. *Alpacas Collective: "The Chase" (Seven Wisdoms Of Plutonia 2022) Belgian funk band flavoring the pot with jazz, afro, boogaloo, soul & oriental sounds. *Sun Atlas: "Grand Theft" (Sun Atlas ?) "Sun Atlas' music is collaborative work between various musicians scattered on different continents." The music is intended to stand alone and it does that quite well. *TheEEs: "Con Sentimiento feat. Arema Arega & Regis Molina" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) Comps. prods. Andre Neundorf (keys) & Claus Hartisch (guit.) are the heart & soul of TheEEs. Arema Arega is a Cuban singer & Regis Molina is a Cuban flutist & conguero. *Femina: "Brillando" (Perlas Y C...