Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap October 29, 2025 *Lanu: "The Others feat. Meg Washington" (The Double Sunrise 2016) NZ born prod. guit. comp. & DJ Lance Ferguson leads Lanu as well as The Bamboos. Meg Washington is a sing/songwr. & prod. from Brisbane Australia. *TheEEs & Juliet Ada: "Stand Up" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) Prod. comp. guit. Claus Hartisch & comp. prod. keys Andre Neundorf from Germany are TheEEs joined on vox by Germ. sing/songwr. Juliet Ada. *Zonke & York: "Only You" (Zonke Meets York 2023) Zonke Dikana is a So. Afr. sing/songwr. teaming with German multi-inst. prod. comp. York for this soulful Afro tinged excursion. *Pit Baumgartner: "Second Side (Of The Record" (Tales Of Trust 2008) Pit Baumgartner is a Germ/Aust. sound painter, sound designer & founder/prod. of the downt. jazz ensemble De-Phazz. *Anderson .Paak: "Make It Better (Inst.)" (Ventura (Inst.) 2019) Anderson .Paak is a musician & prod. from Oxn...

Bridging the Gap October 22, 2025 *South Froggies: "Nu Jazz Connection" (Nu Jazz Factory 2007) Electronic nu jazz group formed in 2000 by French artist Jean-Luc Prosperi aka DJ Rubio. So. Froggies sound is a textural flow of rhythms & beats. *Batterie De Verre: "Jitterbug" (Jazz Lounge 3 2007) Project of German electro. musician comp. & multi-inst. Sonke Duwer. *Tape Five: "Cats Walk Underground" (Bossa For A Coup 2007) German bossa nova style project from prod. songwr. Martin Strathausen playing nu jazz, Latin, lounge & chill step. *Speedy Consuela: "Number One Fan" (New Gold Standard 2 2009) Speedy Consuela starts with sibling musicians Steve & Joyce Raskin, both part of the Fort Knox Five, 18th St. Lounge gang. The name comes from imagining who the sister of Speedy Gonzalez might be. *Greyboy: "Got To Be A Love feat. Sharon Jones" (Soul Mosaic 2004) Greyboy is DJ, prod. songwr. Andreas Stevens out of San Diego Ca. Sha...

Bridging the Gap October 15, 2025 *Lanu: "The Others feat. Meg Washington" (The Double Sunrise 2016) NZ born prod. guit. comp. & DJ Lance Ferguson leads Lanu as well as The Bamboos. Meg Washington is a sing/songwr. & prod. from Brisbane Australia. *TheEEs & Juliet Ada: "Stand Up" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) Prod. comp. guit. Claus Hartisch & comp. prod. keys Andre Neundorf from Germany are TheEEs joined on vox by Germ. sing/songwr. Juliet Ada. *Zonke & York: "Only You" (Zonke Meets York 2023) Zonke Dikana is a So. Afr. sing/songwr. teaming with German multi-inst. prod. comp. York for this soulful Afro tinged excursion. *Pit Baumgartner: "Easy Goodbye" (Tales Of Trust 2008) Pit Baumgartner is a Germ/Aust. sound painter, sound designer & founder/prod. of the downt. jazz ensemble De-Phazz. *Club Des Belugas: "Playing On The Radio feat. Lene Riebau" (How To Avoid Difficult Situations 2021) German nu jazz & lounge...

Bridging the Gap October 8, 2025 *Lloyd Miller: "Gol-e Gandom" (Oriental Jazz 1968) Amer. musician comp. known for his research on Afghan & Persian music. He hosted a TV show in Iran in the 1970s and was also know as Kurosh Ali Khan. *El Michels Affair: "Rubix" (Adult Themes 2020) NYC funk/soul/hip hop band formed by Amer. multi-ints. prod.  Leon Michels. *Shawn Lee's Incredible Tabla Band: "Sing Sing Sing" (Tabla Rock 2011) Shawn Lee is an Amer. multi-inst. comp. prod. living in London. The 'tabla' band is one of the many spinoff bands that he has used to create different types of music. *Soul Sugar: "Out In The Rain feat. Booker Gee" (Excursions In Soul Reggae Funk & Dub 2021) Soul Sugar is the pseudonym of French prod. keys. Gillaume Metenier aka Booker Gee playing psych. soul jazz funk & reggae. *Blundetto: "Nautilus feat. Shawn Lee" (Bad Bad Things 2010) Blundetto is French DJ sing. comp. Max Guiguet. Shawn ...

Bridging the Gap October 1, 2025 *Afrodream: "Ma mere" (Guiss Guiss 2025) Afrodream is an afrobeat/pop ensemble founded in Turin Italy in 2018 from a collaboration between Senegalese sing. & perc. Abou Samb & guit. Luca Vergano creating a marriage between Senegalese and Western musical forms. *Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra: "Gibbon's Dub" (Last Odyssey 2012) French bandleader, comp. prod. perc. Masta Conga (Lionel Berton) leads ALVO's "revolving musicians according to projects." *Alpacas Collective: "Surrounded" (Big Words 2023) Perc. comp. & prod. Frederick Kuhn and his collective journey through Afrobeat, deep funk, hindustani raga, psycho-dub & creole rap to create their unique soundscapes. *Anoushka Shankar: "Hamsadhwani Tabla Duet" (Anourag 2000) A Shankar is an Indian sitar player & comp. born in London. She is the daughter of master sitar player Ravi Shankar & half sister of Nora Jones. She uses con...