Bridging the Gap December 3, 2025

*De-Phazz & Mo' Horizons: "Slow Down" (Single-2025) Prod. comp. Pit Baumgartner of De-Phazz teams with production/comp. duo of Ralf Droesemeyer & Mark "Foh" Wetzler. 
*Zonke & York: "Walk On" (The Early Tapes Zonke Meets York 2023) So. Afr. sing/songwr. Zonke Dikana & multi-inst. prod York from Hannover Germ. create soul & groovy jazz sounds.
*Kat Eaton: "Slow It Down" (Talk To Me 2021) Brit. sing/songwr. Kat Eaton writes with her guitarist husband Nick Atkinson whenever they feel "compelled" to. They endeavor to play the song live just as they did when they first wrote it.

*Makaya McCraven: "Choo Choo" (The People's Mixtape-EP 2025) Amer. drummer keys & synth player Makaya McCraven explores improvisational jazz with a wide array of like minded jazz musicians.
*Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: "Cosmic Changes (Inst.)" (Jazz Is Dead 019 2023) Amer. comp. arr. prod. A Younge & comp. prod. DJ AS Muhammad pay tribute to jazz greats in their Jazz Is Dead Series.
*Sun Atlas: "Grand Theft" (Single-2019) Psych. funk ensemble based in LA Ca. hides their identities in order to let the music speak for itself. I highly recommend their sound and approach to "stardom."

*Go.Soul.Map.: "Hold The Line" (Peaceful Sound For Broken Minds 2024) Sicilian musician prod. Salvo "Dub" Bruno is Go.Soul.Map. He collaborates with Brit. sing/songwr. of Nigerian descent, Derane Obika. The album is in the intersection of pop, soul & disco with a dreamlike quality.
*Vintage League Music: "Here With Me feat. Alan Evans" (Family Album Vol. 1 2021) Multi-inst. prod. label owner Alan Evans (Soulive) shares vintage inspired soul with his VLM label mates.
*Black Pumas: "Sweet Conversations" (Black Pumas 2019) Austin Tx. guit. prod. comp. Adrian Quesada & sing/songwr. Eric Burton playing psych. soul with typical Adrian Quesada quality & intensity.

*Lance Ferguson: "Forty Days" (Rare Grooves Spectrum Vol. 3 2025) NZ born Au. based multi-inst. prod. comp. L Ferguson reinventing classic Australian & international rare groove classics with a uniquely LF point of view.
*Vito Lalinga: "It's Black" (Precious 2025) Italian funk master Vito Lalinga began playing guitar at age 6 and fell into a lifelong obsession with funky music. He is now a prod. focusing on the latest techniques available.
*Chris Joss: "Get With It" (Terephonic HiRes 2024) French multi-inst. comp. Chris Joss often builds his songs one instrument at a time stacking tracks on tracks to wonderful effect.
*Flevans: "I Don't Know Why" (A Distant View 2016) UK prod. multi-inst. & DJ Nigel Evans plays beats, soul, house & electronic music.

HOUR 2

*Buscemi: "Lua Bonita feat. Tai" (Mistral Du Sud 2021) Buscemi is Belgian musician & DJ Dirk Swartenbroekx. He plays funky dance music with a warm feel & a wide variety of world influences.
Tai is a Braz. sing. based in Belgium.
*Bossacucanova: "Ficar feat. Marcela Mangabeira" (Nossa Onda E Essai 2012) Braz. band playing trad. bossa nova with an electronic twist. Led by bassist, prod. Marcio Menescal.
*Rosalia De Souza: "Opiniao" (D'Improvviso 2009) Braz. bossa nova singer who studied music theory, Cuban percussion & jazz in Rome, Italy. Her first album was produced by Nicola Conte.

*Nightmares On Wax: "Now Is The Time" (Feelin' Good 2013) Eng. DJ prod. George Evelyn is NOW based in Ibiza & playing electronic downt. dub & soul music.
*Blundetto: "Nautilus feat. Shawn Lee" (Bad Bad Things 2010) French DJ sing. comp. Max Guiguet is Blundetto playing electro, funk, soul, dub, jazz & world music. Shawn Lee is an Amer. multi-inst. prod. living in London.
*Soul Sugar: "Out In The Rain feat.Booker Gee" (Excursions In Soul Reggae Funk & Dub 2021) Soul Sugar is led by French keyboard wizard prod. Guillaume Metenier aka Booker Gee. Superlative soul, funk, jazz & reggae.

*Bidaide: "Nave Madre" (Single-2020) Four piece band from Barcelona creating experimental paych. & cinematic funk and soul music. 
*Adrian Quesada & Cuco: "Ojos Secos" (Bolsero Psicodélicos II 2025) A Quesada is a multi-inst. comp. prod. from Austin TX also involved with Black Pumas, Grupo Fantasma & Brownout to name a few. Cuco is Amer. sing/songwr. Omar Banos.
*Banda Magda: "El Pescador" (Yerakina 2014) Banda Magda is led by Greek multi-inst. comp. Magda Giannakou. She is a multi-lingual performer and her band features an international line up of accomplished musician.

*Basement Boys: "Jaybird" (...Present: Mudfoot Jones 2006) Baltimore prod. team of Jay Steinhour, Teddy Douglas & Thomas Davis also produced artists like Michael Jackson & Erykah Badu.
*Capiozzo & Mecco: "The Odd Couple (Party Version)" (Whisky A Go Go 2003) Italian band with Chicco Capiozzo on drums. Mecco Guidi on organ & Daniele Santimone on guit. playing funk, soul & jazz.
*The Mighty Show-Stoppers: "Hippy Skippy Moon Strut" (Black Feeling 2007) Aussie deep funk feat. The Bamboos & friends with pseudonyms like "Prince Nafa & His Polynesians"
*Cookin' On 3 Burners: "Black Stick" (Lab Experiments Vol. 1 2017) Aussie funk, soul & jazz trio with Dan West guit. Ivan Khatchoyan drums & Jake Mason organ.

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