Akira Ishikawa
Back To Rhythm

Le 26 février 2020, 10 ans après la disparition du musicien Nujabes. Bien que le temps ait passé, le nombre d'auditeurs de Nujabes dans le monde entier ne cesse de croître. Dans ce monde turbulent, le label de Nujabes, Hydeout Productions, a demandé à Haruka Nakamura de réaliser un album hommage pour marquer le 10ème anniversaire de sa mort.L'album "Nujabes PRAY Reflections" est l'aboutissement de ce projet. Les belles mélodies de Nujabes sont interprétées d'une nouvelle manière par Haruka Nakamura au piano et à la guitare. La fusion de la musique des deux musiciens a sublimé l'œuvre vers un nouvel horizon.

✺ Limited edition.✺ Pressed on green vinyl.✺ Studio Ghibli commissioned jazz reworkings of much-loved classic soundtracks.You’d be forgiven for not knowing about these Studio Ghibli commissioned jazz reworkings of much-loved classic soundtracks with the three-piece All That Jazz being one of Japan’s best kept secrets until now. Originally put together by the power-house animation studio for a series of jazzed-up covers, the group took off with their simple yet moving set-up of piano, bass and drums, and afterwards went on to do another record of anime classics. Sprinkled with complementary instruments, the project is tied together by the soothing vocals of Yukiko Kuwahara.

Eight years after the critically acclaimed Alien Cartoon, Senegalese producer IBAAKU returns with a new project an alchemy of jazz, electronic sounds and Casamance music in the tradition of Touré Kunda and Xalam in their day.The album is also accompanied by a short filma manifesto of resilience in the face of the sound poet's personal history but also a questioning of the way in which technologies technologies and cultures come together to reinitialize our imaginary.Identity: The meeting point of electronics, jazz and the musical tradition of Casamance.The realization of this new project is associated with a research approach to traditional Casamance rhythms, vocals and instruments.A reference to Spiritual Jazz is present, through stories and approaches ; while the skeleton of IBAAKU's tracks remains experimental,with strong influences from the emerging african club scene.JOOLA JAZZ de IBAAKU