Conundrum is an instrumental music collective based around Jersey City, New Jersey consisting of musicians from various parts of the United States. Together, Conundrum produces sounds influenced from funk, hip-hop, and neo-jazz styles. Fans enjoy taking part in the Conundrum experience where positive energy and chemistry is expressed throughout.

Recording & rehearsal studio in the heart of Downtown Jersey City, NJ

Northern Spy is a Brooklyn-based independent record label formed by former staff of the legendary ESP-Disk’ imprint. As an artist-run label, Northern Spy shines the light on musicians who are tenacious, forward-thinking and making devil-be-damned fine music, while finding substance in the disparate worlds of free improvisation and popular music.


Small Change (aka Jim Dier) will never stop. A musical addict, he’s been collecting 
and DJing for 20 years, has 10s of thousands of records, in every conceivable genre 
and time period. Seriously deep crates in funk, jazz, blues, soul, Latin, reggae, 
dancehall, hip hop, house, breaks, jungle, booty bass, classics, rock n’ roll, punk, 
vintage RnB, disco, down tempo, ambient, experimental, tropical bass, etc.

In terms of radio, Jim has been involved with WFMU, the world renown freeform 
station, for 15 years, did shows for East Village Radio for 3 years, been involved with 
BMIR (Burning Man’s official station) for 8-9 years, plus guest sets on AOL’s dance 
station, Giant Step’s Jukebox, Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space show, WPS1 (PS1′s 
online station), and KUCI in Irvine.

Out in clubland Jim has played in every conceivable downtown NYC/BK venue you 
can think of, swank, underground, big, small–but always funky. He’s also played in 
LA/SF (Do-Over, Root Down, Funky Sole, Afro Funke, Afrolicious), Germany, France, 
England, Holland, Burning Man, Pex festival, Australia and Costa Rica

Jim also runs the ‘Blackcrack List’, an information / resource / email list about 
record collecting. Its been running for over 10 years and has over 400 DJs, 
collectors and black belt crate diggers from around the world.

Ten or more writers and musicians meet at one location to write and record an entire album in one weekend. Money from our downloads goes to The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. www.sweetrelief.org/ Please spread the word.

We have a charter describing the rules of the "game" and two successful weekends of recording under our belt. Otherwise, it is like it sounds: We begin writing on a Friday night, and emerge, bleary-eyed and full of pride on Sunday -- with a complete, recorded album.

The players involved in 29HMP so far are from a list of bands the length of your torso, plus institutions as diverse as the touring production of Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, New York Choral Society, Maracatu New York, and the Willie Mae Rock Camp for girls.

We grew out of the Brian Eno tribute project known as Here Come The Warm Jets Live. See us here: http://www.facebook.com/enoherecomethewarmjets The first 29 Hour Music People album is an attempt to create a lost, imaginary 1970s Brian Eno pop album. 


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