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Headed by the “Michael McDonald meets-an-MPC” ‘Which Way’, James Alexander Bright is set to release ‘Strange Folk’, a five track EP of lo-fi psychedelic soul, husky croons and forwards-looking-backwards studio techniques on 12th October 2018.

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A vibrant kaleidoscope of sound, colour and emotion, British multi-hyphenate James Alexander Bright’s songs soundtrack fertile daydreams, esoteric dancefloors, languorous reflection, and wild excursions in nature and beyond. His voice, pitched somewhere between Eddie Chacon, Beck and Michael McDonald, is an immediately recognisable signature while impressive multi-instrumentalism sees him perform on guitar, keys, programming, percussion, production and myriad quirky effects.

The past six years has seen James release a veritable treasure trove of music: ‘Mallorca’ and ‘Strange Folk’ EPs, debut album ‘Headroom’, joyous second ‘Float’, an album of collaborations and reworks with cosmic Americana-disco DJ/producer duo Flying Mojito Bros, and a new project with Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay as Bright & Findlay. 

James’ music making is commonly a family affair. Although initially written and recorded at his home studio in the rolling hills of the Hampshire countryside, his tracks involve regular collaborator Peter Lyons in East London alongside old friends and new to contribute vocals (Kerry Leatham and Katharine Alice) and drums (Gillan McLaughlin and Joris Feiertag). He has also collaborated with Letherette, Daudi Matsiko, Fink, Fred Everything, Scrimshire and contributed three songs to Groove Armada’s ‘Edge Of The Horizon’ album 

James balances music alongside the creative duality of a job in illustration and the responsibilities and constraints that come with raising a young family. Utilising any spare moment to write and record new ideas, his creative output under various projects had been relentless. Turning his back on apathetic major label offers in his early 20s, he’s released through cult DIY label Tape Club Records, German stalwart !K7 Music and now with Scottish tastemaker Athens Of The North, presenting an evolving vision of a sound that has touched on everything from outsider art-rock to machine funk, mystic folk to experimental jazz.

His music has been played across BBC Radio, Amazing Radio, Bandcamp Weekly, FIP Radio France, NTS, KCRW, Soho Radio, Triple J, and Worldwide FM.

Collected press:
“Blissful choruses, sweetly nagging refrains and a lo-fi sensibility. Hard not to love” MOJO
“Intoxicating, highly evocative, sun-dappled soul” Uncut
“Pastoral 21st century electronic psychedelia that knows all the best clubs in town” Electronic Sound
“Brilliantly laidback…an ever evolving journey that feels at once fun and adventurous but also familiar and comfortable” Future Music
“It’s a lush, rich slice of soul that will permeate every pore. It’s the sound of the summer” Louder Than War
“Bringing influence and experience together in a wild, kaleidoscopic world of precarious elevations and cathedral emotions” BPM
“Vivid intermingling of buoyant breakbeat drum loops, sunkissed psychedelic folk song, retrofuturist synthesisers and hot buttered British soul” Test Pressing
“All the musical styles I love. I’m a big fan” Tom Findlay, Groove Armada
“One exceptional album” Bill Brewster
“A timeless record” The Bees’ Aaron Fletcher
“Moves stylishly through psychedelic patterns and multicoloured textures” Jack Wyllie from Portico Quartet

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Salvo Lorusso is an Author, Singer-Songwriter, Record Producer, and Music Publisher, heading Nujazz Records, an independent record label with a storied journey that began in 1999. 
Through the labels Scenario Music and Nujazz Records, he has enriched the music landscape by producing albums inspired by a wide range of genres, from electronic to drum'n'bass, from new wave to indie rock, from acid jazz to funk, from bossa nova to trip hop. His creativity encompasses composition, arrangement, and literary writing, and Salvo Lorusso has followed the artistic path of numerous Italian and international bands. 

Among his many discoveries, standout names include the Apulian group Brazilian Wax, for whom Salvo wrote both music and lyrics. Their jazz-bossa album titled "A luci spente," with Italian lyrics, was enthusiastically received by international critics, and their single "Chissà Se Un Samba" quickly entered the charts in Japan and heavy rotation on thousands of radios worldwide. Many more internationally successful productions followed, such as albums by Sicilian band Ganesh, Emilian band Estrela Guia, Swiss band Mono Deluxe, Croatian band Areia, Brazilian artist Ludmilla, and many others, including Cocktail Mood, Istanbul Café, Sinclair, Hammond Express, Circus Alekan, Oleo, Steevo & Soundshaker, Safè Noire, Phazer, and more. 

His eclectic career has involved collaborations with prominent artists, including Maurizio Vurchio, Francesco Gazzara, Fabio Orsini, Gianni Pistillo, Stefano Geniale, Michele Abruzzese, Paolo Romano, Gianni Rotondo, Steevo & Soundshaker, Alex Terlizzi, S8suono, Montefiori Cocktail, Sara Barbone, Anna Coratella, Marialuisa Capurso, Marialuisa Pistillo, Vincenzo Sgaramella, Alfredo Sette, and Michele Corcella. 

Currently, Salvo Lorusso is engaged in a fervent creative phase, involved in various artistic projects, including his highly anticipated new album under his own name, which will be preceded by two singles in 2024. Through his music and lyrics, he touches upon the wonders and anxieties of the world. 
"I am fascinated by the nature that surrounds us, an inexhaustible source of inspiration, cooperation, and love, but at the same time, I am deeply distressed by the continuous selfish and thoughtless choices of human beings. The result of these two conflicting feelings is my songs." 

His new artistic production is a sonic experience resulting from the blending of deeply layered musical influences. Salvo's voice is profound, his singing carries a strong theatrical character, his tone is visceral and enchanting to the listener, and the lyrics are direct and profound. 
They represent a unique emotional journey where the music embodies the words it contains.

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L'artista Salvo Lorusso è un rinomato produttore discografico ed editore musicale, noto per aver fondato e guidato con maestria la Nujazz Records, un'etichetta discografica indipendente con un leggendario percorso iniziato nel 1999. 
Attraverso i marchi Scenario Music, Nujazz Records, ha contribuito ad arricchire il panorama musicale producendo dischi ispirati da un'ampia gamma di generi, dall'elettronica al drum'n'bass, dalla new wave all'indie rock, dall'acid jazz al funk, dalla bossa nova al trip hop. 

La sua creatività artistica abbraccia la composizione, l'arrangiamento e la scrittura letteraria, Salvo Lorusso ha seguito il cammino artistico di numerose band italiane ed internazionali. Tra le sue molteplici scoperte spiccano molti nomi come i pugliesi Brazilian Wax, band per la quale Salvo ha scritto sia le musiche che i testi, il loro album jazz-bossa con testi in italiano dal titolo "A luci spente", viene accolto con entusiasmo dalla critica internazionale e in breve tempo il singolo "Chissà Se Un Samba" entra in classifica in Giappone ed in heavy rotation su migliaia di radio in tutto il mondo, seguiranno molte altre produzioni di successo internazionale, come gli album dei siciliani Ganesh, gli emiliani Estrela Guia, il produttore svizzero Alessandro Oliviero in arte Mono Deluxe, i croati Areia, la cantante brasiliana Ludmilla, e ancora i Cocktail Mood, Istambul Cafè, Sinclair, Hammond Express, Circus Alekan, Oleo, Steevo & Soundshaker, Safè Noire, Phazer, ecc... 
Il primo EP strumentale a suo nome è un lavoro decisamente electro-jazz con un sapore cinematografico dal titolo "Salvo Lorusso - Jazz For Your Mind", cinque brani ricercati, ipnotici, ormai presenti in innumerevoli playlist specializzate in tutto il mondo, L'EP che risulta essere tra i più ascoltati anche su SoundCloud, è uscito per il momento solo in formato digitale.

Salvo con il tempo ha abbracciato collaborazioni con molti artisti di rilievo, tra cui Massimo Lombardo, Gianni Pistillo, Stefano Geniale, Maurizio Vurchio, Francesco Gazzara, Fabio Orsini, Michele Abruzzese, Pino Santoniccolo, Paolo Romano, Gianni Rotondo, Stefano Ruffini, Alex Terlizzi, Raffaele D'Ercole, Checco e Kicco Montefiori, Sara Barbone, Anna Coratella, Marialuisa Capurso, Marialuisa Pistillo, Vincenzo Sgaramella, Alfredo Sette, Michele Corcella, Ferdinando Casafina, Mario Virgilio. 

Attualmente Salvo Lorusso é impegnato in una fervente fase creativa, coinvolto in diversi progetti artistici e collaborazioni, in primis è al lavoro al suo primo album cantautorale dal gusto decisamente indie avvolto da una moderna patina electro new wave. L'album sarà anticipato da due singoli in uscita nel 2024, "La Strada Giusta" feat. Pierpaolo Capovilla e "Dimmi Cosè".
 
"Sono affascinato dalla natura che mi circonda, è una fonte inesauribile di ispirazione, un esempio di cooperazione e amore, ma nel contempo sono profondamente angosciato dalle continue scelte egoistiche e sconsiderate degli esseri umani.
Il risultato di questi due sentimenti contrastanti ha dato vita alle canzoni del mio primo album."

La sua nuova produzione artistica è un'esperienza sonora intima, risultanza di commistioni con molteplici influenze musicali profondamente stratificate, la voce di Salvo é profonda, il suo cantare ha un forte carattere teatrale, il timbro é viscerale e cattura l'ascoltatore, i testi sono diretti e profondi, un viaggio emozionale unico dove la musica incarna le parole che contiene.