Jazzanova & DJ Amir Feat. Sean Haefeli ...#... Tracks & Remixes

Creative Musicians

Creative Musicians (feat. Sean Haefeli)

HereWithMe NYD22 Special Part2

Strata Records - the Sound of Detroit - Reimagined by Jazzanova

Joy Road

Inside Ourselves

Face at My Window (feat. Sean Haefeli)

Root in 7-4 Plus (feat. Sean Haefeli)

Saturday Night Special

Saturday Night Special (DJ Amir & Re.decay Remix Extended Version)

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The second single to be pulled upcoming BBE album ‘Strata Records – The Sound of Detroit – Reimagined By Jazzanova’, ‘Saturday Night Special’ features remixes by Kai Alcé and DJ Amir & Re.decay, as well as The Lyman Woodard Organization’s 1975 original.

Possibly the best-known piece of music from the Strata label’s diverse and innovative catalogue, the unique, low-fi, moody, understated aesthetic of ‘Saturday Night Special’ has captured the hearts of music fans and DJs worldwide. “When I first heard the Lyman Woodard Organization ’Saturday Night Special’,” says DJ Amir, “I thought it was a song from a Blaxploitation soundtrack. Once I realized that Lyman was from Detroit, I immediately thought that if there was ever a ’theme song’ for Detroit that ’Saturday Night Special’ would be it. There is such a cinematic vibe to the song full of grit, rawness, and determination that just soaks into your veins. This album/song will always be in my bag of records to survive the apocalypse with!’”

When DJ Amir and Jazzanova began work on the ‘Reimagined’ project, breathing new life into the Strata Records archive, this jazz-funk classic was right at the top of the list of ‘musts’ for the band to re-interpret. “I had no idea what direction they were going to go, musically” says Amir. “The original song had been sampled more than a few times, but in my opinion, it was never done tastefully. However, from the first practice session, I knew that they were spot on with the right direction! Their version is the perfect blend of Detroit and Berlin!”

Kai Alcé’s ‘NDATL’ remix of ‘Saturday Night Special’ (named, like his label, after his three hometowns of New York, Detroit, ATLanta) brings a sure-footed lightness to Jazzanova’s version of the song, making the absolute most of the track’s stellar horn solos. “After hearing the unreleased Kamasi Washington/Gregory Porter remixes he did, I knew I had to reach out Kai” says Amir. “With this remix, he stretches out
the track into a seven minute groove, in the direction of a soulful house/future jazz interpretation.”

Alongside his Berlin production partners Re.decay, DJ Amir turns in a low-slung rework of ‘Saturday Night Special’, using as many parts from the Jazzanova version as possible. “We tried to emulate the intro to one of my favourite jazz dance tracks, ‘Expansions’ by Lonnie
Liston Smith” says Amir. Mission accomplished.

Paradise

Introduction & Lost My Love (feat. Sean Haefeli)

Essential folk funk favourite ‘Watch the Ocean Roll’
recorded in 1980, reissued & remastered for the first time on WONDERFULSOUND records. A spiritual ode to the Virginia waves and the circle of the seasons. Rolling jazz piano, breezy AOR saxophone, & sun soaked harmonies.

Watch The Ocean Roll

Where Do You Belong?

All tracks are 100% owned and cleared for sync licensing. Master and publishing rights controlled. Instrumentals, stems, and alternate versions available upon request."

Whistle Song

Jazzanova is many things to many different people. For more than fifteen years the eclectic collective from Berlin has been busy producing, composing, arranging, remixing, DJing and generally shaping our musical world – in the clubs, on the air, in the studio, live on stage, and with their label Sonar Kollektiv.
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