The next time you have some friends over for dinner and they’re asking: “Hey, what’s this great sound playing? Let’s go out and party!”, in many places the answer probably is: “That’s the new one by Paskal & Urban Absolutes”. The blank faces of your circle of friends can be encountered best with: “It’s those two guys that were signed by Alex Barck for Sonar Kollektiv about two years ago. They are resident DJs at their label nights by now. And even though one of them, Alexander, lives in Berlin and the other one, Adrian lives in Dusseldorf both make music together. They fly and drive back and forth and that’s how this fabulous album came into being.” Then you may want to rewind the record to it’s beginning and play it from scratch.

The opening track “Take The Fall” indicates nicely which direction the journey with Paskal & Urban Absolutes will take: The sugar sweet, soothing voice of Pete Josef from Bristol (one half of The White Lamp) bids you welcome in a very charming way and the production implies lasciviously that we're standing on the stairway to clubland. Already with the next track “Here Again” we are in the middle of the eye of the storm. Paul Randolph (the official singer of the Jazzanova live band) purifies a true dancefloor banger, that – and this is the big stunt – also works just as well at home. 

For “White Walls” and “Flieg Los” Alexa Voss of Neve Naive wrote some super catchy lyrics and lends her vocals to the two poppiest songs of the whole album. An album which is rich in pop appeal but never concealing its strong affinity for dance music – as in house, techno and even boogie. 

Take for instance “Hold Your Head Up” (featuring Kasar), a mysterious hybrid best described imagining the Pet Shop Boys doing deep house together with Hot Chip. 
Or “The Way”, where we are delighted by the tonsils of Desney Bailey and an arrangement so eager for the bassline that it evokes nothing but smiling faces and the urge to shake your body. Catchiness, positivism and euphoria (the name of one track by the way) – these are the catchphrases that come to mind when listening to this truly mesmerizing debut by one of the most promising new acts in a scene not to be defined by any genre. 










When second-last track, “Melancholia”, kicks in it's like the end of the best holidays of your life. A perfect Balearic bliss with memories of sitting at the sea, listening to a distant guitar and waving goodbye to a setting golden sun. So long, my friends. 

This album will impress you and your future guests with awe for months to come. Rest assured.

Take The Fall

Paskal & Urban Absolutes - Take The Fall Feat. Pete Josef

A two hour 115bpm deep downtempo ish balearic journey

Tracklisting
Cantoma - auto verde Blow Monkeys-save me Marshall watson- voyager Deep space orchestra - 10 4 rule Pleon-tudududu Kid fonque- undefined take 2 Kevin raynolds -riverfront Dicuji- shaken not tired Flamingo pier - deeper soul Jura soundsystem- carafe denim Mrho-ooo baby Chris coco - la chitara Alex kassian-strings of eden Andre bratten-be a man you ant Lovebirds -running backwards Optimous- four point one Slam-eterna Roisin murphy- you knew (payfone mix) Katakana-redecoration My friend Dario -tellaro (sirs mix) Rude Audio- big heat Simon de kunovich- paradiso Luke abbott- modern driveway Axel boman -ohh baby Idjut boys-kennydubheadband Space ghost-inner focus Ron basejam- your brain on music Florencer-hidden thoughts

Jukebox Jonce's - balearic side salad

Visions Of Light - Sands 
D- Echo Project - Sensu 
Copenema - Um Alento (ft. The Swan And The Lake)
Modern English - Voices (Sundowners dB Remix)
Pepe Link - Belfast
Dimitri From Paris Vs. Chatobaron - Chez Madame La Baronne (Sac vide version)
Ojard - Carnaval (Al Baabi Dub Mix)
Dai Nakamura - Colourfield
KlangKollektor - Starlings
Balaphonic - Udders
Suzanne Ciani & Jonathan Fitoussi - Oceanium
Smith & Mudd - Journey Seven
Charlotte & Reinhard - Unguided Sand Meditation

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Lev Loves To Boogie (015)

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Lev Loves To Boogie

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Nunonunonuno Loves To Boogie (019)

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Nunonunonuno Loves To Boogie

Dem Loves To Boogie (020)

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Dem Loves To Boogie

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Tracklist: 
Jazztronik - Samurai [Z Records]
Meltmode - Pong Prai [Make A Dance Records]
Renegade Soundwave - Women Respond To Bass (Vocal) [Mental Groove Records] 
Josh Ludlow - Push It Up! (Extended Mix) [SMiiLE Records]
The Shipment - Colombian Drum Cartel [Copyright]
Jeremy Sylvester presents Socafrica - Hot 4 U (2009 Miami Hot Vocal Mix) [Love House Records]
Retromigration - Samedi [Rhythm Section International]
Retromigration - Hot Life [Rhythm Section International]
Nicolas Masseyeff - Life Reshade [Diversions Music]
Demuja - Astral [Muja] 
Future Classic:
Tom Trago - Champagne [Magnetron Music]

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JAZZANOVA MIX NOTES
Tracklist and Notes
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- L.O.V.E. And You & I - Jazzanova - In Between
- No Use (featuring Clara Hill) - Jazzanova Live - In Between Revisited
- Keep Falling (Forms Mix) - Jazzanova - Jazzanova Remixed
- ??? - ???
- Lost My Love - Strata Reocrds: The Sounds of Detroit as Re-Interpreted by Jazzanova
- Scorpio’s Child - Strata Reocrds: The Sounds of Detroit as Re-Interpreted by Jazzanova
- Morning Scapes (featuring Bembe Segue) - Jazzanova - Of All the Things
- Little Bird (featuring Jose James) - Jazzanova - Of All The things 
- Carajillo (Jazzanova Remix) - Trüby Trio
- Days To Come (Afro Remix) - Jazzanova 
- That Night (featuring Vikter Duplaix) - Jazzanova 
- Let It Go (Jazzanova Remix) - Shaun Escoffery
- Everything I Wanted (featuring Charolette) - Jazzanova - The Pool
- Follow Your Feet (featuring Pete Josef) - Jazzanova - The Pool
- Ordinary Guy featuring Joe Bataan (Jazznova Rework) - Jazzanova The Remixes: 2006-2016
- Songs of Will (Jazzanova Rhythm Hpapening) - Eddie Gale - Jazzanova The Remixes: 2002-2005
- Coffee Talk (Yukihiro Fukutomi Mix) - Jazzanova - Reworks From Japan EP  
- Lullaby (Jazzanova Remix) - The Free Design - Jazzanova The Remixes: 2002-2005
- L.O.V.E. And You & I - Jazzanova Live - In Between Revisited  

For 30 years, the six-member DJ and production collective, Jazzanova, has been highly influential, artfully bridging the worlds of jazz, soul, and world into a fusion of modern sounds that have delighted ears and feet through the years. 

My first introduction was listening to “Coffee Talk,” a downtempo tune whose debut on Los Angeles radio station KCRW was the start of a music trajectory that would see the group through many top-notch remixes, several studio albums, a number of special music projects, and, now, coming full circle with a live version of its 2001 debut, “In Between.” “In Between Revisited” finds Jazzanova in a live session, with an intimate audience, surfacing ack to the tunes from its 2001 album, but giving it an updated flair. 

To celebrate “IN Between Revisited,” I did an early July all-vinyl set at Jan’s Vinyl Bar in San Luis Obispo, where the owners are fans too and where I spin about 1-2 times monthly. It was an honor to do so, and so great to pull out vinyl from my radio show days, when the music was fresh. It stands up very well today.

With that, I hope you enjoy the mix that I have for you: two hours of Jazzanova, along with friends, from vocalists to producers remixing Jazzanova. There was only so much that two hours could fit in, but here it is. 

I hope you enjoy it; do share it with your friends and others. 

Velanche
September 15, 2025
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Velanche's Jazzanova 2025 All-Vinyl Tribute

Huge congratulations to Cue for earning their first Michelin star yesterday. Well deserved for a place that sounds (and tastes) this good. Last Saturday, we got behind the decks at Cue’s Listening Bar again with a few very good bottles of orange wine again and brought a lot of fresh finds. Another four hours of 'Restaurantica': music for dining, drinking, and disappearing into conversation. Vinyl only.

L'Atelier & Halve Soul at Cue Listening Bar (04.10)

Pitchblack Mixtapes is an immersive music experience from Pitchblack Playback, taking you on a themed audio journey on a big sound system, in the dark, in cinemas and listening rooms around the room. This episode as premiered at The Castle Cinema in London on 23 October, 2025, exploring the relationship between hip hop and jazz. 

Find out more at pitchblackplayback.com / instagram.com/pitchblackplayback

Tracklist:
De La Soul - View
Mos Def, Q-Tip & Tash - Body Rock
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Jurassic 5 - Jayou
The Roots - Proceed
Greentea Peng - Top STeppa
Mos Def - UMI Says
Q-Tip - Let's Ride
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got)
Nas - The World Is Yours
Bahamdia - Rugged Ruff
OutKast - SpottieOttieDopalicious
Slum Village - Fall In Love
Kendrick Lamar - How Much A Dollar Cost
Robert Glasper - I'm Dying Of Thirst (Live At Capitol Studios / 2014)

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Sonar Kollektiv is an independent label from Berlin, founded by Jazzanova in 1997. Known for its eclectic blend of jazz, soul, electronica, and beyond, the label has released 600+ genre-defying tracks from artists like Âme, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Benny Sings, Modha, Feiertag, Pete Josef, Jono McCleery, The KBCS, RAH & The Ruffcats, Magro, WAAN, and TTeo. From and for music lovers.