Using patterning (like sequencing but far more complex) as the underlying ground I improvise live on electric piano.

Phantoms 2

Free improvisation on a motif.  I seem to be moving toward freer style playing, despite my obvious technical limitations  (especially my stiff left hand).

Vanishing Point

Lyrics:

there

are

no

lyrics

dis is music for games

it what i imagine if you think of a more technologised version of elden ring/darksouls (if you know these games, if not you should)

Graceless

parabola

Tranquil song?

Lui Mafuta presents This Ain’t Jazz, a boundary-pushing new EP that fuses live musicianship
with electronic sensibility - an exploration of jazz influence through a deeply personal and
collaborative lens. 

The release is available on digital platforms and as a limited vinyl edition.

At the heart of This ain’t Jazz is a long gestating idea: to bridge electronic music with an
organic, band oriented aesthetic. Lui Mafuta reunited with four longtime friends and
collaborators: Paul Janoschka, Felix Roos, Jonas Esser and Benedikt Jäckle - who all studied
music together in Mannheim before scattering across the globe. Under the loose collective
named Weiller, they came together once again to create a sound that lives between genres.

The EP is a globe spanning production. Piano was recorded on Paul Janoschka’s Steinway in
his Frankfurt apartment; trumpet and clarinet were tracked in a rural French studio with Felix
Roos; drums came from New York via Jonas Esser; and saxophone was laid down in Lui’s own
studio in Mannheim alongside Benedikt Jäckle. All elements were finally assembled and
shaped into a cohesive vision back in Mannheim.

“There’s less synth work on this one than usual,” Lui says. “Most of the textures come from
the instruments themselves and a lot of sample mangling. I wanted it to feel raw, human and
alive.”
Despite its title, This Ain’t Jazz is a love letter to jazz’s influence. “I called it that just to be
safe,” Lui jokes. “It isn’t jazz but it’s coming from that space.” The project also serves as a
reconnection to his roots: two of the four featured musicians are teenage friends from his
earliest days making music.

Buy here Vinyl/Digital

Lui Mafuta - This ain't Jazz

Lui Mafuta - This ain't Jazz (flieder Remix)

Lui Mafuta - Tauber

Lui Mafuta - The Long Lost Story of Tony H

TRIGLICERIDO

This came to me on the morning of my album launch (shameless plug there!) Could just have kept it on the verse however the drive bass led me into a bridge and one chorus. Like to think I resisted the temptation to over produce and overplay on this one, another 'pop' production in the vain of 'Stones in the Ocean' . After the Goliath of 'Spice of Life' this made a refreshingly easier time in creation and release. Two more lined up in contrasting styles. Nick

Is It Jazz.WAV

I've been away for several months, building a new house in Yogyakarta (Java), Indonesia.  All my electronic equipment (including my beloved Roland electric piano) has been (and still is) in storage.

my main goal is to blow up and then act like i dont know nobody

Berlin based imprint for organic dance music.
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Since 2018, Kamai Music has curated quality, human-made electronic music. Based in Berlin, our label showcases a global roster of artists, releasing organic house, melodic house, and deep house with analog synthesis and live instrumentation. Expect new mixes, EPs, and innovative sounds spanning down- to mid-tempo rhythms—all united by creative vision and international influence.

Gibson Cherry Dot obsession continues. Inspired by exciting grooves and a 60’s vibe which I wear on my sleeve. There’s an eclectic mix of guitar fuelled rhythms all written, produced and performed by myself which have now culminated in 237 tracks in 5 years. Having added vocals to the mix this has brought a further depth and individuality to the songs. 2020 saw the creativity in writing and self releasing 2 EP's and 9 albums 'The Black Tulip' , 'Prismatic' , 'Who Would You Be?' , 'The Red Carpet', 'Cat & Mouse', ‘How This Plays Out', 'Positive Signs', 'All The Colours' and  '9' from April 2022, it's frenetic.
These are available on the usual outlets Spotify/iTunes/Deezer/Pandora/Napster, Bandcamp etc.

Its eclectic, quirky I confess, British? Experimental in places but above all stuffed full with Gibson guitars, energy and a passion for music and life in the highs and lows that days of late bring.  Hope you appreciate the artwork too all photographed or produced by me to keep it authentic and original.

The tenth album 'Keep On' saw the development of style and flow which  includes my personal favourites 'The Things That You Love', 'Man on The Run' and the title track, 'Keep On'. These all adapted a different approach and development that simply wouldn't have occurred at the start of the journey,  

The music's progressing and the album 'The Perfect Storm' set the benchmark in online attention with the title track single. I think the style and sincerity of performance mirrored the fact that all of my tracks are written for a reason and sparked by quite intense life changing events behind the scenes, you couldn't write it or maybe I could ! 
Personal choices at the moment are the opener Can't Erase The Memory, I Can and of course the single The Perfect Storm. 

Twelfth album ‘Heart Of Blue’, is completed and recently released  September 6th 2024. It's been a while (for me) in the making and each track just builds on the last. The themes of resilience, belief and positivity remain and the music continues to be guitar driven and punchy with hooks and catchy melodies.  

Album 13 is entitled 'Every Time' and was released to all platforms on June 12th. To come so quickly after 'Heart Of Blue' says a lot about the inspiration and creative drive. Themes of resilience, perseverance, hope and love, dominate in what I believe is my most cognitive and mature album yet, see what you think.
 
I'm thankful the creativity continues. The fact the writing and playing still excites and intrigues is a bonus! Where there's a story to tell and a melody to be heard the last song is always my drug for the next, 13 albums in it's not abating anytime soon. 
Latest adventure will be 'Green Light' out early 2026.
NickG

Juan Pablo Compaired nació en la ciudad de Buenos Aires una otoñal mañana del 13 de abril de 1967.
Sus primeros años en este mundo no fueron demasiado relevantes, aunque su pensamiento político ya adquiere cierta difusión gracias a su frase "la policía pega más fuerte" recogida por Quino en el Mafalda 6. 
En medio de una crisis hormonal ingresa al Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires y comienza a tomar clases de saxo convencido de que ese era el instrumento perfecto para poder conquistar gran cantidad de integrantes del sexo opuesto. 
Con éxitos dudosos en su objetivo primordial decide abrazar la profesión de músico, aunque más no sea para abrazar algo. 
Integra una cantidad importante de grupos de rock y pop local con las consecuencias del caso. Marcha a estudiar a España en L'Aula de Musica Moderna i Jazz de Barcelona y regresa al año siguiente, 1987, cuando compone la música de su primer largometraje (Las Puertitas del Sr. Lopez). 
Con la seguridad de que la música para películas era su pasaporte a  una vida próspera, abandona nuevamente el país para estudiar en el Berklee College of Music donde se gradúa en 1990 con honores. Reside un año en Miami donde trabaja de compositor y arreglador. 
Se desconocen los motivos por los cuales regresa a la Argentina a fines de 1991, donde forma el Compaired Quinteto, graba dos discos ("Imagen y Semejanza" y "Escape"), trabaja como sesionista, arreglador, compositor y dicta clases particulares. 
A principios del 96 rejunta un grupo de sesionistas que pasan a conformar Atendin Debauler, banda de funk-pop cínico. La banda goza de la admiración de los músicos, sin embargo es un gran fracaso económico.
Ganador de la beca Fulbright abandona su hermoso país otra vez en 1996 para instalarse en Los Angeles. 
Los colores albicelestes son bien representados por Compaired que en ese período toma clases con otro argentino: Jorge Calandrelli, con quien colabora en varios proyectos. Al mismo tiempo compone su primera sinfonía. Esta obra obtiene el Gran Premio Juan Carlos Paz en el año 2000.
Inexplicablemente Compaired regresa otra vez a la tierra que lo vió nacer. Se sospecha que fue por una mujer, aunque no se ha confirmado.
Decidido a dejar un patrimonio a su descendencia, se dedica casi exclusivamente a la música para publicidad durante unos años. Ya no volverá a ser el mismo. 
Patológicamente, vuelve a emigrar (por enésima vez). Esta vez el destino lo aterriza en España, en 2002.
En la tierra de Cervantes sigue haciendo publicidad, pero también música para telefilms, series y películas.
En 2008 lo nominan, insólitamente, a los Premios Goya en la categoría "mejor canción original".

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