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DJ Offbeat, Chris Galvan, and OdDio end the decade by taking a look back at some of the Labels and Artists that have influenced us, inspired us, and led us to where we are today.

We examined Compost Records, Jazzanova, Schema Records, 4 Hero, and Especial Records in December.  We started the year off right with a look at Scandinavian Jazz.  This week we turn our attention to Italian jazz maestro Nicola Conte.

The swinging jazz sounds of Nicola Conte first entered my world in the form of the Schema Records album 'Jet Sounds'.  A modern take on bossa, the groove based tunes flowed one after another until the final notes of 'Trappola Mortale' faded into silence.  I ached for more and immediately began the journey again.  The audience widened a bit in America with the Eighteenth Street Lounge re-release, renamed 'Bossa Per Due' and a full remix album aptly titled 'Jet Sounds Revisited'.  

The remixes flowed, as did my love of these dancefloor jazz sounds.  Taking a more pure jazz tone, Nicola Conte and his band recorded 'Other Directions' in 2004 for Blue Note.  Conte returned to his home at Schema Records with 2008's 'Rituals'.  Late in 2009, Schema released a double album of collected remixes from over the years under the name 'The Modern Sound of Nicola Conte: Versions In Jazz Dub' and the journey continues.

I was fortunate enough to catch a DJ set at Sonotheque in Chicago in late 2003, where I enjoyed the fine selections of Mr Conte, as well as an excellent conversation and more than a few drinks with the man himself.  Chris and his lovely wife came for a visit late last year and we all took in the live band, featuring Nicola on guitar and the one Jose James on vocals.  Needless to say, they brought the house down.  

Fond memories all around!  We hope you enjoy a small sampling of the ever growing body of work Nicola Conte has blessed us with thus far and look forward to what the future may bring.  Also, be sure to check out the Schema  Records Special if you missed it.

Much love, respect, and thanks to Nicola Conte and the good people at Schema Records, as well as all of the talented labels and artists featured in this show.

Nicola Conte Special - DJ Offbeat & Chris Galvan
1.  Fertile Ground - Yellow Daisies (Nicola Conte Rework)
2.  Marco Di Marco - Take Off (Nicola Conte Version)
3.  Mark Murphy - Stolen Moments (Midnight Mood Rework)
4.  Sabrina Malheiros - Terra Da Ninguem (Nicola Conte Rework)
5.  Nicola Conte meets Aldemaro Romero - Teme De La Onda
6.  Pilot Jazou - Your Crime (Nicola Conte Jazz Mix)
7.  Nicola Conte - New Blues
8.  Nicola Conte - Kind of Sunshine
9.  Nicola Conte - Paper Clouds
10. Truby Trio ft Joseph Malik - High jazz (Nicola Conte rework)
11. Nicola Conte - Missione A Bombay (Eddy and Dus remix)
12. Nicola Conte - New Standards
13. Nicola Conte ft Jose James - Nubian Queens
14. Nicola Conte - Nefertiti

Stayed tuned for the Gerardo Frisina Special presented by FutureHistoryOfHouse, Music Is Everything, and oddiofile!

Nicola Conte Special January 2010 DJ Offbeat & Chris Galvan

Take Off

Montefiori Cocktail - Sofisticata (Nicola Conte remix)

Written and composed by Maud Nadal. 
Produced by Maud Nadal and Maxime Le Guil at Studio Plus 30, Paris.
Drums recorded by Arno Van Colen and Axel Concato. 
Mixed by Angy Laperdrix at Solaris Studio, Paris. 
Mastered by Rémi Salvador at Climax.

Maud Nadal: vocals, guitars, keyboards. 
Axel Concato: bass, keyboards. 
François Desmoulins: drums.

BUY Du Pouvoir EP:
https://halomaud.bandcamp.com/releases

À La Fin

From the Near Negative EP available December 15th, 2017 from Western Vinyl

"Monday Give Me Monday" showcases Art Feynman's signature grooves, krautrock slink, and staccato bounce, all captured on his trusty four-track cassette recorder.

Earlier this summer, Art Feynman released his debut full-length album Blast Off Through the Wicker and toured the US with Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier. Pitchfork describes him as "a cool purveyor of coked-out dub-kraut." Consequence of Sound calls his debut a "funky, psychedelic slice of afro-pop" and Tiny Mix Tapes regards it as an "analog masterpiece."

In 2018 Art Feynman will return with his sophomore LP that takes us even further into his motorik and afrobeat inspired world of sound.

Near Negative

Art Feynman - "Monday Give Me Monday"

Taken from C Duncan's third album, 'Health'. Out March 29th. 

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C Duncan - Health

Caged Sleep is taken from the forthcoming album "Consummation" out 22nd May 2020. Pre-order here: https://smarturl.it/kvsconsummation

Katie Von Schleicher - Caged Sleep

Congratulations, Lenny! 

Thank you to everybody that submitted remixes for us to listen to!

Euro Borealis  (Lenny Wainwright Mix)

"The debut album from this Oakland band twitches and moves like the bastard child of ESG, Liquid Liquid and Vivien Goldman, practically daring you to make your moves on the dancefloor or in the bedroom. Features members of The World, The Reptoids, Blues Lawyer, Preening & Exit Group"

From the album "Do The Duvet" released in North America by Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com) on September 4th, 2020.

Naked Roommate "Repeat"

Nicola Conte -  Arabesque (Micatone Remix) [Vocal Version]

Legal Ghost / Heaven

Legal Ghost

Limited Ed 7"/Digital

Tropical Fuck Storm - Legal Ghost

GAIA

Whisper Dish - They Don't Know

A song from the live performance of Nicola Conte at Ghetto İstanbul. 30-04-2013 
Recorded by; Bilgehan Çoruhlu & Mustafa Sarıoğlu
Mixed by; Bilgehan Çoruhlu @ SAE İstanbul


Nicola Conte Live 30-04-2013 @Ghetto İstanbul

Dublin noisers Girl Band are at the controls for the 30th mixtape of the series (also the first of 2021).
The cult quartet graced us with nearly three hours of selected tunes - from avantgarde compositions and industrial to post punk and hip hop.

Tracklist:
1. Don Reed featuring The Voice Of Love - Nature Boy
2. Philip Glass - Floe
3. Roly Porter - In Flight
4. The Flaming Lips - Are you a Hypnotist?
5. Portishead - Machine Head
6. Death Grips - Come Up And Get Me
7. Yoko Ono, The Flaming Lips - Cambridge 1969/2007
8. Meridian Brothers - Puya del empresario
9. Los Saicos - Demolicion
10. Richard Swift - Lady Luck
11. John Cooper Clarke - Evidently Chickentown
12. Cumbia Siglo XX - En la Naga Pedale
13. Los Piranas - El venado triste
14. Adonis, Osain del Monte - La Guaracha
15. Jean Grae, Quelle Chris - Gold Purple Orange
16. Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats - Track 07
17. The Fall - Dr Buck's Letter
18. Sun City Girls - The Shining Path
19. Lankum - Willow Garden
20. Junior Brother - Full Of Wine
21. Isao Tomita - Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune
22. Lankum - The Pride of Petravore
23. Executive Slacks - The Bus (12" Version)
24. Talking Heads - The Great Curve
25. Naive Ted - the punisher's wrath (Sherkin mix)
26. Swans - She Loves Us
27. Lightning Bolt - Dead Cowboy
28. Paula Temple - Monstro
29. Special Request - Spectral Frequency
30. Pan Sonic - Rahina II
31. Paula Temple - Gegen
32. Lot.te - History of Discipline
33. Slam - Severed

Gilla Band

Hailing from Halifax, The Orielles are sisters Sidonie B and Esmé Dee Hand Halford and their best friend Henry Carlyle Wade whom they met at a house party just a few years ago. The then teenagers bonded over their shared love of alternative US bands from the 90s such as Sonic Youth & Pixies as well as pioneering filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino (The Orielles have cited his work in their songs and consider his work a major lyrical and aesthetical influence). Keen proponents of the DIY aesthetic, they learned their instruments on the road through gigging and the band have spent the past few years polishing their sound, with a steady string of singles previously released.

Euro Borealis (Lenny Wainwright Mix)

The Orielles

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