Ubiquity, 2003. Used
The debut release from Cuica – a group that features Simon Serrietella, aka Big Bang! Cuica take their name from a Brazilian percussion instrument that has a very unusual sound – and while this record has very little to do with Brazilian music, it does have a highly percussive sound
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Blue Note, 2002. Used
A return to slightly funky work for MMW – lots of organ, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, and other groovy keyboards from John Medeski driving the set, backed by some excellent rhythm work by Billy Martin and Chris Wood. This is probably their most compelling album in years – at least to our
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BBE (UK), 2012. New Copy
Splintering, echoing beatcraft from Juliene Dyne – spacey hip hop-indebted, but limitless and genre-skirting sounds – his second solid set for BBE! It's great headphones music – insistently grooving and instrumental for the most part, with a handful of guest vocalists.
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Schema (Italy), 2000. New Copy (pic cover)
Leave it to these guys to make a great track even greater! Thievery Corporation do an excellent job with Nicola Conte's jazzy "Bossa Per Due" – adding in some sweeping strings, cool Fender Rhodes licks, and tasty beats aplenty! "The In Samba" is equally great – as
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Schema (Italy), 2001. New Copy (pic cover)
Genius work from one of our favorite artists! Both tracks sparkle with the kind of retro-jazzy intensity that we've come to expect after Conte's brilliant Jet Sounds LP – a perfect blend of classic bossa grooves and modern dancefloor production, in a mode that blows away all the competition!
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Schema/Fez (Italy), 1999. New Copy 2LP
Incredible! Although the first album by Balanco had a definite Italian bossa sound (which was very popular in their acid jazz scene a few years ago), this great second album by the group breaks into whole new territory – like French and Italian soundtrack grooves, particularly in the vein of
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Schema (Italy), 1997. New Copy
Overlooked genius from the early years of Schema Records – done by a group who maybe came a few years to soon to share in the fame of artists like Nicola Conte or Gerardo Frisina – but whose sound here is equally great! Neos are a pair of jazz musicians – Luigi Bonafede on Fender
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Schema (Italy), 1997. New Copy
Mindblowing work from the early years of Schema Records – a set that really helped set a whole new tone for a generation – and which still sounds wonderful all these many hears later! Balanco work up a perfect blend of bossa rhythms and soulful jazz – all wrapped up with the kind
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Schema (Italy), 2003. New Copy 2CD
Jazzy bossaness abounds – in this fab 6th volume of the always-great Break N Bossa series! This time around, the crew at Schema have gone a bit deeper than usual for the tunes – picking out a good blend of singles that show the true evolution of the bossa influence on the European
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Schema (Italy), 2002. New Copy 2CD
The 5th volume in this great series is bigger than ever! Back when volume 1 first came out, the idea of modern bossa dancefloor tunes was a strange concept – now, thanks to the work of the Schema crew, in releases like this one, the groove is here to stay – and strongly! The set
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Schema (Italy), 2003. New Copy 3LP
Jazzy bossaness abounds – in this fab 6th volume of the always-great Break N Bossa series! This time around, the crew at Schema have gone a bit deeper than usual for the tunes – picking out a good blend of singles that show the true evolution of the bossa influence on the European
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Schema (Italy), 2002. New Copy 3LP
The 5th volume in this great series is bigger than ever! Back when volume 1 first came out, the idea of modern bossa dancefloor tunes was a strange concept – now, thanks to the work of the Schema crew, in releases like this one, the groove is here to stay – and strongly! The set
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Schema (Italy), 1997. New Copy
Mindblowing work from the early years of Schema Records – a set that really helped set a whole new tone for a generation – and which still sounds wonderful all these many hears later! Balanco work up a perfect blend of bossa rhythms and soulful jazz – all wrapped up with the kind
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Schema (Italy), 2001. New Copy
This series never fails to please! The 4th volume in the mighty Break N Bossa set – and a fab blend of bossa-inspired jazzy grooves, running the gamut from straighter jazzy numbers, to sly vocal gems, to a few that have a more abstract electronic finish. All titles are worthy to appear on
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Schema (Italy), 2001. New Copy 2LP
This series never fails to please! The 4th volume in the mighty Break N Bossa set – and a fab blend of bossa-inspired jazzy grooves, running the gamut from straighter jazzy numbers, to sly vocal gems, to a few that have a more abstract electronic finish. All titles are worthy to appear on
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Schema (Italy), 2000. New Copy
Wonderful modern grooves from Italy! This tight little combo takes all the best elements of the Italian groups of the early 90s – bossa grooves, electric keyboard, jazzy finishes – and filters them through modern production techniques that give the record a sound that's more compatible
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Schema (Italy), 2000. New Copy
Sublime modern bossa – from one of the best bands of the genre! Soulstance are part of the elite cadre of Italian groups that make up Nicola Conte's Schema label – and they're one of the best discoveries to come out of the Italian groove scene in years. We really dug their first album
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Schema (Italy), 2003. New Copy
Hi Note, indeed! Gerardo Frisina's latest is awe-inspiring – a completely seamless blend of Italian and Latin jazz, bossa rhythms and percussion, and some of the most tasteful and naturally blended electronic elements you could ever expect to hear on an album so steeped in a genuine affinity
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Schema (Italy), 2002. New Copy
Superb! The first full length album by Les Hommes is well worth waiting for – as the group spent a few years in the trenches, coming up with a uniquely groovy modern bossa sound – laid out over a handful of excellent 12" singles, finally getting the chance to take full shape on
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Schema (Italy), 2000. New Copy
Fab second volume in this great series that takes older Brazilian rhythms and musical ideas, and filters them through the talents of some of the best modern producers and remixers! This volume features 11 great tracks – many of which were only issued as expensive import singles, and all of
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