Nu Jazz
Various Artists
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- The Basics
You might prefer to call it jazztronica, or even future jazz, but if it's exotic, experimental, and you find yourself wanting to bust a move or two, you're most likely caught up in the capacious net of nu jazz — a scene in which the DJ mixes DNA with the free-ranging musician, and where individual expression is sacrificed to the supremacy of the groove. Our overview starts off in Poland, with Marcin Cichy and Igor Pudlo, a.k.a. Skalpel, one of many great nu jazz outfits signed to the U.K.'s Ninja Tune label, here blending beats and static crackles into the remixed "1958," and Tokyo-based Jazztronik (Ryota Nozaki) spinning and sampling through the hugely infectious "Samurai."
Things get complicated and simplified, with our Nu Jazz Next Steps.$15.15 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 1958 (Skalpel Remix) Skalpel 5:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Let Me Be Ski Oakenfull 8:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Samurai Jazztronik 8:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Protection (Sirius Mo Remix) Bajka & Ben Mono 4:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 (I Got) Somebody New Georg Levin & Clara Hill 5:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Happiness Shawn Lee 4:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Together (feat. Mr J) Atjazz 5:34 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Satori (Original Mix) Laszlo 5:30 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 One Starry Night Kevin Yost 6:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Fedime's Flight Jazzanova 7:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Morning Child 4hero & Carina Andersson 4:36 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Paper Chase Clara Hill & Vikter Duplaix 6:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Mishaps Happening Quantic 7:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Things We Do (Nils Krogh Alternate Take) Soular Sound 5:00 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Going Down Jaga Jazzist 5:19 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Next Steps
Nu jazz has found its niche in the fecund creative middle-ground between the digital and the organic realms, so that on a track like "Scribble Paper" Sweden's Little Dragon — whose members collaborated with Gorillaz on Plastic Beach — can bridge the gap between an atmospheric synth wash and a single, old-school standup bassline. Multi-instrumentalist DJ/producer Kevin Yost overlays a big, thick backbeat with a trumpet part that repeats like birdsong on the Jazz Room remix of "Jazz Is," and with "Northern Girls" the wildly inventive Belleruche sets up a framework of cuts and snippets over which singer Kathrin deBoer can drape her vocal magic.
Our nu jazz map covers Fila Brazillia and Floating Points Ensemble, in Deep Cuts.$13.86 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 Fluxus (The Cinematic Orchestra World Goes Round Mix) The Dining Rooms 9:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Continent & Western Fond of Tigers 9:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Open Doors Kira Neris 6:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Two With Nature Wibutee 5:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 A Gentle Dissolve (Shawn Lee Ping Pong Orchestra Remix) Thievery Corporation 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Make Me Stronger (Floating Points Remix) [feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow] Bei Bei & Shawn Lee 6:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Jazz Is (Jazz Room Remix) Kevin Yost 7:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Ipe Amarelo (Spiritual South Remix) quasimode 9:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Love Me Like This (Nonsense Dub) Floating Points 8:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Mta Finn Peters 5:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Move Change J.Viewz 4:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Northern Girls Belleruche 3:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Mwela, Mwela (Here I Am) Jazzanova, Rob Gallagher & Valerie Etienne 7:16 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Argonaute II Floating Points 8:32 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 14 Songs - Deep Cuts
If you're charmed, mesmerized, and propelled towards the dance floor by a tune that's more than the sum of its many intricate and freewheeling parts, chances are you're listening to nu jazz — and we continue our overview of the scene with Tape Five, who merge elements of funk into the insta-party electro-swing of "The Smurf" from Tonight Josephine!, while Fila Brazillia slips a sly sense of humour into the mashed beats and samples of "Big Saddle" from 1996's very fine Mess. Floating Points Ensemble, masterminded by Sam Shepherd, blends Eastern and Western elements on "Post Suite," and Intelligent Jazz takes the sax in a fresh direction on "Bionics."
$14.85 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 The Smurf (Tape Five Remix) Tape Five 3:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Copacabana Soul S-Tone Inc 4:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Au Revoir La Nuit Soulstance 6:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Experiments In Ambient Soul (Koom.h Rework) The Dining Rooms 6:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Ragtime Cat (feat. Lilja Bloom) Parov Stelar 2:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Bionics (Jimpster's Jazz Mix) Intelligent Jazz 7:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Post Suite Floating Points Ensemble 6:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Layer (feat. Mara TK) Julien Dyne 3:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Ain't Changing Recloose 6:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 R.I.P Linkwood 6:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Big Saddle Fila Brazillia 4:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Moretime Nightmares On Wax 5:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Between Them Chris Brann 4:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 One Goodbye Kylie Auldist 3:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Mother Nature (Dzihan & Kamien Remix) Fauna Flash 5:18 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Complete Set
On the giant family tree of jazz, nu jazz shows up as acid jazz's electronic cousin, with strong blood ties to jazz house and a niece/nephew relationship to jazz fusion. Rooted in the pioneering electronic instrumental work of Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis, the boundlessly experimental genre really flowered in the late '90s and early '00s, fertilized by the creative explorations of downtempo musicians and freethinking dance music/techno producers, and centred around the structure and melody of the songs rather than the skills of the individual players. These tracks are all about the groove, but at the same time they offer a far more expansive musical palette than most offshoots of electronica, so you get to exercise your mind while moving your feet. From Atjazz to Wibutee, from Fauna Flash to Juno® Award-winners Fond of Tigers, and all points between, this is the sound of nu jazz.
$43.86 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 1958 (Skalpel Remix) Skalpel 5:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Let Me Be Ski Oakenfull 8:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Samurai Jazztronik 8:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Protection (Sirius Mo Remix) Bajka & Ben Mono 4:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 (I Got) Somebody New Georg Levin & Clara Hill 5:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Happiness Shawn Lee 4:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Together (feat. Mr J) Atjazz 5:34 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Satori (Original Mix) Laszlo 5:30 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 One Starry Night Kevin Yost 6:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Fedime's Flight Jazzanova 7:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Morning Child 4hero & Carina Andersson 4:36 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Paper Chase Clara Hill & Vikter Duplaix 6:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Mishaps Happening Quantic 7:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Things We Do (Nils Krogh Alternate Take) Soular Sound 5:00 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Going Down Jaga Jazzist 5:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Fluxus (The Cinematic Orchestra World Goes Round Mix) The Dining Rooms 9:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Continent & Western Fond of Tigers 9:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Open Doors Kira Neris 6:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Two With Nature Wibutee 5:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 A Gentle Dissolve (Shawn Lee Ping Pong Orchestra Remix) Thievery Corporation 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 Make Me Stronger (Floating Points Remix) [feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow] Bei Bei & Shawn Lee 6:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Jazz Is (Jazz Room Remix) Kevin Yost 7:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Ipe Amarelo (Spiritual South Remix) quasimode 9:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Love Me Like This (Nonsense Dub) Floating Points 8:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 Mta Finn Peters 5:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 26 Move Change J.Viewz 4:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 27 Northern Girls Belleruche 3:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 28 Mwela, Mwela (Here I Am) Jazzanova, Rob Gallagher & Valerie Etienne 7:16 $0.99 View In iTunes 29 Argonaute II Floating Points 8:32 $0.99 View In iTunes 30 The Smurf (Tape Five Remix) Tape Five 3:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 31 Copacabana Soul S-Tone Inc 4:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 32 Au Revoir La Nuit Soulstance 6:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 33 Experiments In Ambient Soul (Koom.h Rework) The Dining Rooms 6:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 34 Ragtime Cat (feat. Lilja Bloom) Parov Stelar 2:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 35 Bionics (Jimpster's Jazz Mix) Intelligent Jazz 7:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 36 Post Suite Floating Points Ensemble 6:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 37 Layer (feat. Mara TK) Julien Dyne 3:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 38 Ain't Changing Recloose 6:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 39 R.I.P Linkwood 6:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 40 Big Saddle Fila Brazillia 4:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 41 Moretime Nightmares On Wax 5:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 42 Between Them Chris Brann 4:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 43 One Goodbye Kylie Auldist 3:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 44 Mother Nature (Dzihan & Kamien Remix) Fauna Flash 5:18 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 44 Songs
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