Chris Joss - Sticks

Year : 2009
Label : Eighteenth Street Lounge Music
Genre : Electronic, Pop
Style : Acid Jazz, Soul Jazz, Psychedelic

Fifth album from french multi-instrumentalist & DJ, Chris Joss (organ, bass, sitar) featuring german saxophonist Praful, norwegian pianist Alexander Von Mehren (vibraphone) & Cosmika (voices). "Sticks" is an instrumental album inspired by the swinging London sixties era including Psychedelic Rock, Soul Jazz and Indian Folk influences. An oriental atmosphere hovers on the album emphasized by the regular use of sitar which take us in a psychedelic journey. Titles include pure dancing tracks (Danger Buds, Zingy Twangs feat. Cosmika), Afrobeat (Root Juice, Tea Age Sea Feat. Alexander Von Mehren), psychedelic pop grooves (Charmer, Melisma Mercury Feat. Praful, A Soft Reprise) & cinematic atmosphere with "Night Scare" feat. Cosmika . All tracks composed, performed & produced by Chris Joss.

Chris Joss - You've Been Spiked

Year : 2004
Label : Eighteenth Street Lounge Music ‎
Genre : Electronic
Style : Acid Jazz, Downtempo, Future Jazz, Funk/Soul

Chris Joss is a french self-taught multi-instrumentalist and studio producer. In 1999, Chris Joss released his first album "The Man With A Suitcase", an imaginary soundtrack of fictional 60's TV series, whose the title-track was used in the movie trailer of Ocean's 13. "You've Been Spiked" recreates the typical sound of the seventies, served by Wah-Wah guitars and groovy sound from Hammond Organ & Fender Rhodes. This is translates by an Acid Jazz style including Soul Jazz (Drink Me Hot), Disco beats (A Part In That Show), Heavy Funk (Wrong Alley Street Part 3), mixed with Breakbeat (Early Morning Wanderings) & cinematic atmosphere (Riviera 69, Waves Of Love). All tracks composed, performed & produced by Chris Joss, all vocals by Cosmika.