La Musica E Un Messaggio

The lovely days of the electronic beats featuring main actors of Trip Hop scene including famous British Ninja Tune label. It features Mr Scruff, Blockhead, DJ Shadow, Dan The Automator, Madlib, Fat Jon & the japanese beatmakers Fantastic Plastic Machine, U.F.O. (United Future Organization) & DJ Ryow from ShinSight Trio. All tracks released between 1996-2009, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Nujabes by Be Hard Bop ~ Jun Seba Is Nujabes

Nujabes (1974-2010), one of Jazzy Hip-Hop representatives, was a japanese beatmaker, producer & owner of independant record label Hyde Out Recordings. Best known for his collaboration to the "Samurai Champloo" soundscape in 2004 (alongside Fat Jon, FORCE OF NATURE & TSUTCHIE), he frequently worked for various worldwide artists, as Apani B, Funky DL, CL Smooth, Substantial, Cise Starr from CYNE, Terry Callier or Pase Rock from Five Deez. This compilation brings together some of his finest productions released between 1998-2011, demonstrating his various musical abilities including Jazz & Soul samples, Downtempo, Cool & Nu-Jazz. All tracks compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Nujabes - Spiritual State

Year : 2011

Label : Hyde Out Recordings

Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz

Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

Third, last and posthume album released by Nujabes after "Metaphorical Music" in 2003 and "Modal Soul" in 2005. "Spiritual State" mixes Cool Jazz & Downtempo including instrumentals and various featurings performed with Pase Rock from Five Deez (City Light & Yes) Cise Star from CYNE (Sky Is Tumbling), Substantial (City Light & Waiting For The Clouds), DJ Segawa Tatsuya (cuts & scratches on "Fellows"), the multi-instrumentalist, Uyama Hiroto (Island, Gone Are The Day & Spiritual State) and guitarist Haruka Nakamura on "Island". Recorded, produced & mixed by Nujabes and Uyama Hiroto. 

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Wax Tailor - HOPE & SORROW

Year : 2007
Label : Atmosphériques
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop
Style : Downtempo, Trip-Hop

Second album by french Trip-Hop and Hip-Hop producer featuring Sharon Jones, A.S.M., The Others, Voice, Charlotte Savary & Ursula Rucker. As on "Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies" Wax Tailor is supported by session musicians Hélène Cervero on flute, Marina Quaisse on cello and Mr Gib from La Fine Equipe on turntables. Titles include single "Positively Inclined" feat. A.S.M.,"The Way We Lived" feat. Sharon Jones, three songs performed by Charlotte Savary (The Man With No Soul, To Dry Up & Alien In My Belly) and killer tune "House Of Wax" feat. The Others.

Wax Tailor - Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies

Year : 2005
Label : Lab'oratoire/Under Cover
Genre : Electronic, Hip Hop
Style : Trip-Hop, Downtempo, Jazzy Hip-Hop

Debut album by French independant Hip-Hop producer and cinema soundtrack lover J.C. Le Saoût released on his own label "Lab'oratoire". "Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies" mixes Downtempo and Trip-Hop including jazz & cinematographic samples. It features special guests, cello player Marina Quaisse on "Hypnosis Theme" & "Behind The Disguise", the american Hip-Hop band "The Others" on "Where My Heart's At" & "Walk The Line", and songstress Charlotte Savary on "Our Dance". Voices samples on "Hypnosis Theme" were extracted from "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" and "Alice" movies directed by Woody Allen. All cuts & beats by Wax Tailor.

Jazz Liberatorz - Fruit Of The Past

  
Year : 2009
Label : Kif Recordings
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

Jazz Liberatorz is a french Hip-Hop trio formed in 1999 by french producers and beatmakers, consisting of DJ Damage, Dusty and Madhi. "Fruit Of The Past" is a tribute to the golden era of Hip-Hop, commonly called "Old School Hip-Hop" including session musicians and jazz samples. As on "Clin d'Oeil", their first LP, it features eminent rappers among Fat Lip from The Pharcyde, Mos Def from Blackstar, Aloe Blacc from Emanon, Wildchild or Declaime. Titles include instrumentals and featurings in particular "After Party (Jazz Liberatorz Remix)" feat Wildchild originally released in 2004 and "Music In My Mind Part 2" selected by DJ RYOW in his "Optical Axis" mixtape released in 2008.

Madlib - Shades Of Blue

Year : 2003
Label : Blue Note
Genre : Hip-Hop, Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

The Hip-Hop producer, multi-instrumentalist & DJ, Otis Jackson Jr., revisits for Blue Note records various of its Soul Jazz and Post-Bop recordings including Donald Byrd, Ronnie Foster, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter,  Andrew Hill and Bobby Hutcherson. "Shades Of Blue" includes remixes and instrumentals performed with session musicians and special guests, rapper MED and jazz drummer Joe Chambers. Madlib performs also under various pseudonyms for each instruments than he uses, and fictional bands as Yesterdays New Quintet on "Footprints", Morgan Adams Quartet on "Stormy" & "Funky Blue Note" or Sound Direction on "Song For My Father". All cuts & beats by Madlib.

MUSICIANS : Madlib - drums, keyboards, vibraphone, bass, percussion, turntables - Jeff Jank - bass - Dan Ubick - guitar - James King - flute - Derek Holman - syntheziser, drums, percussion - Malcom Catto - percussion, drums - Joe Chambers & Lefty Houston - drums

DJ Mitsu The Beats - The Excellence II : Selected Works

Year : 2010
Label : Jazzy Sport/P-Vine

Genre : Electronic, Funk / Soul, Hip Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo, Breakbeat

Another compilation of remixes by DJ Mitsu The Beats including various productions recorded for several labels among Jazzy Sport. Titles include only remixes except "Seven Bucks" by Elizabeth Shepherd (DJ Mitsu The Beats production) &  "Beats Of Luv" (exclusive track). Compiled, mixed & directed by DJ Mitsu The Beats, Taro Kessen & Masaya Kobayashi. 

TRACKLIST : Elizabeth Shepherd - Seven Bucks / Grooveman Spot feat. Count Bass D - Benzaiten Love / Steppah Huntah - I Don't Know / Frankie Valentine - Marinheiro So / The Louie Gee Ensemble - Scrabble / The Politik - Moonlight feat. Blu / Made In Japan - Babyspace / Mamas Gun - Let's Find A Way / DJ Mitsu the Beats - Beats Of Luv / TettoryBad - Ruff & Tuff feat. Randolph / Cro-Magnon - Eclipse / Sleep Walker - Brotherhood / Jazztronik - Listen To Your Love / Julien Dyne - Falling’ Down feat. Parks

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Uyama Hiroto - A Son Of The Sun

Year : 2008
Label : Hyde Out Recordings
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

Debut album from japanese saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist & producer, Uyama Hiroto, who has regularly collaborated on various Nujabes productions. Uyama Hiroto performs mostly Hip-Hop music ranked as well as in Downtempo and Nu-Jazz styles including smooth/cool jazz influences. Titles include singles "81Summer/Color Of Jade", "One Dream/Carbon Rose", "Waltz For Life Will Reborn" (previously released on "Hydeout Productions - 2nd Collection" compilation), and featurings with Nujabes on "Ribbon In The Sea", Pase Rock from Five Deez on "Fly Love Song", Golden Boy from Specifics on "Vision Eyes". All tracks produced, mixed by Nujabes & Uyama Hiroto.

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Shin-Ski - Planetarium

Year : 2009
Label : Octave
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop
Style : Downtempo, Future Jazz

Second album from the prolific japanese beatmaker, DJ & producer Shin-Ski, member of ShinSight Trio featuring Insight and DJ RYOW, in groups Martiangang with DJ Real, Designed People with Koji Taninaka and the production team "Levitatorz" alongside DJ RYOW and Mista Donut. "Planetarium" is an instrumental album to the interstellar theme including Future Jazz, Bossa Breakbeat, Downtempo with Cool and Mellow atmosphere. Titles includes tracks bearing a star name among "Fomalhaut", "Southern Cross", "Procyon", "Aldebaran", "Rigel", "Mirfak", "Spica" featuring DJ Fula, "Sirius" feat. Mattan on guitar. All beats & cuts by Shin-Ski.

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Pat D - Take A Little Time

Year : 2008
Label : A Bridge Too Far Recordings
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

"Take A Little Time" is the second Jazzy Hip-Hop self-produced album of Pat D featuring various MCs from UK, US & France including Melodiq, Elodie Rama, Fisto, Voice, Lady Paradox, Lauren Jade and Sene. Patrick Dooner aka Pat D is a british producer, multi-instrumentalist, beatmaker & DJ, owner of independant label "A Bridge Too Far Recordings", who also collaborated with french producers "The FakeHunters" in 2009. Influenced by Soul Jazz, Swing & Nu-Soul styles, Pat D mostly uses jazz samples such as on "Relax Your Mind" Feat. Melodiq, extracted from "Pure Imagination" recorded by pianist Bob James for "BJ4" in 1977. All tracks composed & produced by Pat D. All cuts, beats & scratches by Pat D.

TRACKLIST : Pat D - Intro / Melodiq - Relax Your Mind / Fisto & Elodie Rama - Laisse Couler L'encere / Efeks - Retrospection / Lauren Jade - Need Me Around / Melodiq & Lady Paradox - In Control / Voice - Fly Away / Lady Paradox & Lauren Jade - Moments / Eva Lazarus - Good Times / Melodiq - Come Along / Lady Paradox - Joint Thoughts / Sene - Peace / Lauren Jade - Silly Head / Melodiq - Rockin' With The Best

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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.

Nujabes, Various - Hyde Out Productions (2nd Collection)

Year : 2007
Label : Hyde Out Recordings
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

The second and last volume of "Hyde Out Productions" compilation series, following the First Collection released four years ago, including jazzy hip-hop/downtempo recordings directed by Nujabes, and released for his own label "Hyde Out Recordings". The 2nd Collection compilation brings together various original compositions recorded by Nujabes, including featurings with rappers CL Smooth, Substantial, Five Deez, instrumental tracks composed by Uyama Hiroto, DSK, and some remixes by Nujabes, based on songs performed by Pase Rock, Emancipator & Shing02. All tracks produced & mixed by Nujabes for Hyde Out Recordings.

TRACKLIST : Nujabes - Voice Of Autumn / Nujabes Feat. CL Smooth - Sky Is Falling  / Uyama Hiroto - Walz For Life Will Born / Clammbon By Nujabes - Imaginary Folklore / Nujabes Feat. Substantial - Hikari / Nujabes - Counting Stars - Another Reflection / Nujabes Feat. Five Deez - Fly By Night / Pase Rock - Old Light (Voices From 93 Million Miles Away Remix) / Emancipator - With Rainy Eyes / Shing02 Feat. DJ Top Bill - Luv (Sic.) Modal Soul Remix / Uyama Hiroto - Windspeaks / DSK - Winter Lane (Nujabes Remix) / Nujabes - After Hanabi (Listen To My Beats)

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DJ RYOW a.k.a Smooth Current - Optical Axis

Year : 2009
Label : Octave
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Mixtape
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

Ryo Yoshihara is a japanese Hip-Hop DJ, trackmaker, turnabilist & producer from Nagoya, member with Shin-Ski of the producers trio "Levitatorz" & ShinSight Trio featuring Boston rapper Insight. DJ RYOW collaborated with various U.S. rappers and DJs such as DJ Green Lantern, DJ Whoo Kid, DJ Enuff or The Alchemist. "Optical Axis" is a mixtape brings together worldwide Hip-Hop and Electronic artists featuring Daily Bread (Aloe Blacc), Quantic, Drum Brothers, Jazz Liberatorz, DJ Alibi or DJ Cam. Titles include three compositions by DJ RYOW released as Smooth Current (Re: Strain Of Stairs (Unmixed Demo version), Intro & Outro) and original remix [What U Need (Smooth Current Remix)]. Compiled & mixed by DJ RYOW.

TRACKLIST : Smooth Current - Introduction - Dinner At The Thompson's - Vegas - Daily Bread - That's That - Y Society - Setting The Example - Dadamnphreaknoizphunk - Lunchcorner - Andrew J & Kaltenecker - Inch - Quantic - We Got Soul (Rob Life Remix)- Jazz Liberatorz - Music In My Mind Part 2 - The Dining Rooms - Existentialism (Milano Bossa Mix) - Thievery Corporation - Supreme Illusion (Nickodemus Remix) - Zeb - Toe To Toe (Original Version) - Drum Brothers Feat. Pfel & Atom - Live & Uncut - Smooth Current - Re: Strain Of Stairs (Unmixed Demo version) - Mo' Horizons - Green Day - DJ Alibi - One Day - DJ Cam Quartet - Rebirth Of Cool - E Reece & Core Elements - What U Need (Smooth Current Remix) - Liquid Spirits Feat. Phonte - If You Don't Love Me / Stepney - Smooth Current - Outro

Nujabes - Modal Soul

Year : 2005
Label : Hyde Out Recordings
Genre : Hip Hop, Electronic, Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

The second solo album originally released on Lybus Music, by the japanese beatmaker and Hip-Hop producer, Nujabes featuring his musical partner, the multi-instrumentist Uyama Hiroto (keys, sax). As his predecessor "Methaporical Music" released in 2003, "Modal Soul" keeps the same combination of Hip-Hop, Jazz & Downtempo, including several instrumental tracks and various american featurings, in order of appearance, Cise Starr & Akin from CYNE (Feather), Terry Callier (Ordinary Joe), Shing02 (Luv (Sic.) Pt3), Substantial (Eclipse), Pase Rock from Five Deez (The Sign), Apani B (Thank You). Produced, composed & arranged by Nujabes.

TRACKLIST : Nujabes Feat. CYNE - Feather / Nujabes Feat. Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe / Nujabes - Reflection Eternal / Nujabes Feat. Shing 02 - Luv (Sic.) Pt3 / Nujabes - Music Is Mine / Nujabes Feat. Substantial - Eclipse / Nujabes Feat. Pase Rock - The Sign / Nujabes Feat. Apani B. - Thank You / Nujabes - World's End Rhapsody / Nujabes Feat. Uyama Hiroto - Modal Soul / Nujabes - Flowers / Sea Of Cloud / Light On The land / Horizon

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One Self - Children Of Possibility

Year : 2005
Label : Ninja Tune
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop
Style : Trip Hop, Abstract, Downtempo, Breakbeat

One Self is a British hip-hop collective formed by DJ Vadim, songstress Yarah Bravo and MC Blu Rum 13 featuring Demolition Man, Little Green (aka John Ellis & Judy Green), percussionist Bongo Pete from Freak Power and DJ Woody (cuts, scratches), all supported by additionals musicians. "Children Of Possibility" hovers in a hypnotic Indian atmosphere including the sitar, koto and tabla use with haunting chants, performed in the Trip-Hop, Abstract and Broken Beat styles. Titles include single "Bluebird", "Trying To Speak" feat. Demolition Man, and "Cupid Smiling The Smile" feat. Little Green. All tracks composed & produced by DJ Vadim.

DJ Mitsu The Beats - New Awakening

Year : 2003
Label : Planetgroove, Jazzy Sport
Genre : Electronic, Jazz, Hip-Hop

Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Breakbeat, Funk

Debut album of japanese beatmaker DJ Mitsu The Beats from GAGLE released on Planetgroove (Jazzy Sport's parent label founded by Yasuhiro Komatsu & Masaya Fantasista). "New Awakening" is a jazzy hip-hop album to the funk accents featuring worlwide artists collaboration and others japanese rappers including the Swedish Promoe, K-Otix, Audessey The Sound Sci, Big Pooh, New-Zeland keyboardist Mark De Clive-Low and Hunger. DJ Mitsu The Beats is part of these talented beatmakers who emerged on the japanese Hip-Hop scene these last years among DJ Kentaro, Nujabes, DJ Honda or DJ Muro. Founder member of the japanese Hip-Hop band GAGLE with his brother, rapper Hunger and DJ Mu-R, he's also formed the electronic duo, Jazz Phenomenon, with DJ and producer from Tokyo, Grooveman Spot. All beats & cuts prformed by DJ Mitsu The Beats.

TRACKLIST : DJ Mitsu The Beats - Miwa Says... / Intro Feat. Hunger / Pursuits Of Clarity Feat. Agapé / Tokyo Feat. K-Otix / Material Curse Feat. Promoe / DJ Mitsu The Beats - M.o.o.d. For Otis / Stolen Moments Feat. Audessey The Sound Sci / Feelin Alright (We've Got Have It) Feat. Big Pooh & Phonte / Right Here Feat. Dwele / Away Feat. Lady Alma / Music Mate Feat. Stone Love / Rendezvous Feat. Mark De Clive-Lowe / DJ Mitsu The Beats - Negative Ion / 独行JAZZ道 Feat. Hunger / Do Right Feat. Rich Medina

Fat Jon As Maurice Galactica - Humanoid Erotica

Year : 2001

Label : Counterflow Recordings

Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop

Style : Downtempo, Trip-Hop

John Marshall aka Fat Jon (also known under various pseudonyms as "The Ample Soul"), is an American rap producer, DJ  and former member of Five Deez, an alternative Hip-Hop band from Cincinnati. Fat Jon is one prominent representative of the downtempo style alongside Nujabes, with whom he collaborated to the "Samurai Champloo" original soundtrack in 2003 (volumes "Impression" & "Departure". Released under the Maurice Galactica's name,"Humanoid Erotica" includes in particular the triptych "Triple Gold Daytons", the instrumental remix "Raindance" and the Hip-House track "Pretty Pussy Killy Kat" featuring Five Deez, all composed, produced and mixed by Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician.

Various - Samurai Champloo Music Record : Impression

Year : 2004
Label : Victor
Genre : Electronic, Hip Hop, Stage & Screen
Style : Hip Hop Jazz, Downtempo, Breakbeat, Funk/Soul

The last volume of Samurai Champloo Music Record collection which brings together all contributors of the original soundtrack except Tsutchie. Titles include the Hip-Hop song "STYLE" from episode 18, performed by FORCE OF NATURE featuring rappers Suiken & S-Word from Nitro Microphone Underground, and the ending theme from episode 12 "Who's Theme", with Nujabes featuring japanese R&B singer Minmi. All tracks produced by FORCE OF NATURE, Nujabes & Fat Jon.

• "Kodama (Interlude)" is a sample of "Trumpet Flower" by french composer Daniel Janin 
• tracks 1 to 7 recorded, mixed & arranged by FORCE OF NATURE
• tracks 8 to 16, 23 recorded, mixed & arranged by Nujabes
• tracks 17 to 22 recorded, mixed & arranged by Fat Jon
  

TRACKLIST : FORCE OF NATURE - Just Forget / Nightshift / FORCE OF NATURE Feat. S-Word & Suiken - 日出ズル STYLE / FORCE OF NATURE - The Stroll / Death Wish / Set It Off / The Million Way Of Drum / Nujabes - A Space In Air In Space In Air (Interlude) / Sanctuary Ship / Haiku (Interlude) / Tsurugi No Mai / Dead Season / Decade (Interlude) / World Without Words / Kodama (Interlude) / Silver Morning / Fat Jon - Bracelet / In Position / Night Out / Not Quite Seleah / Labyrinth Statistic / Here And There / Nujabes Feat. Minmi - Who's Theme

Nujabes, Fat Jon - Samurai Champloo Music Record : Departure

Year : 2004
Label : Victor
Genre :  Electronic, Hip Hop, Stage & Screen
Style : Hip-Hop Jazz, Downtempo

Volume 2 of the "Samurai Champloo Music Record" series which brings together several tracks produced by Nujabes and Fat Jon (Jon Marshall). Fat Jon is an American hip-hop producer from Cincinnati, former member of hip-hop band "Five Deez", in charge of numerous recordings under various names such as The Ample Soul Physician or Maurice Galactica. Titles include the opening theme ''Battlecry'' produced by Nujabes featuring japanese rapper Shing02, and the ending theme "Shiki No Uta", arranged by Nujabes featuring R&B songstress Minmi. All tracks produced, arranged, mixed by Nujabes (tracks 1 to 6, 17) and Fat Jon (7 to 16). 

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