Name Jazzanova
Occupation Sophisticate producers. remixers and DJs extraordinaire.
Just who do they think they are? Stefan Leisering. Alex Reiner. Roskow Kretschmann. Jilrgen von Kroblauch, Alexander Barck and Claas Brieler are the Germans who make up this forward thinking jazz-dance collective who has enjoyed a growing appreciation as remixers par excellence after whipping the likes of Gilles Peterson, Rainer Triiby and Patrick Forge into lasting. foamy lathers with 97 'floor favourite 'Fedime’s Flight'. Fusing a love of deep. worldly jazz with a proficiency in future dancefloor disciplines. the six- strong DJ supergroup forge singularly thoughtful and developed club sounds.
How did this happen? Way back in 1995 members of the burgeoning Jazzanova were taking their DJ fees straight down to Berlin's flea markets to feed a fascination with warm, jazzual gems. Due to an uncommonly diligent approach to the remix and a worldwide demand for the outfits DJs, Jazzanova's debut album proper In Between came rather late and in the meantime they put out a recently re-released remixes collection. The forthcoming release of Jazzanova Remixes 2 (2002—2005) heralds this fine night amongst sets across the globe.
So they can drop a name or two Indeed. Pouring the best of hip hop. Afro-funk. drum & bass. Latin and soul into their sleek. intelligent productions the outfit have remixed everyone from UFO and 4 Here to Heavy, Fat Freddy’s Drop and Azymuth. And a fruitful alliance with Micheal Reinboth's Iikeminded Compost predated the launch of their own democratic. independent record label Sonar Kollektiv.
In a nutshell Sonar Kollektiv's website states succinctly: ‘New ideas is what we're looking for and the old ones inspire us.‘
I Jazzanova are appearing at Trouble, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 2 Dec.
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SOUNDCLASH COSMIC FURY Venue, Edinburgh, Sat 10 Dec
Those who have been regularly attending Impotent Fury’s biannual excursions at the Venue will be well aware of Fred Deakin’s melting pot style. One half of house-pop eccentrics Lemon Jelly and the man who ran Edinburgh institution Going Places for so many years, Deakin lets his Wheel of Destiny decide the Fury playlist from such diverse choices as Hoxton techno, indie disco and soft rock classics. Expect a similarly eccentric smash-up here, although the Wheel is staying at home this time. Instead, producer, remixer and DJ Tom Middleton (of Jedi Knights, the Bays and Cosmos fame) will be sharing top billing with Deakin.
‘Tom and I have been crossing paths on the festival circuit for a few years now, at the Big Chill and places like that,’ explains Deakin. ‘So we already knew we
FINAL NIGHTS LlVEVEVIL/MIXED BIZNESS JIVE AID 2005 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Fri 2 Dec and Fri 16 Dec (respectively)
It‘s with a teary eye and a sad snifer that we bid a fond farewell this month to two of Glasgow's Clubland nuggets. LiveVevil and Mixed Bi/ness. both at Glasgow School of Art. have decided to hang up their headphones and call it a day. Paul Reset. LiveVevil‘s promoter, feels that 'the time has come to bring it to its natural conclusion. From our very first event onwards we strived to push the audio-visual envelope. as well as aiming to put on some
killer parties. We'd like to think we've achieved both.‘ he says.
Boom Monk Ben. DJ and promoter of Mixed Bi/ness. assures us that his trusty crew ‘will definitely work together in the future. We're just taking time to concentrate on some of our own projects but Mixed Bi/ will pop up from time to time With special one-off events.‘ One such special event is their goodbye party and charity fundraiser Jive Aid, a night of top tunes wrth all proceeds raised from the night going to Leukaemia Research in tribute to Cathy Kungu of D-Bass and Manga's MC Sonny. who recently died from the condition. ‘Last year was fantastic and so enjoyable as a club night as well as a charitable fundraiser.‘ according to Boom Monk Ben. 'It allows us to do something worthwhile and removes all the stress of normal promoting. as y0u know everyone Will help and get on board and that no matter how it goes. you do something good for the world.‘ (Sandra Marronl
were coming from the same place musically, then recently we ended up doing a back-to-back set in [London venue] Cargo for a laugh, which really worked. We got a bit of a vibe from it. So this mini-tour together is really just a chance for both of us to do something fresh and exciting. I don’t think we'll be repeating it, so it’s a case of “catch us while you can”.’
In theory, at least, the plan is to do individual sets and then team up for the finale. ‘Although we might just go straight for the back-to-back because it’s so much fun,’ says Deakin, ‘and people will already know our conventional sets. Who knows? We both have our own idiosyncrasies — Tom goes to darker techno places, although I‘m the one who throws the odd curveball in - but on the whole we dovetail nicely. And it means there’s double the energy behind the decks, which the crowd can only get off on.‘ (David Pollock)