Jazzanova

Jazzanova arrived in 1997 with "Fedime's Flight," an exquisitely layered production that had more in common with dancefloor jazz-funk truffles by Azymuth and Lonnie Liston Smith than with anything contemporary. Minus a couple specific sampled components, the track could have easily been mistaken for the work of an obscure late-'70s act, but the group's name -- also the descriptive title of a coveted Ira Kris album released on pioneering German jazz label MPS in 1971 -- signaled to seasoned crate diggers that it was a European product of modern synthesis. Since "Fedime's Flight," Jazzanova have continued to recombine an encyclopedic multitude of inspirations, consequently impacting underground club scenes across the globe. Among the collective's major releases are In Between (2002), Of All the Things (2008), and The Pool (2018), complex albums blending programming and live instrumentation with contributions from an array of singers and rappers. They've remixed dozens of tracks, toured extensively as performers and DJs, and operated the JCR and Sonar Kollektiv labels -- outlets for extracurricular releases and works from like-minded peers. In 2022, they issued Strata Records: The Sound of Detroit -- Reimagined by Jazzanova, wherein they reworked and reinterpreted standout moments from the label's heralded catalog.

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