Now There Is We: The Japanese Remixes vinyl

Jazzanova and the whole Sonar Kollektiv crew have always retained strong ties to Japan's Djing scene, so it's little surprise to see a 12" featuring some of the country's finest talents reworking the German group. Issued in collaboration with Especial Records, the label owned by Kyoto Jazz Massive's Yoshihiro Okino, this 12" sees Jazzanova and Paul Randolph collaboration "Now There Is We" remixed no less than four times and the results are sublime. Sapporo Future Jazz apostle Kuniyuki Takahashi bends the track into a compelling new shape dominated by some excellent piano work, whilst Mano Arriba mutates Jazzanova's production into a killer salsa workout. DJ and beat digger Yosuke Tominaga transforms mattes into a dirt laden funk out, whilst Takahiro Uchibori, aka Metome, drops perhaps the most drastic revision. Here forward thinking broken beats rule whilst Randolph's vocals are twisted into new forms reminiscent of early Jamie Liddell.

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