Disc one, which contains a remix of 'The Brightness of These Days' (originally on Spirit of the Sun) by British superstar Quantic as well as Kenny Dope's take on the classic 'Shine' (which is also given a reworking by Jazztronik on disc two), would fit well with any house or club set, while the second disc, featuring work from the always excellent Da Lata (their cover of the Joao Bosco/ Aldir Blanc song 'Ronco da Cuica' is great and really organic sounding, despite all of the electronic instrumentation and production), Kenny Dope's Masters at Work partner Little Louie Vega (who does a cover of 'Aphrodite'), and Toshio Matsuura (who makes 'Behind the Shadow' very haunting and melancholic with subtle and affecting vocals and a soft theremin), focuses more on the nu-jazz side of Kyoto Jazz Massive's body of work, with lots of live instrumentation, swinging sax and piano solos, and beats that really move. In true nu-jazz fashion, 10th Anniversary is a collection of remixes, covers, and tributes from and for some of the biggest names in the nu-jazz and house scene. And of course, being that this is electronica music and that brothers Shuya and Yoshihiro Okino are producers, this is no set of originals culled from master copies and presented intact and unchanged. Izmar's official homepage: honor of their ten years of making and mixing hundreds of nu-jazz tracks, Kyoto Jazz Massive's label, Compost Records, put out a two-disc album of some of the highlights of the group's decade in the business. Better don your headphones and prepare to be enchanted.

Other highlights include the super-jazzy funk of 'Aze-03', the haunting melodies drifting around 'Aze-05', and the beautiful flute-led groove of the album-closer, 'Aze-08', alongside the wonderful improvised keyboard riffs flecked sumptuously all over the album.Īnd with another recent Mono211 artist in the same vein getting major-label interest, seems like hazing over with 'Aze' is a great alternative to too much bleep in your diet for our 'breath of fresh air' sublabel. Right from the slow build of 'Aze-01', it's clear that there's something different going on here, with possible comparisons to the divine Fila Brazillia and a little of the new-wave UK chill-out of Lemon Jelly or Zero 7. And this time, we were delighted to get 'Aze', an unexpected submission from the mysterious Izmar, and a whole album of delightfully groovy, beautifully programmed jazzy techno/chillout. So, we continue with the Mono211 sublabel tradition of releasing 'good, but unclassifiable' material that takes both breaks and chillout influences on-board.

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