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In the year 2000, Wax Poetic were on the brink of making their debut on the Division 1 imprint of Atlantic Records. Call this bad timing, but a decision was made to shut down this alternative corner of the label, so the album was abruptly shelved. Norah Jones was their lead singer for two years, until the dawning of her solo career with the Blue Note label. Ersahin views Wax Poetic as the genesis of the Nublu scene, both club and label. The album embodies the deeply-funked Manhattan jazz-dance scene, with Ersahin's breathily-phrased tenor saxophone striations slinking around drum'n'bass stutters, casual Jones vocals sliding by, as basslines lurk in their slumbering depths. Could this be slow-hop rather than trip hop? Deft scratching, dub wobble, reggae-style horn section blasts, shimmering keyboards: all tautly creeping. This is the seductive cocktail.

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2002: Wonderland grew out of the Istanbul scene, Ersahin working with the gypsy clarinet master Husnu Senlenderici. The governing concept was to apply similar tactics to those used by the Gotan Project, when they set out to electronicise the tango of Buenos Aires. This record was originally released only in Turkey. It features the Turkish pop star Nil Karaibrahimgil (who was still comparatively unknown at the time of recording), and Dilara Sakpinar, who was only 14 in '02, and now books bands for the newly-opened Istanbul version of Nublu, as well as singing with the alternative band 123. The recordings feature Matt Penman on bass and Jochen Rueckert on drums. This is the most folk-attuned album of the five, layering ethnic instrumentation from the Eastern European and Arabic world onto propulsive housey beats. Zithery cascades (qanun or cimbalom?) dodge around wild clarinet figures. There's an Egyptian lushness to the string orchestrations, and a sinister London griminess in the basslines.

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Love Trio sprang directly out of the Nublu club scene. It works around a tight formation made by Ersahin (also playing keyboards), bassist Jesse Murphy and drummer Kenny Wollesen. DJ Logic, singer Marla Turner and trumpeter Eddie Henderson are the guests on this 2003 recording. This album was previously unissued due to contractual issues that have now been resolved. Ersahin's tenor has a close-up, microscopic grain, and the housey electro-beats are set within a deep jazz context. There's a forest of exotic, electro-overload keyboard sounds. Henderson's muted-frost trumpet dots around the spatial whoosh of splintered keys, as the seven seamless pieces build up like a suite, attaining an ascendant pitch by the disc's climax.

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This album finds Ersahin in his most mainline jazz state. It adopts a more languid nature, featuring extended jazz soloing and a more reflective vibration. There are acoustic piano solos too! Those were provided by Jon Davis, and he was in the highly impressive company of bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Brian Blade. Ersahin always has his fingers on the pulse, inviting poet Saul Williams to intone striking lines over this slower wash of sound. There is a repeating tendency for Nublu's founder to be there right at the beginning of an artist's career, nurturing them before fame hits.

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Calibro 35 are back with a dangerously funky remix package featuring two remixes of Eurocrime! "Eurocrime!" "Calling all Units to Broccolino" and "Fair Sex and Merciless Crimes" are original tunes of what we've come to expect from these Italian stallions. Stone cold, funk, jazz and rock, all rolled into a classic Italian mob film and smoked by the Consigliere himself! The remixes allow us to leave the dingy and smoky vibes of a basement bar and enter the club.

The first is by a man far removed from the sleepy villages and tomato sauce of Sicily, and my does he love his acid! His name is KZA and hails from Japan. KZA screw drives "Eurocrime!" into an undeniable dance-floor shaker. It's all about the acid in this one.

Finally, Danish electronic wizard Thor De Force turns "Eurocime!" into a much deeper and moodier affair. The funk of the original track is still intact but Thor adds ethereal pads and textures that evoke a more druggy feel. Available digitally. Vinyl coming soon!

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RARE is a collection of Calibro 35 songs that were spread across different releases during the last three years: soundtracks, b-sides, deluxe editions, alternate and extended versions and it also includes some unreleased recordings.
Some of the material is from Calibro 35's first ever recording session when they decided to cover Ennio Morricone tracks like "Trafelato," "Summertime Killer," and "Notte in Bovisa." Other tracks include originals and covers of obscure themes of various vintage soundtracks that are reinterpreted and rearranged by Calibro 35, adding their special touch of funk, rock and psychedelia.

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