From Jazz Brothers' Eiji Takehana, a seasoned veteran who has long driven the Japanese club jazz scene alongside the likes of United Future Organization (U.F.O.), comes FJR — the new label he launched with Yuya Nakamura, organizer of the celebrated event "Freedom Jazz," which marks its 30th anniversary next year. Following the hugely popular first 7-inch single "Sustainability," the label now delivers "Sustainability Remixes," a remix mini-CD featuring three remixes!!! Every remix is ferociously cool — a soul-deep masterpiece of spiritual jazz dance brimming with conviction.
Making their CD debut: "Sustainability" (Sample 1), the set's de facto theme song, where a jet-black live-band groove that sounds like a Black Jazz session updated for today meets a four-on-the-floor beat and mellow keys, plus "Sustainability part 2" (Sample 2), pairing a beautiful keyboard melody with a light-footed waltz beat!!! Also here: "Sustainability (Hironobu Jyounai Remix)," sparking with obscure percussion; "Sustainability (TAKEHANA 128 Rework)" (Sample 3), crossover 4/4 deep house with a growling upright bass; and the maddening "Sustainability (Nashimoto Hollywood Remix)," going tribal, dubby and dubstep-jazzed. Once again, a soul-deep masterpiece of spiritual jazz dance, full of conviction, that combines a classic jazz sensibility with a thoroughly contemporary dancefloor edge. Check the tracklist and dive in.
(Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)
Making their CD debut: "Sustainability" (Sample 1), the set's de facto theme song, where a jet-black live-band groove that sounds like a Black Jazz session updated for today meets a four-on-the-floor beat and mellow keys, plus "Sustainability part 2" (Sample 2), pairing a beautiful keyboard melody with a light-footed waltz beat!!! Also here: "Sustainability (Hironobu Jyounai Remix)," sparking with obscure percussion; "Sustainability (TAKEHANA 128 Rework)" (Sample 3), crossover 4/4 deep house with a growling upright bass; and the maddening "Sustainability (Nashimoto Hollywood Remix)," going tribal, dubby and dubstep-jazzed. Once again, a soul-deep masterpiece of spiritual jazz dance, full of conviction, that combines a classic jazz sensibility with a thoroughly contemporary dancefloor edge. Check the tracklist and dive in. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)