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JAZZY SPORT PAST FORWARD: SILVER

  • Cat No: JSL001
  • updated:2026-10-30

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Jazzy Sport London Launches! A compilation curated by Nina Yamada that passes on the Jazzy Sport archive to the next generation. Features six tracks in total, including DJ Mitsu the Beats’ remix of Cro-Magnon’s “Eclipse,” an Idjut Boys rework of Cro-Magnon, and Grooveman Spot’s “Do The Dance.” Comes in a silver foil jacket.

Jazzy Sport London, Volume 1. “JAZZY SPORT PAST FORWARD: SILVER” is a compilation that passes on the sound and spirit of Jazzy Sport—nurtured across Japan—to a new generation.

DJ Mitsu the Beats, GAGLE, Cro-Magnon, grooveman Spot, Budamunk. For many years, the name Jazzy Sport has made its presence felt across various facets of Japanese hip-hop, jazz, house, and crossover music.

However, at its core, it is more than just a label that brings together specific genres or artists. Since its launch in 2002, it has cultivated a unique cultural sphere—not only through records and parties, but also through shops, dance, sports, apparel, and even places where people naturally gather—fostering distinct communities in various locations, including Morioka and Tokyo. Club music and live performances, hip-hop and house, local activities and international exchanges—all are naturally intertwined within a single sensibility.

The “PAST FORWARD” series is an attempt to reexamine this vast archive and the sensibility that lives within it from the perspective of Jazzy Sport London, which launched in 2022. It is neither a mere “best of” compilation nor a reissue project designed merely to indulge in nostalgia for the past. Rather, it re-examines the music and sensibilities that Jazzy Sport has cultivated over the years through a contemporary lens, passing them on to the next generation.

Jazzy Sport’s connection to London dates back even before the label’s founding. The inspiration that founders Taro Kesen and Masaya Fantasista drew from London’s record culture in the 1990s had a profound influence on Jazzy Sport’s subsequent aesthetic. This included an attitude of freely crossing genre boundaries and a sense of community centered around record shops. In that sense, the launch of Jazzy Sport London can be seen not merely as an expansion overseas, but as an event in which a new generation has reconnected with London—one of the origins of Jazzy Sport.

The activities of Jazzy Sport London embody this spirit. In particular, Nina Yamada—whose father is one of Jazzy Sport’s core members—grew up within the community and has inherited its spirit as a visceral sensation. Currently based in London, she is gaining prominence as a selector active throughout the UK, Europe, Japan, and Asia. What is happening here is not merely the “export of Japanese local culture.” “PAST FORWARD” reflects her perspective—not one of reinterpreting the past from the outside, but of naturally renewing the sensibilities she has inherited from within as she adapts to a new environment.

That spirit is clearly evident in her track selection. DJ Mitsu the Beats’ remix of Cro-Magnon’s “Eclipse” is a quintessential Jazzy Sport track, combining soulful depth with sophistication. The Idjut Boys’ remix of Cro-Magnon’s “Riding The Storm” brings to the surface the sensibility that the Japanese and UK underground scenes have shared for many years. grooveman Spot’s “Do The Dance” is a track where acid swells, 808 grooves, and a warm soulful vibe intersect. Nubian Lady’s “In☆Flu☆Enza” embodies a sensibility that uniquely assimilates dance music from Detroit, Chicago, and beyond, while Physical Sound Sport’s “Magical Kalimba” conveys the liberating atmosphere of a live session. And “Rhyme Or Reason” by Morioka-based Bottom Fly evokes Jazzy Sport’s local roots with a unique warmth born from gritty beats and mellow samples.

What you hear here goes beyond the merits of individual tracks. The sensibility that Jazzy Sport has always cherished comes through naturally in the selection as a whole. That’s precisely why *PAST FORWARD* is more than just an introductory compilation. For listeners who have followed Jazzy Sport for years, it will be an album of rediscovery, while for the new generation, it will serve as a gateway to experiencing the breadth of their sound. For DJs, too, it will function as a context-rich, practical selection.

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