Jazzy Sport, Japan's finest label/record shop/DJ collective are proud to present a fantastic new collaborative project from Cro-Magnon and DJ Jin. Neither name should really need introducing for any fans of anything remotely in the soul, funk, hip-hop vein of Japan music-export, and this proper studio collaboration has been on the cards for some time - so the album-length release The New Discovery is something of an ceremonious occasion to put it mildly.
The ever-evolving acid-jazz /J-funk trio Cro-Magnon have been actively innovating for the better part of two decades now. With a vast array of projects to their name, touring with Roy Ayers, composing soundtracks for big-name anime shows and appearing on a special broadcasted from Tokyo Boiler Room show, their reach and appeal have spanned across all types of audiences across the world. Fans of the Jazzy Sport ‘sound’ will recognise their hip-hop, jazz and soul sensibilities, but the trio’s music also spans everything from dub through to techno eclecticism.
DJ Jin, producer and founding member of the 1989-formed legendary Rymester, one of the oldest Japanese hip-hop groups has become somewhat of a household name in his home-country. Filtering a connoisseur knowledge of jazz, soul and funk through his productions and his DJ sets, along with his regular Breakthrough events at The Room in Shibuya, he has become a backbone of the Tokyo hip-hip scene.
Already out as a 7" vinyl x 4 LTD box set last December, due to a massive demand The New Discovery is finally getting a digital and CD release in March.
credits
from The New Discovery,
released March 5, 2016
Produced by Cro-Magnon-Jin
direction: DJ JIN (RHYMESTER/breakthrough)
drums: Shigekazu Otake (cro-magnon)
guitar & bass: Tsuyoshi Kosuga (cro-magnon)
organ, piano & keyboards: Takumi Kaneko (cro-magnon)
percussion: Cro-Magnon-Jin
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