Artists
Exodus Quartet began not as a project, but as a group of like-minded individuals organizing parties, led by Eric Hilton.
A collaborative project between Russian jazz musicians (Igor Shilov, Alexander Alexeev) and their German colleagues, producer and bassist Michael Fetscher and drummer Florian Dauner.
Donald Fagen was one of the two masterminds behind Steely Dan, the seminal jazz-pop band of the '70s.
The most producer-driven act in the Japanese pop movement known as Shibuya-kei, Fantastic Plastic Machine was formed by Tomoyuki Tanaka.
Fat Larry's Band never scored any major hits, but their singles for Stax, Fantasy, and Omni were prototypical late 1970s and 1980s East Coast jazz-tinged funk.
Eighties soft-toned vocalist Richard "Dimples" Fields topped the R&B charts with the world-weary-toned mid-tempo groover If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another.
Fila Brazillia's first 12-inch, The Mermaid, gained instant acclaim among DJs and headphonauts alike for its innovative fusion of funk, dub, house, hip-hop, and acid jazz.
Atom Heart and Bernd Friedmann's Flanger project is produced by the combination of traditional jazz elements with experimental filtering and editing techniques.