Artists
Standing beside brilliant DJs from Japan and France, Russia's DJ Vadim has proved to be the most popular advocate of hip-hop to come out of the former Soviet bloc.
Uniting the rhythmic of the jazz-rock with electronic sounds of keyboards and at other times also a saxophone, the band has occupied a fitting place in St. Petersburg musical club culture.
Down To The Bone duo is far from your run-of-the-mill contemporary jazz chart-toppers, coming from a long line of British advocates of jazz.
Comprised of Sunshine and Moonbeam Jones, the male-female duo met in San Francisco's thriving early-'90s house scene.
Raised in a family heavily involved in the Dutch jazz scene, Dulfer is the daughter of Hans Dulfer, a respected jazz tenor saxophonist.
The sound of dZihan & Kamien can easily be compared with the downtempo, soulful house sounds of Jazzanova, P'taah, or the Naked Music compilations.
Earth, Wind & Fire were one of the most musically accomplished, critically acclaimed, and commercially popular funk bands of the '70s.
Championed by the likes of Elton John, Shaun Escoffery was hailed as one of Britain's brightest talents when he arrived on the R&B scene in 2002.