Artists
Nils Petter Molvær is a Norwegian composer, trumpeter, and producer. His music crosses multiple styles and genres including jazz, ambient, house, EDM, hip hop, rock and pop.
As Mondo Grosso, Japanese track-master Shinichi Osawa has acted alone and with various vocalists and collaborators to produce some of the most stylish acid jazz, house, and R&B produced in his country during the '90s.
In the past years, Monsieur Dubois has created a strong live reputation with an attractive mix of junglebeats, funk, soul jazz and afrogrooves.
The Montefiori Cocktail duo is formed by a couple of twins who play different musical instruments: Francesco (Kekko) at keyboards and Federico (Kikko) at sax, flute and voice.
The project founded in spring 2007 has united the best nu jazz forces of Russia.
Morcheeba, one of the most famous trip-hop commands of 90s, was formed in the United Kingdom after the Godfrey brothers met Skye Edwards at a party.
Moscow Grooves Institute project was created in 1995 by two local musicians Arkady Martinenko and Boris Nazarov.
The UK's "acid jazz" craze gained momentum in the mid-80's, when the original Acid Jazz Records label began to capitalize on the swelling interest in jazz.