Label: Knife Edge
Country: Japan
Release Date: 2008.12.17

One of the strongest albums from Jazztronik in years — a soulful celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Ryota Nozaki’s great project — and a record that’s filled with the upbeat, positive grooves! There’s a sense of focus here that’s totally great — a mix of the dancefloor numbers that have always gotten international attention for Jazztronik, with some of the deeper strands that run through Nozaki’s compositions — hints of jazz, soundtrack, and Latin elements — swirled together beautifully with some strings, and really top-shelf production throughout! Lyrics are in English and Japanese — sung by Valerie Etienne, Robert Gallagher, Emi Meyer, and others — but the best tracks are almost the instrumental ones, as they stretch forth with a sense of mature brilliance that really shows the development of the Jazztronik sound over the years. Titles include “For You”, “Room 204″, “Hayabusa”, “Reminiscing”, “JTK”, “Click Clock”, “Black Dragon”, “LEAP”, “Real Clothes”, and “Peche Mignon”. (by dusty groove)

Label: Knife Edge
Country: Japan
Release Date: 2008.09.17

About M-Swift aka Shouhei Matsushita was born in Hiroshima in 1973. With the age of 14 he started playing guitar and listening to soul and jazz. When he was 18 he moved to Tokyo and started a career as a guitarist, playing for diverse bands in clubs all around Tokyo. In 2002 he started his production network called “M-Swift”. His first productions were released by Irma Records (Italy) and Flower Records (Japan), who licensed his songs to several compilations. In between he remixed artists like Yukihiro Fukutomi, Notenshun, Arcoiris, Donaldo McCollum, Real, Gazzara, Paris Match, etc… for labels like King (Japan), Columbia, Apperitivo, Dome, Victor etc…. In 2005 he moved to London, looking for collaborations with UK musicians. Straight after he arrived, he got an offer from Irma Records to produce his debut album during his stay in London. Currently he is working with Vanessa Haynes, Marcus Begg (restless soul, Nathan Haines, Isoul 8), Nick Cohen (Incognito, Bah Samba) on this project, which will be released in spring 2007. The debut single “Morning Light” feat. Vanessa Haynes, was released In October 2006 with remixes by Notenshun and Nubian Mindz.. and 2nd single “Kosmic Love” feat. Vanessa Haynes,was released at the beginning of 2007 woth remix by Tiger Stripes.