http://www.stefanoberthaler.com Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:29:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I had a very interesting conversation with Romeo Sandri, the mastermind behind the NuJazz project Jazzy Gentle. Q: short bio? Jazzy Gentle, side project by Romeo Sandri, producer and player (tenor saxophone, flute and electric pianos) with Acusmatic Group, looking for a future jazzy softness .. After two trial remixes that ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2010/02/19/jazzy-gentle-nujazz-from-italy/ My videocast#1 - soloing in NuJazz - is online. you can see and listen to my thoughts about this special theme. hope you like it and comment it on this site. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiWMs3xkgIk[/youtube] regards stefan http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2010/01/22/videocast1-soloing-in-nujazz/ Andrzej Rejman is a musician and producer from Warsaw, Poland. he has a wide range of musical activities and i spoke to him about his conceptions and aims in music. Q: short bio? A: I've been playing piano since my childhood. I learned privately and did a lot of self-teaching. Fascinated by folklore, then rhythm&blues, rock ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/12/11/andrzej-rejman-nujazz-musician-and-producer-from-poland/ iMix NuJazzVol3 is available in iTunes musicstore. Its a collection of keyboard-style titles of artists in NuJazz who collaborate in NuJazzConnect network. you can listen to Bugge Wesseltoft, Tunto, Andrzej Rejman, The Cinematic Orchestra, Pete Fletcher, Andre Zimma & Ye:Solar, Flying Lotus, Hird and myself. feel free to leave comments and ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/11/20/imix-nujazzvol3/ Tunto is a NuJazz Trio from Helsinki, Finland. I spoke with Matti Wallenius, composer,guitarist, banjo and ukulele player, about their 3rd cd "lempi". [soundcloud track keyminator 06lustmusic] He told me interesting facts about producing this album and getting this special sound, combining acoustic and electronic elements. Q: short bio? A: born 1958 I pick ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/11/09/tunto-nujazz-from-finland/ this new controller for Ableton Live will be available in nov,dec this year. it is the second controller besides Akai APC 40 thats totally integrated in the programm. one of the first impressions is that the controller has no knobs and faders. so everything must be done with the multi-colour, ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/10/21/novation-launchpad/ last month i did a remix of the track "represent" from canadian artist REPLIFE. my aim was to create an interesting mixture of modal jazz influenced harmonies with breakbeats, that works in a syncopathic way. i did some timestreching on the rap skills to get them into the right groove. ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/09/07/represent-keyminatorrmx/ in this blog i want to portray pete fletcher, a guitarist and producer from scotland, UK. he is the owner of the label "Nu-Jazz Europe" and a member of the network NuJazzConnect. in this interview he give a deep insight in his musical world and concepts. for further information visit www.nu-jazz.net Q: ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/08/18/interview-pete-fletcher/ here is the summary of an interview i did with les "lofty" wright. he has a weekly radio show on ambersoundfm, a local radio station for the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire UK. Q: your self-definition? A: Music enthusiast, veteran, moved in and around a number of alternative scences since the 1970s. Never ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/07/13/interview-les-lofty-wright/ "they always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them". (andy warhol) http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/06/26/tought7/ in this blog i want to portray don-ray, a musician, dj and producer from montreal, canada. he has a popular podcast with cool new nu-jazz tracks. here is a summary of an interview i did last week: Q: short biographie? A: I am the silent producer behind the likes of Lady Alma, Replife, ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/06/16/interview-don-ray/ iMix NuJazzVol1 is available in iTunes musicstore. Its a collection of midtempo instrumental titles of artists who collaborate in a new network of european NuJazz. http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/06/12/imix-nujazzvol1/ “watchtower” and “nicole eitner everythingsroundRMX” are on the playlist of “The Sunday Alternative with Les Wright” http://www.ambersoundfm.com/ UK, this sunday. Nicole Eitner remix is scheduled for about 9.25 (21.25 hrs) - following a nice vintage William Orbit track. Watchtower for 10.40 (22.40 hrs)- following an i-monster track. stay tuned and make comments regards stefan oberthaler aka keyminator http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/05/29/2-titles-on-ambersoundfm/ "the real artist has no pride. unfortunately he sees that his art has no limits. he feels obscurely how far he is from the goal. while he is perhaps being admired by others, he mourns the fact that he has not yet reached the point to which his better genius, ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/05/08/thought6/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGqpYsnq3Ng&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2Fmy%5Fvideos%5Fedit2%3Fvideo%5Fid%3DWGqpYsnq3Ng%26ns%3D1&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] it took a long, long road to reach the final cut of the production to the video to the song "perspective". but finally we did it!! my friend ulli oberforcher, who is involved in the austrian filmindustry wrote the script to the video. the basic idea was to bring out the ... http://www.stefanoberthaler.com/2009/04/16/video-to-perspective/