You’re all invited to come and check out one of Canada’s best musical acts traveling the globe, Cobblestone Jazz, this coming Saturday at eleven in Nishi Azabu, Tokyo. I’ll be there as soon as the World Cup game is over!

See you there,

Jeffrey

Live:

Modern Deep Left Quartet (Cobblestone Jazz + The Mole; Wagon Repair/Canada)
Mathew Jonson (Wagon Repair/Canada)

DJ:

Sisi (Timothy Really, Real Grooves)
Ozmzo aka Sammy (Real Grooves)
Bob Rogue (miniscule.tv)
Kusda (Raft)
JZ aka Jay Zimmermann (Red Melon)
Ryo Tsutsui (Eden)

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The Modern Deep Left Quartet Album
Release date 03/30/10
WAG062LP

Mathew Jonson
Agents of Time Album 2xLP/CD
Release Date 06/07/10
WRL001

Cobblestone Jazz
Live at Space Lab Yellow DVD
GEMDVD001
Now in Stores

**English follows Japanese**

Real Grooves vol.42はアルバムリリース記念のライブを２セットもフィーチャーしたスペシャルイベント。Cobblestone Jazzが、The Moleを加え、最新アルバムのタイトルでもあるThe Modern Deep left Quartetとして登場。更には、待望のファーストアルバムとなる“Agents of Time”を引っさげ、Mathew Jonsonがソロとしてのパフォーマンスも披露。2010年の夏を代表するイベントとなること間違い無しの、奇跡とも言
える豪華ラインナップをお見逃し無く！！

Modern Deep Left Quartet

カ ナダのエレクトロニックミュージックシーンを代表する4人のアーティストMathewJonson、The Mole、Danuel Tate、Tyger Dhulaによって構成されるModern Deep Left Quartet。これまで正式にリリースされた作品はBabyfoot EP（Wagon Repair）のみであるものの、洗練されたサウンドと即興性の高いライブで世界中から注目を集めているCobblestone Jazzの原点であり、初期の活動形態こそがModern Deep Left Quartet である。アナログシンセとドラムマシーンを駆使 し、Mathew Jonsonによって作り上げられるグルーヴ。Danuel Tateが奏でるjazzテイスト溢れるメロディと怪しげなヴォーカル。The Moleが操るターンテーブルから発せられる切れ味抜群のサンプルサウンド。DJとしての長年の経験でスキルとセンスを磨いてきたTyger Dhulaによって組み上げられるストーリー。卓越した演奏技術によって4人の才能が完璧なバランスで融合するライブは、エレクトロニックミュージックに おいて真なる生演奏を実現した究極のジャムセッションである。

Mathew Jonson

01年 Itiswhatitisからのデビューを皮切りにPerlon、Minusなどの名門レーベルからもリリースを重ね、瞬く間にトップアーティストの仲間 入りを果たしたMathewJonson。幼少の頃からピアノ、ドラム、パーカッションなどの楽器を学び、アナログシンセ、キーボード、シーケンサーを 使ったエレクトロニックミュージックを作り始めた頃はまだわずか 10歳だったという。Gilles Peterson、Richie Hawtin、Sven Vath、Laurent Garnierといったアーティスト達や、数々のメディアからのサポートを受けシーンに多大な影響を与えてきた作品の数々は、tech fusionなどと形容され、techno、jazz、fusionといった多様なジャンルを、抜群のセンスと卓越した演奏技術によって高度に融合して いる。また、複数のアナログ機材を駆使するライブでは、Mathew Jonsonサウンドの真髄とも言える洗練されたグルーヴと多彩なメロディによって強力なうねりを生み出している。Cobblestone Jazz、あるいはソロとして世界各地をツアーするかたわらで製作された待望のファーストアルバム“Agents of Time”を発表したMathew Jonson。更なる進化を遂げた作品の数々はアーティストとしてのみなぎる才能を感じさせる新次元サウンドである。

Real Grooves Volume 42 will feature live performances by two very special artists in celebration of new album releases by Cobblestone Jazz entitled “The Modern Deep Left Quartet” and Mathew Jonson’s debut solo album entitled “Agents of Time”. Please join us for one of the events of the summer with incredible music and friends.

The Modern Deep Left Quartet

The Modern Deep Left Quartet is the energetic showdown of four of Canada’s best electronic musicians: Mathew Jonson, the Mole (Colin de la Plante), Tyger Dhula, and Danuel Tate. Sporting a long history of jazz-influenced improvisation, the quartet plays with the added intimacy of longtime friends who are as familiar with each others’ styles as they are with their distinctive personalities. The individual musicians’ own projects all feed back into the whole: both Jonson and the Mole have experienced considerable success as solo artists and performers, while keyboardist Tate has released a pair of solo EPs. Of course, Jonson, Dhula and Tate are together best known as Cobblestone Jazz—K7 signees, Wagon Repair’s flagship act, and a powerhouse performing unit known for one of the most electrifying live shows in electronic dance music. (One important note: As of 2010, Cobblestone Jazz’s studio lineup includes all four musicians from the Modern Deep Left Quartet, as signalled by the title of the band’s second album, The Modern Deep Left Quartet. Cobblestone Jazz’s touring lineup remains the trio of Jonson, Tate and Dhula, and the group reserves the Modern Deep Left Quartet moniker for billings including the Mole.)

The Modern Deep Left Quartet uses early computers and analog instruments to create pared down sounds that retain the quality of improvisational jazz within the parameters of a minimal, dance-floor aesthetic. Through a real-time exchange of musical form, language, and ideas, Tyger Dhula, Mathew Jonson, Danuel Tate and The Mole provide a continual sense of surprise and discovery for their listeners. Both on stage and in the studio, the spontaneity rules. And while eight hands might seem like a lot, the Modern Deep Left Quartet never feels like there are too many cooks in the kitchen. Each member brings a specific set of overlapping talents to a studio that’s laid out to ensure maximal elbow room, with the musicians staking out positions at favourite machines. Mathew Jonson is a demon tweaker of analogue synthesisers and drum machines, writing bass lines and re-tooling sequences on the fly. Tyger Dhula’s deep history as a DJ and producer help inform the structural underpinnings of the group’s music. Danuel Tate’s jazz background guides the group’s compositions, turning tracks into something approaching actual songs: his comping, solos and processed vocals provide much of Cobblestone Jazz’s most distinctive flavour, but he also knows the power of restraint, holding back to let his friends’ undulating sequences do the talking. De la Plantes turntable dexterity and sampling prowess add a further sonic dimension to the band’s already expansive sound. The band’s lone recording to date, the Babyfoot EP, surfaced on Wagon Repair in 2005, after which the Quartet focused more or less exclusively on live shows. But all four members came together in 2010 to record Cobblestone Jazz’s bold, definitive album statement, The Modern Deep Left Quartet.

Mathew Jonson

Canada’s Mathew Jonson has become one of the preeminent producers and dj’s in electronic music today. Recording on internationally renowned labels such as Sub Static, Minus, Perlon, Kompakt, Itiswhatitis, Arbutus, and now on his newly formed label Wagon Repair, Jonson has created some of the most influential tracks of the past few years. Tracks such as ‘Decompression’, ‘Alpine Rocket’ w/ Luciano, ‘Marionette’, ‘Folding Space, ‘Typerope’, and ‘Return of the Zombie Bikers’ have found themselves on the top ten lists of artists such as Gilles Peterson, Richie Hawtin, Tiga, Sven Vath and Laurent Garnier as well as magazines such as URB, FACT, DJ, GO, Raveline, Trax and Groove, where he also received accolades as ‘Best Producer of 2004′. A musical prodigy since a young age, Mathew’s childhood included forays into classical piano, drums, and percussion, in which he played in the under 18 concert band at age 11. Influenced by his father’s interest in early electronic music and instruments, Mathew began to experiment with keyboards,sequencers and sound modules. From age 10, he began using computer based sequencing and sound, creating the roots for what has become one of the most distinct sounds in
electronic music today.

Jonson’s sounds focus on a multitude of outboard equipment, old analogues that give him the distinct hands on usage that have become notorious of his live performances. Mathew’s music is a hybrid of styles; forging influences from techno, jazz, house, drum ‘n’ bass and fusion to create flowing bass lines and synth melodies that have influenced his trademark tech-fusion sound. What has often set Mathew apart from other performers is his ability to improvise and perform with other players in a live group setting. This has resulted in musical formations such as the Modern Deep Left Quartet and Cobblestone Jazz, who have developed an international reputation for their intensely soulful and masterful composition that translates both in recording sessions and in live performance. Mathew has also collaborated with artists such as Luciano, Hrdvsion and the Mole, continually looking at new approaches to electronic music. With appearances on mix albums from Carl Craig, Daniel Bell, Adam Beyer, DJ Kosi, Monika Kruse and Ricardo Villalobos, and remixes for everyone from the Chemical Brothers and Moby to Nelly Furtado, Jonson has developed a large and varied following internationally. But as such accolades continue to roll in, Mathew’s modesty continues to speak through the meditative sounds created in his studio, a testament both to his musicianship and his authentic nature.

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