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Nicola Conte

Nicola Conte

Nicola Conte has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 6 February 2016. Nicola Conte's music has been featured on 23 episodes.

Nicola Conte is a DJ and producer from Bari, Italy known for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film scores of the 1960's, easy listening themes, and ethnic Indian music.

Conte, a classically-trained musician, is mastermind of a collective of acid jazz revivalists, "The Fez collective" (and originally a member of the group Fez Combo), based in the Italian town of Bari, and the Schema label, their record label for promoting their distinctly Italian approach to acid jazz.

Conte's first album was Jet Sounds of 2000. The single "Bossa Per Due" gained international recognition and was an underground hit. It was used almost immediately for a prime-time commercial for Acura automobiles. The album was licensed for American distribution by Thievery Corporation's Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) label in the summer of 2001 as Bossa Per Due, and was slightly reconfigured version of the Italian Jet Sounds album. This was followed by the Jet Sounds Revisited remix album in late 2002. Two years later, Blue Note's French subsidiary released Conte's next album Other Directions.

Conte also produced albums by other artists such as Paolo Achenza Trio.

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Nicola Conte

Nicola Conte has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 6 February 2016. Nicola Conte's music has been featured on 23 episodes.

Nicola Conte is a DJ and producer from Bari, Italy known for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film scores of the 1960's, easy listening themes, and ethnic Indian music.

Conte, a classically-trained musician, is mastermind of a collective of acid jazz revivalists, "The Fez collective" (and originally a member of the group Fez Combo), based in the Italian town of Bari, and the Schema label, their record label for promoting their distinctly Italian approach to acid jazz.

Conte's first album was Jet Sounds of 2000. The single "Bossa Per Due" gained international recognition and was an underground hit. It was used almost immediately for a prime-time commercial for Acura automobiles. The album was licensed for American distribution by Thievery Corporation's Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) label in the summer of 2001 as Bossa Per Due, and was slightly reconfigured version of the Italian Jet Sounds album. This was followed by the Jet Sounds Revisited remix album in late 2002. Two years later, Blue Note's French subsidiary released Conte's next album Other Directions.

Conte also produced albums by other artists such as Paolo Achenza Trio.

Original source: Last.fm

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Umoja (Joaquin’s Sacred Rhythm Dub)
Nicola Conte (Joaquin Joe Claussell mix)
Far Out Recordings2024
Soul Of The People (Joaquin’s Cosmic Arts Dub)
Nicola Conte feat. Bridgette Amofah (Joaquin Joe Claussell mix)
Far Out Recordings2024
African Spirits (Andres Extended Remix)
Nicola Conte, Gianluca Petrella (Andrés mix)
Schema2022
Kind Of Sunshine
Nicola Conte
Schema2004
Uhuru Na Umoja
Nicola Conte, Spiritual Galaxy
MPS Records2018
African Spirits
Nicola Conte, Gianluca Petrella
Schema Records2017
Umoja (Joaquin’s Sacred Rhythm Version)
Nicola Conte (Joaquin Joe Claussell mix)
Far Out Recordings2024
Life Forces (Joaquin’s Sacred Rhythm Dub)
Nicola Conte feat. Zara McFarlane (Joaquin Joe Claussell mix)
Far Out Recordings2024
Umoja Unity
Nicola Conte
Far Out Recordings2023
Maria Moita
Nicola Conte
V Recordings2003