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A pioneer in the distinctly Japanese sonics of "environmental" sound design, composer Takashi Kokubo began his solo career in the early 1980s, making synthesizer compositions inspired by classical music in the vein of fellow Japanese composer Isao Tomita, but across the following decades, his productions would pay deep homage to the sounds of the natural world and its spiritually soothing properties – as both inspiration for his music, and as a prominent feature in the music itself.

The Ummah

The Ummah

The Ummah has been played on NTS in shows including Francis Redman, featured first on 5 March 2017. Songs played include Got 'Till It's Gone (Ummah's Uptown Remix), All I Do (Jay Dee's Sh**! Mix) and Sometimes (Ummah Remix).

The Ummah is a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla) of the Detroit based group Slum Village. Occasional members include Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo. In addition to producing the entirety of A Tribe Called Quest's fourth and fifth albums, The Ummah has provided backing tracks for a notable array of hip hop and R&B artists, including Busta Rhymes, Whitney Houston, Keith Murray, Brand New Heavies, Janet Jackson, and Jon B. The group is so named because two of its members (Tip and Ali) are devout Muslims. The word "ummah" is Arabic for "community" or "brotherhood".

The collective took shape around 1995, when veteran keyboardist, Amp Fiddler, introduced Jay Dee (who at the time was shopping for a deal for his group) to Q-Tip. Although Tip wasn't taken by Slum Village as a whole, he was impressed enough by Jay Dee's deeply soulful productions to invite him as a permanent, although largely unseen, 4th member of A Tribe Called Quest. Their first work, Beats, Rhymes and Life, was criticized for moving away from the group's earlier, more dense, and bottom heavy sound exemplified by tracks such as "(We've Got) Jazz" and "Oh My God". The new sound which now leaned towards a more laid back, polished, tone would be embraced a little more with the release of Tribe's "Find A Way" from their fifth and final album The Love Movement, although the album itself received a lukewarm reception, and no second proper single or video was released.

Following this, and the split of A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip and Jay Dee continued to collaborate under the 'Ummah' moniker, producing almost all of Tip's solo venture Amplified, which included one track from DJ Scratch. For several reasons, including label complications, Tip has since remained inactive while Jay Dee and D'Angelo went on to form the Soulquarians with other like-minded artists. Although Tribe has since formed somewhat of a reunion, releasing " ICU (Doin' It)" in 2003, the possibility of them once again using the 'Ummah' name for future productions seems unlikely, especially since member Jay Dee's death on February 10, 2006.

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The Ummah

The Ummah has been played on NTS in shows including Francis Redman, featured first on 5 March 2017. Songs played include Got 'Till It's Gone (Ummah's Uptown Remix), All I Do (Jay Dee's Sh**! Mix) and Sometimes (Ummah Remix).

The Ummah is a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla) of the Detroit based group Slum Village. Occasional members include Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo. In addition to producing the entirety of A Tribe Called Quest's fourth and fifth albums, The Ummah has provided backing tracks for a notable array of hip hop and R&B artists, including Busta Rhymes, Whitney Houston, Keith Murray, Brand New Heavies, Janet Jackson, and Jon B. The group is so named because two of its members (Tip and Ali) are devout Muslims. The word "ummah" is Arabic for "community" or "brotherhood".

The collective took shape around 1995, when veteran keyboardist, Amp Fiddler, introduced Jay Dee (who at the time was shopping for a deal for his group) to Q-Tip. Although Tip wasn't taken by Slum Village as a whole, he was impressed enough by Jay Dee's deeply soulful productions to invite him as a permanent, although largely unseen, 4th member of A Tribe Called Quest. Their first work, Beats, Rhymes and Life, was criticized for moving away from the group's earlier, more dense, and bottom heavy sound exemplified by tracks such as "(We've Got) Jazz" and "Oh My God". The new sound which now leaned towards a more laid back, polished, tone would be embraced a little more with the release of Tribe's "Find A Way" from their fifth and final album The Love Movement, although the album itself received a lukewarm reception, and no second proper single or video was released.

Following this, and the split of A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip and Jay Dee continued to collaborate under the 'Ummah' moniker, producing almost all of Tip's solo venture Amplified, which included one track from DJ Scratch. For several reasons, including label complications, Tip has since remained inactive while Jay Dee and D'Angelo went on to form the Soulquarians with other like-minded artists. Although Tribe has since formed somewhat of a reunion, releasing " ICU (Doin' It)" in 2003, the possibility of them once again using the 'Ummah' name for future productions seems unlikely, especially since member Jay Dee's death on February 10, 2006.

Original source: Last.fm

Tracks featured on

Most played tracks

Got 'Till It's Gone (Ummah's Uptown Remix)
Janet Jackson (The Ummah mix)
Boom Bap2004
All I Do (Jay Dee's Sh**! Mix)
Somethin' For The People (The Ummah mix)
Warner Bros. Records1997
Sometimes (Ummah Remix)
The Brand New Heavies feat. Q-Tip Of A Tribe Called Quest (The Ummah, Jay Dee mix)
Traffic Entertainment Group, The Funky Chemist Records2007
Let Me Be The One (Ummah Radio Remix)
Mint Condition (The Ummah mix)
Perspective Records1998
Girls (The Ummah Mix)
A Tribe Called Quest (The Ummah mix)
The Ummah Recordings0
The Rhyme (The Slum Village Street Remix)
Keith Murray (The Ummah mix)
Jive1996