Chatting with Ohio-based jazz producers Unc D about remixes, Spotify & the London jazz scene

Watford Jazz Junction

Unc D (musicians Dante Basista & Danny Svenson) are an Ohio-based remix and production team who've seen a huge growth of interest across the last 18 months in their jazz-heavy tracks, influenced by the London scene.

We chat about how UK jazz releases of the last 5 years (especially the work of Kamaal Williams and Brownswood Recordings) are so important to their music, garage-sized jazz production, and how their work has been gathering popularity, particularly on Spotify.

There's some tinkering to our house-band, remixes to the max in our weekly quiz, and the delivery of the classic line, "I try to use excessive keyboards at all times". Word.

Dante and Danny's album choices included:

• Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens (2010) released on Asthmatic Kitty

• Welcome to the Hills by the Yussef Dayes Trio (2020) released on Cashmere Thoughts

• Expensive Sh*t by Fela Kuti (1975) released on Sounds Workshop & Editions Makossa in the US

Tracks mentioned in this week's remix quiz are:

• Björk: 'Human Behaviour' remixed by Underworld

• Midlake: 'Roscoe' remixed by Beyond the Wizards Sleeve

• Tori Amos: ‘Professional Widow’ remixed by Armand’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix

• Florence & The Machine: ‘You’ve Got The Love’ remixed by The xx

• Grace Jones: ‘Williams’ Blood’ remixed by Aeroplane

• M.I.A.: ‘Paper Planes’ remixed by DFA

• Blur: ‘Movin’ On’ remixed by William Orbit

• Goldie: ‘Inner City Life' remixed by Roni Size & DJ Krust

• Missy Elliot: ‘Get Your Freak On’ remixed by Jacknife Lee

• Gorillaz: ‘DARE’ remixed by DFA remix

To hear tracks from Unc D check their Spotify.

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Presenter: Chris Newstead

Theme: by SoundWorkLab, licensed through AudioJungle.

Recorded November 2021.