• Up, Bustle & Out: A Global Sound Journey

    Up, Bustle & Out: A Global Sound Journey

    An interview with Rupert Mould By John C. Tripp Hailing from Bristol, England, Up, Bustle and Out are producers Rupert Mould and ‘Clandestine Ein’ who met in 1989 while hosting the pirate radio show. ‘For the People’ radio boasted Bristol’s…

  • Clara Hill

    Clara, Hill, Sonar Kollektiv, Jazzanova By John C. Tripp Clara Hill has been a seminal figure in the urban-electronic-soul scene since her teens. A the tender age of 17 the musically inclined artist founded the acid jazz combo Superjuice with…

  • An Interview with the Dining Room’s Stefano Ghittoni

    An Interview with the Dining Room’s Stefano Ghittoni

    By J.C. Tripp Milan, Italy’s The Dining Rooms defy categorization, challenging you to listen beyond labels like “lounge” and “downtempo”. Unlike much of today’s new music, it’s not just a groove thing — there’s meaning to their music. In the…

  • Mark de Clive Lowe

    Mark de Clive-Lowe: the Tide is High Half Japanese half New Zealander musician/producer Mark de Clive-Lowe has been on the music journey since starting piano when he was four. Classical piano lessons, jazz for playing pleasure and hip hop and…

  • Is This the Age of Stupid?

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjsJdokC0s&hl=en&fs=1&] The Age of Stupid is the new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old…

  • Vanessa Freeman

    Vanessa, Freeman, 4, Hero, BY J.C. TRIPP To soul seekers and house heads around the world Vanessa Freeman’s chocolate-rich voice is a blessing from the heavens. She’s graced dozens of tracks by highly-regarded artists like West London’s 4 Hero (most…

  • Beats to the World: An Interview with DJ Nickodemus

    A Classic Interview with Global Beatmaster DJ Nickodemus on the Roots of New York City’s Underground Dance Scene This interview originally appeared on Junkmedia.org. John C. Tripp is the Editor of Mundovibe.com By John C. Tripp Within the rarefied group…

  • New British Jazz Generation

    By Rose Parfitt “High! Quality! Jazz!” A tired and hungry Italian promoter put his head back and howled and it echoed round the dank and freezing Old Street brickwork. It was late and wet on a February Sunday night and…

  • Brazil on the Bay

    San Francisco’s Brazilian Music Scene Peter Nicholson reports on the Latin-Brazilian meltdown There are many stories about the origins of house music, but all accounts acknowledge the influence of black and Puerto Rican communities on the beginnings of a sound…

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