> Also keep an eye out for a recent release by Freestyle Man (not sure who
> this is...) featuring Wanda Felicia called "Que Domingo". Nu-Spirit Helsinki
> has a Montana Roja Jazz Mix on the flip that has a sweet catchy melody and
> makes dancefloors happy. The label is Sanko.
Freestyle Man is Finnish-born DJ Sasse who nowadays resides in Germany
(in Frankfurt, I think). The name of the label you're referring to is
Sahko (or actually Sähkö, ie. two dots over both the a and the o, in
case these chars don't work correctly with your email program..).
"Sähkö" means "electricity", whereas "sanko" would be "a bucket". =)
If we are really precise, I think the Freestyle Man stuff is released
on Puu ("a tree" or "wood"), which is a sublabel of Sähkö. Sähkö mostly
releases obscure-ish experimental stuff like Pan Sonic etc., Puu is more
on the housey side.
BTW, Sähkö just recently launched a new sublabel, called Jazzpuu, that
reissues classic Finnish jazz releases. The first two 12"s out are
"Puutarhassa" by Pekka Streng (this one is a killer, strongly
recommended) and "Grandma's Rocking Chair" by Olli Ahvenlahti (that was
also reissued by Acid Jazz in early 90s I think and was sampled by Kenny
Dope in "The Illout"), both highly recommended.
Pretty complete discographies of both Nu Spirit Helsinki and Freestyle
Man are available here:
Nu Spirit Helsinki:
http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb/finndiscog/nuspirithelsinki/
Freestyle Man a.k.a. DJ Sasse:
http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb/finndiscog/sasse/
--
"Betwixt decks there can hardlie a man catch his breath by
reason there ariseth such a funke in the night..."
- W. Capps, 1623
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