Waiwan

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Waiwan, which happends to rhyme with Taiwan, is already a regular feature on the UK circuit, playing nights such as Plastic People in London, as well as Electric Chair and Counter Culture in Manchester. He has also toured with Giles Peterson and Eddie Piller, the founders of recording label ‘Acid Jazz’.

His style has largely been influenced by the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and James Brown and can be accurately described as “nu-jazz”, a herbal blend of jazz textures with funk and electronic overlays.

Waiwan’s first album ‘Distraction’, released on Autonomy/ EMI, was an uplifting fusion of hip hop, dance and electronica coupled with various jazz insrumentalisms. He also turned his hand to remixs and re-edits, working with Chari Chari on ‘Blackshine’, with Karova for ‘Sunshine’ and with Magic Number on ‘That Day’.

Not one to be confined to the DJ Booth, Waiwan has also been heavily involved on the production side, producing some splendid tracks for the ‘Earth Project’ and ‘Future Sounds of Jazz’. New material is scheduled to be released later this year.

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  • Inkliing

    You rule

    6 Mar 2011 Reply
  • J-nu

    timeless classic

    7 Mar 2009 Reply
  • temp-us

    Good work fella. From the manor.

    27 Feb 2009 Reply
  • Ptcr

    fantastic album !

    31 Jan 2009 Reply
  • dmhuk

    This album is sublime - very cool; very timeless; & a pleasure every time I rediscover it

    16 Jun 2008 Reply
  • rupan777

    Hindsight is his dopest track. Back in '98 or so when I lived in Tokyo, I used to walk home from Shinjuku to Aoyama every night with this song bumping in my CD player on repeat.

    3 Apr 2008 Reply
  • JMiles_T

    Great Stuff! I hope there will be more full albums soon.

    24 Jan 2007 Reply
  • manubop

    yeah baby !

    6 Apr 2006 Reply