Member Since: 3/25/2006
Band Website: yamasakijazz.com
Band Members: tom edwards
Influences: the one and only herbie hancock, billy cobham, stevie wonder, quantic soul orchestra, fatboy Slim, skint records, classic funk, soul and proper breakbeat, the great herb alpert for the kind words, jurrasic 5, brenda lee, ennio morricone, lou donaldson, bluenote jazz, classic disco, bentley rhythm ace, jamiroquai, the weather report, ninja tunes, spaced, a tribe called quest, caroline (i love you), my cat squidgy who has her own song, and my new kitten mango, just joe and criminal recordz for putting my songs out there, emeson for his time, energy, advice and oustanding vocal talent, my dad for the zen, mariu for photos and cover art, kind words and friendship, nonlucid..you know why, gary dring of clever little pod... for the laughs encouragement and friendship, my teacher phil allen you are the man thanks for the guidance and training, a big shout out to matt d of bodygroove for playing my tunes and all the creative people i have met in and out of myspace.
Sounds Like: YAMASAKI .
His sounds are steeped in the greats like Hancock, Coltrane and Gil Scott- Heron they are also intrinsically linked to the lure of modern Jazz and Funk. It takes the sterling early nineties work of the Acid Jazz label and builds upon it yet again.
robert mcnamara
red track reviews
His music seamlessly blends jazz, soul, and big beat breaks into tracks that seriously make you want to get up and groove along with the beats.
Save on that vacation to the Bahamas by simply buying a Yamasaki track, loading it into your iPod, throwing on your headphones, standing in a sandbox, and youll swear you were in the tropics.
as featured in spacecadetz.com
Yamasaki blends the sounds of; funk, soul, big-beat, and jazz, to create his lounge trip-hop style. Any of the Yamasaki tracks could be the soundtrack to a summer vacation.
Imagine a consistently lounge sounding version of Fat Boy Slim, but signed to Ninja Tune, then you might be somewhere close to knowing what Yamasaki sounds like.
as featured in just like music
"i enjoy your work, all the best to you and your family..
~h"
herb alpert
an awesome beat creating sound guru who is forever innovative in his approach to music.
emeson
brilliant your good one vibrates
imaabs
"I can dig it. Its got a funky beat and I can bug out to it"
de rigueur
You said come listen and I came and listened? WHY?Because Yamasaki has got the funk and BUNNY WANTS THE FUNK!!GIVE ME THE FUNK, YAMASAKI!!!Holy Roller is The Funk.
Wird.
Bunny
As always your new tracks are amazing.
Love Velvet Lounge! you are a great producer
gloria
Yama..you bad ass!
Switchblade....Booker T meets The Meters meets Lalo Schifrin meets GQ...Pure boogie..Love it!
Peace and blessings,
emeson...
links for yamasaki and friends
soundclick
deep six on itunes
tunetribe
musicfreedom.com
tunetribe
NME
yamasaki besonic profile
yamasaki amipop profile
yamasaki isound
just joe records myspace
criminal recordz
criminal recordz myspace
podshow.com
bass beats the devil
a fear of balloons
digital breaks
pirate radio
emeson's myspace
hiperik myspace
children of a new jazz era myspace
marui paolini myspace
Record Label: just joe records / criminal recordz
Type of Label: Indie