Nicola Conte "Kind of Sunshine" 12" Thievery Corporation OOP vinyl Italian

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Nicola Conte "Kind of Sunshine" 12" Schema (Italy)

Vinyl is NM, Jacket is VG+

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AKind Of Sunshine Vocals – Written-By – *, * 5:40BImpulso Written-By – * 4:30
Nicola Conte is an , , , and bandleader, known initially for introducing an innovative style of that incorporates themes, melodies drawn from Italian of the 1960s, easy listening themes, and ethnic music. Recently, he has focused much more of his music on , with both his albums Other Directions (2004, & ) and Rituals (2008, ), and very many remixes he has done for contemporaries stretching across many closely related genres.

Conte, a classically-trained musician, is an innovative jazz revivalist and part of what was termed "The Fez Collective", based in the Italian town of , and the Idizioni-Ishatr/, a known for promoting a distinctly Italian approach to acid jazz as well as jazz music as a whole.

Conte's first album was Jet Sounds of 2000. The single "Bossa Per Due" gained international recognition and was an underground hit. It was used within a short time for a prime-time commercial for automobiles. The album was licensed for American distribution by 's Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) label in the summer of 2001 as Bossa Per Due, and was a slightly reconfigured version of the Italian Jet Sounds album. This was followed by the Jet Sounds Revisited remix album in late 2002. Two years later, 's subsidiary released Conte's next album Other Directions. In November 2008, Conte released his latest album, Rituals.

In November 2009, Nicola released "The Modern Sound of Nicola Conte", versions in jazz-dub, on Schema records. Unlike his 2002 remix album which featured artists largely reworking his songs, this two CD set had Nicola releasing original titles and featured some of his jazz styled remixes of other people's works.

Conte has also produced albums by other artists such as and .

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