Renowned New York City house music icon Joaquin Joe Claussell has embarked on an electrifying project of ecstatic, spiritual club music with his latest endeavor: a double album worth of reinterpretations of the music from Italian jazz master Nicola Conte's 2023 album Umoja. 

Claussell's collaboration with Nicola Conte and Far Out Recordings helps mark the label’s 30th anniversary, as Claussell joins fellow producers such as Theo Parrish, Ron Trent, Kenny Dope and 4hero in remixing music from the label’s catalogue.

Extending the tracks from Umoja for full length, dance-floor focused mixes, Claussell has accentuated the original music’s global, afro-futurist vision with comprehensive rearrangements - featuring additional percussion, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and drum programming - excavating the source music and re-recording many of its parts under the auspices of his Sacred Music & Cosmic Arts banner.

Musicians:
Bennett Paster - Acoustic Piano, Wurlitzer, and Keyboards
Fran Cathcart - Guitars
Oscar Jagun - Children Toys
Brian Mitchel - Organ
Du Du WA - Bass
Dave Sams - Bass Sax, Baritone Sax
Henderson Kay - Trumpets
Stacey Keys - Background Vocal
Joaquin Joe Claussell - Voices, Background Vocal, MPC Live Programming, African Drums, Timbales, and Miscellaneous Percussion

Remix and Production:
Arranged and Produced by Joaquin Joe Claussell for Sacred Rhythm Music & Cosmic Arts BOLLA Music ASCAP
Recording Studios: Cosmic Arts and Benny’s Wash N Dry Studios
Recording Engineers: Fran Cathcart and Bennett Paster
Mastered by Caspar Sutton-Jones @ Gearbox Records

Feedback

“Very strong” 
Gilles Peterson

“MASSIVE” 
Laurent Garnier

“This version sounds lovely” 
Francois K

“Great stuff” 
JD Twitch

“This jam is great, i’ll support it” 
Volcov

“Nice”
Coco Maria

“Thank you will check it out” 
Louie Vega

“What an amazing track.”
Tama Sumo

“Lined up for a play on next week's show” 
Kevin Beadle

“love it...will play. Thks!” 
Alkalino 

“<3”
Marcel Vogel

“great mix from Joe, full support from Faze Action”
Faze Action

This is fantastic!
Piotr Orlov (NPR)

“Stunning! great artwork...sound and visuals. Has a NYC Loft sound to it.”
Chris Woodrow

“Yessss!!! can’t wait to drop this one” 
Chris Knight (Astrojazz)

Single is blissful! Straight into this week’s show!! 
Rich Chocolate (Soulvation Radio)