In the electronic community, the surge of chill-out and broken beat jazz compilations has left the market oversaturated and rife with tunes that are easily disposable and instantly clichéd and forgettable. Thankfully, there's none of that here, as Fueled for the Future is a massively ambitious five-CD box set that pulls together some of the most classic tunes from the Compost/Jazzanova/Sonar Kollektive imprints and scatters them in between previously unreleased material and remixes. The five selectors include Compost labelhead Michael Reinboth, Brooklyn-based hip-hop producer DJ Spinna, and Compost recording artists Kyoto Jazz Massive, among others. Results vary in tempo and tone from disc to disc, taking on deep house, broken beat, hip-hop, garage, trip-hop, Brazilian jazz, and all points in between that have defined the palette for the genre. And while five discs of the stuff can be daunting even for the most seasoned listener, even the less than stellar moments of this box set easily outshine the vast majority of inconsistent chill-out/downtempo compilations on the market. This should be requisite listening for anyone curious about the entire movement of nu jazz in the electronic music genre. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
Fueled for the Future, Vol. 1-5
05/06/2003 | Compost
All Music Guide Review
Fueled for the Future, Vol. 1-5 Track Listing
Credits of Fueled for the Future, Vol. 1-5
- Toshio Matsuura
- DJ, Mixing, Creative Director
- Daniel Paul
- Producer
- Phil Asher
- Remixing
- Jimpster
- Producer, Remixing
- David Donnelly
- Producer
- Jeb Loy Nichols
- Vocals
- Underwolves
- Arranger, Producer
- Yasushi Kurobane
- Computers
- Joseph Malik
- Producer
- Kaidi Tatham
- Keyboards
- Yukihiro Fukutomi
- DJ, Mixing
- The Amalgamation of Soundz
- Producer
- Hajime Yoshizawa
- Piano, Fender Rhodes
- Jan Krause
- Producer, Text
- Afronaught
- Producer, Remixing
- Beanfield
- Producer
- DJ Spinna
- DJ, Mixing
- Roland Appel
- Producer
- Stefan Leisering
- Arranger, Producer
- Alexander Barck
- Producer
- Professor Stretch
- Keyboards, Programming
- Rainer Trüby
- Producer
- Tobias Meggle
- Producer, Text
- Michael Reinboth
- Executive Producer
- Axel Reinemer
- Arranger, Producer
- Robert Jan Meyer
- Producer
- Grand Unified
- Producer, Remixing
- Bassline Members
- Producer, Remixing
- Masayo Takise
- Mastering
- Andrew Arnold
- Artwork
- Christian Prommer
- Producer
- Anthony Nicholson
- Producer
- Victor Davies
- Producer
- Bajka
- Vocals, Text
- Marc Woolford
- Engineer, Mixing
- Sequel
- Remixing
- Justine Electra
- Vocals
- Trüby Trio
- Producer
- Marc A. Frank
- Producer
- Mark Harbottle
- Producer
- C. Jochen Helfert
- Producer
- Felix Hopkins
- Engineer, Mixing
- Kyoto Jazz Massive
- DJ, Mixing
- Shuya Okino
- Direction
- Jean-Claude Thompson
- Producer
- Mathias Landæus
- Arranger, Producer
- Gabor Deutsch
- Remix Producer
- Markus Enochson
- Producer, Remixing
- Calm
- Remixing
- Wednesday
- Vocals
- Vido Jilashe
- Vocals
- Yoshihiro Okino
- Direction
- Chris Wiesendanger
- Fender Rhodes, Soloist
- Williams Cumberbache
- Percussion
- Volker Meitz
- Producer, Remixing
- Yukimi Nagano
- Vocals
- Oscar Simonsson
- Producer
- Magnus Zingmark
- Producer
- Clara Hill
- Vocals
- Robert Galic
- Producer
- Steffen "Dixon" Berkahn
- Producer
- Bombay Philharmonic Orchestra
- Strings
- Irey Camuthers
- Engineer
- Takashi Yashima
- Photography
- Kwame Steve Cobbs
- Percussion
- Esther Cowens
- Vocals
- Aimée Craddock
- Vocals
- S. Donohue
- Producer
- Samuel Geiser
- Producer
- Wolfgang Rüter
- Producer, Instrumentation, Engineer
- Honesty
- Producer
- Taizo Ito
- Executive Producer
- Maiya James
- Vocals (Background)
- Deidra Jones
- Vocals
- Tobias Joseph
- Vocals, Guest Appearance
- Tamotsu Kawanishi
- Executive Producer
- Naoki Kitagawa
- Executive Producer
- Jens Lodén
- Arranger, Producer
- Kenny MacLeod
- Producer
- Paul McInley
- Keyboards, Soloist
- Kevin Morrisette
- Piano, Keyboards
- Hayru Osaka
- Executive Producer
- Chr. Otto
- Photography
- Singing Bird
- Vocals
- Dirk Rumpff
- Mastering, Mixing Assistant
- Son Of Ugly
- Guest Appearance
- Ken Michael Stafford
- Vocals
- Yasuhisa Takenouchi
- Photography
- Yutaka "Tony" Tokue
- ?, Production Coordination
- TSUKADA
- Engineer, Editing
- Jürgen VonKnoblauch
- Producer
- Funès
- Producer, Remixing
- Glyn "Bigga" Bush
- Producer
- Dixon
- Producer, Remixing











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