Since 2014, Tokyo-based jazz-funk trio Nautilus (named after Bob James’ 1974 fusion classic) has been at the forefront of the incredible music currently coming out of Japan. Led by drummer Toshiyuki Sasaki, and featuring founding bassist Shigeki Umezawa and more recent keyboardist Mariko Nakabayashi, the group is consistently active, releasing highly sought-after full-length and 7inch singles featuring a strong mix of originals and covers of timeless classics. For their sixth release(!!!) of 2022, the band has put out a brilliant new double-sided single on Japan’s Urban Discos label, titled Looking Back / Paint it Black.

Following the success of 2020’s Cosmica Italiana single, Italian DJ, producer and musician Lorenzo Morresi teams up again with producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and 22a label boss, Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne on another brilliant new cosmic jazz 7inch single release, titled Acqua.