Review: effgee - Your Light (with Nico Lahs Remix) (fellice)

effgee's relatively new label comes up with a great 12" and a bit of a coup with a Nico Lahs remix!

You'll recall it wasn't that long ago we we're eager for the "Bari Boys", Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs combination (as Tema Due) and their EPs 1 & 2 (see review HERE) and then we spot he's on this new 12".  So, you'll instantly expect an "Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Latin" element, the remix has fantastic soulful 'Your Light' vocals and a touch of the spiritual jazz harp; in fact there's a bit of a Bob Marley vibe to it - is that just me?

But that's not all as the original version is a little bit deeper and a touch of a dub and just to show that when the light needs to be shined, lets move to the electronic fields with 'Birds' on the synth heavy dancefloor and what do you think the rollin' 8 minutes of 'Roland Bass' features?

To celebrate, the 12" comes as a 'Special Edition' as each of the 250 copies comes with a hand screen-printed sleeve (Ed. Respect Sun Ra).

Limited edition and individual sleeves, don't hang around and pre-order as soon as!

BUY LINK: https://fellice.bandcamp.com/

Artist: effgee

Title:  Your Light

Release date: 17th October, 2025

Label : fellice

Catalog Number : fellice 005

Format: Limited Edition 12" Vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp

Review: Tema Due (Nicola Conte, Nico Lahs) - EP2 (Schema Records)

Tema Due are back with the follow-up to EP1 - yep!  You've guessed it, the imaginatively entitled 'EP2' with the fantastically imaginative young Brazilian percussionist Gabriel Prado and pianist Pietro Lussu!

And those with good memories will recall that Pietro featured on Enrico Bracco's 'Flying In A Box' (see review HERE) and both of them featured on the Conte produced 'Italia' by Till Brönner (see review HERE).

So, you'll instantly recognise that 'EP2' is firmly in the Schema 'school' of "Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Latin and all points south of the Italian base of the label for many years" along with the likes of Gerardo Frisina, 'Insight' Vol. 2 (see review HERE).

Tema Due, Conte and Lahs, know Latin jazz dance and have also given Brazilian 'Far Out' favourite Nina Miranda on 'Share Your Love' and another jazz pianist, Giovanni Guidi but it's the heavy percussion on 'Galaxy Bloom' with Lonnie Liston Smith keys backed up with 'Praise To The Sunshine' that steels the show.

Now we're in the swing of things, there will be an EP3 to preceed the album; I wonder if they can think of a better title than 'EP1, EP2 & EP3'? 

BUY LINK: Music | Schema Records

Artist: Tema Due (Nicola Conte, Nico Lahs)

Title:  EP2

Release date: 12th September, 2025

Label : Schema Records

Catalog Number : SC548

Format: 12" Vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp

Review: Tema Due (Nicola Conte, Nico Lahs) - EP1 (Schema Records)

I said the other day that the spearhead trio of Schema Records Italian jazz scene was Gerardo Frisina, Gianluca Petrella and Nicola Conte and all of a sudden, we a new entry into the 'Champions League' positions, Tema Due!

If you're "a fan of the Schema 'school' of Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Latin and all points south of the Italian base of the label for many years" as in that most recent Gerardo Frisina album referred to above, 'Insight' Vol. 2 (see review HERE), you'll wonder what's hit you with Tema Due is equal measure of Latin jazz dance perfection and modern Brazilian House.

'Macumba De Oxalà' is heavy on the percussion and jazz-vocal whilst 'La Danse de l'esprit' is 

the keyboard/flute gang fusion for the jazz dance de la Balearics.

Ask yourself, what would Airto and Flora Purim do if they had just arrived in Bari 30 years ago?

And that's what Nico Lahs brings to Conte's sharp jazz suits with house remix credits for Alton 

Miller and Detroit legend Amp Fiddler.  Obsessed with 60s jazz and modern dancefloor, this

 release is perfect. 

BUY LINK: Music | Schema Records

Artist: Tema Due (Nicola Conte, Nico Lahs)

Title:  EP1

Release date: 30th May, 2025

Label : Schema Records

Catalog Number : SC547

Format: 12" Vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp