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about

“The very bridge between the forefathers – Clinton, Stone, Hancock – and something like D’Angelo”
-Straight No Chaser

"Composer and executive producer Aja West has mad chops!"
-URB Magazine

With this release, namesake of Steely Dan’s classic 1977 LP, funk conductor and mystical maestro, Aja West, has conjured a trilogy of jazz-funk albums as tight, complex and forward thinking as any Becker-Fagen concoction. Colorful and uncluttered, Aja’s arrangements show his composing prowess. As always, Aja surrounds himself with a team of crack musicians – such as Money Mark, as well as a host of Pacific Northwest jazz cats – while he leads the way on the Rhodes electric piano, Hohner Clavinet, the ARP String Ensemble, and multiple Moogs.

Taking cues from his Steely idols, as well as another demigod, jazz producer Creed Taylor, Aja West has carefully crafted a string of meticulously executed studio albums, perfectly balanced with the spontaneous and improvised primal nature of jazz-fusion monuments like Miles Davis’ Star People. Aja breathes the same air as these geniuses of the past but is wildly time traveling in his mind. Future music now.

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released January 11, 2009

Aja West: rhodes electric piano, clavinet, moog voyager, moog opus 3, arp string ensemble, guitaret, congas, bongos, shakers, triangle, wood blocks, auxiliary percussion, 808 kicks, chimes, bells and whistles
Hans Teuber: saxophone, clarinet, flute
John Wicks: drums
Dylan Cooper: upright bass
Money Mark: keyboards
Steve Black: guitar
Steve Moore: wurlitzer electric piano, trombone
Dave Carter: trumpet
Joe Doria: organ
Ryan Smith: organ
Cheeba: melodica

All songs composed by Aja West and The Mackrosoft
Produced, engineered and mixed by Aja West
Mastered by Mike Bozzi
Art by Aja West
Design by Tom Manning

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The Mackrosoft Seattle, Washington

Specializing in hybrids of funk, fusion, soul, jazz, and electronic music, the Mackrosoft label and artist/manager Aja West (1976-2022) have released a steady stream of albums since 2000.

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