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The loose collective of musicians, DJs, and producers comprising Nuspirit Helsinki creates a broad style of electronic jazz that transcends traditional stylistic boundaries. Founding members Tuomas Kallio and Hannu Nieminen (aka DJ Ender) enlisted the help of keyboardist Kim Rantala (aka Kasio), Toni Rantanen (aka DJ Lil Tony), and Eppu Helle to complete the core of Nuspirit Helsinki in 1998. Since then, they have invited numerous vocalists and musicians -- most often percussionist Abdissa "Mamba" Assefa and vocalist Ona Kamu -- to contribute to the group's recordings, which were released by such premier electronic jazz labels as Jazzanova-Compost and Guidance. The group's music is as much jazz as it is dance, crafted from primarily live instruments yet informed heavily by modern production technology (given that all five of the collective's founding members -- Kallio, Nieminen, Rantala, Rantanen, and Helle -- are producers). Following several 12" recordings for the labels Jazzanova-Co...