Jestofunk

Since the beginning, the project Jestofunk started with an international view. The first single, I'm Gonna Love You (1992), received great feedback from DJs, especially in the UK and US. The originality of the sound immediately became the trademark of the band. With the second single, Say It Again (1993), the collaboration with Ce Ce Rogers, one of the most prestigious voices of the house scene in the US, began. The single was licensed in different countries in Europe, and especially in France it became a great hit, climbing the top of the charts. The following year (1994), the third single was released, featuring once again the powerful voice of Ce Ce Rogers, followed a few months later by the release of their first album Love in a Black Dimension. In 1999 Ce Ce Rogers decided to leave Jestofunk and start his own project called Ce Ce Rogers' Nuphunk.

The second album Universal Mother is a summit of the past experiences of the band, a tribute to the jazz-funk of the '70s but also to modern technologies, underlined by the metronomic pulse of the drum machines. It sounds as if the heartbeat can be mixed with sampler and sequencer, creating in this way a connection between man and machine. This is the goal of MozArt, Blade and Farias — the three DJ-producers behind the Jestofunk project.

For this second album, they decided to recreate the same workshop atmosphere of the previous one, involving even more special guests: starting with the amazing voice of Jocelyn Brown and reggae legend Freddie McGregor, and once again hosting trombonist Fred Wesley and Ce Ce Rogers. Last but not least, newcomer Dr. Felix — an English DJ with Nigerian roots who sings the title track of the album Universal Mother. The first single from the album, Special Love featuring Jocelyn Brown, would later be remixed by Chicago DJ and producer Steve "SiW" Hurley, one of the hottest remixers of this end of century.