Nublu Records

Nublu Records is an independent recording company founded by Swedish–Turkish musician, composer, cultural activist and entrepreneur, Ilhan Ersahin, in 2005. It was a natural extension of the "Nublu sound" that developed at the club, Nublu, on New York's Lower East Side, founded by Ersahin in 2002. Capturing the cross-cultural fusion of the times, and embracing the beatnik jazz tradition for which the area has been known since the 1950s, an unofficial family of bands soon congregated around the club, which was known for its freewheeling late night jams. As more and more outfits formed, setting up Nublu Records was a logical progression.

The core of the Nublu record label roster is projects of Ersahin's, and of friends who came together because of the Nublu Club. First among them was Wax Poetic, a jazzy trip-hop poetry collective which pre-dates Nublu, as they first played at the louche after-hours club Save the Robots on Avenue B. Serious singers like the young Norah Jones and Bebel Gilberto, have passed through their ranks. Wax Poetic gravitated to Nublu Records when their deal with Atlantic Records was up (they were signed by Ersahin's friend, pioneering Turkish jazz producer Ahmet Ertegun, who founded Atlantic.) After starting the label, Ersahin used the Wax Poetic name as an umbrella for a trilogy of albums for Nublu Records, reflecting territories with which he felt a deep connection and using local musicians: “Copenhagen” (2006), "Brasil" (2007) and "Istanbul"(2007.)

Another band stemming from the Nublu club's earliest days is Love Trio. They sprang directly from the transition between Ersahin's decade working his way up at the Sweet Basil Jazz Club in the West Village, and the start of Nublu. His regular Saturday brunch sessions at Sweet Basil became the basis for many musical collaborations, as the Nublu club jams were to do later. Love Trio includes musicians from that pre-Nublu period: Californian bassist Jesse Murphy (who went on to play with Brazilian Girls,) and drummer Kenny Wollesen known for his work with Tom Waits. Their first Nublu release, "Love Trio," (2003) featured Ersahin's longtime partner, legendary trumpeter Eddie Henderson, vocalist Marla Turner, Kenny Wollesen, Jesse Murphy and DJ Logic. Three years later, Love Trio released "In Dub," showcasing the original toasting (rapping) of Jamaican DJ legend U-Roy, a childhood hero of Ersahin's who helped turn him onto Jamaican music in his teens. Vocalists Marla Turner and Sabina Sciubba, singer of The Brazilian Girls, also appear on the album. Love Trio performed with Arto Tuncboyaciyan in 2013.

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