Released: 2026
SCLP 560 | EAN: 8018344115603
Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs’ Tema Due project finally comes to full realization in a double LP entitled “Universo Astratto,” adding a wealth of new musical shades and ideas to the two EPs released on Schema Records in 2025. The album represents not only the natural evolution of their artistic dialogue, but also a statement of intent in terms of sound.
Fans of the most sophisticated and refined club music, elevated by the fusion of exquisite electronica with spiritual jazz (it is no coincidence that the opening track evokes the baseline of “A Love Supreme”), African-American rhythms and tribal percussion, will be thrilled by this complex and multi-layered album, which unveils new hidden details upon each listen.
A meticulous selection of exceptional musicians contributes in a distinctive and significant way to broadening the scope of the project: Giovanni Guidi, Pietro Lussu, and Dario Bassolino on keyboards, Gabriel Prado and Abdissa Assefa on percussion, Magnus Lindgren on wind instruments and Hammond organ, and Pasquale Calò on saxophone. On vocals we have Lalin St. Juste, Siya Makuzeni, Nina Miranda – for what is probably the best track on the album, “Share Your Love” – and Toco – for a new and previously unreleased version of the track “Macumba de Oxalà” featured on the first EP.
In “Universo Astratto,” Tema Due’s vision is finally fulfilled: a world of ancestral grooves, cosmic jazz, and electronic music conceived for clubs as a type of “active experience” in which one is transcended by music. This record is an invitation—to move, to feel, to elevate—and a manifesto for those who see the dance floor not just as a location, but as a shared experience of awareness and rhythm.
CREDITS
TEMA DUE is a project by NICOLA CONTE and NICO LAHSProduced by Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs
Publishing by Edizioni Ishtar Srl
Nina Miranda - Vocals on B1
Pietro Lussu - Fender Rhodes and keyboards on A1 and B2
Gabriel Prado - Congas & Percussion on A1, percussion on B1 and B2
Giovanni Guidi - Fender Rhodes and keyboards on B1
“Galaxy Bloom” and “Praise To The Sunshine” written by Nicola Conte and Nicola Loporchio
“Share Your Love” written by Nicola Conte, Nicola Loporchio and Nina Miranda
Recorded at Acustic Sound Studio, Bari, Italy
Additional recordings at Sorriso Studio, Bari, Italy
Artwork: Carla Indipendente
Tema Due logo: Roberta Dispoto
Layout: Eugenio Crippa