Novelty-jazz icon Raymond Scott composed his Suite for Violin & Piano in 1950, and it was performed just once in his lifetime, at Carnegie Hall. Basta premieres the original, previously unreleased 1951 recording supervised by Scott and featuring virtuosos Arnold Eidus and Carlo Bussotti. This archival performance is coupled with a contemporary 2006 recording by Ramon Dor and Davide Rossi. Basta will provide restored sheet music with the album.

Dutch singer/songwriter Eva Auad is one of Basta's new signings. The past months we've been working very hard on her debut album. The final mixes should be ready in November, so expect an album release in February 2012. In the meantime, have a look at Eva Auad's website for music and photos.

Flemish literary legend Hugo Claus passed away in 2008. In the final month of his life he gave guitarist Erik Voermans permission to use recordings of the author reading from his own works. These readings have now been underscored with Voermans' ambient guitar settings in lush, literary dreamscapes. Order the CD here.

Former Bauer vocalist Sonja van Hamel's second solo album, Transcendental Man, was produced by JB Meijers and Ken Stringfellow. A pop purist and keyboardist extraordinaire, Sonja composes and arranges lush soundscapes that swirl around her gorgeous singing. Order album here. More info on Sonja here.