DJ Cam is a beat ambassador: like Tokyo's DJ Krush, the Parisian crate-digger came up applying his hometown's unique sensibility to American hip-hop and jazz. The City of Light casts a rosy glow over 2001's “Summer In Paris”, a flickering nu-jazz number boasting Rhodes licks lighter than cherry blossoms; “Mad Blunted Jazz” wraps spare drums and keys in the smoky atmosphere of a Left Bank basement dive. While he's an icon of the abstract beats movement of the ‘90s, Cam hasn't stopped evolving: “Swim”, from 2011, is a breathtakingly beautiful demonstration of his songwriting at its most soulful.