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Hot on the heels of yesterday's 45 picks, here's a quick selection of 12 prime twelve inches from the Paris DJs private records store, solid gold hand-picked for your listening or DJ bag pleasure.




Auntie Flo - The Soniferous Garden (Sofrito Super Singles, 2017)

Sold out by the label rather quickly, this 12 inch sees the Sofrito label exploring 21st century tropical electronics with a mesmerizing effect. Tip!
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Bosq - Can't Seem To Hide (Ubiquity, 2017)

This is a certified funky disco banger, with its Nile Rodgers-style guitar licks and its silky sweet vocals. B-side "Take Me There" is not to be missed either, with its disco diva vocals, bouncing bass and handclaps.
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Bro. Valentino - Stay Up Zimbabwe (Analog Africa, 2017)

Two slices of highly danceable calypso-disco from 1979 in Trinidad & Tobago. You will need this in your record bag!
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Althea Forrest & Togetherness - Hey Mister (Jamwax, 2016)

Killer reggae-disco from 1976, produced by Derrick Harriott, a few years before the "Uptown Top Ranking" hit. Originally released on Crystal Records, on a 45 only. Compiled and re-edited in 2011 by Al Kent, and in 2014 by Guts.
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Robert Helms - Sekele I Like It (Betino's, 2017)

Besides Paris DJs' one, Betino's is for sure the coolest record store in town. They're also a label putting out tasty 21 inches, the latest of which is a 1980 afro-boogie affair from American vocalist Robert Helms, produced in France by Pierre Jaubert, with a disco/funk piece on the flip ("Feet on the Ground", featured below). It's limited to 700 copies so act fast ! Also, buy it directly from Paris DJs or Betino's, avoid other record stores or you'd be filling the pockets of their distributor who stole a lot of money from us and others.
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Ital Foundation - Repatriation (Jamwax, 2016)

A deep root reggae anthem from 1980, nearly 11 minutes long, coming from the Bermuda islands, the kind of music to get lost in peacefully.
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Orlando Julius - Disco Hi-Life (Hot Casa, 2009)

This killer piece of afro-disco by Nigerian sax player Orlando Julius will never age. Get up before you get down, let's do the disco hi-life everybody!
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Kalbata - Al Shark (Fortuna, 2016)

Electronic psychedelics from Tel-Aviv! Would you believe Paris DJs is pushing some Middle Eastern Techno banger? Well we are, cos' this is 21st century voodoo music and we love it.
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The Pretenders - Just Be Yourself (Kon Remix) (Family Groove, 2017)

Re-Edit, from the original Multitrack 2 tapes, of a legendary and highly in demand 1974 Modern Soul track from Pat Tandy's The Pretenders (nothing to do with Chrissie Hynde's ones).
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Shadow - D'Hardest (Jamwax, 2017)

A 1980 cosmic-soca-disco hit from Trinidad & Tobago, which we deeply encourage you to buy from either Paris DJs or Jamwax directly since their distributor The Pusher (same as Betino's just above) is one to avoid at all costs - those crooks stole thousands from us and we'll never forget.
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Shina Williams & His African Percussionists - Agb'oju L'ogun (Strut, 2017)

Afro-disco from 1984 Nigeria. Erik Rug, one of the greatest Parisian DJs, would instantly say "I used to hammer this tune many years ago". Pure dancefloor gold indeed, it hasn't aged a bit.
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Raja Zahr - Drums Of Lebanon (Fortuna, 2016)

An insane Middle Eastern experimental disco monster, edited by Psychemagik five years ago, filled with percussion madness and analog synthesisers.
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