SUPPORT PARIS DJS VINYL & T-SHIRT CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN !!
Paris DJs is a young label launched in 2012, who's already put out no less than 4 Reggae albums, 5 Afro/Tropical compilations, 2 Hip Hop compilations and 50 singles of Reggae, Ska, Afro, Latin, Jazz, Soul, etc.
Productions coming from all over the world, mastered with a vintage, warm and ideally spatialized sound. You can find those releases on the digital platforms, iTunes, Amazon, etc, and mainly on Bandcamp and JunoDownload.
Today Paris DJs starts doing vinyl releases, with many collectable pressings.. and a T-shirt!
> Crowdfunding campaign on Kiss Kiss Bank Bank (english version)
> Financement participatif sur Kiss Kiss Bank Bank (en Français)
Today we're all about JAMAICAN GROOVES :
REGGAE, RUB-A-DUB & SKA !!
(with a few latin funk breaks also included)
> with a six 45s boxset "VINYL IS GOOD FOR YOU"
Featuring Afrodyete (The Breakestra), Alice Russell (courtesy of Tru Thoughts), Brownout, Grant Phabao, Jungle Fire, The Lone Ranger & Carlton Livingston, The Jays
> with a double vinyl LP compilation "DIS IS REGGAE SOUL VOL.1"!!
Featuring Afrodyete, Carlton Livingston, Grant Phabao, Jungle Fire, Leroy Gibbon, Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada, Suzanna Choffel, The Cactus Channel, The Grits, The Jays, The Lone Ranger, The Silvertones
The 45s, the boxset itself, and the double LP have all been illustrated by Paris DJs' graphic designer Ben Hito, an exceptional artist - you might have had the chance to stumble upon is monthly pin-ups in the French Rock'n'Folk magazine.
"Ben Hito, the only French artist who achieved the perfect alchemy between the hippie psychedelism from San Francisco 1967 et the Foucray wallpapers design from the Seventies" Rock'n'Folk magazine - Dec 2013
Limited quantities!!
Only 100 copies of th boxset gathering the six 45s will be available.
The 45s may be ordered separately, 200 copies of each 7 inch will be available.
Paris DJs will also press a double vinyl LP (500 copies only), illustrated by Ben Hito once again, of the exclusive compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1".
This compilation will gather 12 original productions & remixes from Parisian producer Grant Phabao, most of which were only available digitally so far (cf. parisdjs.bandcamp.com).
Pre-order our products to help fund our project :
45 Alice Russel
"Seven Nation Army" / "Humankind" (Grant Phabao remixes feat. The Lone Ranger)
10€ + shipping costs France 4€, Europe 5€, rest of the world 6€
300 copies only
45 Brownout
"I Won't Lie (Grant Phabao Remix) / Flaximus (Renegades Of Jazz Bboy Edit)"
10€ + shipping costs France 4€, Europe 5€, rest of the world 6€
300 copies only
45 Grant Phabao & Afrodyete
"Itchin' For Your Love / Feelin' You Feelin' Me"
10€ + shipping costs France 4€, Europe 5€, rest of the world 6€
300 copies only
45 Grant Phabao & The Jays
"African Man / African Man (Adrian Quesada Remix)"
10€ + shipping costs France 4€, Europe 5€, rest of the world 6€
300 copies only
45 Grant Phabao, The Lone Ranger & Carlton Livingston
"Imitation Sounds / Weh Reggae Come From"
10€ + shipping costs France 4€, Europe 5€, rest of the world 6€
300 copies only
45 Jungle Fire
"Firewalker / Tokuta (Grant Phabao Remixes)"
10€ + shipping costs France 4€, Europe 5€, rest of the world 6€
300 copies only
Digital compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1"
14 productions & remixes by Grant Phabao featuring Afrodyete, Carlton Livingston, Jungle Fire, Leroy Gibbon, Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada, Suzanna Choffel, The Cactus Channel, The Grits, The Jays, The Lone Ranger et The Silvertones
10€
T-Shirt "Paris DJs Soundsystem"
20€ + shipping costs France 5€, Europe 8€, rest of the world 10€
100 ex. only
2LP vinyl compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1"
+ digital download
25€ + shipping costs France 6€, Europe 12€, rest of the world 13€
500 copies only
2LP vinyl compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1"
+ T-shirt "Paris DJs Soundsystem"
+ digital download
45€ + shipping costs France 6€, Europe 12€, rest of the world 13€
10 sets available only
Set of 5 Ben Hito posters
"Dis Is Good For You", "We Are The Fire Inside Your Mind", "Rise Of The Troubadour Warriors", "La Danse Du Shadow" + 1 more poster to choose in our stock of Ben Hito posters (including a few copies of the George Clinton or Fred Wesley ones!)
50€ worldwide shipping costs included.
25 sets available only
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
Includes the six 45s listed above.
70€ + shipping costs France 6€, Europe 8€, rest of the world 10€
50 sets available only
Set of 9 digital compilations from the Paris DJs Soundsystem
Includes "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1", "Dis Is Good For You", "We Are The Fire Inside Your Mind", "Rise Of The Troubadour Warriors", "Have You Ever Been To Electric Afroland", "Take The Chains Off Your Brains", "Spirituality & The Supernatural", and the upcoming compilations "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand", "Killahs, Thrillas & Chillas"
75€ instead of 100€!!
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
+ Digital compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1"
80€ + shipping costs France 6€, Europe 8€, rest of the world 10€
5 sets available only
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
+ T-shirt "Paris DJs Soundsystem"
90€ + shipping costs France 6€, Europe 12€, rest of the world 13€
5 sets available only
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
+ 2LP vinyl compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1"
+ Digital compilation
95€ + shipping costs France 7€, Europe 12€, rest of the world 13€
5 sets available only
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
+ T-shirt "Paris DJs Soundsystem"
+ Digital compilation
100€ + shipping costs France 7€, Europe 12€, rest of the world 13€
5 sets available only
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
+ set of 5 additional Grant Phabao 45s
Grant Phabao 45s to choose from The Lone Ranger, The Jays, Carlton Livingston, Diesler, Chronic Sonata, Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra
110€ + shipping costs France 8€, Europe 12€, rest of the world 13€
5 sets available only
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
+ T-shirt "Paris DJs Soundsystem"
+ 2LP vinyl compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1"
+ Digital compilation
115€ + shipping costs France 10€, Europe 14€, rest of the world 18€
5 sets available only
Set of 5 Ben Hito posters
+ Set of 9 digital compilations from the Paris DJs Soundsystem
120€ worldwide shipping costs included.
25 sets available
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
+ set of 5 additional Grant Phabao 45s
+ 2LP vinyl compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1"
+ Digital compilation
135€ + shipping costs France 10€, Europe 15€, rest of the world 18€
5 sets available only
6x45s collector Boxset "Vinyl Is Good For You"
+ 2LP vinyl compilation "Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1"
+ Digital compilation
+ 1 copy signed by The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston & Grant Phabao of the out-of-print 12 inch "(Message To You) Rudie"
+ 1 copy signed by The Lone Ranger & Grant Phabao of the 45 "Fever"
"(Message To You) Rudie" as featured in the 2014 Jon Favreau movie "Chef"
150€ + shipping costs France 10€ / Europe 15€ / rest of the world 18€
5 sets available only
And if you're a rich musician/label/composer/etc :
Your track remixed by Grant Phabao
1000€
Your track remixed by Grant Phabao, illustrated by Ben Hito and reviewed on ParisDJs.com
1500€
Shipping costs :
For the 45s, shiping costs are 4€ for France, 5€ for Europe and 6€ for the rest of the world for the first one.
If you wish to order more than one 45, add only 1€ for shipping costs per additional 45 after the first one.
In a similar way, if you order a t-shit or a double vinyl LP, and want to add a few 45s to your basket, add only 1€ for shiping costs per 45.
If you're Paris-based, Paris DJs will organise for the vinyl release date a special event at the Betino's record store in Paris. You'll be able to get your records directly, have them signed, meet the crew, etc. - and of course avoid the shipping costs. In that case don't add any shipping costs
Why fund it?
Paris DJs have funded entirely all the music production, from composition & recording up until mix and mastering (or co-funded with some artists/labels on some co-productions). Paris DJs has also funded all the visual artworks, in collaboration with Ben Hito's KlassAffair society.
The 10.000€ will be used, in part, to fund the pressing of vinyl records :
- Six 45s, pressed at 300 copies each
Including : mastering, lacquers, conception and printing of the 4 colors centers, test-pressings, conception and printing of the 4-color "Paris DJs Soundsystem" sleeves, for a total cost of 7200€
- One collector boxset which will gather all six 45s together, with only 100 copies produced
Conception and printing of the boxset will cost us 2400€
- One double vinyl LP, pressed at 500 copies
This includes mastering, lacquers, conception and printing of the 4 colors centers, test-pressings, conception and printing of the 4-color sleeve and liner, cellophaning, mastering and the whole follow-up process for a total cost of 5000€
- 50 "Paris DJs Soundsystem" T-shirts
For a cost of 400€
- A series of 4 different "Paris DJs Soundsystem" posters
For a printing cost of 1000€ (already funded by Paris DJs)
- Shipping costs worldwide
For an approximate cost of 2.000€
That's a total cost of 17.000€.
If everything goes according to plan, 12.000€ will be funded by this campaign.
We'll have 5.000€ left to find - through record stores pre-orders, complentary to this crowdfunding campaign.
Of course, the more you'll support us, the less we'll need the traditional music business way.
As Louis Armstrong used to say: "our music is a secret order" !
About Paris DJs :
Activists on the musical web since 1996, Djouls & Grant Phabao launched, in 2005 and with the help of former Radio Nova music director (1987-1997) Loik Dury, the ParisDJs.com website.
8 years later, Paris DJs has become a core institution of that same musical web. A genuine alternative media of music you don't hear on the radio, the site offers news, portraits, interviews, commented discographies, free singles and exclusives mixes.
Those mixes have been greatly responsible for Paris DJs' notoriety, with their original artwork, detailed tracklisting and professional mastering. More than 430 mixes have been published up until now, generating more than 3.8 millions of download, without any form of promotion, only through word-of-mouth!
The remixes from multi-instrumentalist/producer Grant Phabao have also been going all around the world, with nearly a million downloads of reggae reworks of George Clinton, The Herbaliser, Erykah Badu, Q-Tip and many others, AC/DC included!
In 2012 the media website becomes a label, and starts releasing a new single, album or compilation every week. Djouls & Loik are in charge of the artistic direction, famous Fench illustrator Ben Hito takes care of the graphic direction and Grant Phabao is the one dealing with the audio production process.
In a little bit more than a year, Paris DJs releases 4 roots reggae albums with Jamaican legends from Studio One (The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston, The Jays and The Silvertones), 4 afrofunk & tropical grooves compilations with artists from the whole wide world ("Dis is good for you", "We are the fire inside your mind", "Rise of the troubadour warriors" and "Have you ever been to electric afroland?"), two hip hop compilations ("Take the chains off your brains" et "Spirituality & the supernatural"), et nearly 50 singles.
Many confirmed artists participate in the project: Shawn Lee, Jungle Fire, Horace Andy, Franck Biyong, Afrodyete (The Breakestra), Doctor L, Lee Fields, Adrian Quesada (The Echocentrics, Brownout), Ocote Soul Sounds, Mop Mop, The Grits, Goat, Jungle By Night, The Grits, Brownout, Bio Ritmo, Todd Simon's Ethio-Cali Ensemble, The Funk Ark, The Herbaliser, Radio Citizen, musicians from Antibalas, from Fela's Egypt 80, from The Poets Of Rhythm, from The Souljazz Orchestra …. just to name a few.
All those releases are available in digital format, on Bandcamp and JunoDownload, and for the compilations and some selected singles iTunes, Amazon, Deezer, Spotify, etc.
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