Last update: 10 Janv 2009
Q.A.S.B. is a Japanese funk/soul band celebrating their 10 years of existence with the release of their third album of groovy JB funk and early's 70s soul-jazz offerings. We often say that a band starts to become really good after 10 years of playing together, and this new LP tends to confirm this...
Saturday 19 September 2015 15:12
Extracted from the 1976 album 'Don't You Think It's Time', Courtial's 'Losing You', with bay area vocalist Errol Knowles (perhaps better known for his work on the Azteca albums or Coke Ecovedo's 'I Would Not Change A Thing'), marks the start of the jazz-funk era. A soulful shuffler for warm jazz...
Saturday 19 September 2015 13:36
RacecaR started working with the French producer Grant Phabao approximatively one year ago, with a simple concept in mind: exploring some new rare grooves of reggae, ska, afrofunk, soul and jazz, on which he would try rhyming and rapping - uncharted waters in terms of tempo for a boom-bap...
Tuesday 08 September 2015 14:16
Esteemed collegue Ben Greenslade-Stanton (The Beta Club, The Mighty Mocambos, The Snitch, The Spike Orchestra, etc.) gave us a visit this summer and brought some funky 45s with him to share with us. One of those stands out from the lot:...
Monday 24 August 2015 13:13
Over the years, San Francisco psychedelic funksters Monophonics have became crucial to Paris DJs' selections, with no less than 6 appearances in the mixes (check here). Their fifth LP 'In Your Brain' released on Ubiquity Records was one of the 10 best albums of 2012. After a couple of covers...
Wednesday 10 June 2015 22:30
These days, synth-heavy funk, disco, boogie & modern soul is trending like crazay. You're gonna say that it's been going on for 30 years already… and you'd be right. But the dancefloors don't care. Well, the more discerning ones, of course, those educated to the sound of George Clinton and a...
Tuesday 09 June 2015 19:00
For more than a decade now and the first albums from synth-voodoo masters The Mackrosoft (alias Aja West and his brother The Cheebacabra), we've been pointing out a unique amalgam of organic jazz playing, hip hop beats with the cherished 70s P-Funk of George Clinton and the jazzy synth-funk from...
Monday 08 June 2015 11:56
Got a very nice surprise today as the latest 45 from Mukatsuku Records dropped at the door… and it's a scorcher once again, that'll go right away with the others 45s in my DJ bag for the vinyl set I'll be playing on june 4th with Betino's (info here)! Who doesn't like a deep disco groove with a fat...
Friday 22 May 2015 12:40
I would love to know more about this new Afro label, based in London and Paris. Who are the guys behind this? A collective of crate diggers, afro music-heads, label spotters and vinyl buying obsessives says the press release. Well those cats sure are right on point sending this slab of wax focusing...
Friday 01 May 2015 12:03
'Firewalker - The Movie' is a short movie inspired by Jungle Fire's debut LP 'Tropicoso'. With vintage colors and an irresistible soundtrack, the video transpires the love of funky B-movies. A great treat from our favorite afro-latin-funksters from L.A.! Jungle Fire - Firewalker - The Movie Written...
Tuesday 24 March 2015 14:37
After a killer first, self-released 45 (licensed in Paris DJs' funk/soul compilation 'Killas, Thrillas & Chillas'), and a couple months before their first full-length album release on Colemine Records, San Diego-based instrumental soul band The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble are dropping another...
Monday 09 March 2015 14:08
It seems the success of The Bamboos after their crossover into pop landscapes has inspired other Australian soul bands… The Meltdown might be one of those, adding the classy HopeStreet Recordings retro soul production to some blues/country/gospel songwriting and a sweet, soulful voice. If the...
Monday 09 March 2015 14:06
Exactly one year after Volume 6, Tramp Records releases the next instalment in their 'Movements' series of unheard soul & jazz diggin' picks from the 60s & the 70s. The promotional CD doesn't really does the record justice, since it' doesn't include the 16-page CD-booklet (or the deluxe...
Sunday 22 February 2015 17:37
Jo Tongo was born and raised in Douala, Cameroon. He was sent to Paris by his father in 1964 and started studying pharmacy for a couple of years. While in Paris, he took up classic piano and obtained a degree from the Paris National Superior Academy of Music. A few years later Jo Tongo was...
Thursday 19 February 2015 13:12
Italian funk & afro disco. I guess that's enough to grab your attention! The Bank is a guitar/bass/drums trio originating from Bologna. 'Europa Center' is their second album, closer to what the band does on stage than on their previous effort 'Upper Class', sounding like a perfect calling card...
Tuesday 27 January 2015 16:11
Tramp Records in Germany is a label we've learned to trust over the years, for the quality of their releases, the diversity of the themes they choose to explore, and the hard work they put into digging for stuff that hasn't been reissued yet. Their new, deeply groovy & soulful compilation...
Saturday 24 January 2015 16:41
Today a nice surprise lands in Paris DJs' mailbox. And by 'mailbox' I totally don't mean 'e-mail box' but the real life one. The one where, regularly, artists and labels send some cool records for us to check and eventually review. No the one where so many people throw gigabytes of digital links...
Saturday 24 January 2015 13:55
If you're into the hard-to-find, disco-influenced, cosmic boogie or funk from Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica or the Bahamas, this Cultures Of Soul compilation is one you don't want to miss. Hand-picking up tunes one by one from rare-as-fuck vinyl, label honcho Deano Sounds has cooked a hard to...
Friday 16 January 2015 14:10
Released just a week prior to the 'Tropical Disco Hustle' compilation, this 12 inch collects the original and instrumental versions of Joanne Wilson's West Indies cosmic disco tune 'Got To Have You', along with a killer even-more-dancefloor remix of the same tune by Bosq of Whiskey Barons fame....
Monday 12 January 2015 14:10
After the 2011 reissue of the cult 1977 jazz-funk album 'Brighter Days', Boston-based label Cultures Of Soul keeps on digging into the vaults of American trumpeter Stanton Davis. The original album is a killer, mind-blowing LP, between Pharoah Sanders and James Mason, ranging from blistering...
Monday 12 January 2015 10:40
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