Paris DJs Playlist - April 2013

April 2013 was not the most active month we've had so far on the CD and vinyl front from other labels and artists. Thankfuly Nik Weston sent us a trilogy of his latest and upcoming releases on Mukatsuku Records, Ping Pong Promotion in France fed us with news from the Ninja Tune and Big Dada labels...

Paris DJs presents The 20 Best Singles of 2012

This selection of the best singles of the year 2012 was not an easy one to aggregate... Well a list is a list. You might not be surprised to find in there Adrian Quesada (Brownout, The Echocentrics), Grant Phabao (Franck Biyong, The Lone Ranger, Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra), Marco Benevento, The...

Paris DJs Soundsystem & Ping Pong Promotion present Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Low-Down Shakin' Chill

This mix started as a monthly Bag of Goodies, checking the stack of new records and the playlist of digital downloads we received during the past month. Then a trend emerged, some overall bluesy feeling that permeated many of those new albums and singles. We gradually got deep into a 21st century...

Paris DJs Playlist - September 2012

September was like a standard month for us, 50 new releases landed in our hard drives, while nearly as many real life records reached our shores. Out of those we selected 5 new albums worth checking, Criolo's Nó Na Orelha, a superb eclectic set from the 35-year-old São Paolo rapper blending hip...

Amon Tobin - Surge - EP out july 7th on Ninja Tune

Amon Tobin - Surge EP (12"/Digital Single) Ninja Tune ZEN12292/ZENCDS292P, 2011-07-04 Although it feels almost sacregilious to take a track out of ISAM and release it as a single, we're going to have a go. Surge is one of the short, sweet, standout moments of a remarkable record. Beautiful and...

Big Pimp Jones - 21st Century Blaxploitation Vol.3

Philadelphia's Big Pimp Jones have become quite big on the 21st Blaxploitation tip, with their...

Eskmo - We Got More - out may 16th on Ninja Tune

Eskmo - We Got More (Digital Single/Promo CD) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS272/ZENCDS272P, 2011-05-16 Brendan Angelides aka Eskmo returns with a new EP following up on his critically-acclaimed and debut album for Ninja Tune, this time he's invited his friends. The original version of We Got More (currently...

Toddla T - Take It Back - out may 23rd on Ninja Tune

Toddla T - Take It Back (12"/Download) Ninja Tune ZEN12285/ZENDNLS285, 2011-05-23 The first single to be taken from Toddla T's forthcoming new album will be the brilliant, Soul II Soul-esque Take it Back featuring Shola Ama and J2K. Released on May 23, it's a perfect introduction to his Skanky...

Slugabed - Moonbeam Rider EP - out june 6th on Ninja Tune

Slugabed - Moonbeam Rider (12"/Download) Ninja Tune ZEN12289/ZENDNLS12289, 2011-06-06 Blending influences both classic and contemporary, from the outermost reaches of dubstep, hip hop and beyond, Slugabed's productions have been gaining props in a big way recently. Under his Slugabed alias,...

Toddla T - Cherry Picking feat. Roisin Murphy - out april 16th on Ninja Tune

Toddla T - Cherry Picking (12") Ninja Tune RSD11toddla, 2011-03-16 Toddla T returns for 2011 with a vinyl only offering as part of Record Store Day on April 16. Featuring the dulcet tones of his steel city sister in arms, Roisin Murphy, it's a brilliantly packaged limited re-introduction to...

Amon Tobin - Isam - out may 9th on Ninja Tune

Amon Tobin - Isam (LP/CD/Download) Ninja Tune ZEN170/ZENCD170/ZENDNL170, 2011-05-09 Brazilian-born Amon Tobin first emerged between 1994-1995 with a string of 12" singles on a small London-based record label called 9Bar Records. The album that followed, Adventures In Foam, paved the way for a...

Emika - Count Backwards - out april 18th on Ninja Tune

Emika - Count Backwards (12"/Download) Ninja Tune ZEN12263/ZENDNLS263, 2011-04-18 Emika's latest single Count Backwards is released on Ninja Tune on 18 April on 12" vinyl and download. Remixes come from British dubstep producers Kryptic Minds who have released several albums, their...

Daedelus - Bespoke - out april 11th on Ninja Tune

Daedelus - Bespoke (LP/CD/Download) Ninja Tune ZEN169/ZEN169CD/ZENDNL169, 2011-04-11 After a busy couple of years of touring, remixing and releasing singles and EPs with Brainfeeder, All City, Magical Properties (the Daedelus home-imprint), Alpha Pup, Warp and Stones Throw, Alfred Darlington aka...

The Qemists - Take It Back featuring Enter Shikari - out april 4th on Ninja Tune

The Qemists - Take It Back featuring Enter Shikari (promo CD/Download) Ninja Tune ZENCD164P/ZENDNL164, 2011-04-04 Take It Back is the latest single to be taken from The Qemist's sophomore album Spirit In The System, and sees the Brighton-based trio join forces with fellow dance/rock music...

Daedelus - Tailor-Made - out march 21st on Ninja Tune

Daedelus - Tailor-Made (promo CD/Digital) Ninja Tune ZENCDS281P/ZENDNLS281, 2011-03-21 (12") Ninja Tune ZEN12281, 2011-04-04 After a busy couple of years of touring, remixing and releasing singles and EPs with Brainfeeder, All City, Magical Properties (the Daedelus home-imprint), Alpha Pup,...

Floating Points - Future Soul from Sun Ra to Madlib

Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has been shaking the electronic music world for two years now, through a string of releases and remixes... His smooth, dusty, soulful House sound, his techno-disco-boogie bubblism are rather Detroit-flavoured, while his samples are craftily cut into heavy bumping...

Wagon Christ - Toomorrow - out march 14th on Ninja Tune

Wagon Christ - Toomorrow (2LP/CD/Download) Ninja Tune ZEN163/ZENCD163/ZENDNL163, 2011-03-14 The one and only Luke Vibert returns to the fray under his most celebrated and wondrous moniker, Wagon Christ (to clarify, he is not under a wagon. Nor on one. Nor is he, strictly speaking, Christ, though we...

Stateless - Assassinations - out february 14th on Ninja Tune

Stateless - Assassinations (Download) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS279, 2011-02-14 Stateless return with the second single from their forthcoming album, Matilda, with the aid of Bjork producer Damian Taylor. The result on Assassinations is a tune which sounds like Timbaland producing Pink Floyd - big, bold...

The Death Set - Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap - out january 10th 2011 on Counter Records

The Death Set - Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap (Download) Counter Records COUNTDNL035, 2011-01-10 The Death Set return with the first single from their new album, Michel Poiccard. The record is prefigured by tragedy, founder member and co-writer Beau Velasco having died early in the recording...

Stateless - Matilda - out february 2nd 2011 on Ninja Tune

Stateless - Matilda (CD/LP/Download) Ninja Tune ZENCD157/ZEN157/ZENDNL157, 2011-02-07 It's easy to talk about the "epic" quality of this or that record, its "cinematic" feel. And how many artists have you heard say, as Chris James, lead singer of Stateless, does that "I...

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