Last update: 10 Janv 2009
Leroy Gibbon and Grant Phabao only met once a few weeks ago, thanks to fellow Jamaican singer Echo Minott who brought his long-time friend to his favorite recording studio. When Leroy heard Phabao's music, he was instantly hooked and offered to voice one of his riddims, the 'Usain Bolt The Puma'...
Wednesday 22 May 2013 12:35
Jamaican rub-a-dub deejay The Lone Ranger and singer Carlton Livingston are reinventing themselves with an eye toward the past on this brand new Grant Phabao roots reggae riddim, bringing back memories of breezy, sun-filled days on the island. The French producer delivers an intense and profound...
Thursday 16 May 2013 14:24
This second volume in the series of 'Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International' selections from the Paris DJs Soundsystem is the follow-up to the 'Dis Is Good For You' compilation from last year, one of Paris DJs' bestseller since the media morphed into a label (now releasing a new single or...
Thursday 09 May 2013 00:58
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...
Wednesday 08 May 2013 18:09
A 100% collaborative effort between Netherlands' premier Afrobeat band Jungle By Night and and Californian heavy psych DJ/producer The Gaslamp Killer, this new single injects some voodoo New Orleans spirit into a destroy covers of English heavy rock band Black Sabbath and 70s Turkish...
Friday 03 May 2013 16:06
'La Danse Du Shadow' marks the beginning of a new series of releases for Grant Phabao and his Paris DJs label, with long-time collaborator & multi-cultural artist GregSky, and his newly-launched Noble Art Records label. Both artists have been producing music together for 15 years already,...
Wednesday 01 May 2013 13:52
"Julien Lakshmanan heads up a prestigious music blog and promotions company. Having overseen the production of over 400 musical podcasts, his label now aims to release one record per week on Bandcamp." says Andrew Jervis as an introduction to Djouls' interview about Paris DJs on Bandcamp....
Monday 29 April 2013 12:19
Today, with the world financial and environmental crisis, it's just basic logic of consciousness (with a measure of good humor) which brings Jamaican veteran singers The Lone Ranger and Echo Minott to record this new combination tune, urging their fellow countrymen to go back to the roots, plant...
Monday 22 April 2013 20:07
Just one year after the Volume 4, Tobias Kirmayer is back with a new episode in his series of the 'Movement' compilations, on a 16-page CD booklet including detailed liner notes and unseen photographs, or deluxe double-gatefold Vinyl - properly mastered from original 45s. Tobias is one of the...
Monday 22 April 2013 10:28
"Rise Of The Troubadour Warriors - Tropical Grooves and Afrofunk International Vol.3" will be the third compilation coming out on the Paris DJs label, gathering old cats and newcomers from the worldwide Afro/Tropical scene. We are looking for artists willing to participate by submitting...
Thursday 18 April 2013 11:30
Take a professional DJ, vinyl digger and label owner, Tobias Kirmayer, add a latin/jazz producer, Jerker Kluge. Have them run together a monthly club-night in Munich, 'Shake-A-Leg'. After a few years, ask them to manifest the concept of the party on a compilation. Enrich the worldwide Funk, Soul...
Monday 15 April 2013 18:03
Coming from Dublin, Liam Farrell a.k.a. Doctor L came along various musical courants: hip-hop, rock, afro, folk… Well-known producer (Assassin, Rodolphe Burger, Tony Allen…). He's always in quest of a sound revolution. His latest albums from 2012, 'The Great Depression' and 'We Got Lost', saw him...
Saturday 13 April 2013 14:05
The second poster in the "Paris DJs Soundsystem" series by illustrator Ben Hito is on its way to print and should be ready soon… As for the first one it's a limited run and we're looking for record stores willing to have exclusive access to those amazing prints. The deal we're offering is...
Tuesday 09 April 2013 14:32
March 2013 was an exceptional month, with MANY independant labels and artists keeping on hitting us with download links and promotional records. Here's our selection of the best vinyl and CDs we received, a large one for a change (25 releases reviewed!), including of course the fantastic four Paris...
Wednesday 03 April 2013 14:25
Carlton Livingston's wicked dubplate style is coveted by sound systems all over the world. His relentless flow of releases on Paris DJs - album and singles, all produced by multi-instrumentalist Grant Phabao - covers a lot of ground across the roots reggae spectrum, from reality tunes to lovers...
Tuesday 02 April 2013 16:25
The Banlieues Bleues festival has outdone itself with this amazing double-bill on april 6th in Aubervilliers, near Paris. First there will be the Nigerian afro-soul pionner Orlando Julius backed by psychedelic groove masters The Heliocentrics, followed by Zambian rock legends Rikkim Ililonga and...
Thursday 28 March 2013 12:22
After three full-lengths with respectively The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston and The Silvertones, The Jays' album 'Stepping Up In Time' is a new landmark in authentic Jamaican releases from the 21st century by the French producer Grant Phabao, who says : 'This is The Jays' first album conceived...
Thursday 28 March 2013 10:56
Many here in Paris have planned to watch the soccer game tonight (France-Spain), but we've got a better plan for those in love with music… Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music, mixing up covers of Peruvian Chicha with original...
Tuesday 26 March 2013 13:54
Pepe Deluxé is an inter-continental collective orchestra from Finland directed by James Spectrum (baron of Sealand) and Paul Malmström (explorer of worlds both know and unknown). They released their 4th album last year, 'Queen Of The Wave', a new, in-your-face, kind of eccentric thing, from bizarre...
Tuesday 19 March 2013 23:48
While singing & touring with The Breakestra, AFRODYETE stopped twice a Paris DJs' studios to record some new productions with multi-talented French producer Grant Phabao. This is her first single with Paris DJs, 'Itchin' For Your Love', a storming and entrancing soulful ska burner, super hot,...
Tuesday 12 March 2013 14:24
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