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"Dis Is Good For You - Tropical Grooves and Afrofunk International" is the first compilation coming out on the newly-launched Paris DJs label, gathering old cats and newcomers from the worldwide Afro/Tropical scene. Dwelving into the minds and hard drives of their international network of...
Thursday 25 October 2012 17:19
Pompidoo (not to be confused with similarly named deejay Prince Pompidou who recorded in the early 70's) is the original rock stone voiced Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay who worked King Jammy's sound system and was able to make his voice sound like a synthesizer. He was most popular in...
Friday 19 October 2012 13:10
Los Angeles-based The Decoders release a Walk On By cover as Burt Bacharach's great lyricist Hal David passed the first day of September this year. Of course it's a coincidence but now the single turns to be a great unintentional tribute to the co-author of so many Bacharach's hits. Walk On By was...
Thursday 18 October 2012 13:54
The Decoders is a new band from Los Angeles featuring young producer and multi-instrumentalist Itai Shapira, ubiquitous trumpeter Todd Simon, Quincy McCrary on keys and The Lions' drummer Blake Collie. From December last year to June this year they've been releasing reggae-soul and lovers rock...
Thursday 18 October 2012 13:42
After so many reggae remixes of hip hop, soul, funk, pop, rock, etc., we thought "what if we tried he other way round? Let's take some of our reggae songs, put out the riddim, and build something else than reggae on the a cappella!" This is one of the resulting tracks. Carlton Livingston...
Tuesday 16 October 2012 14:42
Brighton's seven-piece ensemble King Porter Stomp has decided not to choose between hip-hop, ska, 2-tone, reggae-dub, funk and afrobeat for your own good. The result is a unique sound mixing all these genres on record or even in a single track, without losing the band's identity - a tour de force,...
Tuesday 25 September 2012 12:54
A few days after the release of the iPhone 5, we're back into the Iphone Zone with the winner of our Remix Competition, Jahno, a reggae and dub producer from Clermont-Ferrand in France. The man already got props from Jarring Effects for his remix of Dennis Brown's Tribulations and will soon appear...
Monday 24 September 2012 23:49
Solidarity is one of Paris DJs' 2012 favorite albums and undoubtely the best Souljazz Orchestra work so far. The Ottawa crew has changed almost everything on this record, reaching a new dimension. First they add latin and West indies rhythms and melodies, samba and reggae (Jericho, sung by Slim...
Monday 24 September 2012 16:29
The original Soul/Funk track Moody Blues was engineered by Lotek at his Counter Clockwise Studios in Melbourne, Australia, who posted a stripped-down version on Soundcloud, with just guitar and Florelie Escano on vocals, asking is some remixers were interested. We managed to connect and Grant...
Wednesday 19 September 2012 16:00
Various - David Rodigan's Dubwize Shower (CD/2xLP/Digital) Barely Breaking Even Records BB170CCD/BBE170CLP/BBE170CDG, 2011-06-14 I read an interesting interview from famous UK reggae DJ David Rodigan, where he was stating that Jamaican music is not Jamaican anymore. "They’ve forgotten what...
Sunday 22 May 2011 19:03
Versus - Mr Blue (Grant Phabao Remix) (Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-05-20 Our good ol' friend and doublebass player Lawkyz has just launched a new project, Versus, between hip hop, jazz, funk and blaxploitation. The band is playful and fun, sounding like early stuff from The Herbaliser...
Friday 20 May 2011 15:30
Farm Fresh Sound System - Roots Once Again (Digital Single) Cast-A-Blast Digicab206, 2011-05-04 Roots Once Again is a euphoric reggae gem with funky hammond licks, skanking guitars and hip hop treatments by Cornwall's (UK) one and only Farm Fresh Sound System! "Roots once again, rockers reggae...
Saturday 14 May 2011 17:39
Turntable Dubbers feat. Brother Culture & Campina Reggae - Get Lively Now (Digital Single) Cast-A-Blast Digicab205, 2011-04-15 Turntable Dubbers team up with MC Brother Culture to revise an already classic Campina Reggae tune, for an alliance that brings together killer troops from Antwerp,...
Saturday 14 May 2011 17:37
Blend Mishkin - Barrington Glock EP (12"/Digital) Riddim Fruit RIDDIMFRUIT001, 2011-05-01 Cast a blast head chef Blend Mishkin rolls out four new killer dubs for his debut release on Riddim Fruit. Barrington Glock is the party tune killer that is tearing up dancefloors all over the world and...
Saturday 14 May 2011 17:33
Blend Mishkin - Disco Vampire EP (Digital Single) Cast-A-Blast Digicab204, 2011-03-29 Blend Mishkin & BNC are launching Bonafides, a new series of releases, crammed with irrie vibes and an even freakier new sound! Half Hip Hop, half Dub, this first release is a heavy combination indeed, with...
Saturday 14 May 2011 17:30
The Mighty Sparrow - Doctor Bird - Soca Anthology (2CD+DVD) VP Records VPCD4173, 2011-05-17 Deluxe digipak with 30 essential hits on two CDs, extensive booklet with liner notes & photos, and a DVD containing interviews with friends and Soca luminaries, Alvin Daniell, Roy Cape, Diana Rhyner,...
Monday 09 May 2011 23:02
Flox - In Dub (CD/Digital) Underdogs Records/Rue Stendhal, 2011-03-21 En bon anglais (même s'il vit à Paris depuis l'âge de 11 ans), Flox est ouvert à toutes les musiques, du punk à l'électro en passant par le reggae et l'afrobeat. Après deux albums où il flirtait pas mal avec le trip-hop et...
Tuesday 03 May 2011 19:15
Easy Star All-Stars - First Light (CD/LP/Digital) Easy Star Records ES1025, 2011-04-25 is the first full-length album of original songs from Easy Star All-Stars. The Easy Star All-Stars have built a huge following around the world, having sold over 350,000 records and played shows in over 30...
Tuesday 03 May 2011 19:11
Hollie Cook - Hollie Cook (CD/LP/Digital) Mr Bongo MRBCD079/MRBLP079, 2011-06-06 The summer of 2011 welcomes the self titled debut album by Hollie Cook, released 6th June on Mr Bongo Recordings. Hollie's self-coined 'Tropical pop' sound stems from her passion for reggae singers Janet Kay and...
Saturday 23 April 2011 18:28
Prince Fatty - Supersize (CD/LP/Digital) Mr Bongo MRBCD069/MRBLP069, 2010-11-01 Renowned sound engineer and record producer Mike 'Prince Fatty' Pelanconi has been a prominent member of the reggae and dub scene in the UK since the mid 90s. Finding himself frustrated by the tempos and mixes of...
Saturday 23 April 2011 17:20
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