Last update: 10 Janv 2009
With big outlet FNAC usual wrongdoings, which we warned about 7 years ago now, and Virgin Megastores closing, with some crookery from the distributors hiding their losses and rushing headlong into the wall, record labels are dying in France. Well not many have ever existed over here, but now...
Thursday 31 January 2013 16:14
From monkey boy to tiger man… Paris DJs contacted Shawn Lee last summer offering the man a spot on the Afrofunk/Tropical album project they were working on. He sent two breakbeat soundtrack funk tracks, 'The Word Jam' and 'Bushy Haired Man', which didn't really fit the proposed theme, but which...
Tuesday 29 January 2013 14:56
Next thursday evening in Paris will be a BIG date at La Bellevilloise, thanks to our friends from the Soul Train parties, who produce an Ethio Jazz Night with Strut... featuring Mulatu Astake and The Heliocentrics playing live!! You DON'T want to miss this show and as an appetizer here's a small...
Sunday 27 February 2011 20:23
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...
Monday 24 January 2011 15:12
Shawn Lee - World Of Funk (CD/2xLP) Ubiquity Records, 2011-02 Here's the first listen to a new Shawn Lee record, set for release in Feb 2011. Lee says he lives in a World of Funk, and invited friends from around the globe to make his point; Brazilian singer-multi instrumentalist Curumin (Hailing...
Sunday 28 November 2010 17:50
NOMO and Shawn Lee - Upside Down (limited 7") Ubiquity Record UR7283, 2010-11-02 NOMO and Shawn Lee collaborate for this one-off 7" single which will be sold exclusively at upcoming NOMO gigs w/ Iron & Wine. This 7" tour exclusive is limited to 300 copies, it also features NOMO's...
Sunday 28 November 2010 17:34
Shawn Lee - Hooked Up Classics (CD/2xLP) Ubiquity Records UR280, 2010-12-07 Shawn Lee dons his Ping Pong Orchestra hat for an album inspired by the Hooked On Classics series of the early 1980s. This popular series of albums (arranged by Louis Clark of Electric Light Orchestra fame) took well-known...
Tuesday 09 November 2010 16:25
Jed and Lucia - Apostrophe/April Showers (10"/Digital) Ubiquity Records UR278, 2010-10-05 (Digital), 2010-10-28 (Vinyl) Like the distant cousins of Jose Gonzales and Boards of Canada, Jed and Lucia's songs have a pastoral sensibility that has been warped by their love for electronics. Their...
Monday 20 September 2010 00:07
Clutchy Hopkins has released 8 albums in the last 5 years but his (their?) identity remains a mystery. We got in touch with his first label Crate Diggler Records in january 2009 in order to license a track for the It's The New Hip Hop Thing compilation... Then we recently been contacted by someone...
Monday 13 September 2010 01:34
Shawn Lee - Sing A Song (CD/LP) Ubiquity Records UR272, 2010-07-20 In addition to showcasing a love for 1960s and 1970s soul, Shawn Lee also steers his latest musical mystery tour into psychedelic and cinematic territory over the course of 12 brand new cuts. Sing a Song is like a breezy summertime...
Sunday 13 June 2010 13:34