Last update: 10 Janv 2009
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
This entry concludes our 'best of 2012' series with a selection of our 10 favorite albums of the year. Hands down, The Souljazz Orchestra ruled with their totally ridiculous album - and yep, 'ridiculous' means it's really great!. Not far behind, the Paris DJs Soundsystem compilation follows, and...
Thursday 03 January 2013 16:16
10 best albums for 2012 was really hard to pin down. We had to leave a lot of very good record on the side. That's totally unacceptable with all the amazing goodies we received every month during the past year. Which is why we decided to select 20 more superb albums from 2012. The contenders! Paris...
Thursday 03 January 2013 15:39
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...
Thursday 03 January 2013 14:47
The reissue market has become really big and labels such as Analog Africa, Luv'N'Haight, Now-Again, Numero Group, Soundway, Tramp or Vampisoul have been reigning supreme in 2012. Discover Paris DJs' selection of 10 gems from the past in Afro, Funk, Jazz and Latin... Paris DJs - Best Of 2012 - The...
Thursday 03 January 2013 13:59
Hard-hitting and prolific producer Grant Phabao flips up Don Alejo and Dudar with a serious roots reggae treatment on this new single by The Echocentrics. Also included is an all-new original track featuring Tita Lima with two additional remixes by Max Tannone and McPullish available as an...
Tuesday 30 October 2012 10:51
Woah October was heavy on the release side! As a label Paris DJs delivered new singles from Carlton Livingston and Pompidoo, a new album from Franck Biyong and the first compilation of Afro/Tropical grooves gathered by the Paris DJs Soundsystem… while as a media we received no less than 150 albums...
Saturday 27 October 2012 19:38
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...
Sunday 14 October 2012 14:15
This 4th volume of Paris DJs' Spectacular series assembles once again new cool afro grooves from the international scene, with tracks coming from all over the place: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Congo, Denmark, Ehtiopia, France, Ghana, Hungary, Mali, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, and, of...
Wednesday 19 September 2012 20:22
Ikebe Shakedown - Ikebe Shakedown (CD/2xLP/Gidital) Ubiquity Records UR292, 2011-06-07 Ikebe Shakedown, the self-titled album from the Brooklyn-based band, plays with elements of Cinematic Soul, Afro-funk, Deep Disco, and Boogaloo in all the right ways. After spending a few years together the...
Saturday 23 April 2011 19:14
Ikebe Shakedown - Tujunga / No Name Bar (7") Ubiquity Records UR7291, 2011-05-10 This limited 7" is a teaser from the self-titled upcoming second album from Brooklyn-based Ikebe Shakedown. Named after a favorite Nigerian boogie tune (pronounced "ee-KAY-bay"), the band messes...
Saturday 23 April 2011 19:08
The Echocentrics is a new project of psychedelic, cinematic and dusty soul produced by Adrian Quesada of Brownout/Ocote Soul Sounds/Grupo Fantasma fame. Loads of spring reverb, psyched out farfisa organs and heavy drums are accented by beautiful vocals sung in English, Spanish and Portuguese by...
Wednesday 13 April 2011 10:31
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
The Echocentrics - Sunshadows (CD/2xLP/Download) Ubiquity Records URCD286, 2011-04-11 The Echocentrics is a new project of psychedelic, cinematic and dusty soul produced by Adrian Quesada (Brownout/Ocote Soul Sounds/Grupo Fantasma). Loads of spring reverb, psyched out farfisa organs and heavy drums...
Wednesday 26 January 2011 13:10
The Echocentrics - Esclavo Y Amo (7") Ubiquity Records, spring 2011 Here comes The Echocentrics, the new project from Adrian Quesada (Brownout/Ocote Soul Sounds/Grupo Fantasma) on Ubiquity Records! The debut 7 inch will be coming out this spring. Side A features a cover of a psychedelic bolero...
Wednesday 26 January 2011 13:02
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
The Afro Soul-Tet - Afrodesia (CD/2xLP) Luv'N'Haight / Ubiquity Records LH063, 2011-01-18 Jack Millman, aka Johnny Kitchen, had a hand in many interesting, obscure and highly collectible records from the 1960s and 1970s. Producing, composing, recording, editing, releasing, licensing - you name it,...
Tuesday 09 November 2010 16:32
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
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