The Black Cat - Hard 2 Find Vol.1
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI001, 2009-02-24

The Black Cat's first album on the new Colored-Inc. label (colored-inc.com - launched by Djouls and Doctor L is what some could say a 'world' album. Blending from Latin grooves with Afro rhythms, Reggae harmonies with American Jazz or Funk vibes, Saudade with Jamaican riddims, Psychedelic Funk with Electronic R&B, Psychedelia and Hip Hop, with some lusty doses of Rub-a-Dub , Afro, Soul and Reggae in between, this is indeed a kinda world tour.

All production duties and nearly all instruments by Doctor L & Grant Phabao with star guesting Martin Perna (from Brooklyn), Ocote Soul sounds & Adrian Quesada (from Nicaragua and Austin, Texas) Carlton Livingston, The Lone Ranger and The Jays (from Jamaica), Tita Lima (from Brazil), Allonymous (from Chicago), Roldan (from Cuba), Dom Farkas (from Paris) and Kiala (from Nigeria and Congo). Yep 'world' indeed.

Kinny - Forgetting To Remember (Grant Phabao Remix)
(Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2010-03-07

Kinny – aka Caitlin Simpson – was born and raised in Canada and has a mixture of Jamaican, Native Canadian Indian, French and Swedish heritage. She sings jazz, reggae and soul for Brighton's Tru Thoughts label, on which she released two albums, Forgetting To Remember (2005, with Espen Horne), and Idle Forest of Chit Chat (2009, with Souldrop, TM Juke, Unforscene, Hint, Diesler, the Quantic Soul Orchestra and Nostalgia 77!). Her 2008 single Enough Said with the QSO was a huge hit in our books.

Grant Phabao ranks among the greatest multi-instrumentists/producers of his time. After 2 dub albums (as Tnargoabapah), 4 thematic albums with the T.I.M.E.C. collective, and 4 reggae albums with Jamaican veterans The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston, The Jays and The Silvertones, he's now hard at work with fellow Paris-based musical genius Doctor L on a series of collaborative concept albums for the brand new Colored-Inc. label (The Black Cat, Down By The River Side, One Foot In Jail).

Here's Kinny and Grant Phabao virtual meeting, featuring the songstress' unique soulful vocals (taken from the a capella version of Forgetting To Remember), drenched into Jamaican roots grooves courtesy of the one and only french dubmeister. Play it... and then play it again - this is music that doesn't age!

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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with Nomadic Massive, DJs Scott C (The Goods), Paulo 'Superfly' (Superfly Records/Paris DJs)
Friday March 19, 2010 - le National - Montreal

Paulo 'Superfly' Goncalves is a relentless record-digging traveler who has spent the last 10 years on the road searching for unknown vinyl treasure across 4 continents. Through his Superfly Records store (online and in the center of Paris), he has supplied rare vinyl to the likes of Quantic, A Man Called Warwick, Miles Cleret, Gilles Peterson, DJ Spinna, Rich Medina and other influential figures of the Rare Groove scene. His sets are a unique mixture of Soulful Tropical music, the result of multiple excursions to Africa, Brasil and the Carribean region.

We are back this week with a very special event: the lond awaited release of the LAGOS DISCO INFERNO compilation. This is an incredible selection of obscure Disco tracks from the Nigerian 70s dance scene and the result of multiple, ultimate digging expeditions to Nigeria, check voodoofunk.com for information on the story behind this release. If you are into the independant Disco sound, get your copy now as this music simply cannot be found anywhere else. To coincide with this release, we have also done our homework and decided to put together an incredible selection of obscure Afro Disco and Nigerian Boogie records. Collectors be quick as it does not get much more obscure than this and we only have one copy of each title up for grabs right now. And if you like the 80s Boogie sound check our new Nigerian Boogie Back mix on ParisDJs.com. Happy hunting!

Buy Lagos Disco Inferno on http://www.superflyrecords.com

Various - Heavenly Sweetness - Label Compilation #1
(2xCD/12"/Download) Heavenly Sweetness, 2010-03-15

Heavenly Sweetness is THE French JAzz label today. It's quite easy since there isn't much competition... but praise should be given anyway to Antoine Rajon and Franck Descollonges for an incredible series of releases and reissues during the recent years, among which were shining the John Betsch Society and the Anthony Joseph and the Spasm Band LPs (available at the Superfly Records store!).

Along the way of releasing fantastic albums and re-releasing superb jazz LPs, they've also regularly fed Parisian record dealers of all sorts with limited edition 45s, 10 inches and free MP3s... all collected here in this double compilation, along with many tasteful spiritual Jazz, Afro, and even Reggae pieces. I couldn't recommend a better introduction to this Jazz label.

Clutchy Hopkins - The Story Teller
(CD/LP) Ubiquity Records UR267, 2010-04-13

Fact or fiction? Is an alias? Or is this the true name for a reclusive musical powerhouse? Are his recordings vintage, new, or a mix of both? Some may wonder about these things, along with why some dudes have a long pinky nails or whatever happened to myspace, others may ask if any of this really matters? While the mystery surrounding the artist is no longer news, the music only gets better, maturing like a fine wine.

this album is the most varied Hopkins album to date encompassing lots of vocal textures, and a dash of worldly vibes. Check the Brazilian-psyche-like No Contact... Contact, and the mad spooky science of Miles Chillin, or the shuffling Thinkin' of Eva which would sound perfectly at home playing in a Parisian café. It's an album influenced by Hopkins time in jail, where, while in the courtyard, he met many international prisoners waiting to be deported. Lo-fi, acoustic, finger- snapping, hand-clapping, whistle-and-hummed jam sessions gave Hopkins the ideas which he later put to tape. The album booklet will include the entire story, unfiltered.