ROCKERS INTERNATIONAL présente BAM BAM CLUB #2
Samedi 6 septembre 2008 de 21h à l'aube...
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Bienvenu(e)s sur la scène de La Bellevilloise. Pas de sélection à l'entrée! Bon Esprit Uniquement! La Bam Bam Club... la soirée qui vous appartient... totalement dédiée aux Passionné(e)s de Funk, Reggae et Hip Hop!! A l'affiche de cette deuxième édition nos special guests DJ VADIM feat. MC DEMOLITION MAN, SOUL SUGAR et DAMAGE!!!
La première inaugurée le 30 avril dernier toujours à La Bellevilloise par le Trojan Sound System, les Jazz Liberatorz, le Zephyr Soul Band, les Djs Soulist & Suspect fut un succès!!!!
Soul Sugar Biography :
Driven by keyboard player Guillaume Metenier (Seven Dub/Pro-Zak Trax, The Hunter/Maine Recordings, Grant Phabao/TIMEC...), Soul Sugar brings you a wise combination of timeless soul jazz, funk, latin and african music... with a personnal twist. Their repertoire includes reinterpretations of rare musical gems as well as original numbers. Each musician brings his own flavour for a soulful and groovy en diable result.
They have blown away the audience of the New Morning club in Paris, opening for Eumir Deodato for their first gig... They will be playing at the second Bam Bam Club party on September, 6th, along with DJ Vadim, DJ Damage, Princess Lea and Radio Salah (La Bellevilloise, Paris). More info here.
The band is actually working on a full lengh album and has just released two vinyl 7 inches. The first one is a blazing rendition of Nico Gomez classic "Ritual" on German label Mocambo, followed by "Nothing but the truth" an original psychedelic funk number, pressed in Jamaica as a limited edition on their own "SugarShack" label. The recordings are produced & mixed by Kid Loco.
Soul Sugar plans to release a few more 7" and an album - and they're looking for labels and/or distributors... Coming next on SugaShack is a new 45 with a cover of Dr Lonnie Smith.
The band is available live as a trio (drums, guitar, organ) or as a quartet or quintet (drums, guitar, organ plus sax, flute and/or percussions).
Soul Sugar Discography :
Soul Sugar - Ritual part 1 & 2
(7") Mocambo Records 45-1018, 2008 - NICO GOMEZ cover
Paris-based band Soul Sugar celebrate their first 45 release with a blazing rendition of the Nico Gomez classic. A Moog theme and the tasty Hammond Organ work of Guillaume Métenier lead through Part 1 and the flip side gives way for the band's drum section with a massive 4min breaks galore, spotlighting bongos & timbales. Que fuerte!
Yvo Abadi : drums
Phillippe Monrose : timbales, congas, bongos
Guillaume Metenier : Hammond organ, clavinet, mini Moog
conducted by Mr Gee - produced & mixed by Kid Loco
Soul Sugar - Nothing But The Truth
(7") SugarShack 001, 2008
On their second 45 release, the music takes you on a journey with a steady funk tour de force where the hypnotic groove spiced up with psychedelic keys, tape echo feedback,showcase a space funk jamboree.
Kid Loco : drums, guitar, piano, sitar
Guillaume Metenier : Hammond organ, clavinet, piano, synths, percussions
conducted by Mr Gee-produced & mixed by Kid Loco
Soul Sugar - Play It Back
(7") SugarShack 001, 2008 - Dr LONNIE SMITH cover
FREE YOUR FUNK et BOULI présentent
Une nuit avec....
UESTLOVE (THE ROOTS)
Vendredi 29 Août 2008 de 22h à l'aube...
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C’est en fait la troisième fois que les collectifs Free your funk et Bouli s’associent pour recevoir ?uestlove - cette fois-ci à l’issue du concert de The Roots à Rock en Seine. Lors des deux premières soirées en sa compagnie, il avait à chaque fois joué entre 4 et 6 heures jusqu’au petit matin, fait un panorama complet de ses goûts musicaux, du funk, de la soul, du rock, du hip hop et la seconde fois, un hommage à James Brown qui venait de mourir. Chacune des soirées avaient prouvé que ses talents de DJ sont à la hauteur de ceux de producteur ou de batteur. On ne serait pas surpris s'il nous jouait cette fois-ci quelques morceaux écrits ou interprétés par Isaac Hayes...
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The second volume of our '21st Century Afro' series begins its trip with a peaceful afro-ethio-cuban trip from Lightning Head (alias Glyn 'Bigga' Bush/UK), extracted from the 12 inch taster of his upcoming album ('13 faces of Lightning Head'), then heads directly into heavy afro-kraut-jazz from Nomo, a collective from Michigan developing quite an unique sound. This 'Last Beat' is to be found on their powerful third album ('Ghost Rock'). After another instant afrosoul classic taken from The Budos Band's masterpiece, 'The Budos Band II', the mix navigates into supafunky ethio-jazz from The Lions, a Los Angeles collective of musicians you may also find playing in Breakestra, Connie Price and the Keystones, Orgone, Madlib's Sound Directions, Plant Life, Clutchy Hopkins, the Greyboy allstars... Their 'Jungle Struttin' album mixes reggae, ethiojazz, colombian and african grooves with soul, jazz, and funk! Things then get more focused with a devastating pamphlet from Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, one of the many available on his booming 'Many Things' album. The Shawn Lee apparition in this selection whichcomes afterwards is quite a surprise, but since the multi-instrumentalist genius decided to go global on his latest album ('Miles of Styles'), there's no reason to pass out on it. The same goes for the closing track, the hard-hitting Afrobeat drum-powered 'Platypus Strut' by Ohmega Watts - with the help of members of the Breakestra/Connie Price/Antibalas... it's a small world.
Tracklisting :
01. Lightning Head - Afro Spot
(from 'Afrobeat EP' 12 inhc, 2008 / Lion Heads Recordings) UK
» more info on djouls.com «
02. Nomo - Last Beat
(from 'Ghost Rock' album, 2008 / Ubiquity) USA
» more info on tru-thoughts.net «
03. Budos Band - Budos Rising
(from 'The Budos Band II' album, 2007 / Daptone) USA
» more info on djouls.com «
04. The Lions - Jungle Struttin'
(from 'Jungle Struttin' Album, 2007 / Ubiquity) USA
» more info on tru-thoughts.net «
05. Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80 - African Problems
(from 'Many Things' album, 2008 / Tôt ou Tard) NIGERIA
» more info on djouls.com «
06. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Lagos Calling
(from 'Miles of Styles' album, 2008 / Ubiquity) UK
» more info on tru-thoughts.net «
07. Ohmega Watts - Platypus Strut
(from 'Watts Happenning' album, 2007 / Ubiquity) USA
» more info on tru-thoughts.net «
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In the next 6 weeks, Paris DJs activists Grant Phabao & Djouls will explore the many facets of 21st century African music, from Afrobeat to Afrofunk, from Afrosoul to Afrojazz, etc. This week's selection opens the salva with one of THE albums of the year, the second opus from The Budos Band, one you NEED - trust us. After a glimpse of the new Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble album, we're proud to present a new master of African music, Seun Kuti, bravely and proudly reaching out to his father with a bomb of a first album! A record we'll lookout for in the coming months is Antony Joseph & The Spasm Band's new one on french jazz label Heavenly Sweetness. You'll get here a taste of their recently released "La Diablesse EP", which hints at some serious afro-punk-jazz grooves. Concerning Kokolo, we've already told ya many times that their formula is flawless: funky afrobeat to dance to. Nuff' said. Nostalgia 77 is a UK artist with a huge soul-jazz sensibility, producing, remixing, releasing a LOT of stuff on Brighton's Tru Thoughts label and around. Grant Phabao got the chance to remix his cover of The White Stripes' 7 Nation Army featuring the incredible vocals of Alice Russell. It's available on his current "One Offs, Remixes & B-sides" compilation, along with an afrodeepfunk remix of his "Freedom" track, which we've included here. Closing this mix is former Fela guitarist/bassist Oghene Kologbo's latest single, extracted from his Fela Kuti homage album (available with two different covers for CD and vinyl). If you were in Paris this August (2008) you shouldn't have missed the 4 consecutive free Antibalas free shows in Parcs - Oghene was there guest-starring, offering some superb afrorock guitar solos... All in all 30mn is VERY short for afrobeat - but if you come back next week, we should have uploaded a new selection of the best 21st Century Afro Music you may find!! See ya there.
Tracklisting :
01. The Budos Band - Adeniji
(from 'The Budos Band II' album, 2008 / Daptone) USA
» more info on djouls.com «
02. Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble - Fela Dey
(from 'President Dey Pass' album, 2008 / Afrobomb Music) USA
» more info on djouls.com «
03. Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80 - Fire Dance
(from 'Many Things' album, 2008 / Tôt ou Tard) NIGERIA
» more info on djouls.com «
04. Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - Vero
(from 'La Diablesse EP' 12 inch, 2008 / Heavenly Sweetness) TRINIDAD/UK
» more info on djouls.com «
05. Kokolo - Our Own Thing
(from 'Love International' album, 2008 / Freestyle) USA
» more info on tru-thoughts.net «
06. Nostalgia 77 Octet - Freedom (The Freedom Zombie Dance Remix Part 2)
(from 'Freedom Zombie Dance' 7 inch, 2006 / Tru Thoughts, available on the 'One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides' 2xCD compilation) UK
» more info on djouls.com «
07. Oghene Kologbo And Afrobeat Academy - Afro Confusion
(from 'Remember Fela Anikulapo Kuti' album, 2007 / Lions Ark Records) NIGERIA
» more info on djouls.com «
Tracklisting :
01. Frankenstein Ska
(from 'Trojan Creole Reggae Box Set' compilation, 2004 / Trojan)
02. Another Scorcher
(from 'Reggay' LP, 1969 / Dynamic Sounds)
03. A Fe We Music
(from 'Reggae International' LP, 1976 / Dynamic Sounds)
04. Black On
(from 'Reggae Round The World' LP, 1973 / Dragon)
05. Johnny Too Bad
(from 'Reggae Hot Shots, Vol. 1' compilation, 1995 / Jamaican Gold)
06. Hot Reggae
(from '200% Dynamite!' compilation, 1999 / Soul Jazz)
07. No Money, No Love
(from 'The Mighty Sparrow with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires - Only A Fool' LP, 1969 / Trojan)
08. 007 Shanty Town
(from 'Jamaica's Golden Hits Vol.3 - The Best Of Rock Steady & Reggae' compilation, 1992 / Jamaican Gold)
09. Easy Snappin
(from 'Jamaica's Golden Hits Vol.1 The Best Of Ska' compilation, 1992 / Jamaican Gold)
10. Carry Go Bring Come
(from 'Jamaica's Golden Hits Vol.2 The Best Of Ska Rock Steady' compilation, 1992 / Jamaican Gold)
11. Jamaikan Ska
(from 'Great Jamaica Ska' compilation, 1998 / Rhino)
