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Paris DJs selection for Record Store Day 2012

Friday 20 April 2012, 12:19

Record Store Day 2012 - April 21st 2012

This year's edition of Record Store Day is quite event with the rise of vinyl sales, with a lot of labels pressing some limited goodies for the occasion. Well of course the major ones are rushing on this marketing thing to try and sell the same music they've been selling for years over various formats, but some indie labels are very inventive and it was not easy to make a selection of records to check. The absolute must buy is the vinyl edition of the new Dr John album, produced by a Black Keys guy and featuring Max Whitefield from the illustrious Whitefield Brothers on drums. Trust us, this vinyl, while maybe not that limited, is the record to get on this 21st of April! We've also found some very nice goodies from Adrian Younge vs. Adrian Quesada (!), Anthony Joseph, DJ Format, Charles Bradley, CSC Funk Band, a Dark Star from 1972 in Paris from the Grateful Dead, the first Phish album Junta, Marco Benevento, Quantic & Alice Russell and more…

Adrian Younge's Dark Soul

Tuesday 31 January 2012, 14:55 2

Adrian Younge is a man of his word. Last November we did an exclusive interview with Adrian when he released his stunning new album Something About April performed by Venice Dawn (Wax Poetics), in which he promised to build us an exclusive mix. So here is the thing, a short yet solid all-vinyl, mash-up style, romantic soul and cinematic mix....

Adrian Younge presents Something About April performed by Venice Dawn - out on Wax Poetics Records

Tuesday 29 November 2011, 01:23

Adrian Younge presents - Something About April - performed by Venice Dawn
(CD/LP/Digital) Wax Poetics Records, 2011-11-29

A few years ago multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge composed an original score for the Blaxploitation tribute and parody Black Dynamite - one of the most hilarious movies of the past decade. And now he's back with a new cinematic project under the mysterious name of Venice Dawn, a killer concept album called Something about April. This is the soundtrack for a fictional film that hasn't been directed yet, in the fashion of the late 60s scores. Playing most of the instruments as he's done on his previous album (plus a very special keyboard of his own called the Selene), Younge is helped this time by Motown legend Dennis Coffey on guitar, funkateer Shawn Lee, italian OST specialists Calibro 35 and young soul singer Rebecca Jordan. Imagine Ennio Morricone meets Al Green meets Portishead and you will get a pretty precise idea of the highly romantic, heavy-soul and psychedelic flavours of the Venice Dawn project.
Check our exclusive interview with Adrian Younge on Paris DJs.

Interview with Tommaso Colliva / Calibro 35 (english version)

Saturday 19 November 2011, 15:36

Interview with Tommaso Colliva (Calibro 35)
(Interview by Nicolas Ragonneau for Paris DJs - november 2011)

Calibro 35 is an italian four-piece band (Luca Cavina on bass, Enrico Gabrielli on keyboards, Massimo Martellotta on guitars, Fabio Rondanini on drums) created in Milan by mastermind Tommaso Colliva. A great fan of 60s and early 70s italian soundtracks (polizieschi - the italian thrillers - and gialli), Tommaso noticed that everybody pretends to know italian soundtrack, but no one really plays nor document this music anymore. Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai excepted, who else than diehard collectors remember Gianni Ferrio, Stelvio Cipriani or Gianni Mazza? Most of the time polizieschi or gialli were minor movies, but the music indeed was major (A-music for B-movies!). Here comes Calibro 35, playing this repertoire the hard and funky way, and composing new material in the manner of the forgotten masters of the genre, recording three albums so far (Calibro 35, Ritornano Quelli di... and RARE), released in Europe by Ghost Records and Nublu in the US by. Besides, they've just collaborated on Adrian Younge's new project Something About April performed by Venice Dawn (Wax Poetics Records).
In addition to the italian soundtrack killer mix he's just cooked for us, Tommaso talks about his longtime research, Calibro 35 creation and musicians, the next Calibro album and being a 30-years-old sound engineer for MUSE or Afterhours.

Interview de Tommaso Colliva / Calibro 35 (french version)

Saturday 19 November 2011, 15:27

Interview de Tommaso Colliva (Calibro 35)
(Interview par Nicolas Ragonneau pour Paris DJs - novembre 2011)

Calibro 35 est un quartet italien (Luca Cavina: bass; Enrico Gabrielli: claviers; Massimo Martellotta: guitares; Fabio Rondanini: batterie) créé à Milan par l'ingénieur du son ('le cerveau') Tommaso Colliva. Fan absolu de musiques de polizieschi (les films noirs italiens) et de gialli, Tommaso a remarqué que, si tout le monde croît connaître les B.O.F italiennes, personne ne documente ni ne joue cette musique depuis des années. D'ailleurs, en dehors d'Ennio Morricone ou de Bruno Nicolai, qui se souvient de Gianni Ferrio, Stelvio Cipriani ou Gianni Mazza, à part quelques collectionneurs? En marge de quelques œuvres des maestri transalpins (Dario Argento, Mario Bava...), la plupart des polizieschi et des gialli étaient des films oubliables, mais les musiques l'étaient rarement, ce qui forme un des paradoxes les plus marquants de l'âge d'or du cinéma italien. Calibro 35 joue les musiques de films italiens dans un registre hard-funk, jazz ou garage, et compose des morceaux originaux à la manière des maîtres du genre, avec trois albums à leur actif (Calibro 35, Ritornano Quelli di... et RARE chez Ghost Records et Nublu) et vient de collaborer au nouveau projet d'Adrian Younge, Something About April (Wax Poetics Records). Tommaso a réalisé le mix ultime consacré aux musiques de films noirs italiens. Il revient ici sur la création de Calibro 35, la collaboration avec ses musiciens, et son travail d'ingénieur du son pour MUSE ou le groupe italien Afterhours.

Interview with Adrian Younge (english version)

Saturday 19 November 2011, 14:38

Adrian Younge
(Interview by Nicolas Ragonneau for Paris DJs - november 2011)

Black Dynamite composer and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge gives us an exclusive interview while he releases his new project 'Something About April' performed by Venice Dawn (Wax Poetics Records). On this record one can listen to sheer never-heard-before sounds. Why? The answer is the Selene, a very special lo-fidelity weapon and new keyboard Adrian has invented with friends, and he's got the only copy worldwide.

Adrian Younge presents Venice Dawn - free download out on Wax poetics Records

Sunday 06 November 2011, 11:48

Adrian Younge Venice Dawn Something About April

Adrian Younge presents Venice Dawn
(Free Digital Download) Wax Poetics Records, 2011-11-03

Wax Poetics Records releases a free Adrian Younge digital download as an appetizer to his much anticipated album, Venice Dawn's Something About April (out November 29th on Wax Poetics Records). This EP was originally released as very limited edition CD in 2000 when Adrian Younge began to work on his fictional italian and dark soul soundtrack Venice Dawn. We'll be publishing an Adrian Younge interview soon on Paris DJs, so stay tuned.

Label Love Vol.3 - FREE Digital Compilation

Monday 01 August 2011, 18:44

Various - Label Love Vol.3
(Free Digital Compilation) Label Love, 2011-08-01

Label Love is an eclectic yet unified bundle of unique sounds compiled simply for the love of sharing them with the universe - each track plucked and presented by label heads from Decon Records, Fat Beats, One-Handed Music, Stones Throw, Tru Thoughts, Wah Wah 45s, and Wax Poetics. Each label evokes its own signature giving this collection a diversified and interesting flow of genres. Label Love consists of nostalgic classics, unreleased gems, and exclusive selections with the goal of expanding minds to new musical styles. Feel free to blog, play, tweet, blast, post, etc. Please share the love!

Go download on labelloveworldwide.bandcamp.com

PS Aja West & Cheeba from The Mackrosoft remixing Chico Mann from Antibalas…