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Various - World's Funkiest Covers - out on Cultures of Soul

Monday 21 November 2011, 18:19

Worlds Funkiest Covers
Various - World's Funkiest Covers
(CD/LP) Cultures of Soul Records, 2011-11-15

Carefully selected by Deano Sounds, World's Funkiest Covers features some of the funkiest covers from around the world and throughout time. The album includes a wide range of styles including deep funk, latin soul, hard salsa, soul, afro beat, and cumbia. From the Ebony Rhythm Band's deep funk cover of Light My Fire to the soulful version of Purple Haze by Johnny Jones and the King Casuals, the unforgettable tracks keep on coming. There's also plenty of hard pounding salsa with Ray Barretto's cover of Pastime Paradise, Mongo Santamaria's cover of Cloud Nine and Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra's cover of Spoon's I Turn My Camera On. More recent artists include Mighty Mo and the Winchester 7 and Nostalgia 77 covering The Message and Seven Nation Army, respectively. This Cultures of Soul collection features unique versions of classics songs not easily found in the marketplace today and we'll publish tomorrow (nov 22) the free companion mix to this compilation, because this labl nicely knows how to Molest Laura the Paris DJs way!!

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Antibalas - Rat Race - out on Exactamundo Records

Wednesday 08 June 2011, 19:11

Antibalas Rat Race
Antibalas - Rat Race
(12") Exactamundo Records EX 001, 2011-06-07

After a lengthy recording hiatus, Antibalas is back in the game with the release of a new 12-inch single on June 7, 2011. Recorded at Don’t Trip Studios in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and produced by Victor Axelrod, the 12-inch features an innovative arrangement of the Bob Marley classic Rat Race, along with Se Chifló, a lively, swinging tune that revives the links between Afrocuban music and Afrobeat, featuring Spanish vocals by Marcos García. Side B features dub mixes of each song, as well as bonus breakbeats. [P.S. The antibalas.com website has just been revamped, go check it out!]

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The Liberators Paris DJs Mix

The Liberators - Paris DJs Mix

Monday 23 May 2011, 17:53

The Liberators - Paris DJs Mix (MP3 Podcast on ParisDJs.com) 2011-05-23 This is quite unique: an afrofunk/afrobeat band from Australia signed to an Italian label!!! Well African grooves are now everywhere and people who never heard of Fela must feel quite a huge lack or awareness in music. Knowledgeness or not, here's an opportunity to discover what's Afrobeat all about over there in Sydney, with a few tracks from The Liberators self-titled album interlaced with a selection of their influences: Sir Victor Uwaifo, Fela, Ebo Taylor, Dan Satch, The Daktaris, Antibalas...You can buy The...

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The Black Cat Hard 2 Find vol 1

The Black Cat - Hard 2 Find Vol.1 Mixtape

Friday 04 March 2011, 15:45 1

The Black Cat - Hard 2 Find Vol.1 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com, digital album on www.Colored-Inc.com) Colored-Inc., 2011-03-04 The Black Cat, the first album on the Colored-Inc. label (colored-inc.com) launched a year ago by Djouls and Doctor L, is what some could say a 'world' album. Blending 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 entirely...

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Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Coconut Rock (Deluxe Edition)

Monday 16 August 2010, 13:03

Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada Coconut Rock Deluxe
Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Coconut Rock (Deluxe Edition)
(Digital) Eighteen Street Lounge ESL151DX, 2009-12-08

Ocote Soul Sounds’ latest psychedelic Latin-funk album Coconut Rock gets the deluxe package treatment with five exclusive new remixes, a full digital booklet and a music video added to the original album. In addition to the original album music, Coconut Rock Deluxe includes a new electro funk version entitled Electric Cockroach, a honey dipped hip-hop rhythm remix of Vendendo Saude e Fe by Adrian Quesada himself, a swinging reggae remix of Cara de Yo No Fui by label mates Ancient Astronauts, and other remix exclusives by DJ Obah and Grant Phabao. Rediscover Ocote Soul Sounds’ Coconut Rock, this time with exclusive new material, now!

Buy it on iTunes, Amazon.fr, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, AmieStreet.com, Rhapsody.com, Emusic.com, etc.

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21st Century Afro Extravaganza

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Extravaganza

Saturday 10 July 2010, 21:52 14

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Extravaganza (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) Colored-Inc., 2010-07-10 The Paris DJs extended family has among the most pro-active in spreading the good word about worldwide African music. Celebrating the recent releases by One Foot In Jail or Franck Biyong on our brand new Colored-Inc. label, and announcing the upcoming albums from Oghene Kologbo (thru Kraked) or Ebo Taylor (thru Strut), here's nearly 4 hours of 21st century afrojazz, afrobeat, ethio-jazz, afrofunk and afrolatin grooves - selected and mixed by Grant Phabao and Djouls who are...

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Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7 - Seahorse and the Storyteller - psychedelic Afro/bhangra funk concept album out now on Truth & Soul Records

Sunday 20 June 2010, 16:42

Michael Leonhart and The Avramina 7 Seahorse and the Storyteller
Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7 - Seahorse and the Storyteller
(CD/LP) Truth and Soul Records, 2010-04-20

After 40 plus recordings as the house trumpet player for Truth and Soul records, the Brooklyn based funk and soul label released the highly sought after trumpet player, producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger Michael Leonhart's psychedelic Afro/bhangra funk concept album Seahorse and the Storyteller on April 20, 2010, which includes many Daptone/Truth & Soul musicians: Binky Griptite and Homer Steinweiss of the Dap-Kings, Tommy Brenneck from The Budos Band and Menahan Street Band among others, Luke O'Malley and Nick Movshon from Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra...

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One Foot In Jail - Hard 2 Find Vol.3 - out now on COLORED-INC.

Friday 21 May 2010, 15:11 1

One Foot In Jail Hard 2 Find Vol 3
One Foot In Jail - Hard 2 Find Vol.3
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI005, 2010-05-17

One Foot In Jail is the first venture for the Colored-Inc. label into African vibes. Blending Nigerian harmonies with American Soul or Jamaican Funk, European folk & electronics with Afrobeat, Jazz with souful reggae or deep poetry, with some hefty doses of Reggae, Psychedelia and African percussions in between, this is indeed a kind of a Afrofunk Jazz Thing, a fantastic record pushing the Colored-Inc. label's identity quest deep into the exploration of African, Carribean and Afro-American music.

Production duties by David Murray (10), Doctor L (2,4,8,9), Franck Biyong (7), Grant Phabao (3,5,6), Loik Dury (1), with star guesting Amayo from the Fu-Arkist-Ra, Antibalas, Clip Payne and The Deacon from The Duke & The King (USA), Kiala Nzavotunga and Oghene Kologbo (from Nigeria), Ranking Trevor and The Jays (from Jamaica), and The Gwo Ka Masters (from Guadeloupe)

One Foot In Jail Hard 2 Find Vol 3

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The Black Cat - Activista feat. Doctor L & Martin Perna from Antibalas (video)

Tuesday 02 March 2010, 01:27


The Black Cat - Activista feat. Doctor L & Martin Perna from Antibalas (video by Doctor L)
extracted from Hard 2 Find Vol.1 (2010/Colored Inc. - colored-inc.com)
if you don't see the video click here

The Black Cat - Hard 2 Find Vol.1
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The Black Cat - Hard 2 Find Vol.1 - out now on COLORED-INC.

Thursday 25 February 2010, 15:31 1

The Black Cat Hard 2 Find Vol 1
The Black Cat - Hard 2 Find Vol.1
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI001, 2010-02-24

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 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.

The Black Cat - Hard 2 Find Vol.1

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