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Paris DJs Soundsystem - Bag of Goodies Vol.4
Saturday 04 February 2012, 12:29 1
Hot on the heels of Djouls' new regular column, the playlist of physical CDs and vinyls sent to us by labels and artists, here's our monthly mix of goodies extracted from both those records and Loik's digital diggings. The duo has earned quite a reputation selection-wise and have cooked last weekend a one hour mix of brand new music, the 4th in the 'Bag of Goodies' series... Expect some brand new just released tracks from Bjorn Torske, Dafuniks, DJ Format, Kinny, Kojato and The Afro Latin Cougaritas, Mr Scruff, Pepe Deluxé, two soulful gems from the latest Eccentric Soul compilation, slow-mo...
Various - The Nickel & Penny Labels - out on Numero Group
Friday 03 February 2012, 14:02
Various - The Nickel & Penny Labels
(CD/2LP) Numero Group NUM039, 2012-01-23
Esteemed Chicago-based reissue label Numero Group has been raising the bar of the soul/funk/blues/rare groove compilation standards ever since 2004 and their first Eccentric Soul collection. They even managed to get 2 albums in our 10 Reissues Of Old Stuff That's Been So Cool To (Re)Discover in 2011 selection. Their latest release, Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels is the brainchild of Richard Pegue, a Chicago DJ/producer/writer/arranger of soul records in the 60s and the 70s, and might suffer from the comparison with previous volumes in the label's flagship series - for example the Boddie Recording Co. boxset from last october... But don't let the tracklisting fool you, this new compilation is a new fabulous one, with most of its best tracks to be found in the second half of the CD! Special flavors are indeed to be found in The Halleluiah Chorus' soulful gem I've Got to Find A Way, South Shore Commision's James-Brown-meets-The Jackson-5-on-The-Blues-Brothers-set You Got Me Hummin', Brothers & Sisters's psychedelick shack Don't Let 'Em Tell You or Joyce Williams' flute-heavy The First Thing I Do In The Morning, just to name a few. We couldn't resist playing the two latter one in our january Bag of Goodies mix recorded last weekend which you should be able to download in the coming days...
Quantic and Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro - Look Around The Corner - out april 2nd 2012 on Tru Thoughts
Friday 03 February 2012, 12:17
Quantic and Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro - Look Around The Corner
(CD/2xLP/Digital) Tru Thoughts, 2012-04-02
The first single from Quantic and Alice Russell's upcoming album with the Combo Bárbaro, Look Around The Corner, felt to us like a marvelous and deep tribute to the late Charles Stepney (arranger and producer for Minnie Riperton, Terry Callier, Rotary Connection, Marlena Shaw, etc. - check this mix for more info) and we were expecting an album of the same type, quality-wise. Well no disappointment here, none at all, this is another killer album from Quantic and the Tru-Thoughts label, "pure sweet soul and blues, with overtones of gospel and folk music and the added Latin swing of the Combo Bárbaro", as the press release says. You're in for a big surprise though, since Alice Russell is not singing out of her powerful, knock-you-down voice, and embraced the opposite, full of self-control and near-reserve, reaching for example for a so seductive Dusty Springfield spirit on Here Again... Absolute class!The album will be released early april 2012, don't miss that train.
Pepe Deluxé - Queen Of The Wave - out on Catskills Records
Friday 03 February 2012, 12:09
Pepe Deluxé - Queen Of The Wave
(CD/LP) Catskils RIDCD23, 2012-01-30
Queen of the Wave is the fourth record from Finnish duo Pepe Deluxé. Their first album, Super Sound, released in 1999 on Catskills Records, has aged quite much since then. Their second one, Beatitude, from 2003, saw them starting to write real songs, with arrangements to be filed between DJ Shadow, The Herbaliser and The Beatles. It was one of the major electronic album releases of the year. Pepe Deluxé came back in 2007 with Spare Time Machine, a tripped-out, psychedelic masterpiece that didn't really fit in any category anymore. So to say we were expecting this new album is no exaggeration, and this is indeed a new, in-your-face, kind of eccentric thing. From bizarre pop to 60's psychedelic rock, from science-fiction to metaphysics, from heavy drums to pastoral folk, this is an intense piece of music excellence that won't fit in the big beat/future jazz niche the band used to blend in. Favorite tracks include the prog-rock-ish Queenswave, the big-beatlesy A Night And A Day, the trip-hop ballad My Flaming Thirst and the ravaging Queen-on-peyote The Storm. Already a contender for the best albums of the year selection!
Lee Fields - Faithful Man - out march 13th on Truth & Soul Records
Friday 03 February 2012, 11:50
Lee Fields - Faithful Man
(CD/LP) Truth & Soul Records TS018, 2012-03-13
We've been spreading the Lee Fields gospel a lot those recent years. His latest album, My World, was selected in our Best of 2009 annual summary and even announced the instrumental version of that same album. We've featured a Lee Fields Mega Mix by Truth & Soul Records' alumnus DJ Akalepse. We've ordered physical LPs from the label for the Superfly Record Store when Djouls was still a partner. OK we passed on the reissues of his older stuff but we never got copies anyway so it would have been telling without knowning... And finally we've podcasted the bluesy and souful new single You're The Kind Of Girl to some thousands of listeners. That's why when their French distributor, Differ-ant, offered to send us the new album, Faithful Man, we kinda jumped and hit the roof. so what's the verdict? Is that another fantastic LP aiming at the ladies' hearts? Absolutely! The more you'll play it, the more in love you'll be with this soothing soul and heart-wrenching ballads. The title track, Faithful Man, even reaches the heights of James Brown's classic It's A Man's World and will hopefully make it for the next single to be extracted from this treasure of an album.
Hint - Crash & Burn / Daily Intake - new album out march 19th on Tru Thoughts
Friday 03 February 2012, 11:23
Hint - Crash & Burn / Daily Intake
(10"/CD) Tru Thoughts Recordings TRU245/TRUCD246, 2012-02-27 (10") / 2012-03-19 (CD)
Hint is back with a new single and a new album and that's reason enough for us to celebrate! His second album, also released on Tru Thoughts Recordings, Driven From Distraction, was killer soulful electronic madness, sounding like nothing else on the map, a really astonishing record that easily made it to our 2008 Top 10. After many singles, tracks here and there and remixes, Hint has just released a new 10 inch, Crash and Burn feat. Natalie Storm b/w Aliens Enter feat. T-Fly... The A-side is a monster dancehall/bass mashup, while on the flip you'll find an addictive piece of abstract and exotic hip hop. Both tracks are to be found in the album to be released march 19th, Daily Intake, which we're supposed to come back to next month, but it's so brilliant we couldn't pass on talking about it many weeks before it's available. Expect hip hop, UK house and bass, dancehall and breakbeat to collide on dancefloors worldwide because this is HEAVY, on the opposite end of the cheesy/cheaply sounding stuff to be found in 99% of dance music out there. Prized tracks include the mesmerizing bounce of Lock The Door featuring Zed Bias, hip hop/bass headphone marvel Peter & I Featuring T Fly and the closing track and aptly titled Mad Nervous.
Various - Boddie Recording Company : Cleveland, Ohio - out on The Numero Group
Tuesday 25 October 2011, 00:16
Various - Boddie Recording Company : Cleveland, Ohio
(promo CD/3xCD/4xCD limited/5xLP/6xLP limited) Numero Group NUM035, 2011-10-25
The Numero Group has been releasing totally amazing rare soul compilations these last years. They're back with a new boxset to be released on october 25th, celebrating the Boddie Recording Company run by Thomas & Louise Boddie between 1958 and 1993. The boxset is a 5LP or 3CD one, gathering 58 tracks of eccentric soul, grainy funk and funky doo-wop or gospel. Something you should absolutely get your hands on? Surely! But if you consider buying the boxset (maybe for a christmas present?) you'll might be a little disappointed. A little. Because the pre-order period is over, and you won't get either the bonus 6th LP or the bonus 21 tracks CD... One could debate about the dark side of bonus material for early consumers for hours... but if this boxset's as luxurious as the previous Sly johnson Complete Mythology or the Light - On The South Side 70's Chicago blues boxsets, then it's another absolute must buy!
The Cambodian Space Project - 2011: A Space Odyssey - out on Metal Postcard
Monday 17 October 2011, 00:22
The Cambodian Space Project - 2011: A Space Odyssey
(CD/Digital ) Metal Postcard/Differ-Ant MP30, 2011-10-17
The Cambodian Space Project are a band from Phnom Penh, with Khmer, Australian, French & US members playing revitalized Cambodian hits from the 60's & the 70's as well as their own songs. You might have heard about Dengue Fever, this band from California who plays Cambonian hits from the 60s/70s with a Cambodian female vocalist who sings in Khmer... The Cambodian Space Project is the similar, real, raw version of the concept, mixing space rock, surf, reggae, dub, Khmer surin, Cambonian rock and psychedelia all together, into a cosmic cross-culture trip.
French tour 2011 :
16/09 - Bourges - Club Nadir
17/09 - Montpellier - Club Secret Place
18/09 - Bordeaux - Art Gallery
20/09 - Paris - La Mécanique Ondulatoire
El Rego - El Rego - out on Daptone Records
Monday 03 October 2011, 00:49
El Rego - El Rego
(CD/LP+7"/Digital) Daptone Records DAP023, 2011-10-03
El Rego is a true legend of African Soul Music, he was one of the main Afro-Funk performers in Benin, West Africa, alongside the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo. His top of the range, tough Afro Funk doesn't really get any better. Here for the first time on album are 12 of his greatest recordings from the late '60s and early '70s hand-picked by Daptone Records. CD version includes a nice booklet with El Rego's own story of his life and music, along with pictures from his personal collection and artwork from his original 45's. The music has been remastered with great care, and the vinyl contains an exclusive bonus 45'of Se Na Min, one of his most sought after afro-funk tracks.
Laura Vane And The Vipertones - Sugar Fix - out on Unique Records
Monday 12 September 2011, 00:16
Laura Vane And The Vipertones - Sugar Fix
(CD/LP/Digital) Unique Records UNIQ185, 2011-06-10 (UK), 2011-09-12 (France)
Drawn together from both sides of the North Sea, Laura Vane & The Vipertones are an eight-piece band assembled from various Dutch & UK projects, pooling their respective skills together for a remarkable funk & soul mission. On June 13th 2011 (September 12th in France) Sugar Fix will hit the streets. This record is a feast for the listener, laying down a rich variety of styles and inspirations, and is a vibrant progression from the first album. Laura's voice and songwriting has never been stronger. Such personal lyrics combined with The Vipertones' instrumental elegance results in a record loaded with strong and catchy songs. This record will evoke a strong reaction, whether it be dancing, dreaming or crying, their music will take you there. Laura is the chocolate, the Vipertones are the cream, this is the sugar fix you can't afford to miss!
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I'm quite impressed with his album. Flying is definately my all time favorite on this one....
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