Fredericks Brown - Land Of Plenty
(12"/Digital) Jazz & Milk JM012, 2011-04-18

From the beautiful islands of New Zealand comes Fredericks Brown, the musical collaboration of vocalist Deva Mahal, keyboardist Steph Brown, and guitarist Michael Taylor. They have become renowned for their energetic live shows, rich harmonies, and beautifully crafted songs. After initially meeting on the festival circuit in New Zealand, where both were key players in their respective cities, Mahal and Brown moved independently to Brooklyn in 2007 where they met up again to form Fredericks Brown. In each other, they discovered a passion for storytelling; writing songs that combine imagery and narrative, which they interpret with a stunning blend of strength and intimacy that draws the listener close. Their music fuses the cultural heritage of both musicians; Deva, daughter of legendary blues musician Taj Mahal, draws on her rich soul and blues roots. Steph's sound is rooted in the organic Pacific sound of her native New Zealand. In 2009 the duo were joined by fellow New Zealander Michael Taylor, a sublime trumpet player and guitarist who had just graduated with a Masters from the Manhattan School of Music. Between them they have worked with Kanye West and Common, billed with such acts as De la Soul, Alice Russell, and Etta James, and have performed in theaters and clubs all around the world.

Bad Jazz Troupe - Looking For Jupiter
(12"/Digital) Jazz & Milk JM011, Dec 3rd 2010 - digital // Dec 13th 2010 - vinyl

You could probably live without bad Jazz, but you don't want to miss the Bad Jazz Troupe! Disregarding any kind of mindless rule - musical or otherwise - this reckless band revamps traditional rhythms and styles with modern production techniques. The Bad Jazz Troupe brings together raw Afrobeat, Jazz and Funk elements with the latest achievements of the electronic revolution in the world of music. The result sounds fresh and original and yet reminds one of those days when Jazz was still something unruly, naughty and rebellious. What the Bad Jazz Troupe seeks to accomplish, after all, is nothing but bad jazz in the best sense. The initiators of the project are two "bad" boys in otherwise quiet and peaceful Munich, Germany. Jerker Kluge, much sought-after bassist and composer (The Boogoos, The Hi-Fly Orchestra, Cesar's Salad, Radio Utopia), provides an invaluable musical basis with selected players of the local Jazz and Funk scene. Their organic sound is infused with energetic beats and hypnotic loops by Dj, producer and labelhead Dusty (Jazz & Milk). Already in 2009 he created a dancefloor hit by remixing the Afro-Funk of The Boogoos. Back then Jerker and Dusty decided that they will continue acting in collusion and so they founded the Bad Jazz Troupe...

Tom Eno - Taster Mix (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-05-30 Tom Eno is a British musician and recording artist working with the very cool Jack To Phono label from London. Tom's distinctive style blending classical Spanish and jazz guitar draws inspiration from jazz masters such as Charlie Byrd and Django Reinhardt, and classical guitarists and composers such as Segovia and Villa-Lobos. His amazing album Barnstormer is something quite unique, between Beck and Kings of Convenience, with fantastic acoustics drummings and strings arrangements... Here's a taster especially cooked by Tom Eno...

Renegades Of Jazz - Karabine EP
(12"/Digital) Wass Records WASS-001, 2010-05-24

Renegades Of Jazz is the new solo project from German producer David Hanke a.k.a. one half of funk-duo Mash & Munkee, signed to UK producer Smoove's new label Wass Records. David's music is a mixture of vintage jazz sounds recorded in the middle of the last century, combined with modern break beats. Karabine, an uplifting B Boy Jazz tune with an instant bass hook coupled with a tasty piano hook, represents the start of unique jazz sounds and is the first single release taken from the forthcoming album Hip To The Jive to be released later this year. With remixes from The Uptown Felaz and Dusty (Jazz&Milk), this marks the beginning of a new sound in the Jazz break beat scene.

Paris DJs Soundsystem - 21st Century Latin Vol.7 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2009-11-09 Sorry for the lack of updates, we are quite overwhelmed with stuff to do... Many mixes are ready to be aired... Here's a selection of rather explosive dancefloor latin goodies released those last two years. Coming next: a dub set, some funky african soul, Hammond jazz & funk, latin Soviet grooves and a 'Molesting Laura' special Movies! [comment faire?/how to?] Tracklisting : 01. Cesar's Salad - Batucada Surgiu (from 'The Latin Beat' album, 2009 / Perfect Toy) » more info on parisdjs.com « 02. Una...

Various - Jazz & Milk Breaks – Compilation Series Vol 2
(CD/Digital) Jazz & Milk JM-CD-004, 2009-10-28

The wait is over! Jazz & Milk has come up with another dancefloor smasher!
The second Jazz & Milk Breaks CD edition is out now. Brilliant international producers and musicians from Barcelona to London, Tokyo, New York, Warsaw, San Sebastian and Munich joined the project and left their individual and often exotic trademarks on this genre-breaking compilation. Taking in fusions of Jazz, Latin, Afro and Funk with eclectic productions, this is all designed for forward thinking dancefloors and minds. The vinyl sampler which already featured some of the tunes got heavy support by the kinds like Craig Charles (BBC 6), Nik Weston (Mukatsuku), Paul Murphy, Dimitri From Paris, Dom Servini and Diesler, just to name a few.

Alice Russell - Pot Of Gold Remixes
(2xCD) Little Poppet LP0P001X, 2009-10-05

This summer, subscribers to www.alicerussell.com could listen to 90 seconds audio clips and vote for their favorite remixes from Alice Russell's Pot Of Gold album. The most popular tracks have been collated into a 22 track double CD featuring remixes from the likes of Mr Scruff, DJ Vadim, Shawn Lee, Yellowtail, The Heavy and many more, to be released in the UK through Little Poppet on October 5th, with lots of bonus goodies for the digital version apparently. DJ Vadim's remix of Got The Hunger? will be released a week earlier on September 28th in the form of a limited 7" vinyl backed with Laura J Martin's remix of Lights Went Out. October is proving to be a busy month for Alice as she embarks on a run of shows to support the releases...

Various - Jazz & Milk Breaks Vol. 3
(12"/Digital) Jazz & Milk JM010, 2009-06-26

Jazz & Milk enters the third round with their highly successful Jazz & Milk Breaks series. Six individual tracks with various influences ranging from Jazz, Funk, Latin to Afro and percussive Beats have already attracted a lot of attention on the Munich Jazz & Milk dance floors and finally made their way onto this versatile vinyl release. The records starts off with Innocent Sorcerers' very own Envee who has turned Pinnawela's tune You Can Dance into a wonderful and swinging jazz dance anthem. The track is followed by percussion maestro César Granados. His unique and vintage version of Dizzie Gillespie's latin-jazz classic Manteca is a true dance floor filler. The Snip's double bass driven downtempo bomb El Boom rounds off side A! On the flipside The Jivers, a new production duo out of Barcelona present a clubby jazz-hit called Do What featuring the unique voice of Anqui. Label head Dusty also joins the compilation with the remix of The Boogoos' afro-funk track The Journey / Ghana '74. Finally Greenwood Rhythm Coalition from New York's great Names You Can Trust imprint deliver a brilliant DJ bomb called Cotonou Caravan.

Dusty - Keep It Raw
(CD album) Jazz&Milk JM-CD-003, 2009-02-27

Various - It's The New Hip Hop Thing Volume 1
Selection & sleeve notes by Djouls (TIMEC/Paris DJs) with the help of Loik Dury (Kraked/Paris DJs)
(CD) Vibrations VIBRATIONSHIPHOP01, 2009-02-23

Hip hop is a culture that's became mainstream. But indie labels and artists still appear and spread everywhere, more than ever. Filled with jazz, funk, soul, rock, samples, scratches, breakbeats, rhymes, "It's the new hip hop thing" is an 2009 snapshot of the kaleidoscopic panorama of current productions. AND it's selected by Djouls & Loik, founders and activists of parisdjs.com...