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Paris DJs presents The 20 Contenders Albums of 2012
03 January 2013, 15:39
10 best albums for 2012 was really hard to pin down. We had to leave a lot of very good record on the side. That's totally unacceptable with all the amazing goodies we received every month during the past year. Which is why we decided to select 20 more superb albums from 2012. The contenders!...
Paris DJs presents The 20 Best Singles of 2012
03 January 2013, 14:47
This selection of the best singles of the year 2012 was not an easy one to aggregate... Well a list is a list. You might not be surprised to find in there Adrian Quesada (Brownout, The Echocentrics), Grant Phabao (Franck Biyong, The Lone Ranger, Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra), Marco Benevento, The Budos Band or Ticklah - who have all been heavily featured on Paris DJs along the years. 2012...
Paris DJs Playlist - December 2012
27 December 2012, 16:28
Before the 2 last mixes, the new year's eve craze and the year-end 'Best Of' list, we're not forgetting our regular readers who follow our monthly selection of records and music sent to us by labels, artists & friends... So here's our latest playlist of the year! Some have been released a few months back already, some have just been out in december 2012, and some are promo copies of records to...
Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Deep Brass & Blazing Horns Covers
21 December 2012, 13:17
This is the 6th is a series of 10 mixes of thematic covers hosted on 10 different blogs/websites, announcing or celebrating the Paris DJs mix #400 to be aired at right after christmas… You'll find it exclusively through the Inna Di Mood savourous podcast based on tasty mixes of Hip-Hop, Reggae, Dub, Electro, Afrobeat and more... This mix is all about the horns, which might explain all the brass...
Paris DJs Playlist - September 2012
13 October 2012, 19:03
September was like a standard month for us, 50 new releases landed in our hard drives, while nearly as many real life records reached our shores. Out of those we selected 5 new albums worth checking, Criolo's Nó Na Orelha, a superb eclectic set from the 35-year-old São Paolo rapper blending hip hop, brazilian grooves and even afrobeat; Fink's live album and book Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet, a...
Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Spectacular Vol.4
19 September 2012, 20:22
This 4th volume of Paris DJs' Spectacular series assembles once again new cool afro grooves from the international scene, with tracks coming from all over the place: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Congo, Denmark, Ehtiopia, France, Ghana, Hungary, Mali, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, and, of course, lots of band from the USA where the Afro fever has now risen to new heights after the success of...
Paris DJs Soundsystem - Bag Of Goodies Vol.12
09 September 2012, 14:07
Hot on the heels of our August 2012 playlist of records we received during the pastmonth, here's its companion mix and final volume in the Bag of Goodies series. Final? Don't worry, our founders Djouls and Loik will be back next month with a brand new serialized concept - but shh! more about that later… This 12th volume, more than one hour long, covers many grounds, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Cumbia,...
Paris DJs Playlist - August 2012
06 September 2012, 16:26
Logically, August is the summer month when not much happens releases-wise. Well we still received a few handfuls of 45s, LPs and CDs, and a few dozens digital downloads. So respect is due this month to all the cool labels out there, starting with Nascente in the UK who does an amazing job on the reissue/compilation tip. They sent us the 4 companion double CDs to Lloyd Bradley's fantastic book...
Slavic Soul Party - Jackson - out on Electric Cowbell
05 September 2012, 16:43
Electric Cowbell Records introduces us - once again - to something really different, while still very high on the groovy side. Slavic Soul Party is a brass band from New York playing "BalkanSoul GypsyFunk", a heavy combination of Balkanese and Gypsy music with American Soul, Funk and Jazz. Serbian brass stars Boban Markovic Orkestar and New Orleans funk sensations Galactic covered some...
Chico Trujillo - Gran Pecador - out on Electric Cowbell
05 September 2012, 16:20
Watch the dancefloor go crazy with Chico Trujillo's unique & heavy blend of Balkanese Cumbia party tunes, specialy selected by Electric Cowbell Records for the 7 inch format. The A side from this Chilean band limited vinyl, Gran Pecador, is just massive, a singalong monster for all kinds of open-minded bars and clubs. B-side is more chic, a kind of latin-funk wedding song with breakbeats....
