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10 Reissues Of Old Stuff That's Been So Cool To (Re)Discover in 2011




Boddie Recording Company : Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group) info
Brand New Wayo - Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983 (Comb & Razor Sound) info
Dee Dee, Barry & The Movements - Soul Hour (Sonorama) info
Ebo Taylor - Life Stories - Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 (Strut) info
Father's Children - Who's Gonna Save The World (Numero Group) info
Phish - Hampton/Winston Salem '97 (Phish Dry Goods) info
Rail Band - Buffet Hotel de la Gare (Superfly) info
The Lijadu Sisters - Danger (Knitting Factory) info
The Original Sound of Cumbia - The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 (Soundway) info
True Soul 4LP Boxset (Now-Again) info

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Mukatsuku Afro Tropical Special

Mukatsuku - Afro Tropical Special

Hot on the heels of releasing a 45 re-edit of the now lengendary Brand New Wayo track from Nigerian band Mixed Grill, and a fifth volume of the limited promo 12 inch series Afro Disco Boogie Edits from the GUYNAMUKAT production team, Nik Weston will be playing this thursday at the Jazz Attitudes party in Paris. "A venture into afro bizness featuring some rare tracks from the holy grail Mixed Grill album plus a lovely track from the recent Ebo Taylor album and a smattering of unreleased GUYNAMUKAT afro edits" was the pitch of this mix posted on mixcloud earlier this year. Here's the...

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The Hifivers An Introduction

An Introduction to The Hifivers

An Introduction to The Hifivers (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2011-08-07 Today we put the spotlight on Michael Treetop Voss, who played trumpet with The Poets of Rhythm all through the 90s. He just launched a new project, The Hifivers, a ten-piece soul combo from Germany, and cooked especially for Paris DJs this introduction made up from his past and influences, mixed with a few tracks from the first self-released EP from his new band (available on Juno). We'll be putting up soon a free track from the second EP The Hifivers have just finished recording so stay connected... [comment...

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Karl Hector Jazz Modal du Monde

Karl Hector - Jazz Modal du Monde

Karl Hector - Jazz Modal Du Monde (MP3 Podcast on ParisDJs.com) 2011-06-03 Karl Hector plays in various bands we admire at Paris DJs: The Poets of Rhythm, The Whitefield Brothers, Afrobeat Academy with Ebo Taylor... He released with The Malcouns in 2008 one of the albums of the year, Sahara Swing, and has just issued Tamanrasset on Now-Again Records, a fantastic EP with 5 new tracks of Afrodelic kraut-funk. He'll be paying with Ebo Taylor in France and Europe this summer (check the rest of this entry for the tour dates). All this calls for celebration so here's an exclusive new mix, all...

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The Liberators Paris DJs Mix

The Liberators - Paris DJs Mix

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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Ebo Taylor Peace On Earth

Ebo Taylor - Peace On Earth

We've been spreading the gospel about Ghanean singer/guitarist Ebo Taylor for years now. Some lucky ones were there at the 2009 show we produced for Ebo at La Bellevilloise. The others should definitively check all the upcoming live dates in June... Ebo Taylor released at the end of 2010 a new album, Love And Death, and his label Strut Records followed this release with a double anthology of Highlife & Afrobeat Classics, covering the years from 1973 to 1980, Life Stories, which you absolutely NEED to get/buy/download/hear/etc!! Here's a track extracted from this compilation to download...

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Ebo Taylor - Life Stories - out on Strut Records

Ebo Taylor Life Stories
Ebo Taylor - Life Stories
Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980
(2xCD/2xLP/Digital) Strut Records Strut072CD/LP, 2011-04-11

Ebo Taylor Following his recent studio album with Afrobeat Academy, Love And Death, his first international release, Ghanaian highlife guitar legend Ebo Taylor teams up again with Strut for a long overdue definitive compilation of his seminal 1970s recordings, Life Stories, focusing on his solo albums and some of his lesser known side projects including the dynamite Apagya Show Band and short-lived Taylor-led combos Assase Ase, Super Sounds Namba and The Pelikans. The selection also touches on his writing and production work for C.K. Mann and a collaboration recording with fellow member of early '70s nightclub band Blue Monks, Pat Thomas. Tracks include the anthemic Heaven, sampled by Usher on his hit with Ludacris, She Don't Know, the original version of the poignant Love And Death and the rare 15-minute nugget, Aba Yaa. The package features rare photos, original album artwork and sleeve notes by Soundway Records' Miles Cleret.

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Ebo Taylor & Afrobeat Academy - February 2011 - Photos by JeanSaintJean

Ebo Taylor Afrobeat Academy by JeanSaintJean
Festival Sons d'Hiver : Ebo Taylor & Afrobeat Academy - Photos by JeanSaintJean

Vendredi 4 février dernier, à la salle Jacques Brel à Fontenay Sous Bois, eu lieu un double concert des plus mémorables, avec pour commencer un fantastique hommage à Miles Davis dirigé par Graham Haynes (accompagné, entre autres, de Marco Benevento au claviers et DJ Logic aux platines)... suivi d'un show du guitariste Ghanéen Ebo Taylor (accompagné des funksters de l'Afrobeat Academy).

Notre envoyé spécial JeanSaintJean avait fait le déplacement et nous a ramené plus d'une centaine de Photos pour chacun des concerts. Une session de shooting dans des conditions pas forcément fantastiques (au premier rang, en contre plongée, dans le noir), dont nous avons essayé d'extraire la crème...

A voir :
la selection Ebo Taylor & Afrobeat Academy
la selection Bitches Brew Revisited

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The 10 best albums of 2010

Ebo_Taylor-Love_And_Death.jpgFree_The_Robots-Ctrl_Alt_Delete.jpgGonja_Sufi-A_Sufi_And_A_Killer.jpgHomelife-Exotic_Interlude.jpgJacob_Fred_Jazz_Odyssey-Stay_Gold.jpgMarco_Benevento-Between_The_Needles_and_Nightfall.jpgMushroom-Naked_Stoned_and_Stabbed.jpgQuantic_and_his_Combo_Barbaro-Tradition_In_Transition.jpgSkeletons-Smile.jpgThe_Souljazz_Orchestra-Rising_Sun.jpg

Ebo Taylor - Love And Death info
Free The Robots - Ctrl Alt Delete info
Gonja Sufi - A Sufi And A Killer info
Homelife - Exotic Interlude info
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Stay Gold info
Marco Benevento - Between The Needles And Nightfall info
Mushroom - Naked, Stoned & Stabbed info
Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro - Tradition In Transition info
Skeletons - Smile info
The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun info

After publishing a solid 10-records-a-year selection of the last decade (from 1999 to 2009), we took a few days to think about the 2010 best of... READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE ON COLORED-INC.COM


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Bitches Brew Revisited / Ebo Taylor & Afrobeat Academy - Vendredi 4 Février à Fontenay Sous Bois

Sons d Hiver 2011
Festival Sons d'Hiver : Bitches Brew Revisited / Ebo Taylor & Afrobeat Academy
Vendredi 4 février salle Jacques Brel à Fontenay Sous Bois - 20h30

Le concert à ne pas manquer en ce début d'année 2011 aura lieu en région parisienne durant le festival de Val de Marne Sons d'Hiver. Il réunira le même soir un bon barouf de jazz psychédélique avec un hommage à Miles Davis par le supergroupe Bitches Brew Revisited (avec, entre autres pointures, Graham Haynes, DJ Logic et Marco Benevento!), ainsi que le retour du guitariste ghanéen Ebo Taylor accompagné des funksters de l'Afrobeat Academy (Poets of Rhythm/Whitefield Brothers...) que nous avions programmé à la Bellevilloise en juillet 2009 dernier!!

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