Renegades Of Jazz - Go Jazz Not Ape! Vol.1 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2011-04-10 Renegades of Jazz is David Hanke, who also produces music under the names of Mad Doc or Unifairfly, and who's also a member of groups Madball Scientists, Mankoora or Mash & Munkee. Renegades of Jazz is raw and heavy produced music, fusing jazz with breakbeat elements, bringing the jazz back to the dancefloor. Started as an experiment in trying something new, they were instantly signed by UK based producer Smoove to his new label Wass Records. After the huge success of the first singles and great...

The Natural Yogurt Band - Tuck In With...
(CD/2x10"/Download) Now-Again/Stones Throw NA5078, 2011-02-18

Now-Again Records presents Tuck In With… the follow-up album from the best band with the weirdest name. In 2009 Now-Again Records reissued the Natural Yogurt Band's first platter - Away With Melancholy. In keeping with the rarity of the experimental records that inspired the band, the original Jazzman Records issue of the album - from just the year before - had been limited to a run of 1000 pieces. Those records quickly disappeared and the Jazzman himself had no plans to offer another helping. The result? An audience searching for psychedelic "music library" vibes from the golden era of the 60s and 70s meticulously recreated in the new millennium were left starved. Well, we fed 'em, and they asked for the next course. Two years later, the band (really former Little Barrie drummer Wayne Fullwood and Miles Newbold) presents to you another platter of delights: Tuck In With … by The Natural Yogurt Band. With their sophomore album, Fullwood and Newbold serve up more of what made the Natural Yogurt Band's debut so special: quirky irreverence abounds, but the band has expanded their menu to include a influences from around the globe. This album is presented in double 10" gatefold LP format, and a "mini-LP" version on CD. Both jackets are paste-on, thick-cut cardboard cases covered by die-cut OBI strips, all placed within a plastic sleeve.

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...

Various - Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti
(4x10" boxset/CD) Now-Again/Stones Throw NA50566, 2010-02-23

Fela's music, and that of his organization inspired musicians across the global village when Afro-Beat was new and novel. This compilation focuses on the music Fela inspired – whether by fellow Nigerians recording alongside him in the early 70s, neighbors in Ghana, then-modern Colombian cumbia ensembles inspired by the man who injected a new feel into the Yoruban rhythms that formed cumbia's base, Trinidadian steel bands or the select few organizations left that have maintained Fela's fury in the new millennium. Compiler Egon has written extensive liner notes – and sourced never before seen Fela photos and other ephemera - for this project, included in the hardbound book that contains the CD and in a large-format booklet in the 4 x 10” vinyl box set.

The Whitefield Brothers – Earthology
(CD/LP/Digital) Now Again/Stones Throw NA5047, 2010-01-11

While In The Raw's hypnotic, defiantly psychedelic funk music was grounded in the great musical traditions of both America and Africa, Earthology finds the Brothers infusing their funk with musical traditions that span the globe. With this new album, The Whitefield Brothers - and a multitude of guests ranging from vocalists Edan, Mr. Lif, Bajka, Percee P and MED to musicians from Antibalas, El Michels Affair, Quantic, Poets of Rhythm and the Dap-Kings - blend together what might seem to be disparate music into global-psychedelic-jazz using the fierce funk their fans have grown to love.

The Heliocentrics - Sirius B
(12"/album download) Now Again NA5034, 2009-04-06

'Sirius B' is the final installment of the three vinyl-only EPs released in conjunction with The Heliocentrics debut album 'Out There'. Featuring ex-Cannibal Ox MC Vast Aire on a new rendition of the title track - a remix of the version appearing on 'Out There' - and a new psychedelic-funk jam session “Vibration Of The Fallen Angels,” this release follows DOOM and Percee P's “Distant Star” and Guilty Simpson's “Before I Die.” This album collects the exclusive tracks from these three EPs. Three vocal tracks and five original instrumentals complete the collection.

The Whitefield Brothers - In The Raw
(CD/2xLP) Now Again Records NA5039, 2009-03-10

PS: Whitefield Brothers = Poets Of Rhythm = Karl Hector & The Malcouns etc.

Paris DJs Soundstem - African Mashed Potato Popcorn Vol.7 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) T.I.M.E.C., 2009-01-04 The 'Mashed Potato' was a dance. The 'Popcorn' too. 'African Mashed Potato Popcorn' is a series of selections of all kinds of African tripy and groovy music from all over the world. This seventh volume focuses on 2008 releases, with a rare 7 inch b-side from Bibi Tanga (France), a new track from Blank Zulu alias the Poets Of Rhythm on the fantastic Jazz&Milk label (Germany), an excerp from the new and timeless Ocote Soul Sounds album on ESL (USA), two oldies taken from two...

Mr Chop - Lightworlds
(12"/Download) Now-Again Records NA5040, 2008-12-15 (12") / 2008-10-31 (MP3)

Produced and Recorded by Coz Littler (Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Mellotron, Minimoog, VCS3) at Ape Studios, UK. Featuring The Heliocentrics

Born Coz Littler, Mr. Chop has been releasing his music on his own label, then on Gerald 'Jazzman' Short's Stark Reality label and most recently on Dusty's Jazz and Milk Records. He's now signed on Stones Throw's subsidiary label Now-Again Records and with the help from The Heliocentrics (Malcolm Catto on drums and Jake Ferguson on bass), he just released an EP, Lightworlds, mixing fuzzy psychedelia, electronics, cinematics, funk and jazz for some heavy dose of mind-expanding tripping music!! A full length album will be released on Now-Again in 2009. Here's a free taster, The Infinity Machine...