28 April 2014, 14:07
Jon Favreau is back in the writer/ actor /director chair with Chef, his latest concoction. The soundtrack album, featuring a song selection by KCRW’s own Mathieu Schreyer, perfectly mirrors the road trip of the movie. For each town, a sample of food and music: salsa-infused Miami to the sounds of Pete Rodriguez and the reggae beats of Grant Phabao, The Lone Ranger and Carlton Livingston,, the...
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10 December 2013, 02:04
Even with the holiday season coming fast on us (stop going out during the week-end days!) there's still a lot of cool new tracks uploaded regularly on Soundcloud, and even more to discover while digging the archives. Among the new discoveries, the Hartley & Wolfe album out on BBE is quite a gem, the latest Analog Africa compilation is a new must-have, Kraked Unit featuring one-half of Paris...
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14 July 2012, 19:30
A full month's worth of promotionnal CDs, vinyl, WAVs and MP3s sent to us at the beginning of this summer 2012 is nearly 200 records. As usual we tried to carefully listen to them all, made a first selection, then chopped it down to… three mixes! So here's the first one, on a Bag Of Goodies eccentric & eclectic tip, soon to be followed by some more soulful house and breakbeat hop menus. Yes...
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05 October 2011, 10:00
J Rocc - Best of Quantic Mix (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) Tru Thoughts, 2011-10-05 It has been a decade since Will Holland aka Quantic released his first album on Tru Thoughts. Twelve albums later and Quantic has a vast discography; funky, soulful vibes with the Quantic Soul Orchestra, Flowering Inferno's reggae infused dub, cumbia with The Combo Barbaro, and more. The Best Of Quantic album...
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04 July 2011, 23:50
Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Sol Vibrations (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) Names You Can Trust, 2011-07-04 Greenwood Rhythm Coalition's hard to find and limited singles released on their label Names You Can Trust have always been heavily recommended in our books. We played their 2007 self-titled 12 inch on 21st Century Latin Vol.3 (in january 2009), their 2008 Guajira 7 inch on Latin Dance...
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02 May 2011, 19:43
Mr Scruff - Wobble Control (12"/Digital Single) Ninja Tune ZEN1228/ZENDNLS28, 2011-05-02 Mr. Scruff returns with a synth heavy, low slung 4/4 number featuring a wiggling centipede synth line & unruly bass, scruffed up in his warm & dusty production style... the sound of electronic instruments enjoying themselves! The second track see's Nickodemus & Zeb from Brooklyn's legendary...
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30 March 2011, 14:04
DJ Tom B. - Put On Your Boots (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) Booty Shakers, 2011-03-29 DJ Tom B. is a crazy sambista from Paris who grooves dancefloors with Funk, Brazil, Bootlegs, Latin, Afro, Disco, Broken, Live House, Hip Hop, Brazilian & Jamaican Jungle... all around da Black Music! He's specialized in 8-12 hours long sets to shake your booty to all nite long... Tom has also founded...
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12 October 2009, 20:07
Various - Tru Thoughts 10th Birthday Box (3xCD boxset/2xCD) Tru Thoughts TRUCD201/TRUCD200, 2009-10-12 This year, Tru Thoughts celebrates a fantastic 10 years in the game, and on 12th October the label releases the 3CD limited edition Tru Thoughts 10th Anniversary compilation, featuring two 'Best Of' discs, and a third disc of completely new, previously unreleased music. A covetable premium...
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13 September 2009, 19:07
Paris DJs Soundsystem - 21st Century Latin Vol.6 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) T.I.M.E.C., 2009-09-13 Summer shouldn't end so soon in your headphones with this new volume of 21st century latin beats and grooves. From Nicaragua and Texas (Ocote Soul Sounds), Dominican Republic or Colombia and UK (Quantic, Sidestepper), Greece (Palov & Mishkin), Spain (Makala on the Lovemonk label), Germany...
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23 August 2009, 22:58
Paulo 'SUPERFLY RECORDS' representing Paris DJs at Turntables on the Hudson's The Sunday Getaway, next sunday, August 23, 2009 Turntables on the Hudson will be curating 3 events this Summer on the mysterious vacant island in between Brooklyn & Manhattan called GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. The first date will be SUNday JULY 26th!! It's an all day festival with music, food, dance, exploration... not to...
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