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 the Booty Shakers DJs crew, and A Rede do Suingue, a worldwide network of Brazilian DJs. He's the resident DJ of the Avenida Brasil parties in Paris with Rémy Kolpa Kopoul (Radio Nova), of the Rua...

Various - Agogo Makes The World Go Round - Music For The Global Hipster
(CD/Digital) Agogo Records AR015CD, 2011-03-18

Loved Bina Ehud 60's vibe. Can't listen to DJ Cleon, very nice chap but working with the infamous bootlegger Pascal Rioux/Favorite who bootleged a track of mine and never paid for the web works I had done for him (don't trust this guy, total rip-off!!!). Mo' Horizons deliver some killer dancefloor bizness, as usual. The Quantic track is just MASSIVE. Calmera from Japan is amazing. Psychedelic freshness from Columbia thanks to La Planta... Well this is 21st Century Latin music at its best!!

Quantic And His Combo Bárbaro - Caliventura Remix EP
(12" + Bonus Downloads) Tru Thoughts TRUEP231, 2011-03-14

The Caliventura EP, out on 14th March, sees Cut Chemist, J-Boogie, Jeremy Sole, Daedelus and DJ Day giving the remix treatment to a handful of tracks from Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro's immensely acclaimed Tradition In Transition' album. The EP also features an alternative, previously unreleased version of the album track, Albela. This essential EP comes in a full colour picture sleeve featuring a photograph taken in Colombia by the celebrated LA-based photographer B+, who has become a key contributor to the Quantic aesthetic in recent years, and whose critically acclaimed body of work includes the famous shot for DJ Shadow's 'Endtroducing'. Inside the beautiful sleeve, you'll also find an exclusive download card with all five vinyl tracks available on mp3, plus five bonus goodies.

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

Ebo Taylor - Love And Death (Strut) parisdjs
Free The Robots - Ctrl Alt Delete (Alpha Pup) parisdjs
Gonja Sufi - A Sufi And A Killer (Warp) parisdjs
Homelife - Exotic Interlude (Humble Soul) parisdjs
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Stay Gold (Kinnara) parisdjs
Marco Benevento - Between The Needles And Nightfall (Royal Potato Family) parisdjs
Mushroom - Naked, Stoned & Stabbed (4 Zero) parisdjs
Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro - Tradition In Transition (Tru Thoughts) parisdjs
Skeletons - Smile (Impossible Ark) parisdjs
The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun (Strut) parisdjs

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... The first thing that came to mind when weed look back at the past 12 months, was the obvious blast of compilations that were released. From the incredible Ninja Tune XX boxset (6xCDs, 6x7", 2x12" and a book - all new tracks and remixes!), the amazing "world" compilations and reissues from Soundway Records, Analog Africa, Academy LPs, Nascente or Vampisoul, the fantastic and rare funk/jazz stuff from the diggers at Finders Keepers, Jazzman or Luv'N'Haight, the jaw-dropping sets from Numero Group, all those Fania Records reissues... I'm missing a few but you get my point: this is highly-entertaining quality stuff, but from hte independent's viewpoint it also looks like the music industry has never been so much focused of its back-catalog.

Meanwhile, a few labels are still doing the job of distributing today's music to the people of today, and maybe they deserve a little bit more spotlight... That's what we thought would be interesting to look at anyway. We had to forbid ourselves not to put any Colored-Inc. release in our selection, of course, even though some of the records we've put out this year were simply astonishing... such as the Hard 2 Find series for example!

What was left: some genre-bending electronic/hip hop/psychedelia marvels from Gonja Sufi and Free The Robots, from the Los Angeles beats scene, ecstatic afro/jazz from Germany (Eboy Taylor & Afrobeat Academy), Canada (The Souljazz Orchestra), or England (Skeletons), addictive cumbia/soul from Columbia (Quantic and his Combo Barbaro), psychedelic folk exotica from former Nina tune affiliates Homelife (their leader Paddy Steer has also released a solo album that's quite a treat too), and finally mesmerizing jazz/indie rock mixtures from Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey or Marco Benevento, both released thru the sensational US label The Royal Potato Family. Well, all in all another good year for music, nothing like 1976 when stadium FM rock was rising and Hotel California was king...

Contenders : Bonobo, The New Mastersounds, Randa & The Soul Kingdom, Fat Freddy's Drop, The Qualitons, Saravah Soul, Hidden Orchestra, The Roots, Kings Go Forth, Big Pimp Jones, The Hot Rats, Flying Lotus, Candice Monique & The Optics, Aloe Blacc, Cochemea Gastelum, The Bees, Roots Manuva, Lloyd Miller & Te Heliocentrics, Brownout, Grupo Fantasma, Mike Gordon...

Various - Shapes 10:02 - Compiled by Rob Luis
(2xCD/Digital) Tru Thoughts TRUCD226, 2010-12-06

The new bi-annual Shapes Compilation from Tru Thoughts is a killer one. 16 tracks on the first CD that make for an enjoyable listen at home or on the mp3 player and 14 on the second one which has an ear to the dancefloor... Including lots of exclusives, new tracks, rare remixes, as always...

Tru Thoughts Artists - Tru Thoughts Compilation
(CD) Tru Thoughts TRUCD216, 2010-09-06

An essential collection highlighting some of the amazing music from the Tru Thoughts record label. Artists include Quantic, Bonobo, Alice Russell, Belleruche, Beth Rowley and Stonephace featuring Adrian Utley (Portishead).

Lo Mejor Y Sabor De Quantic : A Retrospective Of Will Holland
(Compiled, re-edit & mixed by Jeremy Sole)
(Free MP3 downloads) Tru Thoughts, 2010-07-14

To celebrate the release of the new Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno album, tru Thoughts have teamed up with KCRW's Jeremy Sole and asked him to compile a Best Of Quantic mix.

Head over to the Etch Shop to buy the new album, Dog With A Rope, now.

Download the mix on zshare.net or on Soundcloud.

Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno - Dog With A Rope
(CD/LP+CD) Tru Thoughts TRUCD/LP214, 2010-07-19

Dog With A Rope on Tru Thoughts, is the second album from Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno, the tropical dub/reggae side project that Quantic introduced to the world with 2008's highly acclaimed Death Of The Revolution. With the Flowering Inferno, Will 'Quantic' Holland brings dub and reggae flavours to the Latin American and African sounds that he has been chasing round the globe since he first started collecting records. He recorded the album in his Sonido Del Valle studio in Cali, Colombia, the city he has called home since his relocation in 2007.

Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno - Dog With A Rope
(Digital Single) Tru Thoughts TRUDD013, 2010-06-07

Dog With A Rope, out as a digital single on 7th June, is the first taste of the forthcoming album of the same name by Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno. The second LP from Quantic's acclaimed tropical dub and reggae inspired side project, the Dog With A Rope album comes out on 19th July, perfect timing for this sun soaked sound, with all the hazy heat of a Colombian summer and heavy Jamaican influences.