The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun
(CD/Download) Strut, 2010-02-16
The Souljazz Orchestra will be releasing its first all-acoustic afrojazz album, entitled Rising Sun, on Strut Records, a label experiencing a good amount of buzz with its recent releases from Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics, Grandmaster Flash, Tony Allen & Jimi Tenor, as well as with its slew of top-notch reissues of historical dance music from around the world. While the Souljazz Orchestra stays true to its roots in soul and afro rhythms, on this new release they take a much jazzier approach, creating spiritually-charged, improv-heavy big-band music reminiscent of Salah Ragab, Pharoah Sanders, or Sun Ra, albeit with a heavy-driving, dancefloor-conscious edge.
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The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun | Comments: 1
Tuesday, February 16 2010
Breakestra - Dusk Till Dawn Tracks | Comments: 1
Monday, September 28 2009
'Music Man' Miles Tackett - Breakestra Dusk Till Dawn Tracks
(MP3 Podcast on ParisDJs.com) Strut, 2009-09-28
Funk aficionados ought to be aware of the Breakestra upcoming European tour and new album, Dusk Till Dawn! Our friend Nujazz Spirit is promoting the record, our collegues Soulist and Freeworker are producing the show in Paris on October 25th, and the Breakestra main man 'Music Man' Miles Tackett has cooked two mixes, one presenting the band's history, available on selected blogs, and another one focusing on the new album, exclusive to Paris DJs... It's a Los Angeles Funk party in the french capital today!
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Tracklisting :
01. Breakestra - Need A Little Love
02. Breakestra - North East To Nippon
03. Breakestra - Come On Over Feat. Afrodyete
04. Breakestra - Back At The Boathouse
05. Breakestra - 'Posed To Be feat. Chali 2na & Dj Dusk
06. Breakestra - Get It Right
07. Breakestra - Dark Clouds Rain Soul
08. Breakestra - You'll Never Know
09. Breakestra - Joyful Noise
10. Breakestra - No Matter Where You Go (Soul Travellin' Mix)
Note : all tracks taken from the Dusk Till Dawn album released on Strut on September 28th, 2009.
Links :
Complete info and links on the new album on parisdjs.com
breakestra-dusktilldawn.com
Original artwork :
Credits :
Selected and mixed by 'Music Man' Miles Tackett from Breakestra (myspace.com/breakestra)
Upcoming European Tour Dates :
Oct 24 2009 - Le Jam - Nantes
Oct 25 2009 - La Maroquinerie - Paris
Oct 28 2009 - Het Depot - Leuven
Oct 29 2009 - Melkweg - Amsterdam
Oct 30 2009 - Democrazy (w/ DJ Vadim) - Gent
Oct 31 2009 - Rotown - Rotterdam
Nov 03 2009 - Venue TBC - Berlin
Nov 04 2009 - Das Bett - Frankfurt
Nov 05 2009 - Bar 59 - Lucerne
Nov 06 2009 - Le Zoo / Usine - Geneva
Nov 07 2009 - Kaserne - Basel
Nov 10 2009 - L'autre Canal - Nancy
Nov 12 2009 - Espace Tatry - Bordeaux
Nov 13 2009 - Cabaret Aleatoire - Marseille
Nov 14 2009 - Maison folies de Wazemmes - Lille
Nov 17 2009 - Dingwalls - london
Nov 18 2009 - South Hill Park (Cellar Bar) - Bracknel
Nov 20 2009 - Band on the Wall (+ Craig Charles) - Manchester
Nov 21 2009 - Hare & Hound - Birmingham
Nov 22 2009 - Concorde 2 - Brighton
Nov 23 2009 - The Phoenix - Exeter
Nov 24 2009 - Tuesday Club - Sheffield
Nov 25 2009 - Norwich Arts Centre - Norwich
Nov 26 2009 - Metropolis - Bristol
Nov 27 2009 - New Bohemia @ Faversham - Leeds
Nov 28 2009 - Whelan's or Sugar Club - Dublin
Also available to download :
'Music Man' Miles Tackett - Breakestra Classics DJ Mix
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Tracklisting :
01. Intro
02. Breakestra Suite #1 (DJ Azzuro & Kiyo)
03. Getcho Soul Togetha
04. Lil' Ol Money Maker
05. Funky Soul (Live In LA, 2000)
06. Gettin' To It
07. Don't Need A Dance
08. See Sawng
09. Take My Time feat. Choklate
10. Family Rap feat. DJ Dusk (Z-Trip Scratch Edit)
11. Show 'N' Prove
12. A Word From Our Sponsor
Info :
With Los Angeles' finest fuzzed-out funk project Breakestra set to release its second full-length album of original material next week, producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist 'Music Man' Miles Tackett decided to give folks who've been snoozing a listen back through Breakestra's history. With tasteful scratches, doubled-up breakbeats, and slick transitions, Miles' mix offers a picture of some of his most crowd pleasing output covering Breakestra's original material, trademark covers, and even a few live rarities. Dusk Till Dawn comes out September 29th on Strut.
Breakestra - Dusk Till Dawn | Comments: 2
Monday, September 28 2009
Breakestra - Dusk Till Dawn
(CD/2xLP/Digital) Strut/K7 Strut048CD/LP, 2008-09-28
For 2009, Breakestra return with their long-awaited sophomore set exploring all colours of the funk spectrum. Built around the vision of "Music Man" Miles and Mixmaster Wolf (as well as producing, recording and writing the tracks, Miles performs bass, drums, guitars, cello, keys, percussion and vocals on the record), the trademark Breakestra touches remain intact: Wolf fronts tough breakbeat jams Dark Clouds Rain Soul and Stones Throw single Low Down Stank; Miles himself brings his soulful vocals to Need A Little Love and I Don't Wanna Wait and amazing new female vocalist Afrodyete recalls the heyday of JB's Funky People on the terrific Come On Over. The album even journeys into psychedelic soul (on the fuzzy Show Me The Way) and stripped-back West African farfisa stylings on instrumental cut, North-East To Nippon. Dusk Till Dawn is a tribute to Tackett's late DJ partner at Rootdown, DJ Dusk, whose life was tragically taken in a road accident in 2007. Dusk himself appears alongside Jurassic 5's Chali 2na on the funky rap joint Posed To Be and the album is a fitting tribute to a much-loved L.A. figure and integral member of a scene which has become globally respected.
Various Artists - Black Rio 2 : Original Samba Soul 1971-1980 | Comments: 0
Monday, June 22 2009
Various - Black Rio 2 : Original Samba Soul 1971-1980
(CD/LP) Strut Records, 2009-06-19
Following the successful first volume released on Strut in 2002, "Black Rio 2" takes a look at the Black Rio music movement in Brazil post-Tropicalia as disenchanted black Brazilian youth mirrored the struggles of their contemporaries in the US during the early 70s through their own potent brew of samba, soul and funk. The movement thrived despite a military dictatorship within which the promotion of black culture was strictly censored. While Volume One brought together pioneers of the movement like Tim Maia, Gerson King Combo, Uniao Black and Jorge Ben, Volume 2 digs much deeper, exploring more of the key artists and some of the short-lived bands and smaller labels of the time.
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information | Comments: 1
Tuesday, April 14 2009
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information Volume 3
(CD) Strut Records, 2009-04-14
The collaboration follows a sell-out gig at Cargo and a Gilles Peterson
Maida Vale session earlier this year with The Heliocentrics (Stones
Throw Records). Responsible for backing DJ Shadow, laying down beats
for Madlib and Yesterday's New Quintet and for fusing influences as
diverse as Sun Ra, Axelrod, James Brown and Morricone on their debut
album, the Helios, led by drummer Malcolm Catto and bassist Jake
Ferguson, have fast become a unique powerhouse of free-thinking
beatsmithery. At Cargo in London, they backed Mulatu on a full set of
his Ethiopiques classics, brought together and presented by Karen P's
Broadcasting and Red Bull. Since then, the process around the new
recordings has been in full flow with Mulatu now back in Addis Ababa
armed with a Heliocentrics CD of groove ideas and riffs.
GrandMaster Flash - The Bridge : Concept Of A Culture | Comments: 0
Tuesday, March 10 2009
GrandMaster Flash - The Bridge : Concept Of A Culture
(CD) Strut / PIAS, 2009-03-10
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Darkest Light (The Best Of) - The Lafayette Afro Rock Band | Comments: 0
Monday, January 26 2009
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Darkest Light (The Best Of)
(CD) Strut Records STRUT042CD, 2009-01-26
Paris DJs Soundstem - African Mashed Potato Popcorn Vol.7 | Comments: 4
Sunday, January 4 2009
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 recent superb Nigeria old school compilations on Soundway (UK) and Strut (UK). You might also discover The Ottawa Bros. from Canada, before rejoicing to hear another Karl Hector & The Malcouns ethio-funk track (who'll be back with a new mix at the end of the month), and crying while listening to the incredible Beatles cover from 60s Ghanean singer Charlotte Dada.
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Tracklisting :
01. Bibi Tanga et le Professeur Inlassable - En Slip Chaussettes Dub (feat. Byard Lancaster and Rongetz)
(from 'En Slip Chaussettes' 7 inch, 2008 / l'inlasSable disQue) FRANCE
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02. Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada - The Grand Elixir
(from 'The Alchemist Manifesto' album, 2008 / Eighteen Street Lounge) USA
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03. Blank Zulu - Mellow Magic
(from 'Jazz&Milk Breaks Vol.2' 12 inch, 2008 / Jazz&Milk Recordings) GERMANY
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04. Dynamic Africana - Igbehin Lalayo Nta
(from 'Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump' compilation, 2008 / Strut) NIGERIA
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05. Tabukkah X - Finger Toe
(from 'Nigeria Rock Special' compilation, 2008 / Soundway) NGERIA
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06. The Ottawa Bros - Afro Slinky
(from 'Duck Soup' album, 2008 / Cast-A-Blast) CANADA
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07. Karl Hector + The Malcouns - Followed Path
(from 'Sahara Swing' album, 2008 / Stones Throw) GERMANY
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08. Charlotte Dada - Don't Let Me Down
(from 'Money No Be Sand - 1960s Afro-Lypso, Pidgin Highlife, Afro-Soul, Afro-Rock' compilation, 1995 / Original Music) GHANA
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Original record covers :
Credits :
Selected and mixed by Grant Phabao & Djouls from the Paris DJs Soundsystem (parisdjs.com)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Djouls (djouls.com), photo by Turkairo under a Creative Commons license
Amp Fiddler w/ Sly & Robbie - Inspiration information | Comments: 0
Monday, October 13 2008
Amp Fiddler w/ Sly & Robbie - Inspiration information
(CD) Strut/!K7 STRUT038CD, 2008-10-13
Tracklisting (temporary) :
01. I Believe in You
02. Crazy Day
03. Black House (Paint The White House Black)
04. Vibrationship
05. Runnin'
06. Lonely
07. Fell on The Wagon
08. You
09. This World
10. Changes
11. Everything
Note : This is the first in this series, pairing Detroit soul maverick Amp Fiddler with reggae heroes Sly and Robbie, with others to come from Ashley Beedle and Horace Andy as well as Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics among others.
Links :
ampfiddler.com
myspace.com/ampfiddler
myspace.com/slyandrobbie
youtube.com/user/strutrecords
facebook.com
imeem.com/ampfiddler
Video Treat :
Various - Calypsoul 70 - Caribbean Soul 1969-1979 | Comments: 3
Tuesday, September 2 2008
Various - Calypsoul 70 - Caribbean Soul 1969-1979
(CD) Strut STRUT037CD, 2008-09-02
Tracklisting :
01. Little You Say - Revolution Of St. Vincent
02. It's Quite A Feeling - St. Maarten's The Rolling Tones
03. A Ver Que Sale - Juan Formell & Los Van Van
04. Calypsoul - Clarence Curvan & His Mod Sounds
05. Yo Tink It Sorf - Lancelot Layne
06. Negril - Boris Gardiner
07. Magic Fever - Magic Circle Express
08. Disco Groove - Checkmates
09. Independent Bahamas - Biosis Now
10. Move Up Blackman - Tyrone Taylor
11. 90% Of Me Is You - Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Drum Orchestra
12. Raycan - The Hondrells
13. Guanavaco - Marius Cultier
14. You Don't Love Me - Gemini Brass
15. Woman - Sambo | Download MP3
16. We See Jah - Wadadli Experience
17. Freedom In Africa - Duke
18. Blackness Of Darkness - One Essence
19. Red Light Lady - Ophelia
20. Of My Hands - Goretti Group & Dennis De Souza Trio
Links :
strut-records.com
myspace.com/strutrecords
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