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.

SOUL TRAIN presents
A TROPICAL NIGHT WITH STRUT & SOFRITO
SAMEDI 26 MARS 2011 à partir de 21H à La Bellevilloise

AFROBEAT Live BANDs avec
THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA
CC LES FRÈRES SMITH

ESPECIAL TROPICAL DISCOTHEQUE !
HEAVY AFRO LATIN SOUNDS avec
HUGO MENDEZ (SOFRITO) BETINO ERRERA (BETINO) RADIO SALAH (SOUL TRAIN)

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Fania Records 1964-1980 - The Original Sound Of Latin New York
(2xCD/2xLP/Digital) Strut Records STRUT078CD/LP, 2011-03-21

Strut is pleased to present the first ever definitive 2CD retrospective of Fania Records, the seminal New York latin label, spanning its influential heyday between its formation in 1964 through to 1980. This new 2CD set follows the development of Fania's sound during its key years including early Johny Pacheco and Larry Harlow outings from 1964, classic Fania collaborations between Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe, seminal Latin soul (Joe Bataan, Ray Barretto), boogaloo and epic outings by Fania's in-house super-group, the Fania All-Stars. The 2CD set is packaged in a thick digipak with a 32-page booklet including a full Fania label history, memorabilia, album artwork and many previously unseen photos from the Fania archive. The 2LP set will be released as a gatefold.

Paris DJs Soundsystem - In The Footsteps of the Ethio-Jazz Innovator (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) T.I.M.E.C., 2011-02-27 Next thursday evening in Paris will be a BIG date at La Bellevilloise, thanks to our friends from the Soul Train parties, who produce an Ethio Jazz Night with Strut... featuring Mulatu Astake and The Heliocentrics playing live!! You DON'T want to miss this show and as an appetizer here's a small tribute to the father of Ethio-Jazz, on the 21st century side of the genre and beyond. [comment faire?/how to?] Tracklisting : 01. The Gaslamp Killer - When I'm In Awe (feat....

SOUL TRAIN presents
AN ETHIO NIGHT WITH MULATU ASTATKE
JEUDI 3 MARS 2011 à partir de 21H à La Bellevilloise

Live BANDs avec
MULATU ASTATKE Full Live Band - Steps Ahead Tour
ROCÉ TRIO plays MULATU

DJs ETHIO-PIQUES & ETHIO-JAZZ
AFRO LATIN JAZZ SOUNDS avec
BETINO ERRERA (BETINO)
RADIO SALAH (SOUL TRAIN)

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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

Dennis Coffey - F**k You (Cee-Lo Green cover)

Dennis Coffey is back in the studio recording a brand new album, signed up to Strut for release in 2011. As a teaser, he gathered together a crew of Detroit friends and associates for a video to his cover version of Cee-Lo's hit, inspired by the Motown sound in which Coffey played a key role.

Ebo Taylor - Love And Death
(CD/2xLP/Digital) Strut/K7 Strut073CD/LP, 2010-10-25

Ebo Taylor's Love And Death will be released in CD / 2LP / digital formats. He will be touring with Afrobeat Academy beginning in December 2010. Interest in Ebo Taylor's music has grown in recent years with some incredible live shows in Paris and Berlin in 2009, a series of Ghanaian compilations on Soundway Records and Analog Africa and an unexpected sample as Usher lifted a riff from Heaven for his hit with Ludacris, She Don't Know. A new Ebo Taylor album was a natural progression. For new album, I wanted to advance the cause of Afrobeat music. Fela started it and we shouldn't just abandon it. We should push it so it is a standard form of music. The result is a firing new set backed by Afrobeat Academy, a Berlin-based collective featuring members of Poets Of Rhythm, Kabu Kabu (Jimi Tenor collaborators) and Ghanaian legends Marijata. Tracks include new versions of Taylor classics Victory and Love And Death and a selection of new compositions including Kwame, celebrating Ghana's late, lamented leader Kwame Nkrumah.

Ebo Taylor's Journey Through African Music

A musician since the age of six, Ebo Taylor is one of the most achingly honest voices in African music. His songs have a timeless quality to them, and continue to reach new audiences worldwide.

On the eve of his first internationally distributed solo album, Ebo Taylor sat down with the Strut crew to speak about his entrance into the professional music circuit, his interaction with African legends like Fela Kuti and CK Mann, and how he hooked up with Berlin outfit Afrobeat Academy.

Love And Death will be out in October on Strut.


Ebo Taylor - Love And Death
(CD/2xLP/Digital) Strut/K7 Strut073CD/LP, 2008-10-25

More info : parisdjs.com/index.php/post/Ebo-Taylor-Love-And-Death
Official site : ebotaylor-loveanddeath.com
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Afro Releases from the archives of Strut Records 1999-2002

"Strut has been one of the UK's leading record labels dedicated to unearthing the lost gems of dance music past, covering music from hard funk, underground disco, original breaks and Nigerian Afrobeat to old skool hip hop and forgotten music library classics. Set up in 1999 to document important areas of dance music's history, Strut's releases cut no corners, bringing together killer dancefloor tracks as well as giving a full context to the music, telling the story of the characters behind the tunes, the clubs and the scene of the time. The albums are mastered from original tapes wherever possible and feature extensive sleevenotes, researched and written by respected journalists, rare photographs and memorabilia. Over the past few years the influence of Afro-beat and original 1970's funky Afro-fusion has steadily grown within the dance music world. From Masters At Work, Ron Trent, Joe Claussell to Blaze and Kerri Chandler, Afro and it's influence on worldwide dancefloors continues to grow. The trouble is no-one can get hold of the original material that influences these producers - original vinyl is not just rare..it ain't there! Strut have taken up the task of travelling the globe to unearth and re-discover lost masters, often literally wiping mud from original vinyl found in the street markets of Lagos in order to bring you the rarest and funkiest musical output of Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa."
(Source : the old strut.co.uk website, way back in 2002)