21 February 2012, 10:54
Galactic - Carnivale Electricos (CD/LP/Digital) ANTI-, 2012-02-21 Two years ago we left Galactic with Ya-Ka-May, their heaviest album to date, followed by a long, successful tour. The band did cameos in HBO show TREME and composed a few tracks for PS3 video game Infamous 2 (located in New Orleans, naturellement). Stanton Moore released a record with his trio and another mighty one with Garage à...
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03 February 2012, 01:12
Portrait of Trombone Shorty (english version) Portrait of Trombone Shorty before his first big gig in Paris, Bataclan, on February 29th. If you've never seen New Orleans' best entertainer on stage before, read why you can't miss that show....
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23 April 2011, 15:16
Garage à Trois - Always Be Happy But Stay Evil Featuring Skerik, Stanton Moore, Marco Benevento & Mike Dillon (CD/LP/Download) The Royal Potato Family RPF 1104, 2011-04-11 (CD/Download) 2011-05-02 (Vinyl) Garage A Trois was recently described by noted photographer John Margaretten as, "A transformative, punkalectic, pornographic seizure of sight and sound." Few descriptions have...
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14 January 2011, 08:00
Stanton Moore - Drums, foie gras & Pinot noir (Interview by Nicolas Ragonneau, for Paris DJs - early 2011) One of the greatest and most powerful drummers is a tireless man. Not only is he drumming for Galactic, the hottest New Orleans band, but he also finds time to run side projects with his trio, jazz-psych-punk-progressive
band Garage à Trois or Midnite Disturbers - to name just a...
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10 July 2010, 21:52
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...
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11 May 2010, 21:56
Marco Benevento - Between The Needles And Nightfall (CD) The Royal Potato Family, 2010-05-11 Back with his third full length studio album in as many years, Brooklyn-based pianist and sound sculptor Marco Benevento delivers Between The Needles & Nightfall on May 11 via his label Royal Potato Family. With the release of this album Marco Benevento continues to define himself as one of the most...
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18 November 2009, 14:14
Marco Benevento & Friends - Live In NYC: The Sullivan Hall Residency (DVD) The Royal Potato Family, 2009-11-10 Directed by our Karina Mackenzie, the 2-plus hour DVD documents Marco Benevento's 2008 residency at Sullivan Hall, including performances and interviews with Andrew Barr, Brad Barr, Billy Martin, Bobby Previte, Dave Fiuczynski, DJ Olive, G. Calvin Weston, Joe Russo, John Ellis, Jonas...
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18 November 2009, 13:56
Garage A Trois - Power Patriot featuring Skerik, Mike Dillon, Marco Benevento & Stanton Moore (Digipack CD) The Royal Potato Family, 2009-10-27 Garage A Trois is a collaboration between four of the most visionary improvisers of the time: Skerik on saxophones, Mike Dillon on vibes, Marco Benevento on keys and Stanton Moore on drums. And while improvisation is at the heart of what the quartet...
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18 November 2009, 13:33
Marco Benevento, one of the best keyboards player in the world today (in the same league as John Medeski for example), launched his own label this year, The Royal Potato Family, taking care of some of his talented friends from the american jam/jazz/folk/funk scene......
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08 July 2009, 00:12
Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Stanton Moore (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2009-07-07 Last year in February we introduced you to Galactic, the number one funk band in New Orleans and their swamp jazz hippie hop funk thing. This morning they contacted our teammate Doctor L asking him if he was interested in producing their next album. Tonite we're introducing you to the parralel works of...
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