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Paris DJs Soundsystem - Election Mix Pt.1
21 April 2012, 17:00
Tomorrow (sunday, april 22nd) will the first round of the French presidential election. After 5 years of monarchy with Nicolas Sarkozy, who managed to bring down the 5th republic, destroy France's influence and credibility in the rest of the world, and install a climate of fear in his own country, it has became essential for everyone to VOTE FOR A CHANGE. Yes you heard that before ('since 54' as...
Paris DJs selection for Record Store Day 2012
20 April 2012, 12:19
Record Store Day 2012 - April 21st 2012 This year's edition of Record Store Day is quite event with the rise of vinyl sales, with a lot of labels pressing some limited goodies for the occasion. Well of course the major ones are rushing on this marketing thing to try and sell the same music they've been selling for years over various formats, but some indie labels are very inventive and it was not...
Various - Original Raw Soul III - out on Now-Again Records
10 April 2012, 21:34 1
Various - Original Raw Soul III (CD/Digital) Now-Again Records NA5088, 2012-02-27 If you've read the first volume of Wax Poetics Magazine, you'll find in there an article called The Godfathers of Deep Funk about The Poets of Rhythm. Those German cats were indeed in that revival game way before The Dap-Kings and other current Deep Funk heavyweights. And from the beginning they were releasing...
Paris DJs Mix #300 - Unreleased & Rare Tracks !!
28 June 2011, 20:35 7
Paris DJs Soundsystem - Mix #300 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2011-06-28 Well well well... what have we here? This Paris DJs mix #300 has been months in the making, we really wanted to do something special, and after leaving a few good ideas on the side, we started asking our musical friends for some unreleased tracks they might have on the shelves - or hot off the press!! A huge thanks goes...
Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Extravaganza
10 July 2010, 21:52 14
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...
The Whitefield Brothers + warm-up by Djouls jeudi 11 mars à la Bellevilloise
11 March 2010, 18:02 2
9 ans après In the Raw, les Whitefield Brothers (alias les POets Of Rhythm) reviennent avec Earthology, véritable perle soul funk signée sur le label Now-Again, subdivision de Stones Throw! En warm up, nous avons fait appel a un des plus gros diggers de Paris: DJOULS, membre du collectif Paris DJs et nouvellement a la tête de sa boutique de disque déjà réputée SUPERFLY RECORDS (avec Manu Boubli...
Impromptu drink with JJ WHITEFIELD from the POETS OF RHYTHM at the Superfly Records store tomorrow tuesday march 9th 2010 - 18h/22h
08 March 2010, 17:57
You might own a record or two from those guys already. The Whitefield Brothers just released a new album on Stones Throw/Now-Again, Earthology, and many others before that as The Poets of Rhythm, Karl Hector & The Malcouns. (check nearly all their releases listed here on Paris DJs). They will be playing next Wednesday in Lille and next Tuesday in Paris, at La Bellevilloise, with Djouls (yours...
Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti
23 February 2010, 22:33
Various - Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti (4x10" boxset/CD) Now-Again/Stones Throw NA50566, 2010-02-23 Fela's music, and that of his organization inspired musicians across the global village when Afro-Beat was new and novel. This compilation focuses on the music Fela inspired – whether by fellow Nigerians recording alongside him in the early 70s, neighbors in Ghana, then-modern...
The Whitefield Brothers - Earthology
11 January 2010, 23:48
The Whitefield Brothers – Earthology (CD/LP/Digital) Now Again/Stones Throw NA5047, 2010-01-11 While In The Raw's hypnotic, defiantly psychedelic funk music was grounded in the great musical traditions of both America and Africa, Earthology finds the Brothers infusing their funk with musical traditions that span the globe. With this new album, The Whitefield Brothers - and a multitude of guests...
Bam Bam Club Atomic - Ebo Taylor live in Paris with The Poets of Rhythm & more!
17 July 2009, 19:26 7
ROCKERS INTERNATIONAL & PARIS DJS présentent BAM BAM CLUB ATOMIC - 70's AFROFUNK LIVE : EBO TAYLOR with KABU KABU, KARL HECTOR & THE MALCOUNS and AFROBEAT ACADEMY ! Redécouvert récemment à travers les compilations GHANA SOUNDZ (Soundway Records), le guitariste et arrangeur ghanéen EBO TAYLOR fusionna durant les années 70 Highlife et Afro-beat en un genre nouveau: Afro-funk! Il sera en...
