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Laura Vane And The Vipertones - Sugar Fix - out on Unique Records

Monday 12 September 2011, 00:16

Laura Vane And The Vipertones Sugar Fix
Laura Vane And The Vipertones - Sugar Fix
(CD/LP/Digital) Unique Records UNIQ185, 2011-06-10 (UK), 2011-09-12 (France)

Drawn together from both sides of the North Sea, Laura Vane & The Vipertones are an eight-piece band assembled from various Dutch & UK projects, pooling their respective skills together for a remarkable funk & soul mission. On June 13th 2011 (September 12th in France) Sugar Fix will hit the streets. This record is a feast for the listener, laying down a rich variety of styles and inspirations, and is a vibrant progression from the first album. Laura's voice and songwriting has never been stronger. Such personal lyrics combined with The Vipertones' instrumental elegance results in a record loaded with strong and catchy songs. This record will evoke a strong reaction, whether it be dancing, dreaming or crying, their music will take you there. Laura is the chocolate, the Vipertones are the cream, this is the sugar fix you can't afford to miss!

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The Sweet Vandals - So Clear - out on Unique

Monday 30 May 2011, 01:50

The Sweet Vandals So Clear
The Sweet Vandals - So Clear
(CD/LP) Unique Records UNIQ183, 2011-05-30

Throughout 2010 The Sweet Vandals have been focusing on writing and recording their third album So Clear. They have also spend their time on further developing their studio "Funkameba Studios" and their own label: Sweet Records. So Clear will be released by Unique Records in May 2011 and will go on it's own musical journey, exploring new sound territories but at the same time staying loyal to the organic, warm, pleasant and timeless analogical way of work with a rough and gnarly touch. Real music without any digital tricks, played by real musicians for true listeners. The Sweet Vandals, who have naturally grown out of a mixture of classic Soul, Raw Funk and authentic groove will give the listeners something to talk about.

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Big Pimp Jones 21st Century Blaxploitation Vol 3

Big Pimp Jones - 21st Century Blaxploitation Vol.3

Friday 06 May 2011, 00:16 2

Big Pimp Jones - 21st Century Blaxploitation Vol.3 (MP3 Podcast on ParisDJs.com) 2011-05-05 Philadelphia's Big Pimp Jones have become quite big on the 21st Blaxploitation tip, with their two funky soundtracks to Blaxploitation movies that dont exist. They loved our previous mixes on the same theme (vol.1 and vol.2) - "Those first two volumes are super-dope, we are fans of your stuff as well, that's really nice work on the Black Cat mixtape. I'd be honored to throw a volume 3 together!" said Keith Foster from Big Pimp Jones. His mix is fun & funky, keeping the 21st century...

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Diesler - Tie Breakers - out on Unique Records

Friday 04 June 2010, 01:17

Diesler Tie Breakers
Diesler - Tie Breakers
(CD/Digital) Social Beats/Unique UNIQ175, 2010-06-04

With his 4th album Mr. Diesler, a truly unique musician and individual, has knocked out yet another killer LP that provides a 360 degree genre agenda - an overview of the 2010 nu-jazz scene encompassing hip-hop, funk, soul, house, broken beat, afro beat and electronica - The In Sound From Way Out!

As a first proper 7inch single Unique will release Reggae Magic - a stunning roots-reggae vocal version and DUB on the flipside derived from the original album track entitled 'Samba Magic' that was reworked and produced by french reggae aces Grant Phabao.

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Social Beats presents The Dutch Nu Jazz Movement - What's Nu?

Friday 26 March 2010, 22:40

The Dutch Nu Jazz Movement Whats Nu
Social Beats presents The Dutch Nu Jazz Movement - What's Nu?
(CD/download) Social Beats/Unique Records, 2010-03-26

Early 2006 two leading Dutch representatives, Monsieur Dubois and State Of Monc, initiated a new platform to establish, enpower and expand the scene they are both part of: Nu-Jazz. In the process, two other groups joined in: Flowriders and Jazzinvaders. Nu-Jazz is a style of music that crosses many borders and takes away boundaries; from jazz to jungle, trip-hop to house, dub to disco and broken beat to soul. While respecting traditions and building upon them, nu-jazz creates a new format for improvisation, beats, grooves and ensemble. By founding The Dutch Nu Jazz Movement the bands involved like to acknowledge this growing development in jazzmusic, point out its relevance and create an organization that brings Dutch Nu Jazz to a larger public in- and outside The Netherlands. This is done by organizing events, supporting releases and promoting the DNJM bands...

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Special UNIQUE Records

Saturday 05 December 2009, 13:59

Unique Records

Notre focus sur les labels modernes continue avec un spécial Unique Records, label allemand fondé par DJ Henry Storch en 1988 dont les sorties se concentrent sur tous les genres groovy en dehors de la house ou de la techno: Jazz, (Northern) Soul, Funk, Rare Groove, Latin, Urban / HipHop, DrumnBass, Leftfield Dance and surtout les heavy Breakbeats de toutes sortes!

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Laura Vane & The Vipertones - s/t

Monday 24 August 2009, 00:43 1

Laura Vane and the Vipertones
Laura Vane & The Vipertones
(CD/LP) Socialbeats/Unique Records UNIQ160-2/UNIQ160-1, 2009-08-24

Really one of the best deep funk albums I've heard recently! And I love Laura Vane's voice... Listen to the Laura Vane mix I've cooked to check by yourself. PS She's not the same Laura as the one we're molesting monthly ;-) (Djouls)

Drawn together from both sides of the North Sea, Laura Vane & The Vipertones consists of musicians from various Dutch & UK projects pooling their respective skills for this funk & soul group. From Holland, and more precisely Dordrecht in the south east of the country, Phil Martin & Ton Van Der Kolk - also known as producers duo AIFF - provide their instrumental talents developing the grooves and beats fired over the internet from the northern UK town of Burnley by Jonathan 'Diesler' Radford. Finally, and having cut it amongst the big boys working with The Streets, Gnarls Barkley & MJ Cole amongst others, Laura Vane, hailing from Brighton on the south coast of the UK, provides the sweet vocals and imaginative lyrics to the project. (from the PR)

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Laura Vane & The Vipertones - Am I Dreaming

Friday 03 July 2009, 00:36

Laura Vane and the Vipertones Am I Dreaming
Laura Vane & The Vipertones - Am I Dreaming?
(CD-Single) Socialbeats/Unique Records UNIQ161-2, 2009-07-03

With the imminent completion of their debut LP in spring 2009 we proudly introduce the next single from Laura Vane & The Vipertones in the shape of the stompin' dancefloor killer Am I Dreaming & the soulful ballad No Words. An organic connection between a number of missionaries from the Dutch and English soul and funk scene has resulted in a hard hittin' band and a smashin' debut album. This year the world will meet Laura Vane & The Vipertones!

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Paris DJs Soundsystem Do The Tighten Up

Paris DJs Soundsystem - Do The Tighten Up!

Thursday 11 June 2009, 02:04 5

Paris DJs Soundsystem - Do The Tighten Up! (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2009-06-11 Tighten Up was a summer 1968 number one R&B and pop hit single by Archie Bell & the Drells from Houston, Texas. It sold a million copies by May 1968. The song described an accompanying dance that the band had invented, also called the Tighten Up. It's one of the most addictive early funk tracks ever, and has been covered and played by everyone from Maceo Parker to The Bamboos since then. Here's a 30mn blended selection of our favourite funk and latin versions... [comment faire?/how to?]...

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Flevans Mix

Flevans - March 2009 Mix

Sunday 03 May 2009, 23:23

Flevans - March 2009 Mix (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2009-05-03 Some of you might remember the end of year 2007, when we put up an Unfabulous Megamix from Brighton's 21st century post-breakbeat funkster Flevans. We were celebrating the lad's second album released on the Jack To Phono label. Since then we had many thank you feedback from people delighted to have discovered those authentic new grooves. Flevans will be back on May 18th on his former label Tru Thoughts with a new album, 27 Devils, that's been playing on repeat on my CD player (along with the upcoming Quantic one). He cooked...

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