Various - Untold Songs: Volume One - Curated by Belle Moore-Benham
(Digital album) Jus Like Music Records / Amnesty International JLMDC003, 2011-06-11

The aim of Untold Songs: Vol 1 is simple; to raise awareness and money for Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women campaign. As the foremost Human Rights charity in the world, Amnesty International work tirelessly to demand justice for those whose human rights have been violated. London-based singer, Belle, is the brains behind the project and has grafted for many, many months to assemble an amazing array of songs from immense talents who come from all over the globe. The compilation features Ursula Rucker (The Roots / 4hero), Shuanise (TOKiMONSTA / fLako), Heidi Vogel (Cinematic Orchestra / Mark de Clive-Lowe), Vula (Basement Jaxx / Ty / Cee-Lo Green), Ahu (Flying Lotus), Yarah Bravo (One Self / Kidkanevil), Stac (Wah Wah 45s / Nu:Tone), Tanya Auclair (YULT), Sarinah Leah (Ty / Eric Lau) and Elodie Rama (Natural Self / Hocus Pocus). Featuring a staggering 23 tracks in total, the compilation spans multiple genres and styles, from soul to electronica to acoustic to hip-hop, pop and back again!

DJ Vadim presents The Electric - Life Is Moving
(CD/2xLP/Digital) Organically Grown Sounds OGS001, 2011-03-01

DJ Vadim, the renowned DJ, producer, record label impresario and air-miles millionaire, known for traveling the globe in search of the perfect beat, has once again united a collective of superb individualistic artists to make a truly international super-group - The Electric. Comprising of Pugs Atomz (Chicago's finest upcoming MC), UK sultry soul-stress Sabira Jade and of course Daddy Vad, this is more than just sick production, soul, broken beats, or battle raps. Life is Moving is more than just another 'indie' rap record; it's neither underground nor some passing star spangled new music fad. This is music that will start a conversation and weave it with a captivating story, filled with emotions, break-ups, beauty and celebration. Balancing fun with raw emotion, it's an album of these times, it's about real people asking real questions about what it is to be alive today, being human amongst so much change, of living and loving, seeking and yearning, and Pugs and Sabira capture these essences in their mesmeric and captivating styles with charm and sincerity, and more than a wry smile on their face. This is a life affirming album and proud of it, not afraid of expressing joy and positivity at life.

Grant Phabao & Djouls - Ninja Tune - 20 Years of Remixes & Re-interpretations (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-08-10 Lots of stuff are happening for the celebration of the last 20 years of musical activism from the english label Ninja Tune. A huge boxset is on its way for september, with LOTS of new music. There are parties coming up everywhere, and french magazine Trax has just released a special (Ninja Tune 20 Ans...), for which I've been asked to write 3 articles. The first one is about 20 of the rarest pieces of wax released by the label. The second is a selection of 20...

6ix Toys - Sisters Of Soul, Brothers Of Funk
(12") First Word Records FW32, 2009-09-28

Following on from last year's dancefloor favourite Voodoo People, funk sensation 6ix Toys are back with the second single from their eponymous debut album. This time we've enlisted the help of one of our musical heroes, the incredible Greg Wilson. For those who don't know, Greg Wilson is a bona fide legend – one of the UK's pioneering DJs, (he still breaks out the Reel to Reel tapes for his sets), Greg was a resident at Manchester's Hacienda and the Wigan Pier, launching the nascent UK electro scene in the early 1980s. In recent times Greg has become synonymous with his disco re-edits, in the process winning legions of new fans. Greg's applied his magic touch to the album opener Paint The Toon (renamed as 'Sister of Soul, Brothers of Funk') adding wobbling bass and shimmering cymbals to create a discotinged dancefloor belter that's set to be the sound of the summer.

DJ Vadim - U Can't Lurn Imaginashun
(CD) Barely Breaking Even (BBE), 2009-05-11

"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together." [Richard M. Nixon]
Not many - if any - musical biographies open with quotations from Richard M. Nixon. But DJ Vadim, a.k.a. the John Coltrane of hip hop, ain't exactly your average 'round-the-way' producer. A veteran traveller and quality purveyor of head-nodding beats, Vadim has 4 solo albums, 2 group albums (One Self; The Isolationist), a remix album, countless mix tapes/CDs, EPs, remixes plus a slew of 12s and 7s under his heavyweight belt. Needless to say, though producer/DJ's these days are a dime-a-dozen, a veteran like Vadim is not the kind o' cat to release 12 tracks of the latest in-vogue soul loop. In fact his new album, "U Can't Lurn Imaginashun" is one of the sickest joints on the block, continuing - and embellishing - the producer's inventive journey into the realm of sound. Anyone that knows anything about Vadim knows to expect the unexpected, and "UCLI" has surprises - and dopeness - in abundance.

GROOVE CULTURE - CHRISTMAS BLACK MUSIC PARTY

Special Guest DJ Vadim feat. Yarah Bravo (live)
Zephyr Soul Band (live warm up)
Vadim, Betino, Radio Salah feat. MC Runigga (DJs sets)

6ix Toys - 6ix Toys
(CD) First Word Records FW25CD, 2008-11-17

Tracklisting :
01. Paint The Toon Feat. Connie Lush
02. Mosquito
03. Voodoo People
04. The Grind Feat. Yarah Bravo
05. Wake N Bake
06. Skreech (if You Wanna Funk Faster)
07. Bend Yo' Knees
08. Giggle
09. Cannibal Lunch Feat. Katie Miller
10. P-knuckle

Links :
6ixtoys.co.uk
myspace.com/6ixtoys
firstwordrecords.com
myspace.com/firstword
kudosrecords.co.uk

Yarah Bravo - Good Girls Rarely Make History
(CD) self-released, 2008-11-10

Tracklisting :
01. Rambling From A Sober Mind
02. Stop
03. Double Trouble In Paris
04. Chase The Sun
05. Freedom Fighters
06. Chillin'
07. She Said
08. Mold
09. Fat Freddy's Drop - Cay's Cray (One Self Remix feat. Blu Rum 13 & Yarah Bravo)
10. Kidkanevil feat. Yarah Bravo - F.I.R.E.
11. 6ix Toys & Yarah Bravo - Wanna Ride?
12. You Are Yours (Live!)
13. Helicopters In Your Speakers
14. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
15. DJ Vadim - Cum Shots (feat. Yarah Bravo)
16. Agujitas
17. I Sit In Darkness
18. One Self - Bluebird (Freaked )
19. Hollow Human Beings (Freaked)
20. Ignis Fatus
21. Rambling From A Smoked Up Mind

Note : collection of recent works - kinda mixtape teasing the upcoming album...


Links :
yarahbravo.com
myspace.com/yarahbravo