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Paris DJs and Jewpop present Funk Soul Reggae and Hip Hop From Tel Aviv

Paris DJs & Jewpop present Funk, Soul, Reggae & Hip Hop From Tel-Aviv

The Bubble, Tel-Aviv's nickname, is now the Middle-East funkiest place to be! The music scene over there is bursting with infectious grooves, matching reggae, afro, oriental and hip hop beats, as a whole bunch of bands and artists ranging from Boom Pam, DJ Sabbo, Kutiman, The Apples, Karolina Avratz… to The Ramirez Brothers jam band, have emerged...

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Paris DJs Soundsystem Bag Of Goodies Vol 4

Paris DJs Soundsystem - Bag of Goodies Vol.4

Hot on the heels of Djouls' new regular column, the playlist of physical CDs and vinyls sent to us by labels and artists, here's our monthly mix of goodies extracted from both those records and Loik's digital diggings. The duo has earned quite a reputation selection-wise and have cooked last weekend a one hour mix of brand new music, the 4th in...

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Adrian Younge Dark Soul

Adrian Younge's Dark Soul

Adrian Younge is a man of his word. Last November we did an exclusive interview with Adrian when he released his stunning new album Something About April performed by Venice Dawn (Wax Poetics), in which he promised to build us an exclusive mix. So here is the thing, a short yet solid all-vinyl, mash-up style, romantic soul and cinematic mix....

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Hidden Orchestra Flight Mixtape

Hidden Orchestra - Flight Mixtape

The latest mix from Hidden Orchestra's Joe Acheson celebrates the release of the Flight EP on Tru Thoughts Records - starting and finishing with different versions of title track Flight, with the mixtape speeding up throughout from 70bpm to 140bpm. This feature-length mixtape features an eclectic and intricately-woven selection of music, sound...

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Grant Phabao Live Soul System Dubtape Vol 2

Grant Phabao Live Soul System - Dubtape Vol.2

After producing albums and hit singles with Studio One's legends The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston, The Jays, The Silvertones, Parisian dubmeister Grant Phabao was given the Jamaican stamp of approval of "the producer who brings back the original Lee Perry and King Tubby sounds with a modern twist". Phabao expanded his output with...

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Grant Phabao Live Soul System Dubtape_Vol_1

Grant Phabao Live Soul System - Dubtape Vol.1

After producing albums and hit singles with Studio One's legends The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston, The Jays, The Silvertones, Parisian dubmeister Grant Phabao was given the Jamaican stamp of approval of "the producer who brings back the original Lee Perry and King Tubby sounds with a modern twist". Phabao expanded his output with...

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Paris DJs & Jewpop present Funk, Soul, Reggae & Hip Hop From Tel-Aviv

Paris DJs and Jewpop present Funk Soul Reggae and Hip Hop From Tel Aviv

The Bubble, Tel-Aviv's nickname, is now the Middle-East funkiest place to be! The music scene over there is bursting with infectious grooves, matching reggae, afro, oriental and hip hop beats, as a whole bunch of bands and artists ranging from Boom Pam, DJ Sabbo, Kutiman, The Apples, Karolina Avratz… to The Ramirez Brothers jam band, have emerged as a funk movement. Here's a taste of all these 'Bubble' grooves, melting soul horns, kinky surf guitars, crazy turntablism... but no falafel!

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Paris DJs Soundsystem - Bag of Goodies Vol.4

Adrian Younge's Dark Soul

Hidden Orchestra - Flight Mixtape

Grant Phabao Live Soul System - Dubtape Vol.2

Grant Phabao Live Soul System - Dubtape Vol.1

The Real Tuesday Weld - Radio Clerkenwell Paris DJs Mix

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Spectacular

Paris DJs Playlist - January 2012





We're opening a new section on the site, with each month a selection of records that labels, artists and distributors sent to us, all properly reviewed. By records we mean vinyl LPs, 12 inches, 10 inches, 7 inches, and CDs. Not the pay-to-listen-but-you-don't-own-anything kind of digital files, but the real treat, which is a LOT more work than the standard mp3. Expect to find some already released albums and singles (some labels happen to be late sometimes, and some others it's our fault cos' we need to find the time to listen to the records properly), and of course some exclusives that haven't been reviewed anywhere else yet thanks to our ever-growing friendly network… Contact us is you want to be featured in this section next month.

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Paris DJs presents The 10 Best Albums of 2011

The 5 Most Downloaded Paris DJs Mixes of 2011

10 Reissues Of Old Stuff That's Been So Cool To (Re)Discover in 2011

10 Great 2011 Releases Paris DJs Hasn't Talked About (Yet?)

The best of 2010

The best of 2009

The best of 2008

Kinny - Can't Kill A Dame With Soul - out on Tru Thoughts Recordings

Kinny Cant Kill A Dame With Soul
Kinny - Can't Kill A Dame With Soul
(CD/Digital) Tru Thoughts TRU241, 2012-02-06

Kinny is coming back with a new album entitled Can't Kill A Dame With Soul, released february 6th 2012 on Tru Thoughts, with a digital single released previously early december 2011. The producers are Soul Drop, who co-wrote Water for Chocolate and Idle Forest of Chitchat on her previous album. They're a trio of DJs/producers consisting of Even Brenna, Teddy Touch and Pål Myran-Håland.
We haven't received this album so can't tell you if it's bad or good sorry.
Listen to Big Fat Liar, the new single, in our latest mix Paris DJs Soundsystem - Bag of Goodies Vol.4

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Speech Debelle - Freedom Of Speech - out on Big Dada Recordings

Various - The Nickel & Penny Labels - out on Numero Group

Square Records - Nirobi Edits - out on Square Records

The Hifivers - Life Shines EP - out on Hifive Records

Pepe Deluxé - Queen Of The Wave - out on Catskills Records

Kojato and The Afro Latin Cougaritas - All About Jazz - out on Buyú Records

Raffertie - Mass Appeal - out on Ninja Tune

Various - Movements 4 - out march 12th on Tramp Records

movements 4 Tramp Records
Various - Movements 4
(CD/2LP) Tramp Records TR-9015, 2012-03-12

Just like with some the best Paris DJs mixes, some selections take a long time to gather. This 4th volume in the Movements series happens 7 years after the first one and took Tramp records founder Tobias Kirmayer two years to complete, chasing lost treasures and privates pressings of funk, soul and jazz tracks all over the globe. So don't expect familiar names, semi-hits or any kind of already-compiled-over-and-there kind of grooves, this is real diggin' business, each track to be found here has been carefully brought back to life, thoroughly annoted and properly referenced with full-color label scans and band photos. Most intense findings include Carl Westmoreland stunning early 70s political burner Shakers and Movers, Iris Bell's funky piano on the aplty titled Honky Games, the Gershwin classic Summertime covered by Polish Old Metropolitan Band, the irresistible and stamping unedited Discotheque Soul from blind drummer and piano player Ricky Williams, and the amazing heavy funk of I Don't Think We Are Going Back Again by The Soul Brothers Inc. that was already available on The Story of The Soul Brothers Inc. anthology released on Tramp Records in 2010. A real treat for music lovers in search of discoveries to be released march 12th 2012.

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Super Hi-Fi - Single Payer - out february 11th on Electric Cowbell Records

Quantic and Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro - Look Around The Corner - out april 2nd 2012 on Tru Thoughts

Lee Fields - Faithful Man - out march 13th on Truth & Soul Records

Hint - Crash & Burn / Daily Intake - new album out march 19th on Tru Thoughts

DJ Format - Statement of Intent - out february 27th on Project Blue Book Records

Dafuniks - Enter The Sideshow Groove - out february 22nd on Underdog Records

Quantic and Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro - Look Around The Corner (single) - out february 20th 2012 on Tru Thoughts

Portrait of Trombone Shorty (english version)

Trombone Shorty
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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Interview with Miles Newbold / The Natural Yogurt Band (english version)

Interview de Miles Newbold / The Natural Yogurt Band (french version)

Interview with Will Bernard

Entretien avec Will Bernard

Interview with Stephen Coates (The Real Tuesday Weld, english version)

Interview de Stephen Coates (The Real Tuesday Weld, french version)

Interview with Adrian Quesada (english version)

Lee Fields - You're The Kind Of Girl

Lee Fields Youre The Kind Of Girl

The current superstar of Soul Lee Fields is back with a new track, You’re the Kind of Girl, the first single extracted from his upcoming new album A Faithful Man, to be released march 13th 2012 on Truth & Soul Records. Lee describes the bluesy and soulful You're The Kind of Girl as "a song that honors women because they should be honored. When a person meets that special someone, everything is easy from that point. True love is not a hard thing. When you meet the right person, it just happens."

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Grant Phabao presents The Lone Ranger - The Iphone Connection

Selah Sue - Crazy Vibes (Grant Phabao Remix)

Marco Benevento - Coffee Cold (Galt McDermot cover)

In The Words of Gil Scott-Heron - A Tribute by Doctor L

Tribute To Gil Scott-Heron - A Place For You (Grant Phabao Remix)

Versus - Mr Blue (Grant Phabao Remix)

Doctor L - A Hole In Your Soul

We'd like to thank the following key labels for their long-time support :