Citizen Dale - Platters That Matters Vol.2 - Jail Breaks!
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-03-14

This sophomore episode of Platters that Matters comes complete with all the excitement of an adrenaline fueled prison break! Featuring funky tracks that are old, new and everything in-between. Break-out & bust-out to this mix, and see if you can identify the prison flicks sampled throughout! Now get-up on gettin' down!

Tracklisting :
01. Curtis Mayfield - Doo Doo Wop is Strong in Here (from 'Short Eyes' soundtrack / Curtom)
02. Jive Turkeys - B.A. (from 7 inch / Colemine Records)
03. The Rimshots - Now is the Time (from 'Down to Earth' album / Stang)
04. Grupo Los Yoyi - Tu No Me Puedes Conquistar (from 'Revolucion! Original Cuban Funk Grooves 1967-1978' compilation / Freestyle Records)
05. Souljazz Orchestra - Negus Negast (from 'Rising Sun' album / Strut)
06. Harlem River Drive - Idle Hands (from 'Harlem River Drive feat. Eddie Palmieri' album / Roulette)
07. Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7 - Scopolamine (from 7 inch / Truth & Soul Records)

Info :
Selected and mixed by Citizen Dale
Artwork by Djouls (djouls.com)

Soul Sugar - Hammond Special: Jimmy McGriff vs Dr. Lonnie Smith
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-03-14

He's taken his name from a 1971 Jimmy McGriff album. He's a highly respected Parisian keyboard player who played with Seven Dub, The Last Poets, Emilie Simon, Tanger, Erik Rug, Paolo Apollo Negri, Kid Loco, Grant Phabao and many others. He's just released his first album on Freestyle Records called Nothing But The Truth. He's perfect with tea or coffee... He's the Soul Sugar and he's asking to all Hammond Organ lovers out there: Jimmy McGriff or Dr Lonnie Smith?!

Tracklisting :
01. Jimmy McGriff - The Main Squeeze (from the album 'The Main Squeeze')
02. Dr Lonnie Smith - Psychedelic Pi (from the album 'Drives')
03. Jimmy McGriff - Deb Sombo (from the album 'Something To Listen to')
04. Dr Lonnie Smith - Move Your Hand (from the album 'Move Your Hand')
05. Jimmy McGriff - The Now Thing (from the album 'Soul Sugar')
06. Dr Lonnie Smith - Afrodesia (from the album 'Afrodesia')
07. Jimmy McGriff - Tapioca (from the album 'Outside Looking In"

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Soul Sugar (myspace.com/soulsugar)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork layout by Djouls (djouls.com)

Ivan Tchijevsky - Smile Brothers
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-03-14

The life of hip-hop in the USSR era started with the rise of street breakdancing and festivals which took place all over the country. The first wave came around 1985 but the information on the movement and music was really rare, and the ones which were available became the platform for imitation. A lot of the upcoming breakdance crews slowly started to reform in to hip-hop collectives and the b-boys started to put toghether their own rap bands.
This mix represents the hip-hop band, creators of which just happened to be the first wave of b-boys in the USSR. The members roots come from the 80s hip-hop. Member Skalya was a b-boy in Stop and Tetraider crews which later became Bad Balance. While other member was breakdancing in crew like Black and White (which was quite popular on tours and videoclips under the name Blanche & Noir, which took place in France) and Malchishnik. Later on, the guys formed a rap band named DETSO in the mid 90s.
Consequently, the band was called Smile brothers and got quite popular with their videoclips and concerts being heavily rotated on MTV Russia (The image ad Bzzz on MTV, soundtracks for films: Don't even think, Sex and the city), and also had some releases: 1997 – DETSO I'm here, Kolya, 2000 – Smile brothers Julia loves, 2001 – Smile brothers Funkpositive, 2004 – Smile brothers Here is not there and also the internet release of Smile brothers – The Best (Remastered 2008). These days, the band is finishing recording their 6th album Old School and is working on its own antiart movie named The zombies here are wild.
The Given compositions were released on labels: Krem Records, Stil Records, CD Land, Real Records, Souz and Mamapapa.

Tracklisting :
01. Voulez-Vou
02. Zurich
03. Hurrah!
04. Barrymore
05. Stebovo (feat. L. Zosimova)
06. Coral beads (feat. Dj Groove and M. Odjo)
07. Bzzz
08. Disco

Credits :
Selected, mixed and designed by Ivan Tchijevsky

Links :
myspace.com/tchizevsky
headz.fm
myspace.com/tengizrecordz
tengiz.ru/bratya