The Dreadless Soldier - Mixtape Vol.2
(MP3 Podcast #504) 2021-01-15

Following up on his "Mixtape Vol.1" (Paris DJs mix n° 499), The Dreadless Soldier strikes back, exploring new landscapes of this musical genre known as dubstep. Welcome on board for this 60 minutes rollercoaster drive, down from the deep, dark and moody, all the way up to the brightest…

P.S. (1) : Decent bass amplification or quality headphones are required for optimum sonic experience!
P.S. (2) : Ooh, tracklist is 42 tunes long, soooo… Shazam is your friend!

Credits :
Selected, edited, mixed, mastered and illustrated by The Dreadless Soldier

The Dreadless Soldier - Mixtape Vol.1
(MP3 Podcast #499) 2020-10-16

The times they are a-changing A LOT these days. People everywhere around the globe are facing new threats. Propaganda formerly qualified as information or entertainment has been debunked by whistleblowers and you now have to do your own research to understand what's going on. We felt in those hard times our followers would need some musical dope. So when The Dreadless Soldier came by Paris DJs with his latest mix, a fantastic one hour-long trip into DEEP DUBSTEP, which he selected, edited, mixed, mastered and illustrated himself (!), we asked right away if we could podcast the thing and he said yes. Sorry no tracklist, once again, DYOR! ;-)

Tracklisting :
sorry no info

Credits :
Selected, edited, mixed, mastered and illustrated by The Dreadless Soldier

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Vito - Selecta 02 - Nothing Rare But Essential
(MP3 Podcast) 2020-08-02

About two years ago we've introduced you to the sound of Vito with a first selection of soulful grooves. It was high time we came back to publishing mixes more regularly, starting with a new & tasty bouquet of grooves of his, 'nothing rare but essential' all along, as the man said himself... Vito will be doing an impromptu gig doing today (sunday, august 2nd), along with longtime partner-in-crime Kant on the Quais de Seine (17h/22h, Boho sur Seine, 11, Port de la râpée 75012 Paris, info here), we hope to see you there, if not there's still this cool mix up for grabs :-)

Tracklisting :
01. Marvin Gaye - Far Cry
(from 'In Our Lifetime' album, 1981 / Tamla)
02. James Brown - Dirty Harri
(from 'Black Caesar (Original Soundtrack)' album, 1973 / Polydor
03. Reginald Omas Mamode IV - Try Again
(from 'All Together' EP, 2015 / Intimate Friends)
04. The CVQ Band - What Ever You Do (Instrumental)
(from 'Club Meduse' compilation, 2018 / Spacetalk)
05. Barrington Levy - Long Time Friction
(from 'Love The Life You Live' album, 1989 / Time 1)
06. Sly & Robbie Taxi Gang - Cuss Cuss
(from 'Freddie McGregor - Tidal Wave' 7 inch, 2001 / Kickin Productions)
07. Toto & Cheryl Lynn - Georgy Porgy
(from 'Georgy Porgy' 12 inch, 1979 / Columbia)
08. Whirlpool Production - From: Disco To: Disco
(from 'From: Disco To: Disco' 12 inch, 1996 / Ladomat)
09. Prince - Automatic
(from '1999' deluxe reissue, 2019 / Warner)
10. Sault - Pink Sands > Let Me Go
(from '5' album, 2019 / Forever Living Originals)
Total time : 44mn 44s


Note : all the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Vito
Mastered by Grant Phabao
Artwork by Ben Hito

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Lord Echo
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2019-02-16

New Zealander Mike August, aka Mike Fabulous, aka Lord Echo (and a few more different pseudonyms), is one of those unique multi-instrumentalists/producers you can't pigeonhole in a specific style, blending reggae, funk, Caribbean disco, house, soul & afrofunk — but who's first and foremost a dub artist, just like our own Grant Phabao on the other side of the world...

Between 2010 and 2017, he's put out three times the same album: with nearly the same title, cover artwork & musicians, and roughly the same blend of styles. All three, Melodies, Curiosities and Harmonies are fantastic and deeply recommended to our readers/listeners. There's also a handful of limited edition 7 inches pressed and released in Japan only, appearances on records from The Black Seeds, Shogun Orchestra (two bands Lord Echo's been a member of) or The Frightnrs, and a few other timeless recordings to hunt down.

While constructing this mix, we picked something like 30 amazing tunes produced by, or featuring Lord Echo, and had to reduce the selection by half, to build this podcast... All that to say there's A LOT of music from the man for you to discover. He'll be touring Europe this year in late april/early may, mostly opening for >Fat Freddy's Drop. Try not to miss these, and in all cases, get those 3 albums as soon as possible, the vinyl reissues won't last long! (Hint : we have all three Lord Echo LPs plus a few CDs and rare EPs at the Paris DJs record store…)

Tracklisting :
01. Fabulous/Arabia - Henry
(from 'Henry' 7 inch, 2019 / Wonderful Noise Productions)
02. Lord Echo - Ghost Walk
(from 'Ghost Walk' 7 inch, 2014 / Wonderful Noise Productions)
03. DJ Day - Land of 1000 Chances (Lord Echo's Disco Mix)
(from 'DJ Day vs Lord Echo' 12 inch, 2015 / Bastard Jazz Recordings)
04. Mike Fabulous & The Jamboree Sound - Whopper Chopper Seaside Extravaganza In Dub
(from 'Capitalbase 1' compilation, 2002 / Capital Recordings)
05. Lord Echo - Low to the Street feat. Lisa Tomlins
(from 'Harmonies' album, 2017 / Soundway)
06. Lord Echo - Things I Like To Do
(from 'Things I Like To Do' 7 inch, 2011 / Bastard Jazz Recordings)
07. Lord Echo - Floating Bridge Part 1
(from 'Floating Bridge' 7 inch, 2016 / Wonderful Noise Productions)
08. The Elder Statesman - Montreux Sunrise (Tee Cardaci's Ipanema Sunrise Remix)
(from 'Hear No Evil Vol.3' compilation, 2014 / Bastard Jazz Recordings)
09. Lord Echo - Cosmic Echoes
(from 'Melodies' album, 2010 / Economy Records)
10. Lord Echo - Just Do You feat. Mara TK
(from 'Just Do You' 12 inch, 2016 / Soundway Records)
11. The Black Seeds - Good People (Get Together)
(from 'Into the Dojo' album, 2006 / Capitol Music)
12. Lord Echo - A Straight Version Of Terabu
(from 'A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand' compilation, 2014 / Paris DJs)
13. Mike Fabulous - Wang East (Instrumental)
(from 'Jeremy Spellacey ‎– Crown Ruler Sound' compilation, 2017 / Spacetalk)
14. Lord Echo - Be Thankful For What You Got feat. Lisa Tomlins
(from 'Be Thankful For What You Got' 7 inch, 2018 / Wonderful Noise Productions)
Total time : 56mn 13s

Note : all the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Hand-picked & selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Lord Echo : bandcamp | discogs | facebook | instagram | twitter | youtube
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Andrew Ashong
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2019-12-29

A South Londoner of Ghanian descent, Andrew Ashong is a singer, guitarist, DJ and producer who's only released two EPs so far. On a house, soul and jazz tip, those gained him comparisons with Marvin Gaye, Roy Ayers, Bill Withers or Lewis Taylor — which should intrigue already enough for you to be eager to give this mix a listen. He's been heard collaborating with various musicians such as Tony Allen, Auntie Flo, DJ Yoda, Nightmares On Wax, Theo Parrish, Hector Plimmmer, Sbtrkt, Submotion Orchestra or Swindle… So if you're not excited by now, then you either suffer from musical ignorance or you have a deep reading problem. Anyway, at Paris DJs, we feel this guy has a unique soul sound, combining a smooth cosmic voice with sweet and deeply layered grooves. Hence this mix gathering tunes from his two EPs long with various appearances and collaborations… Hopefully we'll hear more from Andrew Ashong in 2020!

Tracklisting :
01. Andrew Ashong - Special
(from 'Andrew Ashong EP' 12 inch, 2014 / Which Way)
02. Nightmares On Wax - Tell My Vision (feat. Andrew Ashong)
(from 'Shape The Future' album, 2018 / Warp)
03. Theo Parrish and Tony Allen - Day Like This (feat. Eska and Andrew Ashong)
(from 'Day Like This' 12 inch, 2013 / Wildheart Recordings)
04. Theo Parrish and Tony Allen - Wayshimoovs RX (feat. Andrew Ashong)
(from 'These Songs That Should’ve Been Out On Wax By Now - Part Two' compilation, 2016 / Sound Signature)
05. Andrew Ashong - Flowers feat. Theo Parrish
(from 'Flowers EP' 12 inch, 2012 / Sound Signature)
06. Andrew Ashong - Love the Way
(from 'Andrew Ashong EP' 12 inch, 2014 / Which Way)
07. Auntie Flo - Havana Rhythm Dance feat. Andrew Ashong
(from 'Radio Highlife' LP, 2018 / Brownswood)
08. Nightmares On Wax - World Inside feat. Andrew Ashong
(from 'Ground Floor' 12 inch, 2016 / Warp)
09. Submotion Orchestra - Needs (feat. Andrew Ashong)
(from 'Colour Theory' album, 2016 / Counter Records)
10. SBTRKT - Maybe (feat. Andrew Ashong and Sampha)
(from 'Wonder Where We Land' album, 2018 / Young Turks)
Total time : 56mn 29s

Note : all the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Andrew Ashong : discogs | facebook | soundcloud | tumblr | twitter | wikipedia | youtube
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Vito - Selecta 01 - Soulful Grooves
(Wearplay T-shirt/MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2018-06-04

A long-time activist of the French music scene, Vito has never sold his soul to the music industry. Quite the opposite, he was a member of the Heretik crew, and probably one of the amazing guys who made the legendary rave at the Piscine Molitor in Paris happen, during the spring of 2001 (among other unreal events). A friend of the Paris DJs collective before it even existed, Vito has just always been there, with a deep and constructive sharing spirit. He recently decided to start preparing some soulful mixes for the Paris DJs podcast, and being fully aware of the man's record collection & taste, we're for sure getting the red carpet out for him. Here's his first selection, hopefully the first in a long series…

Tracklisting :
01. Cymande - Pon De Dungle
(from 'Promised Heights' album, 1974 / Janus)
02. Eddie Harris - Bumpin
(from 'I Need Some Money' album, 1975 / Atlantic)
03. John Lee Hooker - No More Doggin'
(from 'That's My Story John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues' album, 1960 / Riverside)
04. Aaron Broomfield - I'm Gonna Miss Ya
(from 'I'm Gonna Miss Ya' 7 inch, 2018 / Athens Of The North)
05. Serious Intention - You Don't Know (Special Remix)
(from 'You Don't Know (Special Remix)' 12 inch, 1985 / Easy Street)
06. Billy Paul - Magic Carpet Ride
(from 'Going East' album, 1971 / Philadelphia International)
07. Cody Chesnutt - When I Find Time
(from 'The Headphone Masterpiece' album, 2004 / One Little Indian)
08. Erykah Badu - U Don't Have To Call
(from 'But You Caint Use My Phone' album, 2016 / Control Freaq)
09. Cody Chesnutt - Family On Blast
(from 'The Headphone Masterpiece' album, 2004 / One Little Indian)
10. Typesun - Last Home (DJ Nature Remix)
(from 'Boogiefuturo ‎BF002' 12 inch, 2013 / Boogiefuturo)
11. Serious Intention - Serious Dub
(from 'Serious' 12 inch, 1986 / Pow Wow)
12. Innerzone Orchestra - People Make The World Go 'Round
(from 'Programed' album, 1999 / Planet E)
Total time : 54mn 16s

Note : the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Vito
Mastered by Grant Phabao
Artwork by Ben Hito

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | instagram | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soul System - Wearplay LP#29 - Live Dub Session 2018
(Wearplay T-shirt/MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2018-05-12

Back from their gig at the Glastonbury Festival in 2013, the Paris DJs collective decided to up the game with a brand new stage concept called the Paris DJs Soul System, an innovative show blending deejaying and old school dub session, all with original tunes and remixes, taken from nearly two decades of music production. From Jamaican soul, ska, rocksteady & reggae to American funk & jazz, Nigerian afrobeat or Cameroonian funk, Grant Phabao managed to cross the boundaries of music categorization. With the Dreadless Soldier, alias famous Parisian DJ Erik Rug, they are the first incarnation of the Paris DJs Soul System, presenting here a one hour-long live set, recorded at Paris DJs' studio at the end of 2017. The mix is available as a free download, or Wearplay T-shirt designed by poster artist Ben Hito, using some of the work he did for the Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra album cover (album to be released mid-june 2018 as a limited edition 250 copies vinyl LP, pre-order here).

Tracklisting :
01. Grant Phabao & RacecaR - One Free
(from 'A Healthy Obsession With Pétanque' album, 2016 / Paris DJs)
02. Grant Phabao & RacecaR - We Do Anything feat. Taiwan MC
(from 'A Healthy Obsession With Pétanque' album, 2016 / Paris DJs)
03. Grant Phabao & U Brown - Rub A Dub Inna Di Dancehall
(from 'Rub A Dub Inna Di Dancehall' single, 2015 / Paris DJs)
04. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Reggae Reworks Vol.1: Masters Of Soul EP, 2013 / Paris DJs)
05. Grant Phabao & Horace Andy - Talk 'bout Peace
(from 'Talk 'bout Peace single, 2013 / Paris DJs)
06. Grant Phabao, Quench Aid & John Wayne - Don't Go Girls
(from 'Don't Go Girls single, 2013 / Paris DJs)
07. Grant Phabao & Pompidoo - Come Ya Fi Talk
(from 'Come Ya Fi Talk single, 2012 / Paris DJs)
08. Grant Phabao, Carlton Livingston & The Lone Ranger - Imitation Sounds
(from 'Imitation Sounds single, 2013 / Paris DJs)
09. Jurassic 5 - Gotta Understand (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Reggae Reworks Vol.3: Dynamite B-Boys' EP, 2014 / Paris DJs)
10. Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Reggae Reworks Vol.1: Masters Of Soul EP, 2013 / Paris DJs)
11. Grant Phabao & The Lone Ranger - Sweet Talking
(from 'Sweet Talking album, 2012 / Paris DJs)
12. Alice Russell - Humankind (Grant Phabao tuff 'n uff skank starring The Lone Ranger)
(from 'Seven Nation Army single, 2014 / Paris DJs)
13. Mr Vegas feat. Alozade & Hollow Point - Under Me Sensi (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'under Me Sensi single, 2009 / Paris DJs)
14. N.A.S.A. - Hip Hop feat. KRS-One, Fatlip & Slim Kid Tre (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Reggae Reworks Vol.4: Solid Gold B-Boys' EP, 2014 / Paris DJs)
15. Alice Russell - Seven Nation Army (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Seven Nation Army single, 2014 / Paris DJs)
16. Beenie Man & Ms. Thing - Dude (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Dude single, 2009 / Paris DJs)
17. Ty - Don't Watch That (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Reggae Reworks Vol.4: Solid Gold B-Boys EP, 2014 / Paris DJs)
18. Grant Phabao & Imagine This - The Break Through
(from 'Massive Hits From The Grant Phabao Factory album, 2015 / Paris DJs)
19. Alice Russell - Heartbreaker Part 2 (Grant Phabao Remix)
(unreleased)
20. The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Pushin' On feat. Alice Russell) (Grant Phabao Remix)
(unreleased)
21. The Grits - Make A Sound (Like James Brown) (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Make A Sound (Like James Brown) single, 2013 / Paris DJs)
22. Grant Phabao & Echo Minott - Can't Stay Away
(from 'Can't Stay Away single, 2006 / Silver Bullet)
23. Grant Phabao & Carlton Livingston - A Message to You Rudie feat. The Lone Ranger
(from 'Bridge Of Life album, 2012 / Paris DJs)
24. The Herbaliser - Can't Help This Feeling (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Can't Help This Feeling single, 2009 / Paris DJs)
25. The Electric Peanut Butter Company - The Rain (Grant Phabao Remix)
(Unreleased)
26. Jungle Fire - Tokuta (Grant Phabao Remix feat. Soul Sugar)
(from 'Tokuta' single, 2013 / Paris DJs)
27. Grant Phabao & Lady Ann - Upfront
(from 'Tropical Eiffel Tower' Wearplay EP, 2017 / Paris DJs)
28. Grant Phabao & Carlton Livingston - Sweet Reggae Music Playing
(from 'Japanese Eiffel Tower' Wearplay EP, 2017 / Paris DJs)
Total time : 70mn 57s

Note : the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Live dub mixing by Grant Phabao and Erik Rug
Mastered by Grant Phabao
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Buy t-shirt on parisdjs.bandcamp.com
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem - Dont Sell Your Soul 45s
A selection of soulful 7s from the Paris DJs private record store
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-09-26

In the back of my mind I had this idea for quite some time, of a selection of vinyl we have in stock at the Paris DJs Record Store. In between other projects I finally managed to make it a reality, thanks to Erik Rug and Loik Dury who helped me pick the best tunes from our 45s stocks, thanks to Grant Phabao who carefully mixed the tracks and mastered the whole thing, and thanks to Ben Hito, who draw another one of his superb creative works to illustrate the mix. Expect uplifting soul, cinematic soul, soul ballads, psychedelic soul, chicano soul, soul-jazz, funky soul, balearic soul, soulful breaks, gospel soul, latin soul, yiddish soul and maybe even modern soul… Most of the records played in this mix are still available in our store, but be quick to grab your favorites because quantities are strictly limited, as with all independent vinyl from today. And don't hesitate to get the collector Wearplay made in France T-shirt we've printed thanks to our partner Le T-shirt Français! - (Djouls)

Tracklisting :
01. Willie Dale - Let Your Light Shine
(from 'Let Your Light Shine' 7 inch, 2017 / Athens Of The North) buy 45
02. David Porter - I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over Pt.2
(from 'I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over' promo 7 inch, 2017 / Enterprise) buy 45
03. Bobby Oroza - This Love, Part 1
(from 'This Love' 7 inch, 2016 / Timmion) buy 45
04. MNP - Dip Dab
(from 'Heavy Tint' 7 inch, 2017 / Audio Delights) buy 45
05. Cold Diamond and Mink - Queen Of Soul, Part 1
(from 'Queen Of Soul' 7 inch, 2016 / Timmion) buy 45
06. Pratt and Moody With Cold Diamond and Mink - Lost Lost Lost
(from 'Lost Lost Lost' 7 inch, 2017 / Timmion) buy 45
07. Sunny and The Sunliners - Should I Take You Home
(from 'Should I Take You Home' 7 inch, 2017 / Big Crown) buy 45
08. The Headhunters - If You've Got It, You'll Get It
(from 'God Make Me Funky' 7 inch, 2017 / Soul Brother) buy 45
09. East Of Underground - Smiling Faces
(from ' Smiling Faces ' 7 inch, 2017 / Ocean Of Tears) buy 45
10. Wayne McGhie - Love Is The Answer
(from ' Love Is The Answer ' 7 inch, 2017 / Tramp) buy 45
11. The Rhythm Snipers - Standing Rock
(from 'Standing Rock' 7 inch, 2017 / Mocambo) buy 45
12. El Michels Affair feat. Lee Fields and The Shacks - Tearz (45 Mix)
(from 'Tearz ' 7 inch, 2017 / Big Crown) buy 45
13. Eric Boss - Closer To The Spirit (Part 1)
(from 'Closer To The Spirit' 7 inch, 2017 / Mocambo) buy 45
14. The Willow Band - Willow Man
(from 'Willowman' 7 inch, 2017 / Expansion) buy 45
15. The Gene Dudley Group - I've Changed (feat. E)
(from 'I've Changed' 7 inch, 2015 / Wah Wah 45s) buy 45
16. Zebra - Simple Song
(from 'Simple Song' 7 inch, 2017 / Athens Of The North) buy 45
17. Doulas and Lonero - This Time
(from 'This Time' 7 inch, 2017 / AOE) buy 45
18. Edith Peters - This Is The Moment
(from 'This Is The Moment' 7 inch, 2017 / Schema) buy 45
19. Hard Drivers feat. Vivian Lee - Since I Was A Little Girl
(from 'Since I Was A Little Girl' 7 inch, 2017 / Athens Of The North) buy 45
20. The Haggis Horns - Take It Back (feat. Doc Brown)
(from 'Take It Back' 7 inch, 2017 / Haggis) buy 45
21. Maureen Bailey - Takin' My Time with You
(from 'Takin' My Time With You' 7 inch, 2017 / Soul Brother) buy 45
22. Esperanto - Latin Strut
(from 'Futebol De Bar' 7 inch, 2017 / Freestyle) buy 45
23. Babe Wallace - Dizengoff
(from 'Dizengoff' 7 inch, 2017 / Blue Beat) buy 45
24. Reuben Bell - Superjock
(from ' Superjock' 7 inch, 2017 / Alarm) buy 45
25. Ernie Hawks and The Soul Investigators - Scorpio Man Theme
(from 'Scorpio Man Theme' 7 inch, 2017 / Timmion) buy 45
Total time : 81mn 20s

Note : all the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com) with the help of Loik Dury and Erik Rug
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem - The Highlife Express - Deep & Funky Africa 80's
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-06-30

Hot on the heels of the first season of 15 episodes of Paris DJs & Le T-shirt Français "Wearplay" series, combining clothing, music and graphic design, we're already back with the first episode of the second season! While we won't be able to release a new episode every day of the week this time, we've tried our best to add a new wow factor to our concept. Paris DJs co-founder Loik cooked a hypnotic mix of deep & funky tunes from 1980s Africa, a perfect summer selection, destined to grow on you after repeated listening. Paris DJs' in-house sound engineer Grant Phabao then carefully mastered the mix, while poster artist Ben Hito draw an illustration inspired by the theme and music. Then Clément, the main man behind Le T-shirt Français, printed it on a cotton-brushed, made in France T-shirt of his own production. This mix is available as a free download in compressed MP3 format on Paris DJs' podcast, or as a high-quality audio file on Bandcamp, through a unique download code printed on the back of the Wearplay T-shirt.

Last week's heat wave had us think : when it's that hot, it's high time to get on the groovy train and catch the "Highlife Express"! Whether people call it simply Highlife or Frimpong style, with a pinch of Afrosynth, funky, digital and cosmic vibes (check the second part of the last song!), this is a highly addictive sound. Acting like a soul massage for the heart, it's purely designed to make you feel good. We're proud to share with you these good vibes, through a selection of 80's vinyl mainly from Ghana, supposed to take you on a deep and groovy ride...

Tracklisting :
01. The Diamond 3 - Downfall Of A Man
(from 'Pocket No Good' album, 1982 / EMI Nigeria)
02. Kyerematen Stars Band Of Ghana - Maye Opi Den
(from 'Odo Bra' album, 1987 / Jimaco Nigeria)
03. Ashanti Brothers International Band Of Ghana - Emere Nyiinna Nse
(from 'Osei Vasco' album, 1982 / Sounds Linacco Nigeria)
04. Captain Newman & Super 7 Band Of Ghana - After You Na Me
(from 'After You Na Me' album, 1988 / Ugoh And Company Nigeria)
05. Apollo International Band of Ghana - Taxi Driver
(from 'Taxi Driver ' album, 1984 / Cy Nigeria)
06. Nana Tuffour - Ye Wo Asaase
(from 'Ye Wo Asaase' album, 1985 / EMI Germany)
07. Ozzobia - Ndi Oma
(from 'Man No Good' album, 1986 / Nigerphone)
08. Atakora Manu - Bebo Me Nkomo
(from 'Afro Highlife' album, 1981 / Society Ivoirienne du Disque)
Total time : 60mn 13s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Loik (parisdjs.com)
Mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | juno | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Le T-shirt Français : official | bandcamp | facebook | instagram | issuu | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | bandcamp | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1985, 1986 and 1987 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.26
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-06-13

We've reached 1985 and most of music is in a really bad shape. Music marketing is starting to morph thanks to the Grateful Dead who re-invented the direct-to-fan business the previous year, but music production is still hitting an unsurpassed low, almost everywhere. It might come as a surprise to everyone following this series of mixes of cover songs all recorded or released the same year, but there's no much sense in keeping on digging for many more months through mid-1980s music, while there's so much quality music from other periods… Which is why we've decided to hurry things up a little bit, with a mix gathering covers released between 1985 and 1987. Hope you'll like it!

Tracklisting :
01. John Zorn - The Sicilian Clan
(from 'The Big Gundown' album, 1986 / Nonesuch)
ENNIO MORRICONE cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Big Daddy - Billie Jean
(from 'Meanwhile… Back In The States' album, 1985 / Rhino)
MICHAEL JACKSON cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Admiral Bailey & Chaka Demus - One Scotch
(from 'Prince Jammy Presents Vol.1' compilation, 1986 / Live and Love)
AMOS MILBURN cover, more info on wikipedia
04. White Mice - It's A Shame
(from 'It's A Shame' 12 inch, 1987 / Intelitec Muzik)
Deadly digital reggae, more info on basicchannel
05. Kamille - Days of Pearly Spencer
(from 'Days Of Pearly Spencer' 12 inch, 1987 / Ariola)
DAVID MCWILLIAMS cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Afrika Bambaataa & Family - Bambaataa's Theme
(from 'Bambaataa's Theme' 12 inch, 1986 / WEA)
JOHN CARPENTER "Assault on Precinct 13" cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Sylvester - Living for the City
(from 'Mutual Attraction' 1986 / Warner Bros.)
STEVIE WONDER cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Roger - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
(from 'Unlimited!' album, 1988 / Reprise)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Juan Luis Guerra Y 4.40 - Dame
(from 'Mudanza Y Acarreo' LP, 1985 / Karen)
MICHAEL JACKSON cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Zombie
(from 'Ancient To The Future: Dreaming Of The Masters Series Vol.1' album, 1987 / DIW)
FELA cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Doc Watson & Taj Mahal - Johnny Too Bad
(from 'A Prairie Home Companion' album, 1986 / bootleg)
THE SLICKERS cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 40mn 10s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1984 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.25
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-01-30

1984 is the tipping point, the limit before things start to go really sideways for a few years in music… Out of the 12 tracks we picked here, two were already released in 1982 on small labels or pressings, and one was recorded live in Japan in 1983, so we're cheating a little bit. But the point is to make this mix of covers from 1984 enjoyable to the ears, right? It doesn't really matter, we found our way with some colorful doo-wop, reggae, blues, gospel, new-wave, p-funk, jazz and hip hop cover songs all from records released in 1984! Next week-end we should host a new Afrotropik mix from Loik and the next one we'll put up the follow-up to this yearly series, while every day of the week we'll release a new musical T-shirt in our "Wearplay" series, so stay connected!

Tracklisting :
01. The Persuasions - You Can Have Her
(from 'No Frills' album, 1984 / Rounder)
BILL COOK cover, charted by Roy Hamilton in 1961, Sam Neely in 1974, it has also been recorded by Elvis Presley, more info on wikipedia
02. Winston Curtis - Be Thankful ( For What You've Got )
(from 'Be Thankful' 12 inch, 1984 / World International)
WILLIAM DEVAUGHN cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Sister Carol - Jah Is Mine
(from 'Black Cinderella' album, 1984 / Jah Life)
MICHAEL JACKSON & PAUL MCCARTNEY cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Delroy Wilson - Is It Because I'm Black
(from 'Worth Your Weight In Gold' album, 1984 / Burning Sounds)
SYL JOHNSON cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Johnny Adams - I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home
(from 'From The Heart' album, 1984 / Rounder)
ANN PEEBLES cover, written by Al Jackson Jr. & Timothy Matthews, more info on wikipedia
06. The Staple Singers - Slippery People
(from 'Turning Point' album, 1984 / Private I)
TALKING HEADS cover, more info on wikipedia
07. The Flying Lizards - Sex Machine
(from 'Top Ten' album, 1984 / Statik)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Roger - Midnight Hour
(from 'The Saga Continues…' album, 1984 / Warner Bros.)
WILSON PICKETT cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Screamin' Tony Baxter - Get Up Offa That Thing (Godfather II)
(from 'Get Up Offa That Thing (Godfather II)' 12 inch, 1984 / 4th & Broadway)
JAMES BROWN tribute, more info on wikipedia
10. The Rock Steady Crew - It's Just Begun
(from 'Ready For Battle' album, 1984 / Charisma)
JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Saâda Bonaire - Funky Way
(from 'You Could Be More As You Are' 12 inch, 1984 / EMI)
J.J. CALE "Ride Me High" cover, more info on wikipedia
12. Mal Waldron - Suicide Is Painless
(from 'Breaking New Ground' album, 1984 / Eastwind)
JOHNNY MANDEL & MIKE ALTMAN cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 48mn 50s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Cultures Of Soul - African Music of All Diasporas - Crate Digging Around The World Vol.5
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-03-20

Following up on their 2015 West Indies Vintage Funk mix, American label Cultures Of Soul are back on our podcast with a new episode in the series, this time expanding its Carribean crate-digging mission with US Jazz and African grooves: African music of all diasporas!

Featured in this mix, a track extracted from Cultures Of Soul's latest release, SJOB Movement's 2nd album "Friendship Train" from 1977, reissued with help from Uchenna Ikonne (Comb & Razor). The band incorporated at the time Moog synthesizers sounds to their afro beat formula and the recipe became even tastier. Enjoy the mix and don't hesitate to grab the SJOB Movement LP on COS' store. We might even have a few copies at the Paris DJs private store soon...

Tracklisting :
01. Leroy Brown - Disaster
(from 'Color Barrier' album, 1981 / Makossa International) JAMAICA
02. Latapaza Band - Odi-Yoo
(from 'Maziwa Ya Chai' 7 inch, 1974 / Sirocco) KENYA
03. Clive Bradley - Party On The Block
(from 'Party On The Block' 7 inch, 197x / Ka La Loo) TRINIDAD
(available on "Beach Diggin' 3" compilation, 2015 / Heavenly Sweetness)
04. Mamo Lagbema - Love Music And Dance
(from 'Love Music And Dance' 7 inch, 19xx / Mamo Disque) TOGO
(available on "Bambara Mystic Soul - The Raw Sound Of Burkina Faso 1974-1979" compilation, 2011 / Analog Africa)
05. The Rwenzori's - Handsome Boy (E Wara) Part 1
(from 'Handsome Boy (E Wara)' 7 inch, 1974 / Editions Makossa) KENYA
(available on "Africafunk: Return To The Original Sound Of 1970s Funky Africa" compilation, 2000 / Harmless)
06. Gary Bartz NTU Troop ‎– Drinking Song
(from 'Harlem Bush Music: Taifa' album, 1971 / Milestone) USA
07. Lantei Lamptey - Komi Ke Kenam (Fish & Funjee)
(from 'Komi Ke Kenam (Fish & Funjee)' 7 inch, 1974 / African Music Explosion) GHANA
08. SJOB Movement - Halleluyah!!
(from 'Friendship Train' album, 1977 / EMI) NIGERIA
(Reissued by Cultures of Soul in 2017)
09. The Maytones - Stop Way
(from 'Maytones Greatest Hits' album, 1977 / GG's) JAMAICA
10. Lenky Roy - Set Me Free
(from 'Set Me Free' 7 inch, 198x / Youth Promotion) JAMAICA
11. Dennis Brown - Man Next Door
(from 'Joseph's Coat Of Many Colours' album, 1979 / D.E.B. Music) JAMAICA
Total time : 51mn 18s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Deano Sounds / Cultures of Soul
Mastered by Grant Phabao / Paris DJs
Artwork by Ben Hito / Paris DJs

Links :
Cultures of Soul : official | bigcartel | discogs | facebook | juno | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Friends & Family Vol.1
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-02-15

Following up where we left off with the first volume, here’s the second part of our "extravaganza" mix digging into the vast selection of current artists, bands and producers from the unique "Paris DJs universe". We’ve left you last week with a 25-tracks selection of American friends, let’s now check out the rest of the world, with 25 more productions and reissues originating this time from Spain, France, Germany, UK, Australia, Ethiopia, Netherlands, Israel, South Africa, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Cape Verde ! Note that most of the vinyl versions of the releases played in this mix are available for sale at the Paris DJs private record store. Check some of our stocks here and Contact us for reservations & special prices. ;-)

Tracklisting :
01. Marcus I and Tucxone Army - Babylon Press I
(from 'Inner Calling' album, 2016 / Tucxone)
02. Courtney John - Strangers
(from 'Strangers’ 7 inch, 2016 / Gee)
03. Radio Citizen - Rise (Oliver Frost Remix)
(from 'The Remixes' album, 2016 / Sonar Kollektiv)
04. Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - A Life Worth Living
(from '1000 Watts' album, 2016 / Tru Thoughts)
05. Out of Nola - Flash in the Pan feat. RacecaR
(from 'West Coast BBQ' album, 2016 / Association LAMR)
06. Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers - Liquid Love
(from 'Liquid Love' album, 2016 / Agogo)
07. Muyiwa Kunnuji & Osemako - Mo Juba
(from 'Mo Juba O' album, 2016 / self-released)
08. Black Disco - Night Express
(from 'Night Express' album reissue, 2016 / Matsuli Music)
09. Papa Chango - The Son and the Snake
(from 'The Lost Moon of Bellaris' album, 2016 / self-released)
10. Hannah Williams & The Affirmations - Dazed And Confused
(from 'Late Nights & Heartbreak' album, 2016 / Record Kicks)
11. Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra - Zoned Out feat. Emskee, Audessey & Oxygen
(from 'Got To Get Down' album, 2016 / OfficeHome)
12. Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé - Musiqawi Silt
(from 'Ethiopiques 30' album, 2017 / Heavenly Sweetness)
13. Voodoo Love Orchestra - Ghost Town
(from 'Inglorious Technicolor' album, 2016 / self-released)
14. Black Flower - Alexandria
(from 'Artifacts' album, 2016 / Sdban)
15. The New Mastersounds - The Minx
(from 'The Nashville Session' album, 2016 / One Note)
16. The Apples - The Kingdom of Halva
(from 'Dragonz' album, 2016 / self-released)
17. Jungle By Night - The Ottoman Highlands
(from 'The Traveller' album, 2016 / V2)
18. SJOB Movement - Love Affair
(from 'Friendship Train' album reissue, 2017 / Cultures of Soul)
19. Livy Ekemezie - Holiday Action
(from 'Doing It in Lagos Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980's Nigeria' compilation, 2016 / Soundway)
20. Yta Jourias - Adome Nyueto
(from 'Togo Soul 70 (Selected Rare Togolese Recordings from 1971 to 1981)' compilation, 2016 / Hot Casa)
21. Lakuta - So Sue Us
(from 'Brothers & Sisters' album, 2016 / Tru Thoughts)
22. Manuel Gomes - Jelivrà Bo Situaçon
(from 'Synthesize the Soul - Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988' compilation, 2017 / Ostinato)
23. Pat Thomas & Marijata - We Are Coming Home
(from 'Coming Home' compilation, 2016 / Strut)
24. Arat Kilo - Wondemiye
(from 'Nouvelle Fleur' album, 2016 / self-released)
25. Bitori - Bitori Nha Bibinha
(from 'Legend Of Funaná (The Forbidden Music of The Cape Verde Islands)' compilation, 2016 / Analog Africa)
Total time : 126mn 10s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix and a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed & Mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Friends & Family Vol.1
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-02-15

For quite some time we wanted to cook a new "extravaganza" mix digging into the vast selection of current artists, bands and producers from the unique "Paris DJs universe". We started gathering recent and upcoming releases from friends, from people we’ve worked with in the past, from many of those musicians who just kill it out there, while being unheard on the radio. It would be impossible to feature them all in one mix, so we stopped at 50 tunes, from 50 different artists and 50 different records. Then we sorted them out by country of origin and found out half were coming from the USA! Maybe you haven’t heard of all those bands yet. How come? It really is a mystery. Anyway we cut the selection in two halves of 25 track each, and here’s a two-hours long selection of Paris DJs’ American friends & family for you to enjoy. And of course we’ll be back soon with another two-hours platter, of many more friends from all over the rest of the world!

Tracklisting :
01. RSI-MSK - Rubicon
(from '001' 10 inch, 2016 / Drumetrics)
02. Mykal Rose - You Never Know (Moog Version)
(from 'Sidewalk Steppa' album, 2016 / Foreign Key)
03. The Echocentrics - Echo Hotel
(from 'Echo Hotel' album, 2016 / Nacional)
04. Club d'Elf - Hegaz
(from 'Live At Club Helsinki' album, 2016 / Face Pelt)
05. The Azmaris - Yekatit (Mulatu Astake cover)
(from 'Yekati' free download, 2016 / Level One Studios)
06. Dexter Story - Lalibela (Jeremy Sole Remix)
(from 'Wondem (Remixed)' album, 2016 / Soundway)
07. Los Terrificos - Viva La Robolucion
(from 'Go South / Vaya Pa'l Sur' album, 2016 / Peace & Rhythm)
08. Amendola vs Blades - 32nd Street
(from 'Greatest Hits' album, 2016 / SAZi)
09. The Olympians - Sirens of Jupiter
(from 'The Olympians' album, 2016 / Daptone)
10. Lettuce - 116th St.
(from 'Mt. Crushmore' 12 inch, 2016 / Lettuce)
11. Third Root - The Revolution Won't Go Viral feat. Bavu Blakes
(from 'LIBERTAD' album, 2016 / Third Root)
12. Money Chicha - Lamento en la Selva
(from 'Money Chicha' album, 2016 / Vampisoul)
13. Orgone - Meat Machin
(from 'Beyond The Sun' album, 2016 / Colemine)
14. Brownout - Iron Leg (Mickey & The Soul Generation cover)
(from 'Iron Leg' free download, 2016 / Level One Studios)
15. Ocote Sol Sounds - A Pesar La Vida feat. Chico Mann & Quantic
(from 'A Pesar La Vida' 7 inch, 2016 / Wonderwheel)
16. Soul Scratch - Fireside Lounge
(from 'Pushing Fire' album, 2017 / Colemine)
17. Magic in Threes - For The Champ
(from 'IV' album, 2016 / G.E.D. Soul)
18. The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Face
(from 'Out On The Coast' album, 2016 / Colemine)
19. Bosq Y La Candela All-Stars - San José 51 feat. Tempo Alomar
(from 'San José 51' album, 2016 / Candela)
20. Jungle Fire - Jambu
(from 'Jambu' album, 2017 / Nacional)
21. Hard Proof - Men of Trouble
(from 'Stinger' album, 2017 / Modern Outsider)
22. Black Market Brass - Half a Cig
(from 'Cheat and Start a Fight' album, 2016 / Secret Stash)
23. Substantial - Tony Stanza feat. Tonedeff and Marcus D
(from 'The Past Is Always Present in the Future' album, 2017 / Hipnott)
24. Orkesta Mendoza - Redoble
(from '¡Vamos A Guarachar!' album, 2016 / Glitterbeat)
25. Super Hi-Fi - Verse Chorus Verse (Doctor Sub Rmx)
(from 'Super Hi-Fi Plays Nirvana' album, 2016 / Very Special)
Total time : 102mn 42s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix and a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed & Mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1983 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.24
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-01-30

Things have been jumpy lately. The hard drive where ParisDJs.com was hosted died, we had to move to a new server and re-install all the backup. The website has been unavailable for a couple of weeks but we're back up finally, and it was high time we put up this selection of covers from the year 1983, which has been finished for a couple of months already! As you can imagine, since we're approaching the middle of the 1980s, things ain't getting any easier. As a record store owner was telling us some while ago, in 1983 cheap synthesizers landed on the market, sounding as cheap as their price, eveybody started using them, so music stopped being that interesting globally. Which doesn't mean there ain't no gem to find digging the crates, only that the digging has to go deeper than before! And that's how this mix was prepared, through hours of checking releases from 1983, hoping to find interesting, rare grooves from that year, which were covers of other songs… Well we found a private pressing more than inspired by Stevie Wonder, soulful, funky or tropical covers of Weldon Irvine, Rick James, Captain Beefheart, Sly Stone, Al Green, Led Zeppelin or David Bowie, and an early Danny Elfman take on Cab Calloway which will inspire him to re-do it for the "Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack (as the "Oingo Bongo song").

Tracklisting :
01. Calvin B. Rhone - We've Come To Praise Him
(from 'Intimate Friend' album, 1983 / C.B.R.)
STEVIE WONDER cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Bernard Wright - Mr. Clean
(from 'Funky Beat' album, 1983 / Arista)
WELDON IRVINE cover, first released by RICHARD GROOVE HOLMES, more info on wikipedia
03. La Famille - All Night Long
(from 'All Night Long' 12 inch, 1983 / Sanity)
MARY JANE GIRLS cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Kid Creole presents Coati Mundi - Tropical Hot Dog Night feat. Rubén Blades
(from 'Little Coati Mundi The Former 12 Year Old Genius' album, 1983 /
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Shango - Thank You
(from 'Shango Funk Theology' album, 1983 / Celluloid)
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, more info on wikipedia
06. Beau Williams - Love And Happiness
(from 'Stay With Me' album, 1983 / Capitol)
AL GREEN cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Massimo Barsotti D.J.- Whole Lotta Love
(from 'Whole Lotta Love' 12 inch, 1983 / Fuzz Dance)
Led Zeppelin cover, more info on wikipedia
08. C.O.D.- In The Bottle
(from 'Let's Break - Super Disco Break Dancing' compilation, 1983 / Bellaphon)
GIL SCOTT-HERON cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Big Ben Tribe - Heroes (Extended Instrumental Edit)
(from 'Heroes' 12 inch, 1983 / Starnight)
DAVID BOWIE cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo - Squeezit the Moocher (Minnie the Moocher)
(from 'Forbidden Zone' soundtrack, 1983 / Varèse Sarabande)
CAB CALLOWAY cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 51mn 27s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1982 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.23
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-01-09

Even though it's a brand new year and we have many projects cooking for Paris DJs in the coming months, let's not forget our fan-favorite ongoing series of mixes of cover songs. We've reached now the year 1982, things aren't getting any easier. Madonna made her debut and so did The Violent Femmes. Michael Jackson released "Thriller", Prince somehow was already in "1999" while Talk Talk admits "The Party’s Over". Thankfully crate-digging can also lead to good surprises, as proven in this selection of blues, reggae, funk, disco, electro, P-Funk and new wave cover songs…

Tracklisting :
01. James Booker - Yes Sir, That's My Baby
(recorded in 1982, from 'Classified (Remixed And Expanded)' album reissue, 2013 / Rounder)
WALTER DONALDSON and GUS KAHN cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Sly Dunbar - Inner City Blues
(from 'Sly-Go-Ville' album, 1982 / Taxi)
MARVIN GAYE cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Saint Tropez - I Want To Do Something Freaky With You
(from 'Hot & Nasty' album, 1982 / Destiny)
LEON HAYWOOD cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Derrick Harriott - Whip It
(from 'Acid Rock' album, 1982 / Crystal D)
DAZZ BAND cover, more info on wikipedia
05. The Pied Piper Of Funkingham - Clap Song
(from 'The Pied Piper Of Funkingham' album, 1982 / Chocolate Cholly's)
GASTON cover, more info on discogs
06. Derrick Harriott - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
(from 'Acid Rock' album, 1982 / Crystal D)
THE EQUALS cover, more info on pitchfork
07. The Sequence - Cold Sweat
(from 'The Sequence' album, 1982 / Sugarhill)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Disco Connection - Rock Your Baby
(from 'Rock Your Baby' 12 inch, 1982 / Music Master Benelux) GEORGE MCRAE cover, more info on wikipedia
09. P-Funk All Stars - It's Too Funky In Here
(from 'One Of Those Summers' 7 inch, 1982 / Hump)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info wikipedia
10. Mad Professor - Kunte Kinte - The African Warrior
(from 'Beyond The Realms Of Dub (Dub Me Crazy! The Second Chapter)' album, 1982 / Ariwa)
THE REVOLUTIONARIES cover, more info on wikipedia
11. New Order - Turn The Heater On
(recorded in 1982, from 'The Peel Sessions' 12 inch, 1986 / Strange Fruit)
KEITH HUDSON cover, more info on wikipedia
12. British Electric Foundation - These Boots Are Made For Walking (Backing Track)
(recorded 1982, from 'B.E.F. 1981-2011' compilation, 2011 / Virgin)
LEE HAZLEWOOD cover, more info wikipedia
Total time : 49mn 32s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Loik - AfroTropik
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-12-30

A one hour-long, vinyl-only selection, with forgotten classics and nuggets to be (re)discovered. The mix starts with some Afrofunk (Antoinette Konan, Pat ‘Ndoye, Jean Guéhi); before diving down into the irresistible Cape Verdian pulse: groovy, psych, roots, pop, even nu disco; and closing in Haiti with Claudette & Ti Pierre’s sono mondiale anthem. Loik has been digging deep into his vinyl collection to carefully cook this podcast for heating up the coming long winter nights.

Tracklisting :
01. Antoinette Konan - M'Ackô
(from ‘Antoinette Konan’ album, 1986 / self-released) IVORY COAST
02. Pat' Ndoye - Kal Ban Ndom
(from ‘Makossa 2000’ album, 1980 / Pat' Ndoye Production) CAMEROON
03. Guéhi Jean - Pantalon Craqué
(from 'Pantalon Craqué’ album, 1980s / GD Productions) IVORY COAST
04. Kolá - Lameirão
(from ‘Guiné-Bissau’ album, 1979 / La Do Si Discos) CAPE VERDE
05. Paulino Viera - Grande Fogue
(from 'M'Cria Ser Poeta’ album, 1984 / Discos Monte Cara) CAPE VERDE
06. Cabo Verde Show - Nova Coladeira
(from 'Caminho De Esperança’ album, 1980 / Arsom) CAPE VERDE
07. Blyk - Belinha
(from 'Na Quel Dia Tão Lindo’ album, 1980 / Arsom) CAPE VERDE
08. Cretcheu - Africanas Na Lisboa
(from 'Africanas Na Lisboa’ album, 1983 / Arsom) CAPE VERDE
09. Os Tropicais - Nega Caliente
(from 'Os Tropicais’ album, 19XX / A Voz De Cabo-Verde) ANGOLA
10. Galáxia 2000 - Coração Dum Criola
(from 'Pêso De Sodade’ album, 1982 / Arsom) CAPE VERDE
11. Kubala - Bar d'Avenida
(from 'Nôs Mudjer - Emancipaçon Libertaçón’ album, 19XX / Arsom)
12. Nhú De Ped'Bia - Arbé de Cadjau
(from 'Nós Criola' album, 19XX / Babylon)
13. Cabo Verde Show - Terra Longe
(from 'Caminho De Esperança’ album, 1980 / Arsom) CAPE VERDE
14. Vis A Vis - Mi Sou Mou
(from 'High-Life Time, Owo Bieya’ album, 197X / AD) GHANA
15. Claudette et Ti Pierre - Zanmi Camarade
(from ‘Camionette’ album, 1979 / Macaya) HAITI
Total time : 65mn 43s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Loik (parisdjs.com)
Mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1981 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.22
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-11-02

From a groovy/tropical point of view, Interesting cover songs from 1981 weren't that easy to find. The sound of Sly & Robbie, present twice in this mix (with productions for The Tamlins or Bits & Pieces), was an obvious choice, but we've also dug up for you some classic soul, early electro/hip hop, New Orleans backbeat, deep reggae and leftfield grooves. Even with the hardest constraints, the Paris DJs sound rises like a phoenix everytime (no Conchita pun intended).

Tracklisting :
01. Thelma Houston - Don't Make Me Over
(from 'Never Gonna Be Another One' album, 1981 / RCA)
BURT BACHARACH/HAL DAVID cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Johnny Clarke - Can't Get Enough
(from 'Can't Get Enough' 12 inch, 1981 / Art & Craft)
BARRY WHITE cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Prince Blackman - Rockers Delight
(from 'Rockers Delight' 12 inch, 1981 / Solar Sounds)
THE SUGARHILL GANG cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Charmaine Burnett - (Am I The) Same Girl
(from '(Am I The) Same Girl' 12 inch, 1981 / Pro)
BARBARA ACKLIN cover, more info on wikipedia
05. The Tamlins - Smiling Faces Sometimes
(from 'Sly & Robbie present Taxi' compilation, 1981 / Mango)
NORMAN WHITFIELD/BARRETT STRONG cover, more info on wikipedia
06. The Neville Brothers - Hey Pocky Way
(from 'Fiyo On The Bayou' album, 1981 / A&M)
THE METERS cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Bits & Pieces - Don't Stop The Music
(from 'Don't Stop The Music' 12 inch, 1981 / Mango)
YARBROUGH & PEOPLES cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Roger Troutman - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
(from 'The Many Facets Of Roger' album, 1981 / Warner Bros.)
NORMAN WHITFIELD/BARRETT STRONG cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Tarântulas - Saiba Ser Feliz (Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough)
(from 'A Música Não Pode Parar' album, 1981 / RCA)
MICHAEL JACKSON cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Funky Stuff
(from 'Mambo Nassau' album, 1981 / Philips)
KOOL & THE GANG cover, more info on wikipedia
11. The New Age Steppers - Fade Away
(from 'The New Age Steppers' album, 1981 / On-U Sound)
JUNIOR BYLES cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 54mn 51s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Around The World - Take 5 Around The World - Take 5
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-09-27

French collective Around The World supported our crowdfunding campaigns many times. We offered to lend themselves to the Paris DJs thematic mix game and they were kind enough to accept the challenge. ATW picked the number 5 for their theme, and cooked a musical selection in quintuple time (five beats per bar), travelling through Brasil, Cuba, the United States or the United Kingdom — as per the collective's name, around the world. Enjoy this trip in 5/4!

Tracklisting :
01. Paul Desmond - Take Ten
(from 'Take Ten' album, 1963 / RCA Victor)
02. London Jazz Four with Sydenham School - Death Is Near
(from 'A New Life' album, 1966 / private press)
03. France Gall - Pense À Moi
(from 'France Gall' album, 1964 / Philips)
04. Jungle By Night - Get 5
(from 'Jungle By Night' album, 2011 / Kindred Spirits)
05. Daymé Arocena - Gods of Yoruba
(from 'One Takes' album, 2016 / Brownswood Recordings)
06. Claudia - Macumba
(from 'Claudia' album, 1971 / Premier)
07. Nick Drake - River Man
(from 'Five Leaves Left' album, 1969 / Island)
Total time : 29mn 44s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected, mixed and illustrated by Around The World (facebook.com/atw0rld)
Mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)

Links :
Around The World : facebook | soundcloud
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1980 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.21
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-09-23

Here we are in the deep sea of the 1980s hunting for cool and groovy cover songs. The Betino's Record Store in Paris pointed us towards Gnonnas Pedro's version of James Brown 'I Got You' but we we had mixed and mastered the selection a few hours earlier so it didn't make the cut. Someone on facebook asked if we played Snatch's version of 'Another Brick In The Wall' but we didn't. Digging into this decade is a different kind of fun than the 60s or the 70s, and we think we managed to find some very exciting numbers. You'll let us know what you think. And suggestions for 1981 and 1982 are more than welcome!

Tracklisting :
01. Bill Moss and The Celestials - You've Got To Serve Somebody
(from 'Rise Again' 7 inch, 1980, reissued on 'Come On The Lord's Side' LP, 1981 / Jewel)
BOB DYLAN cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Ruddy Thomas and D.J. Welton Irie - Shake Your Body Down To The Ground
(from 'Shake Your Body Down To The Ground' 12 inch, 1980 / Joe Gibbs Music)
THE JACKSONS cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Richard Tee - Back Door Man
(from 'Natural Ingredients' LP, 1980 / Tappan Zee)
WILLIE DIXON cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Ike Turner Featuring Tina Turner And Home Grown Funk - Shame Shame Shame
(from 'Party Vibes' 12 inch, 1980 / Fantasy)
SHIRLEY and COMPANY cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Joe Jackson - The Harder They Come
(from 'The Harder They Come' 12 inch, 1980 / A&M)
JIMMY CLIFF cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Ed Watson and His Brass Circle - Ain't No Stopping Us Now
(from 'Hot Soca' album, 1980 / Charlie's)
MC FADDEN and WHITEHEAD cover, more info on wikipedia
07. The Selecter - James Bond
(from 'Too Much Pressure' album, 1980 / Two-Tone)
MONTY NORMAN cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)
(from 'X∞Multiplies' compilation, 1980 / Alfa)
ARCHIE BELL and THE DRELLS cover, more info on parisdjs
09. The Flying Lizards - Move on Up
(from 'Move On Up' 7 inch, 1980 / Virgin)
CURTIS MAYFIELD cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Maria Muldaur with The Chamber Brothers - My Sisters and Brothers
(from 'Gospel Nights (Recorded at McCabe's)' album, 1980 / Takoma)
THE SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 47mn 42s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem - Jazz For Tiziano
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-09-05

Tiziano was one of the top backers of Paris DJs' third crowdfunding campaign during the summer of 2015. He choose the reward with the 15 CDs and the exclusive mix, saying: "I like the music you offer and the idea of getting an exclusive cooked just for me got me interested. I like jazz and experimental music, I grew up with rock. I ESPECIALLY like trumper (Jon Hassel, Paolo Fresu, Mark Isham, Miles Davis of course, etc.). So if you could blend your selections with some trumpet, some jazz…". Damn! This one was not easy. It took us months to figure out something fitting those directions, while still being essentially a Paris DJs thing. Thankfully, Tiziano was patient, and loved the mix. He also gladly accepted that we share an mp3 of it with the rest of the world, so here you go. Enjoy!

Tracklisting :
01. Ellis Williams - This Is The Call
(from 'Call to Battle' album, 2016 / self-released)
02. Jimi Tenor & UMO Jazz Orchestra - Naulamatto
(from 'Mysterium Magnum' album, 2015 / Herakles)
03. Todd Simon & The Angel City All Star Brass Band - Sidama De Cali
(from 'Footprints' compilation, 2014 / Jazz&Milk)
04. Tom Browne - I Never Was A Cowboy
(from 'Browne Sugar' album, 1979 / GRP)
05. Joe Thomas - Polarizer
(from 'Feelin's From Within' album, 1976 / Groove Merchant)
06. Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra - The Fourth
(from 'The Fourth' digital single, 2016 / Paris DJs)
07. Dr. Lonnie Smith - Play It Back feat. Robert Glasper
(from 'Evolution' album, 2016 / Blue Note)
08. Kamasi Washington - Re Run Home
(from 'The Epic' album, 2015 / Brainfeeder)
09. Jimi Tenor - Order Of Nothingness
(from 'Order Of Nothingness' 7 inch, 2016 / Philophon)
10. Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - Four Up
(from 'Funky Stuff' album, 1975 / Columbia)
11. Médéric Collignon et le Jus de Bocse - The Taking Of Pelham 1, 2, 3
(from 'MoOvies' album, 2015 / Just Looking Productions)
12. The Harold Wheeler Consort - Black Cream
(from 'Black Cream' album, 1975 / RCA)
Total time : 61mn 48s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and illustrated by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1979 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.20
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-08-12

20 years already! This series of mixes, of cover songs recorded or released during the same year, started with 1960, and we've now reached 1979! The 1960s and the 1970s have been fully covered — pun intended. For this closing chapter on the seventies, we've been diggin' heavily into Jamaican music once again, with reggae adaptations of The Drifters, Sam Theard, Ann Peebles or Bob Dylan, and a reggae/disco take on a Chic classic. But there's also a slowed-down but very groovy version of The Crusaders' hit 'Street Life', a really tight and soulful cover of Hot Chocolate, the traditional 'Misirlou' in nearly-cheesy disco fashion, a James Brown cover (there's always at least a cool one every year), Marvin Gaye revisited in punk-funk mode, or Lalo Schifrin on a worldbeat tip! We even cheated a bit since the last one, 'Mission Impossible' by Lizzy Mercier Descloux, extracted from a recent reissue of her 1979 album 'Press Color', was actually recorded at Carnegie Hall Studio in NY in 1980 — hinting at what's coming next : the 80s!!

Tracklisting :
01. George Faith - Please Stay
(from 'Soulfull' album, 1979 / Hollywood)
BURT BACCARACH cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Serge Gainsbourg - Vieille Canaille
(from 'Aux Armes Et Cætera' album, 1979 / Philips)
SAM THEARD cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Hortense Ellis - I Can't Stand The Rain
(from 'Irie Reggae Hits' compilation, 1979 / Joe Gibbs Record Globe)
ANN PEEBLES cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Herb Alpert - Street Life
(from 'Rise' album, 1979 / A&M)
THE CRUSADERS cover, more info on wikipedia
05. T. Brothers - I Want You
(from 'Rockers Reggae' album, 1979 / Rasta)
BOB DYLAN cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Risco Connection - Good Times
(from 'Good Times' 12 inch, 1979 / Sound City)
CHIC cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Ronnie Jones - Brother Louie
(from 'Fox On The Run' album, 1979 / Lollipop)
HOT CHOCOLATE cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Houseband - Get Up Offa That Thing
(from 'Hot Enuff' album, 1979 / RCA)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Greek Salad With Gus Kamaras - Misirlou
(from'Disco East' album, 1979 / Gyro)
DICK DALE cover, more info on wikipedia
10. The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
(from 'Typical Girls' 7 inch, 1979 / Island)
MARVIN GAYE cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mission Impossible 2.0
(from 'Press Color' album reissue, 2015 / Light In The Attic)
LALO SCHIFRIN cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 50mn 23s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls with the help of Loik Dury (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork copied from Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Alex Puddu - Hot Love - A Selection of Rare Grooves, Funk and Latin-Soul
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-07-30

Italy-born but Denmark-based Alex Puddu is an outstanding composer of soundtracks and a new millennium Funk revivalist with a variety of styles and moods under his belt. He's released 3 albums with Puddu Varano between 1998 and 2001, 5 albums between 2004 and 2010 as Alex Puddu And The Butterfly Collectors, one album with The Moonfires in 2015, and no less than 6 albums under his own guise since 2010! We picked the Joe Bataan-featuring track from his 'Soultiger' project in the latest Paris DJs compilation, 'Heavyweight Gambit, No Holds Barred!' released october 2015, since then he's put out the Italian funk LP 'In The Eye Of The Cat', and there's already a new one coming in the fall: 'The Golden age of Danish Pornography Volume 3'!! We'll try to get ahold of the man for an interview soon, meanwhile here's an Alex Puddu hot mix of rare grooves, funk and latin soul, picked exclusively for Paris DJs with love…

Tracklisting :
01. Intimate Strangers - Love Sounds
(fromp 'Love Sounds' 7 inch, 1975 / Alaska)
02. Eddy Senay - Cameo
(from 'Step By Step' album, 1972 / Sussex)
03. The Ian Langley Group - Chicano Chaser
(from 'Reggae For Real (And Other Rhythms)' album, 1973 / Peer International Library Limited)
04. Esther Williams - Last Night Changed It All
(from 'Let Me Show You' album, 1976 / Friends & Co.)
05. Juggy Murray Jones - Disco Extraordinaire
(from 'Inside America (Disco)' album, 1975 / Jupiter)
06. G. Keith Alexander - Sneakers
(from 'Sneakers' 7 inch, 1973 / Polydor)
07. Dennis Coffey - Theme From Black Belt Jones
(from 'Theme From Black Belt Jones' 7 inch, 1974 / Warner Bros.)
08. Francesco De Masi - Puertorico Club
(from 'Lo Squartatore Di New York' soundtrack, 1982 / Beat Records Company)
09. Chango - Mira Pa Ca
(from 'Chango' album, 1975 / ABC)
10. The Scott Brothers - Gotta Get Away From You
(from 'Gotta Get Away From You' 7 inch, 1973 / Capri)
11. Joe Bataan - Satisfied
(from 'Sweet Soul' album, 1972 / Fania)
12. Black Sugar - Understanding
(from 'Black Sugar' LP, 1971 / Sono Radio Peru)
13. The Ides Of March - Vehicle
(from 'Vehicle' album, 1970 / Warner Bros.)
14. Tribe - Ebony Lady
(from 'Tribal Bumpin' album, 1975 / AB)
15. The Impossibles - Give It Up
(from 'Hot Pepper' album, 1975 / Philips)
16. Harlem River Drive - Idle Hands
(from 'Harlem River Drive' album, 1971 / Roulette)
17. Jayson Lindh - Love Machine
(frm 'Jayson Lindh' album, 1977 / Atlantic)
18. Flavor - One Way Ticket
(from 'In Good Taste' album, 1976 / Ju-Par)
Total time : 66mn 35s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Alex Puddu (alexpuddu.com)
Mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Alex Puddu : official | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | twitter | youtube
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1978 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.19
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-04-17

Damn things are not getting easier as I'm approaching the 1980s. In 1978 there's just SO MUCH of disco in the groovy records. There's also a vast amount of punk and pop/rock released of course, but that's not really what we're about in this series of mixes here. 1978 was not that bad a year, I could list many classic albums out by the likes of Frank Zappa, Elvis Costello, Bob Marley, Little Feat, The Band, Talking Heads, Rick James, Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock, Chic, Devo, The Clash or even Sun Ra, for example, but the main event is clearly happening on the P-Funk side of things, with great LPs from Funkadelic, Parliament, Brides Of Funkenstein, Parlet , Bernie Worrell or Bootsy Collins, all released in 1978. You'll feel it in this selection of cool covers from the year, which includes P-Funk spin off act Parlet covering Parliament-Funkadelic vocalist Fuzzy Haskins' "Cookie Jar" (later recorded by Prince), R&B/soul group The Dells covering Parliament's "All Your Goodies Are Gone", and funk band Platinum Hook covering Funkadelic's "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On". Definitively, 1978 was the year of the P!!

Tracklisting :
01. Soul Children - Signed, Sealed, Delivered
(from 'Can't Give Up A Good Thing' 7 inch, 1978 / Stax)
STEVIE WONDER cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Jimmy Riley - Don't Leave Me This Way
(from 'Showcase' album, 1978 / Burning Sounds)
KENNETH GAMBLE, LEON HUFF and CARY GILBERT cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Judy Mowatt - Concrete Jungle
(from 'Black Woman' album, 1978 / Ashandan)
BOB MARLEY cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Parlet - Cookie Jar
(from 'Pleasure Principle' album, 1978 / Casablanca)
FUZZY HASKINS cover, more info on wikipedia
05. The Dells - All Your Goodies Are Gone
(from 'New Beginnings' album, 1978 / ABC)
PARLIAMENT cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Tyrone David - Mind Blowing Decisions
(from 'Mind Blowing Decisions' 12 inch, 1978 / D-Roy)
HEATWAVE cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Ms. (Sharon) Ridley - Changin'
(from 'Full Moon' album, 1978 / Tabu)
JESSE JAMES cover, more info on discodelivery
08. Geoff Love's Big Disco Sound - Space Patrol
(from 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind And Other Disco Galactic Themes' album, 1978 / Music For Pleasure)
NICK INGMAN and JOHN KURLANDER composition, inspired by Star Wars and other movie themes, more info on discogs
09. George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Who Do You Love ?
(from 'Move It On Over' album, 1978 / Rounder)
BO DIDDLEY cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Platinum Hook - Standing On The Verge (Of Getting It On)
(from 'Platinum Hook' album, 1978 / Motown
FUNKADELIC cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 46mn 46s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Anthony Joseph - The Heritage Mix
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-06-18

Earlier this month British/Trinidadian poet, novelist and musician Anthony Joseph released his 6th album, 'Caribbean Roots', the 4th one for French jazz label Heavenly Sweetness, exploring his Caribbean musical heritage and featuring guests percussionist Roger Raspail (Cesaria Evora, Papa Wemba, Kassav), saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (The Heliocentrics), trumpetist Yvon Guillard (Magma), bassist Mike Clinton (Salif Keita) and trombonist Pierre Chabrèle (Creole Jazz Orchestra). To celebrate this new release, Anthony Joseph has decocted a delightful and spicy selection of old and new grooves from Trinidad and Tobago, already his 5th mix for Paris DJs!

Tracklisting :
01. Boogsie - Weight
(from 'Phase2' album, 1979 / Sharc Productions)
02. Lord Nelson - Family
(from 'Family' album, 1982 / B's Records)
03. Modupe Folasade Onilu - Jajah Coming Down
(unreleased rhythm, created by Jajah Oga Onilu from his 1st album 'Dopsion Beat')
04. Lord Invader - When You Hear I Die
(from 'Calypso In New York' compilation, 2000 / Smithsonian Folkways)
05. Ras Eliebank and 'D' Black Market Rythmn Band - Forward Home
(from 'Forward Home Rastafari' 12 inch, 1979 / Suncult)
06. Andy Narell - Forward Home
(from 'Oui Ma Cherie! — Music for Steel Orchestra' album, 2014 / self-released)
07. Billy Reece acc. by Jackie Johnson and The Backbeaters - How Tough It Was
(from 'How Though It Was' 7 inch, 1976 / Ranbilson)
08. Bert Lynch - Mama Don't Like It
(unknown source)
09. Joey Lewis and his Orchestra - Peanut Vendor
(from 'Peanut Vendor' 7 inch, 1977 / Joevan)
10. Lennox Sam - Another Star
(from 'Another Star' 7 inch, 1978 / Kalinda)
11. Andre Tanker - Bim
(from 'Bim' album, 1975 / Sharc International)
12. Clive Zanda - Chip Down
(from 'Is Here With Dat KInda Tin" Calypsojazz Innovations' album, 1975 / Gayap Productions)
13. Eugene Mona - 1700
(from 'Eugene Mona' album, 1976 / Hit Parade)
14. Gene Lawrence - After Sunrise
(from 'Sunset To Sunrise' album, 1977 / Semp Production)
15. Brother Superior  - Trini Groove
(from 'A New Beginning' album, 1978 / Mabel)
16. Mighty Sparrow - Love African Style
(from '25th Anniversary (1956-1980)' album, 1979 / Sparrow Music)
17. Lord Kitchener - Mrs Harriman
(from 'Hot Pants' album, 1972 / Trinidad)
18. David Rudder - The Case of the Disappearing Panyards
(from 'Tales From A Strange Land' album, 1995 / Lypsoland)
Total time : 68mn

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Anthony Joseph (anthonyjoseph.co.uk)
Audio mastering by Blanka (facebook.com/kasablankamastering)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Anthony Joseph : official | discogs | facebook | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Loik Dury - Open-Minded Groovy Ride Spring 2016
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-05-25

It's been a long time since we published a mix from our beloved co-founder Loik Dury. Let's put things right with this new one without any boundaries, from acoustic to electric, with hot thangs and cold bits, some stuff quite deep but phat nonetheless, also some phat shit but deep nonetheless, music from all over the world, a touch of techno… To cut a long story short, this is a vast blend from a true music lover, with new releases from 2016 essentially, along with a few flashbacks.

Tracklisting :
01. Jameszoo - Flake
(from 'Fool' album, 2016 / Brainfeeder)
02. Patrick Cowley - Don't Ask
(from 'Muscle Up' compilation, 2015 / Dark Entries)
03. António Sanches - Pinta Manta
(from 'Space Echo' compilation, 2016 / Analog Africa)
04. Witch - No Time (Pilooski Edit)
(from 'Can't You Hear Me? 70's African Nuggets & Garage Rock from Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe' compilation, 2016 / Now-Again)
05. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Kingdom Of D'MT
(from 'Can't Stand the Pressure' album, 2015 / Now-Again)
06. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Hard Boiled Babe
(bonus track from 'Press Color' album reissue, 2015 / Light In The Attic)
07. NO ZU - Zeus Zam
(from 'Afterlife' album, 2016 / Chapter Music)
08. Carrot Green & Selvagem - Ossain
(from 'Disco Halal Brazil' 12 inch, 2016 / Disco Halal)
09. Rocky Marsiano - No Sangue
(from 'Meu Kamba Vol. Dois' album, 2016 / Akwaaba Music)
10. Art of Tones - Devil the Difference
(from 'Devil the Difference' 12 inch, 2016 / House of Disco)
11. Rhythm & Sound with Bobo Shanti - Poor People Must Work (Carl Craig Remix)
(from 'See Mi Yah (Remixes)' compilation, 2006 / Burial Mix)
12. Catz 'n Dogz - Get It Right feat. Tanika (Claude VonStroke Remix)
(from 'Basic Colour Theory (Remixed)' compilation, 2016 / Pets Recordings)
13. Diamond Jackson - Stars
(from 'Untitled' 12 inch, 2016 / Arcane; contains elements of Mr. Fingers 'Can You Feel It')
14. The Jagger Botchway Group - Take Time (Greenwood Rhythm Coalition Remix)
(from 'Odze Odze' album, 2016 / Cultures Of Soul)
15. Junior - Junior On The Drums
(from 'Edits From The Jr. Stable' 12 inch, 2015 / Edits From)
16. Omar S - Heard'Chew Single
(from 'The Best' album, 2016 / FXHE)
17. Floorplan - Never Grow Old (Re-Plant)
(from 'Never Grow Old / Phobia (Re-Plants)' 12 inch, 2014 / M-Plant)
18. Bwana - 50% Maximum Power
(from 'Opening the Gate' EP, 2016 / Aus Music)
19. Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information (Laolu Remix)
(from 'Too Much Information (Remixes)' 12 inch, 2015 / Innervisions)
20. Terence FM - Stay Around (Cajmere's Old Chicago Mix)
(from 'Stay Around' 12 inch, 1995 / Cajual)
21. CIVILIANSOUND! - Soul Speak
(from 'Certified Organic' digital compilation, 2015 / Version Collective)
22. Fanu - Two Drummers
(from 'Two Drummers / Dreams Are Like Water' 7 inch, 2016 / Synaptic Plastic)
23. Luke Vibert - War
(from 'Bizarster' album, 2015 / Planet Mu)
24. Funkstörung feat. Sensational - I Does It
(from 'Pampa Records Vol.1' compilation, 2016 / Pampa)
25. Al Dobson Jr - Overseas Lebanese
(from 'Rye Lane Volume II & III' album, 2016 / Rhythm Section International)
26. Robert Maalouf - Ana Wil Leyl
(from 'Mahdoume' album, 1986 / Voix de l'Orient)
27. Ahmed Malek - Autopsie d'un Complot
(from 'Musique Original De Films' compilation, 2016 / Habibi Funk)
Total time : 86mn 20s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Loik Dury (Paris DJs) with the help of Djouls (Paris DJs)
Mastered by Grant Phabao (Paris DJs)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1977 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.18
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-04-18

1977 was the year of the Punk explosion, but it was also the year the famous Studio 54 opened in New York. Elvis Presley died during the summer, Marc Bolan followed in september, and "Saturday Night Fever" was released at the end of the year. On the albums front, besides the obvious P-Funk gems (Parliament, Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel), there were Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, The Clash, Kraftwerk, The Talking Heads and Bob Marley. The times were A-changing once again… As for album, cool covers were getting scarce and Kiss was the most popular band in the USA. But that didn't stop us from gathering a full hour of handpicked funky and soulful versions of classics, all released during 1977!!

Tracklisting :
01. Houston Person - I No Get Eye For Back
(from 'Harmony' album, 1977 / Mercury)
FELA KUTI cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Paul Zaza - Le Payback (Instrumental)
(from 'Le Payback' album, 1977 / Baby Grand)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns feat. Maceo Parker - Up For The Down Stroke
(from 'A Blow For Me, A Toot To You' album, 1977 / Atlantic)
PARLIAMENT cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Mandré - Money (That's What I Want)
(from 'Mandré' album, 1977 / Motown)
BARRETT STRONG cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Rosebud - Money
(from 'Discoballs: A Tribute to Pink Floyd' album, 1977 / Flarenasch)
PINK FLOYD cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Patti Labelle - Funky Music
(from 'Patti Labelle' album, 1977 / Epic)
EDWIN STARR cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Everybody's Talkin'
(from 'Let's Clean Up the Ghetto' compilation, 1977 / Philadelphia International)
FRED NEIL cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Caetano Veloso - Olha o Menino
(from 'Bicho' album, 1977 / Philips)
JORGE BEN cover, more info on wikipedia
09. U-Roy - Babylon River
(from 'Brent Dowe - Rivers Of Babylon' 12 inch, 1977 / TR Groovemaster)
THE MELODIANS cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Philly Rollers - Strawberry Letter 23
(from 'Super Soul' album, 1977 / Springboard)
SHUGGIE OTIS cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Biddu & The Orchestra - Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon
(from 'Eastern Man' album, 1977 / Epic)
NEIL DIAMOND cover, more info on wikipedia
12. Eddie Hazel - California Dreamin'
(from 'Games, Dames, And Guitar Thangs' album, 1977 / Warner Bros.)
THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 56mn 23s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1976 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.17
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-04-05

Some say that 1976 wasn't the best year for music. They might be forgetting many great recordings from the likes of Marvin Gaye ('I Want You'), Steely Dan ('The Royal Scam'), Grateful Dead ('Steal your Face'), Parliament ('The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein'), Funkadelic ('Tales of Kidd Funkadelic', 'Hardcore Jollies'), Led Zeppelin ('The Song Remains The Same'), Zappa ('Zoot Allures'), Stevie Wonder ('Songs In The Key Of Life'), Bootsy Collins ('Stretchin Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band')... It was also the year punk incubated and rap was created. Disco was everywhere and not only in clubs anymore, but reggae had also become extremely popular, and many classic records in the genre were released, for example by Burning Spear ('Garvey's Ghost', 'Man In The Hills'), Bob Marley and The Wailers ('Rastaman Vibration'), Bunny Wailer ('Blackheart Man') or Lee Perry and The Upsetters ('Super Ape')... If 1976 wasn't the best, and yes there is a lot to forget, it was still a very cool year to dig for music!

Tracklisting :
01. Dorothy Moore - Dark End of the Street
(from 'Misty Blue' album, 1976 / Malaco)
JAMES CARR cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Kellee Patterson - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby
(from 'Kellee' album, 1976 / Shadydrook)
BARRY WHITE cover, more info on wikipedia
03. King Errisson - Sleep Talk
(from 'The Magic Man' album, 1976 / Westbound)
THE OHIO PLAYERS cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Esther Phillips - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher
(from 'Capricorn Princess' album, 1976 / Kudu)
JACKIE WILSON cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Ray Davis and The Button Down Brass - Superstition
(from 'Funk In Hell' album, 1976 / DJM)
STEVIE WONDER cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Phoebe Snow - Shakey Ground
(from 'It Looks Like Snow' album, 1976 / Columbia)
THE TEMPTATIONS cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Jesse Colin Young - What's Going On/Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
(from 'On The Road' album, 1976 / Warner Bros.)
MARVIN GAYE cover, more info on wikipedia
08. The Slickers - I Shot The Sheriff
(from 'Many Rivers To Cross' album, 1976 / Klik)
BOB MARLEY cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Charles Brimmer - Your Man's Gonna Be In Trouble
(from 'Soulman' album, 1976 / Chelsea)
TONY OWENS cover
10. Harlem Underground Band - Ain't No Sunshine
(from 'Harlem Underground' album, 1976 / Paul Winley)
BILL WITHERS cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Alfredito Linares - Ain't No Sunshine
(from 'Salsa De Verdad' album, 1976 / Fonodisco)
BILL WITHERS cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 41mn 26s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem African Mashed Potato Popcorn Vol.10 - When Afrobeat Meets Jazz
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-03-14

This mix was cooked with only one person in mind: Collen Chandler, from Liverpool, who supported our 15 CDs anthology crowdfunding campaign and asked us to try on a when afrobeat meets jazz theme, mixing the modern & old with an emphasis on the modern. While preparing the selection, we found out this new mix fitted perfectly our decade-old 'African Mashed Potato Popcorn' series! Thankfully, Collen loved the mix, and let us share it with the rest of the world, so here's a new selection of African and African-influenced grooves from the past and the present. You might recognize some familiar faces, Dexter Story who came to DJ with us recently in Paris, Karl Hector who's done a handful of exclusive mixes for Paris DJs, a production from his brother on his own Philophon label, German singstress Bajka who've we been heavily supporting along the years, Berlin afrojazzfunksters Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers who first appeared on a Paris DJs compilation, Black Flower's afrojazz from Belgium, led by our friend Nathan Daems, the amazing Golden Dawn Arkestra from Austin, Texas, produced by Adrian Quesada, NYC's afrofunksters Ikebe Shakedown, or Dr. Lonnie Smith, who's back 45 years later on Blue Note with a truly great album….

Tracklisting :
01. Nabowa - Calm It Up (Space Dub) feat. Dexter Story / USA
(from 'Nabowa Meets Carlos Nino & Friends' album, 2014 / AWDR/LR2)
02. Dexter Story - Lalibela feat. Yared Teshale / USA
(from 'Wondem' album, 2015 / Soundway)
03. Super Cayor De Dakar - Dëgoo (Unity) / SENEGAL
(from 'Sopenté' album, 1997 / Popular African Music)04. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Kingdom Of D'MT / GERMANY
(from 'Can't Stand The Pressure' album, 2016 / Now-Again)
05. Roy X - Odoyewu feat. Guy One, Alogte Oho Jonas and his Sounds of Joy & Roy X / GHANA
(from 'Odoyewu' 7 inch, 2015 / Philophon)
06. Hidden Jazz Quartett - Soulosophy feat. Bajka / GERMANY
(from 'Raw and Cooked' album, 2016 / Agogo)
07. Onom Agemo And The Disco Jumpers - No Stitches / GERMANY
(from 'Cranes And Carpets' album, 2015 / Agogo)
08. Black Flower - Upwards / BELGIUM
(from 'Abyssinia Afterlife' album, 2014 / Zephyrus Music)
09. Golden Dawn Arkestra - Oasis (The Legend of Nathaniel Thorne) / USA
(from 'Golden Dawn Arkestra' album, 2014 / self-released)
10. Ikebe Shakedown - Road Song / USA
(from 'The Beast' 7 inch, 2013 / Ubiquity)
11. Abahambi - Abahambi / SOUTH AFRICA
(from 'Freeway' album, 2013 / Black Pearl)
12. Timo Lassy - Green Pepper Strut / FINLAND
(from 'Love Bullet' album, 2015 / Membran)
13. Dr. Lonnie Smith - African Suite / USA
(from 'Evolution' album, 2016 / Blue Note)
Total time : 56mn 23s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1975 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.16
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-02-24

The majority of what's in the music history books about the year 1975 is about rock. Disco is now big in clubs and starts to make big waves in the charts too. But there'sz lot of other cool stuff in the margins. Our selection here is rather classic, with soul, funk and jazz mostly.

Tracklisting :
01. Oscar Toney Jnr - Is It Because I'm Black
(from 'I've Been Loving You Too Long To Stop Now...' album, 1975 / Contempo)
SYL JOHNSON cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Ultrafunk - Use Me
(from 'Ultrafunk' album, 1975 / Contempo)
BILL WITHERS cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - Funky Stuff
(from 'Funky Stuff' album, 1975 / Columbia)
KOOL & THE GANG cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Isaac Hayes - Feel Like Makin' Love
(from 'Use Me' album, 1975 / Stax)
EUGENE MCDANIEL cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Hugo Montenegro - Caravan
(from 'Others By Brothers' album, 1975 / RCA)
DUKE ELLINGTON cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Brian Dee - The Look Of Love
(from'Hammond Excitement' album, 1975 / Polydor)
BURT BACHARACH/HAL DAVID cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Sir Walter - Who's Been Warming My Oven?
(recorded 1975, from 'Memphis 70' compilation, 2008 / BGP)
MACK VICKERY cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Melba Moore - Sunshine Superman
(from 'Peach Melba' album, 1975 / Buddah)
DONOVAN cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Phil Flowers & The United Family - Smarty Pants (First Choice)
(from 'Some A Dis Some A Dat' album, 1975 / Longwood)
FIRST CHOICE cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Akira Ishikawa - Pick Up the Pieces
(from 'Back to Rhythm' album, 1975 / Columbia)
AVERAGE WHITE BAND cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Jackie Moore - Make Me Feel Like A Woman
(from 'Make Me Feel Like A Woman' album, 1975 / Kayvette)
CLARENCE REID cover, more info on wikipedia
12. James Last - Summertime
(from 'Well Kept Secret' album, 1975 / Polydor)
GEORGE GERSHWIN cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 56mn 52s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1974 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.15
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-01-28

The year is 1974. Early disco is upon the music scene. Pre-selections of cool records with interesting cover songs are starting to become tighter. But no worry! The diggin craze (also called "Dig-Fu" in our inner circle) is infinite. The more music you know, the more you have to discover. Jazz, soul, reggae, funk, library music, New Orleans backbeat, fusion, Nigerian Afro-rock… there's no real big surprise here, just cool versions of classics with a whole lot of feeling, carefully handpicked.
Note : We played a sneak preview of this mix at our weekly 'Tour Operator' gig at Le Pigalle Hotel on january 28, just before Erik Rug and Grant Phabao's DJ set.

Tracklisting :
01. Nina Simone - The Pusher
(from 'It Is Finished' album, 1974 / RCA)
HOYT AXTON cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Willie Wright - Right On For The Darkness
(from 'Africa' 7 inch, 1974 / Hotel)
CURTIS MAYFIELD cover, more info on wikipedia
03. The Maroons - Rock Your Baby
(from 'Club Reggae' compilation, 1974 / Trojan)
GEORGE MCCRAE cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Charles Sherell - Soul Man
(from 'For Sweet People From Sweet Charles' album, 1974 / People)
ISAAC HAYES & DAVID PORTER cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Joe Pugliese - Theme From Black Belt Jones
(from 'Jazz In Focus' album, 1974 / Hoctor)
DENNIS COFFEY cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Brother To Brother - In The Bottle
(from 'In The Bottle' album, 1974 / Turbo)
GIL SCOTT-HERON cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Soul Messengers - Do It (Until You're Satisfied)
(from 'Do It (Until You're Satisfied)' 7 inch, 1974 / Horse)
B.T. EXPRESS cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
(from 'Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley' album, 1974 / Island)
ALLEN R. TOUSSAINT cover, more info on wikipedia
09. The Funkees - Break Through
(from 'Slipping Into Darkness' 7 inch, 1974 / EMI)
ATOMIC ROOSTER cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Rasputin Stash - Love And Happiness
(from 'Devil Made Me Do It' CD reissue, 2000 / Sequel, recorded 1974)
AL GREEN cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Midnight Movers, UNLTD. - Long Train Running (Without Love)
(from 'Follow The Wind' album, 1974 / Buddah)
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS cover, more info on wikipedia
12. Jimmy Ponder - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
(from 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' album, 1974 / Cadet)
THE BEATLES cover, more info on wikipedia
13. Bunny Rugs - Be Thank Full
(from 'Be Thankful' 7 inch, 1974 / Upsetter)
WILLIAM DEVAUGHN cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 47mn 19s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1973 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.14
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2016-01-02

A new year starts and we can't be thankful enough for everyone who supported us last year. Now 2016 is here, rather exciting for Paris DJs. Many projects are in the vaults, quite ready to be released, including albums from Etienne de la Sayette, RacecaR or the Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra. Also lots of new singles and remixes, of course. Some dub experiments should see the light too. And mixes of course! Your lovely podcast doesn't stop at 10 years of activity and more than… what!?? 5 millions of downloads already!! Once upon a time in october 2015 one of us was saying: "when a new mix reaches 500 downloads I'll pay the champagne". But let's not congratulate ourselves too much, the new goal is to reach the 500 mixes. This one is number 466. Cover songs released or recorded in 1973. Stay connected, we're here. And don't forget our weekly party t Le Pigalle on thursdays for some of our finest selections, in the flesh!

Tracklisting :
01. The Chambers Brothers - The Weight
(from 'Unbonded' album, 1973 / AVCO)
THE BAND cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Ken Boothe - Is It Because I'm Black
(from 'Is It Because I'm Black' 7 inch, 1973 / Splash)
SYL JOHNSON cover, more info on wikipedia
03. The Calypso Steel-O-Rama Band - Java
(from 'Songs from the Caribbean - Volume 2' album, 1973 / Souvenir)
AUGUSTUS PABLO cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Compared To What
(from 'Closer To It' album, 1973 / RCA Victor)
GENE MCDANIELS cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Brown Sugar featuring Clydie King - Dance To The Music
(from 'Brown Sugar' album, 1973 / Chelsea)
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Merl Saunders & Friends - After Midnight
(from 'Fire Up' album, 1973 / Fantasy)
J.J. CALE cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Bobby Womack - Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out
(from 'The Facts Of Life' album, 1973 /
JIMMY COX cover, more info on wikipedia
08. David T. Walker - Superstition
(from 'Press On' album, 1973 / Ode)
STEVIE WONDER cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Cleveland Eaton - Slipping Into Darkness
(from 'Half And Half' album, 1973 / Gamble)
WAR cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Claudia Lennear - Two Trains
(from 'Phew!' album, recorded 1973, bonus track from 2013 reissue / Real Gone Music)
LITTLE FEAT cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Denise LaSalle - There Ain't Enough Hate Around (To Make Me Turn Around)
(from 'On The Loose' album, 1973 / Westbound)
LEON HAYWOOD cover, more info on wikipedia
12. The Sixth Sense - Don't Knock My Love
(from 'Super Funk's Mission Impossible' compilation, 2011 / BGP)
WILSON PICKETT cover, more info on wikipedia
13. The Undisputed Truth - Law Of The Land
(from 'Law Of The Land' album, 1973 / Gordy)
NORMAN WHITFIELD cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 54mn 26s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free Vol.8
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-12-17

Gathering some of the best free download we could grab during the last 3/4 months, this new mix is quite eclectic, from hip hop to reggae, minimal afro-electro, funk, disco, post-punk, Ghanaian soul or Afrofunk. We keep on sourcing new music relentlessly. Hopefully DJs and bedroom DJs will find a few gems for their sets in there… and in all cases everyone is in for a one-hour-long trip of cool, new music!

Tracklisting :
01. Vanilla - Nana
(from 'Origin' digital album, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on vanillabeats.bandcamp.com]
02. Ali B - Good Times
From 'Good Times' digital single, 2015 / Air recordings)
[free download on airrecordings.co.uk]
03. sUb_modU - wtr ngt nme
(from 'FELA Xpnsv Sht 40 Years Tribute' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on submodu1.bandcamp.com]
04. DeRobert - Got the Goods
(from 'Got The Goods' EP, 2015 / City Bump)
[download on citybumprecords.bandcamp.com]
05. Third Root - Justice Or Else (Prod. by Adrian Quesada and Matt Strimska)
(from 'Justice Or Else' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on thirdroot.bandcamp.com]
06. Reginald Omas Mamode IV - Sunshine (Al Dobson Jr Reprise)
(from 'Sunshine / MoneyMaker' 12 inch, 2015 / Five Easy Pieces)
[free download on fiveeasypieces.bandcamp.com]
07. People Under The Stairs - Nobody Cares
(from 'American Men Vol.2' digital EP self-released one track at a time, 2015)
[free download on soundcloud.com/peopleunderthestairs]
08. Missing Hito - Come Closer
(from 'Come Closer' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[formerly available on soundcloud.com/whoisqueen]
09. Time Is Fire - Violence (Brings Violence)
(from 'Time is Fire' EP, 2015 / Electric Cowbell)
[free download on soundcloud.com/dimsum66]
10. King Porter Stomp - Put Down Your Dub (Prince Fatty)
(from 'Put Down Your Weapons' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on kingporterstomp.bandcamp.com]
11. Super Hi-Fi - Q Street (Full Version)
(from 'Q Street' Digital EP, 2015 / Peace and Rhythm)
[free download on superhi-fi1.bandcamp.com]
12. Balkan Riddims - United feat. Jahricio (Blend Mishkin Remix)
(from 'United feat. Jahricio (Blend Mishkin Remix)' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on balkanriddims.bandcamp.com]
13. Mop Mop - Run Around ft. Fred Wesley and Anthony Joseph (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Hits Agogo One' compilation, 2015 / Agogo)
[download on shop.agogo-records.com]
14. Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band - Me Ho Asem
(from 'Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band' album, 2015 / Strut)
[free download on strut-records.com/sampler]
15. Kokolo - Ethiopia
(from '100 Fevers' album, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on kokoloafrobeat.bandcamp.com]
Total time : 64mn 23s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (Paris DJs) with the help of Pierre Raingeard (Le Ptit Bazar Free and Legal)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (Paris DJs)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Jan Kohlmeyer - Yuletide DJ Mix IV for Paris DJs
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-12-15

For more than a decade, Tramp Records has been regularly feeding music obsessives and record collectors in the soul/funk/jazz scene with tasteful new releases and high-quality reissues. One thing's for sure, those cats know how to dig and are one of the best music filters out there! Their approach is always very respectful of the buyers and of the artists, with lots of info & artworks. And when they hunt for the obscure and the rarity, they always look out for virtue in music, not hype. A few years back, the German label started an amazing trilogy of Xmas compilations which came to and end this year with the release of the superb 'Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party Vol.3' —which you can gab on vinyl or CD on tramprecords.bandcamp.com. For each volume in this series, we invited compiler Jan Kohlmeter (a.k.a. Disco Fantastique) to cook a special mix with many extracts from his new record and many other bits of soulful and hip-shaking Xmas tunes. So here's his new merry holidays contribution delivered directly to your mp3 player, and if you're in need of more Xmas music, check the Paris DJs archives, with no less than 13 other cool selections published in the last 10 years. A bit as if Xmas was more than once a year somehow…

Tracklisting (Santa’s Funk & Soul Christmas Party Vol. 3) :
01. Carol Ford - Christmas Letters
02. Joe Shinall - Sock It To ‘Em Santa
03. Excaliburs - Peace On Earth (Goodwill To All Mankind)
04. The Individuals - Holiday For Drums
05. Funk Machine - Soul Santa (Pt.1)
06. Otis Zee And The Sambuka Band - Funky Christmas
07. The Bionic I - Disco Claus
08. White Chimney - Funky Santa Claus
09. Timi Terrific And The Redheads - Black (Soul) Christmas
10. J.J. Barnes - Snow Flakes
11. Sam Sweetsinger Bell - Happy Birthday Jesus
12. Mike Lorenz And His Rapping Reindeer Friends - The Rap Before Christmas
13. Creeper - Santa Claus Wants Some Loving
14. Shelton Cormier And The Black White Family With The United Voice Band - Merry Merry Christmas
15. Syng Mcgowan And The Fanettes - Dear Santa
16. Velle Scott - Merry Christmas
17. Hank Ballard And The Midnighters - Santa Claus Is Coming
18. Jimmy Charles - Santa Won't Be Blue This Christmas
19. Leon Haywood - Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday
20. Cleveland Robinson - Xmas Time Is Here Again
21. The Sherwin Trio - Christmas Train
22. Charles Page And The Starlites - Christmas In My Heart
23. Felice Taylor - It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring)
24. Johnny Acey With Esquires Ltd - Christmas Keeps On Coming (Pt.1)
25. Rocki Lane And The Gross Group - Santa Soul
26. Rudi And The Rain Dearz - Santa's New Bag
27. Horace Williams And Choker Campbell And His Magic City Orchestra - I'm Going Christmas Shopping
28. Artie Fullilove - Santa Claus Please Listen To Me
29. Tiny Powell - Christmas Time Again (Vocal)
30. Baby Washington - White Christmas
31. Dee Dee Ford - Good Morning Blues
32. The Sherwin Trio - Born In Bethlehem
33. Lloyd Glenn - Sleigh Ride
34. The Soul Duo - Just A Sad Xmas
35. Reggie Lamb - Christmas Confession (Vocal)
36. Betty Lloyd - Snowflakes (Pt.1)
37. Otis Zee And The Sambuka Band - Christmas Party
Total time : 70:18

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Jan Kohlmeyer
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao at Paris DJs

Links
Funky Christmas : official | facebook | soundcloud
DJ Jan Kohlmeyer : official | youtube
Tramp Records : official | bandcamp | discogs | kudos (UK distribution) | parisdjs
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube

Rodinia - Asteroid Mix (German Space-Rock Classics)
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-11-30

How many articles and mixes have we published related to bands such as The Poets of Rhythm, The Whitefield Brothers or Karl Hector and The Malcouns? If you've been following Paris DJs for some time, the name J. Whitefield should at least ring a bell. He's one of the great musicians/producers of our time, based in Munich, Germany. His latest project is called Rodinia, with saxophonist and keyboardist Johannes Schleiermacher (Woima Collective, International Ducks, Onom Agemo and The Disco Jumpers) they've recorded a first album titled 'Drumside Dreamside', released this fall on Now-Again Records. The album is divided in two parts — one for each side of the vinyl of course — a psychedelic krautrock half followed by a trippy ambient one. A perfect record to lay down in an horizontal dreamy state.

To celebrate this release, he cooked a mix of German space-rock classics, which some of you may already have heard on Now-Again's soundcloud page (here-). Here's the Grant Phabao-mastered version of this mix for you to download, superbly illustrated by French designer Ben Hito.

Tracklisting :
01. Gila - Intro
02. Agitation Free - Haunted Island
(from '2nd' album, 1973 / Vertigo)
03. Missus Beastly - Geisha
(from 'Missus Beastly' album, 1974 / NOVA)
04. Et Cetera - Raga Pt. 2
(from 'Et Cetera' album, 1971 / Global)
05. Gila - Kommunikation
(from 'Gila' album, 1971 / BASF)
06. Missus Beastly - Nothing Again (excerpt)
(from 'Dr. Aftershave And The Mixed-Pickles' album, 1976 / April)
07. Embryo - A Place To Go
(from 'Rocksession' album, 1973 / Brain)
08. Guru Guru - The Meaning Of Meaning
(from 'Hinten' album, 1971 / Ohr)
09. Exmagma - Tango Wolperaiso
(from 'Goldball' album, 1975 / Urus)
10. Annexus Quam - A
(from 'Osmose' album, 1970 / Ohr)
11. Utopia - Utopia No. 1
(from 'Utopia' album, 1973 / United Artists)
12. Ibliss - Drops
(from 'Supernova' album, 1972 / Spiegelei)
Total time : 71mn 08s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with info on the new Rodinia album are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Compiled by J. Whitefield from original vinyl
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Rodinia : | nowagainrecords | juno | rappcats | wikipedia
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1972 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.13
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-11-05

1972 was a great year for music. Most 1972 albums in artists discographies are really good ones. Artists such as Bobby Gentry had many country/soul crossover hits in the US in the previous years and influenced many others. Well that's what we felt as quite obvious while preparing this selection. But don't worry, we've kept it as funky and soulful as ever - Paris DJs' style. Excepted that we added this time a track-by-track commentary. We like our podcasts thorough.

Tracklisting :

01. Maxayn - You Can't Always Get What You Want
(from 'Maxayn' album, 1972 / Capricorn)
THE ROLLING STONES cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Roy Head - You Got The Power
(from 'Dismal Prisoner' album, 1972 / TMI)
VAN MORRISON cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Ceasar Frazier - Hicky Burr
(from 'Hail Ceasar!' album, 1972 / Eastbound)
QUINCY JONES & BILL COSBY cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Al Green - The Letter
(from 'Green Is Blues' album, 1972 / Hi)
THE BOX TOPS cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Betty LaVette - The Stealer
(from 'Child Of The Seventies' album, recorded 1972 / Rhino)
FREE cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Thelma Houston - Me And Bobby McGhee
(from 'Thelma Houston' album, recorded in 1972 and released in 1973 / Mowest)
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is
(from 'From A Whisper To A Scream' album, 1972 / Kudu)
GIL SCOTT-HERON cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Candi Staton - In The Ghetto
(from 'Candi Staton' album, 1972 / Fame)
MAC DAVIS cover made famous by ELVIS PRESLEY, more info on wikipedia
09. The Ice Man's Band - Come Together
(from 'Introducing The Ice Man's Band' album, 1972 / Mercury)
THE BEATLES cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Watermelon Man
(from 'Watermelon Man' 7 inch, 1972 / People)
HERBIE HANCOCK cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Kashmere Stage Band - Scorpio
(from 'Zero Point' album, 1972 / Kram)
DENNIS COFFEY cover, more info on wikipedia
12. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
(from 'Be Altitude: Respect Yourself' album, 1972 / Stax)
Adaptation from HARRY JOHNSON's Liquidator, more info on wikipedia
13. The Chosen Few - Trespassin'
(from 'Taking All The Love I Can' album, Maple, 1972)
THE OHIO PLAYERS cover, more info on wikipedia
14. Karl Bryan & The Afrokats - Money Generator
WILLIE BOBO cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 48mn 22s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix, along with a track-by-track commentary are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Etienne de la Sayette presents Vintage Korean Grooves - Baeshi Bang Picks Vol.1
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-09-30

French multi-instumentalist and producer Etienne de la Sayette will be playing for the first time in Paris this friday, with his Korean pop project, Baeshi Bang (info here). To celebrate the event, he prepared a selection of jazz, pop & psychedelic rock grooves from 1960s and 1970s Korea, a blend of standards and rarities, digitzed from vinyl Etienne has been diggin' in Seoul & Pusan. Chances are high you haven't heard any South Korean music from that period yet so enjoy the trip into old school K-pop!

Tracklisting :
01. Hwang Byungki - Peacefully (info)
02. Bae Ho - Imae Moksoli (info)
03. Sanullim - My Soul Lies On Silk (info)
04. Shin Jung-Hyeon - Beautiful Lady (info)
05. Jani Brothers - Cheonyo Chongak
06. Kim Serena - Sae Taliang
07. Golden Grapes - Please Don't Bother Me Anymore (info)
08. Kim Jung Mi - Igon Nomu Hajanayo (folk-psych chanteuse produced by Shin Jung-Hyeon)
09. Shin Jung-Hyeon - Long Long Night
10. Bae Ho - Tayang Sali
11. Nam In Su - Eseui Soyagok
Total time : 37mn 10s

Credits :
Selected by Etienne de la Sayette
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (Paris DJs)
Artwork by Djouls & Etienne borrowing pieces from Ben Hito (facebook)

Links :
Etienne de la Sayette : bandcamp | discogs | junodownload | lamixtape | parisdjs
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free Vol.7
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-08-31

While we're trying to move heaven & earth for our 15 CDs crowdfunding campaign, we don't forget that sometimes some of the best things are life are totally free and need no 'help me fund my project' shout-outs all over. Hence this new volume of our ongoing series of mixes focusing on free download tracks we've been able to find on the web recently… starting with Paris-based MC RacecaR who's new album should drop early next year. The man is just the coolest - Dude-like category. We then head to Spain and reggae/ska band Pura Mandanga, remixed by new Chilean cumbia band Chico Trujillo, for a very very nice piece of international cumbia soul. After a short trip back to the early 70s thanks to a Numero Group funk/soul reissue from Chicago funk band Boscoe, we transport back to Europe, Manchester in the UK to be precise, and a deeply funky hip hop joint from The Mouse Outfit, featuring Bam from The Jungle Brothers! The trip then takes us to Denver, Colorado, via Paris, France, with a new tasty Grant Phabao reggae remix, of Afro/Funk band Atomga this time. Washington, D.C.'s The Funk Ark is next with P-Funk number with some Middle Easter flavor. Fantastic stuff to fly out to, and indeed we land in Australia afterwards, with superb salsa dura from Melbourne's Quarter Street! The voyage is far over. Next is French producer Ajax Tow, reworking a soul ballad written by Marvin Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye, produced by Marvin and recorded and released by American Motown vocal group The Originals for the Soul label in 1969. And… we go back to Australia, with a beautiful vocal soul 45 from Zillanova, before taking the express route to Israel, for some global polyrhythmic dish from George & The Good Vibes. Teleportation soon becomes necessary, directly to Ottawa and the ever-amazing groove machine that is The Souljazz Orchestra, before landing in Ghent, with Belgium party brass band Brazzmatazz!!! We hope you enjoyed your travel and will be back aboard our earlines soon.

Tracklisting :
01. RacecaR x Blanka x Creestal - Brazil Paradise
(from 'May I' EP, 2015 / self-released / France)
[free download on blancreescar.bandcamp.com]
02. Pura Mandanga - Loca (Versión Chico Trujillo)
(from 'Entre La Tierra Y El Mar' album, 2015 / self-released / Spain)
[free download on puramandanga.bandcamp.com]
03. Boscoe - He Keeps You
(from 'Boscoe' album, 1973, reissued 2007 / Numero Group / USA)
[free download formerly available on soundcloud.com/numerogroup]
04. The Mouse Outfit & Bam (The Jungle Brothers) - What'd I Do
(from 'What'd I Do?' single, 2015 / self-released / UK)
[free download on themouseoutfit.bandcamp.com]
05. Atomga - Alaskan Pipeline (Grant Phabao Remix)
(from 'Black Belt' album, 2015 / self-released / USA)
[free download on parisdjs.com]
06. The Funk Ark - Fugue State pt 2
(from 'Man Is A Monster' album, 2015 / Ropeadope / USA)
[free download on kutx.org]
07. Quarter Street - Fantasia
(from 'Quarter Street' album, 2015 / HopeStreet Recordings)
[free download formerly on hopestreetrecordings.com]
08. The Originals - Baby I'm For Real (Ajax Tow Remix)
(originally released 1969 / Motown, free download remix, 2015 / Stereophonk)
[free download on soundcloud.com/ajaxtow]
09. Zillanova feat Cisco Tavares - Suicide
(from 'Stylin' 700 (Presented by Ennio Styles)' compilation, 2015 / Heart And Felt)
[free download on heardandfelt.com]
10. George & The Good Vibes - Ben Avigdor 20
(from 'George & The Good Vibes' album, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on soundcloud.com/tomergeorgecohen]
11. The Souljazz Orchestra - Bull's Eye
(from 'Resistance' album, 2015 / Strut)
[free download on soundcloud.com/strut]
12. Brazzmatazz - HUA!
(from 'HUA!'' EP, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on brazzmatazz.bandcamp.com]
Total time : 49mn 06s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (Paris DJs) and Pierre Raingeard (Le Ptit Bazar Free & Legal)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (Paris DJs)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Lawkyz - The Waxidermix
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-08-22

Today we're celebrating the release of 'The Waxidermist', a brand new 12 inch on Sound Sculpture Records from Lawkyz - bass & doublebass player, vinyl lover, beatdigger, member of Versus, and long-time collaborator of Paris DJs. He's prepared for the occasion an exclusive mix called… 'The Waxidermix'! In both cases, mix & EP, the vibe is rather old school, mainly soulful and jazzy hip hop, with some nods towards trip hop, and top choice featurings. A damn cool project which truthfully deserves shining some light on.

Tracklisting :
01. Elodie Rama & DJ Moar - The End Of Something
(from 'The French Evolution' compilation, 2015 / Trad Vibe)
02. Chlorine Free - D'Fish feat. Rashaan Ahmad
(from 'Start Fresh' album, 2011 / Dunose)
03. Oddisee - Slow It Down
(from 'Self Sacrifice' compilation, 2012 / Mello Music Group)
04. Elaquent - Grey Poupon feat. Octavio Santos
(from 'The Scenic Route' album, 2012 / Stillmuzik)
05. Soul Square - Trippin' feat. Blezz
(from 'Live & Uncut' album, 2010 / Kif)
06. Connie Price & The Keystones - International Hustler feat. Percee P
(from 'Tell Me Something' album, 2008 / Ubiquity)
07. Starvin B - Fresh Pescado (prod. Sauce Jacqson)
(from 'The Foreigner' album, 2015 / Sickside)
08. Dj Suspect & Doc TMK - Trains feat. Racecar
(from 'Giving Space To The Sun ' album, 2013 / Luhna Recordz)
09. Mattic - Red Giant feat. Astrid Engberg
(from 'The Abstract Convention' album, 2015 / Phonosaurus)
Total time : 31mn 50s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Lawkyz / Sound Sculpture
Mastered by Grant Phabao / Paris DJs
Artwork by Ben Hito / Paris DJs

Links :
Lawkyz : bandcamp | discogs | facebook | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Cultures Of Soul - West Indies Vintage Funk Vol.4
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-08-17

American label Cultures Of Soul was last featured in our Best Of 2014 selection with its superb 'Tropical Disco Hustle' compilation. We had invited COS in november 2011 for a mix of covers and in may 2012 for an African funk one. Now the label is back with a second volume of hard-to-find, disco-influenced, cosmic boogie or funk from Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica or the Bahamas, and it was high time to send a new invitation, in order to celebrate the release of that new 'Tropical Disco Hustle' compilation! Are you ready for a groovy disco trip through the Caribbean?

Tracklisting :
01. Wildfire - Try Making Love
(from 'Try Making Love' 7 inch, 1977 / WIRL / Barbados)
(available on 'Tropical Disco Hustle (Volume Two)' compilation, 2015 / Cultures Of Soul)
02. Friction - Party
(from 'The Heat Is On' compilation, 1981 / Red Stripe / Trinidad)
03. Tru Tones - Dancing
(from 'Power Struggle' album, 1980 / Trudisc / Barbados)
(available on 'Tropical Disco Hustle (Volume Two)' compilation, 2015 / Cultures Of Soul)
04. The Imaginations - Theme Song
(from 'Rock-A-Jama' album, 1979 / Trucker Man / Virgin Islands)
05. Sippy - Creation
(from 'Creation' 12 inch, late 1970s / Jeet / Trinidad)
06. Shadow - Keep On Wailing
(from 'If I Coulda I Woulda I Shoulda' album, 1979 / Charlie's / Trinidad)
(available on 'Let's Get Together' 12 inch, 2014 / Cultures Of Soul)
07. Art De Coteau - Kerieka Woman
(from 'Inaugural' album, 1978 / Art Records ‎/ Trinidad)
08. Camille "Sopran'n" Hildevert - Caribean People (Waxist Selecta Edit)
(from 'Tropical Disco Hustle (Volume Two)' compilation, 2015 / Cultures Of Soul)
09. The Mighty Duke - Be Your Self
(from 'Poetry & Music' album, 1977 / Charlie's ‎/ Trinidad)
(available on 'Tropical Disco Hustle' compilation, 2014 / Cultures Of Soul)
10. The Equitables - Sexual Healing
(from 'Warming up' album, 1983 / Strakers / St. Vincent)
Total time : 44mn 02s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Deano Sounds / Cultures of Soul
Mastered by Grant Phabao / Paris DJs
Artwork by Ben Hito / Paris DJs

Links :
Paris DJs' previous 'West Indies Funk' mixes : Vol.1 : Loik, Vol.2 : Djouls or Vol.3 : Anthony Joseph
Cultures of Soul : official | bigcartel | discogs | facebook | juno | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1971 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.12
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-08-08

Summer heat ain't stoppin' us. With only a few days off here and there, your beloved Paris DJs keep on recording, producing, rehearsing, selecting, soundtracking and, of course, publishing some cool mixes! This one's about cover songs recorded or released during the year 1971. A choice of funk, soul, jazz, rock, reggae and gospel tunes hand-picked one by one, never played in a Paris DJs mix before, carefully mixed and expertly mastered for an optimized listening experience.

Tracklisting :
01. Bobby Franklin's Insanity - Hit It And Quit It
(recorded 1971, from 'Westbound Funk' compilation, 2003 / BGP)
FUNKADELIC cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Merry Clayton - Southern Man
(from 'Merry Clayton' album, 1971 / Ode)
NEIL YOUNG cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Phillip Upchurch - Inner City Blues
(recorded 1971, from 'Darkness, Darkness' album, 1972 / Blue Thumb)
MARVIN GAYE cover, more info on wikipedia
04. The Two Things In One - Dreams
(recorded 1971, from 'Together Forever: The Music City Sessions' compilation, 2011 / Omnivore)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Orchester Werner Muller - Sex Machine
(from ' The Strip Goes On' album, 1971 / Decca)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info on wikipedia
06. The Elders - Sissy Strut
(from'Looking For The Answer' album, 1971 / Audio Fidelity)
THE METERS cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Hopeton Lewis - Funky Kingston
(from 'Grooving Out On Line' album, 1971 / Dynamic Sounds)
THE BEGINNING OF THE END cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Bobby Forrester - Uncle Funky
(from 'Organist' album, 1971 / Dobre)
HAROLD OUSLEY cover, more info on discogs 09. S.O.U.L. - Burning Spear (Single Edit)
(recorded 1971, from 'SuperFunk's Mission Impossible' compilation, 2011 / BGP)
RICHARD EVANS/THE SOULFUL STRINGS cover, more info on discogs
10. Paul Humphrey And The Cool-Aid Chemists - Them Changes
(from ' Paul Humphrey And The Cool-Aid Chemists ' album, 1971 / Lizard)
BUDDY MILES cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Idris Muhammad - Super Bad
(from 'Black Rhythm Revolution!' album, 1971 / Prestige)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info on wikipedia
12. Solomon Burke - Stand
(from 'Electronic Magnetism' album, 1971 / MGM)
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE cover, more info on wikipedia
13. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Ain't No Sunshine
(release 1971 on 45, from 'Blacknuss' album, 1972 / Atlantic)
BILL WITHERS cover, more info on wikipedia
14. The Los Angeles Gospel Choir - All Along the Watchtower
(from 'The Gospel According To Dylan' album, 1971 / A&M)
BOD DYLAN cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 48mn 22s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1970 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.11
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-07

After the series of 10 mixes from the 60's, here we go again with… no surprise: the 70s! The chronological order is respected, with, first things first, a selection of cover songs recorded or released during the year 1970, mainly on a SOUL tip. Paris DJs keeps on diggin'!!

Tracklisting :
01. Della Reese - Games People Play
(from 'Black Is Beautiful' album, 1970 / AVCO Embassy )
JOE SOUTH cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Merry Clayton - Bridge Over Troubled Water
(from 'Gimme Shelter' album, 1970 / Ode)
SIMON & GARFUNKEL cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Clarence Carter - Patches
(from 'Patches' album, 1970 / Atlantic)
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Etta James - The Sound Of Love
(from 'Etta James Sings Funk' album, 1970 / Cadet)
THE BEE GEES cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Toshiaki Yokota & The Beat Generation - What'd I Say
(from 'Elevation' album, 1970 / Toshiba)
RAY CHARLES cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Billy Preston - I've Got A Feeling
(from 'Encouraging Words' album, 1970 / Apple)
THE BEATLES cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Thelma Houston - Ride Louis Ride (Change in Louise)
(from 'Good Earth' 7 inch, 1970 / Dunhill)
JOE COCKER cover, more info on discogs
08. Shirley Scott - I Want You Back
(from 'Something' album, 1970 / Atlantic)
THE JACKSON 5 cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Richard "Groove" Holmes And Ernie Watts - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
(from 'Come Together' album, 1970 / )
FRANKIE VALLI cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Everybody's Talking
(from 'Natural Resources' album, 1970 / Gordy)
FRED NEIL cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Certain Lions & Tigers - These Boots Are Made For Walking
(from 'Soul Condor' album, 1970 / Polydor)
NANCY SINATRA cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 44mn 03s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Mr Moo - Abstractions In Space
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-07-01

What really happened after the 90's? Past the electronic revolution, once all the freaks fled the overpriced cities, between the last gasp of experience and the last band standing in the minefield of our time, a bit before we found ourselves digitally brainwashed, there was a stream gathering, a loose joint venture of alternate currents, not really a scene or to twist Jim's words: "Weirds scenes inside the gold mind". A spirit or an electrical impulsion we're all connected (or disconnected to), a place where we all belong... Look no further, space is the place. It was the present, you can have it now.

Tracklisting :
01. Shawn Lee and Clutchy Hopkins - 70 MPH Isn't Enough To Get Out Of Nebraska
(from 'Fascinating Fingers' album, 2009 / Ubiquity)
02. B.E.I.G.E. - Explosions = AE In B.E.I.G.E. (Nothing Has Changed)
(from 'Difficult Easy Listening' compilation, 2004 / Nonplace)
03. The Heliocentrics - Distant Star
(from 'Out There' album, 2007 / Now Again)
04. The Heliocentrics - Flight 583
(from 'Out There' album, 2007 / Now Again)
05. Money Mark - Monkey Dot
(from 'Push The Button' album, 1998 / Mo' Wax)
06. The Natural Yogurt Band - Space Echo
(from 'Away With Melancholy' album, 2008 / Jazzman)
07. Karl Hector and The Malcouns - Psycles
(from 'Sahara Swing' album, 2008 / Now Again)
08. Burnt Friedman and The Nu-Dub Players - Get Things Strait Dub
(from 'Can't Cool' album, 2003 / Nonplace)
09. Treva Whateva - Breakfast of Champions (skit)
(from 'Music's Made Of Memories' album, 2005 / Ninja Tune)
10. Shank - Shan-K
(from 'Do' album, 2009 / Nonplace)
11. Karl Hector and The Malcouns - Transition >Z<
(from 'Sahara Swing' album, 2008 / Now Again)
12. Pivot - Kirsten Dunst
(from 'Make Me Love You' album, 2005 / Sensory Projects)
13. Super Numeri - Beaks
(from 'Great Aviaries' album, 2003 / Ninja Tune)
14. Loka - Meet Dad
(from 'Fire Shepherds' album, 2006 / Ninja Tune)
15. The Natural Yogurt Band - Clocks
(from 'Tuck In With...' album, 2010 / Jazzman)
16. The Heliocentrics - Return Journey
(from 'Out There' album, 2007 / Now Again)
17. Benevento/Russo Duo - Becky
(from 'Best Reason To Buy The Sun' album, 2005 / Ropeadope)
18. Homelife - Trapdoor
(from 'Exotic Interlude' album, 2009 / Humble Soul)
19. The Heliocentrics - Outro
(from 'Out There' album, 2007 / Now Again)
Total time : 59mn 54s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Mr. Moo
Mastered by Grant Phabao
Artwork by Ben Hito

Links :
Mr. Moo : parisdjs Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1969 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.10
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-05

This tenth mix in the Standards, Versions and Revamps' series closes the first chapter - the 1960s - with a selections of covers recorded or first released in 1969. Ranging from Jamaican reinterpretations of recent hits to soul takes on rock hits, those 40 minutes of (mostly) HEAVY SOUL should be fascinating to tryout as a party starter!

Tracklisting :
01. Lloyd Williams - Because I Am Black
(from 'Because I'm Black' 7 inch, 1969 / Supreme)
SYL JOHNSON cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Marcia Griffiths - Don't Let Me Down
(from 'Don't Let Me Down' 7 inch, 1969 / Escort)
THE BEATLES cover, more info on wikipedia
03. The Phoenix Authority - Come Together
(from 'Blood, Sweat and Brass' album, 1969 / Mainstream)
THE BEATLES cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl
(from 'Am I The Same Girl' 7 inch, 1969 / Philips)
BARBARA ACKLIN cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Billy Preston - Hey Brother
(from 'That's The Way God Planned It'
JIMI HENDRIX cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Brother Lloyd's All Stars - The Tramp
(from 'Rock Steady Hits Of 69' compilation, 1969 / Fontana)
LOWELL FULSON cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Bobby Womack - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
(from 'My Prescription' album, 1969 / Minit)
TONY BENNETT cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Harvey Averne Band - Stand
(from 'Brotherhood' album, 1969 / Fania)
SLY and THE FAMILY STONE cover, more info on wikipedia
09. The Soulful Strings - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
(from 'String Fever' album, 1969 / Cadet)
TRADITIONAL NEGRO SPIRITUAL, more info on wikipedia
10. Solomon Burke - The Mighty Quinn
(recorded 1969, from 'Proud Mary: The Bell Sessions' compilation, 2000 / Sundazed)
BOB DYLAN cover, more info on wikipedia
11. The Dells - Dock Of The Bay
(from 'Love Is Blue' album, 1969 / Cadet)
OTIS REDDING cover, more info on wikipedia
12. The Zack Laurence Orchestra - Stiletto
(from 'Alive An' Kickin' album, 1969 / DJM Records)
SID RAMIN cover, more info on wikipedia
13. Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright
(from 'With a Little Help from My Friends' album, 1969 / Regal Zonophone)
TRAFFIC cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 39mn 12s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Shawn Lee - Planet Of The Capes Mix
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-05

It's always hard to follow all the cool things Shawn Lee. New records all the time, radio show very week, collaborations all over… But having the tiger mask man actually coming to play live in Paris is a rare treat. And since he'll be playing at l'Alimentation Générale with French electro-acoustic band M.A Beat! on june 12th, we're happy to invite him for for this eclectic guest mix on Paris DJs! (full info on the june 12 event here). Note that Monophonics, played in this mix, will also be playing in Paris on the same day, at Le New Morning... Sir Shawn Lee is always so right on point!! And thanks to Joseph at Black Milk Music for putting all this together!

Tracklisting :
01. AM and Shawn Lee - Persuasion
(from 'Outlines' album, 2015 / self-released)
02. Jan Hammer Group - Don't You Know
(from 'Melodies' album, 1977 / Nemperor)
03. Ahmed Fakroun - Nisyan
(from 'Nisyan' 7 inch, 1977 / Polydor)
Already played by Loik in 'Bled Party mix, sept 2006
04. UPP - It's A Mystery
(from 'UPP' album, 1975 / Epic)
05. Rudy Love and The Love Family - Happiness
(from 'Happiness' 7 inch, 1970 / Canyon)
06. Breakdown Brass - Monmouth
(from 'Monmouth' 7 inch, 2015 / Kept Records)
Already played by Grant Phabao and Djouls in Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free Vol.6', may 2015
07. Monophonics - Lying Eyes
(from 'Sound of Sinning' album, 2015 / Transistor Sound)
08. Forever Pavot - Miguel El Salam
(from 'Rhapsode' album, 2015 / Born Bad)
09. Bob Dorough - School House Rocky
(from 'Schoolhouse Rock!' soundtrack, 1996 / Rhino)
Total time : 30mn

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Shawn Lee (shawnlee.net)
Mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Shawn Lee : official | discogs | facebook | parisdjs | twitter | wikipedia | youtube
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1968 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.9
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-05

Rather than trying to find some covers released in 1968 which would reflect the events from that year, such as the assassination of Martin Luther King, the Soviet Union invasion of Czechoslovakia, anti-Vietnam war protests throughout the western world, The Beatles' 'White Album' or the Mexico Olympics Black Power salute, we've stayed on the low on the political energy here, and instead focused on that warming Paris DJs classy and groovy sound you've been expecting from your number one French label. From Soul to Reggae, Exotica, more Soul, Blues, Jazz, Latin and even more Soul, there's no way you'll feel like a fish out of the water here!

Tracklisting :
01. Betty Wright - Girls Can't Do What Guys Do
(from 'My First Time Around' album, 1968 / ATCO)
WILLIE CLARKE/CLARENCE REID cover, released a month before Judy White's version, more info on wikipedia
02. The Creations - Holding Out
(from 'Holding Out' 7 inch, 1968 / Amalgamated)
ERNIE JOHNSON cover, released in 1967 by New Orleans artist Robert Parker, more info on funky16corners
03. Sandy Nelson - Soulful Strut
(from 'The Rebirth Of The Beat' album, 1968 / Imperial)
Eugene Record/Sonny Sanders cover, made popular by YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED, more info on wikipedia
04. Solomon Burke - Get Out Of My Life Woman
(from 'I Wish I Knew' album, 1968 / Atlantic)
ALLEN TOUSSAINT cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Andre Williams & The Quality Controls - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (pt.1)
(from 'Grapevine' 7 inch, 1968 / Sure-Shot)
Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong cover, made famous by MARVIN GAYE and a few others, more info on wikipedia
06. Byrdie Green - Return Of The Prodigal Son
(from 'Sister Byrdie!' album, 1968 / Fantasy)
HAROLD OUSLEY cover, made famous in 1967 by George Benson, Freddie Hubbard or Stanley Turrentine, more info on wikipedia
07. Erma Franklin - Light My Fire
(from 'Soul Sister' album, 1968 / Brunswick)
THE DOORS cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Soul Limbo
(from 'Soul Limbo' 7 inch, 1968 / Trojan)
BOOKER T. & THE MGs cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Lou Rawls - The Letter
Wayne Carson Thompson cover, made famous by THE BOX TOPS, more info on wikipedia
10. Leslie Uggams - River Deep, Mountain High
(from 'What's An Uggams?' album, 1968 / Atlantic)
Phil Spector/Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich cover, made famous by IKE & TINA TURNER, more info on wikipedia
11. Aretha Franklin - I Take What I Want
(from 'Aretha Now' album, 1968 / Atlantic)
SAM & DAVE cover, more info on wikipedia
12. The Gilberto Sextet - Good Lovin'
(from 'The Groovy Sounds Of The Gilberto Sextet' album, 1968 / Cotique)
Rudy Clark/Arthur Resnick cover, made famous by THE YOUNG RASCALS, more info on wikipedia
13. Woody Herman - Hush
(from 'Hush' 7 inch, 1968 / Cadet)
Joe South cover, made famous by BILLY JOE ROYAL, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 35mn 27s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free Vol.6
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-05-16

The 'Free Music' biz is vast and mostly uncharted. While every kind of shitty media only spotlights music that is sold, distributed, promoted, subsidized, etc., meaning: music from people who might buy advertising, at Paris DJs we often take the opposite route. If some music doesn't need to be sold, sometimes it's because it can't be sold, sometimes it's because it's just too good to be sold and shared with the whole world! But I digress. In 1984 The Grateful Dead revolutionized the music biz with their approach to free music. In the 1990s if you thought nothing happened, you just missed all the free music that followed 1984, from a whole generation of bands. If you don't get what I'm talking about here that's just because you haven't been reading/following properly what's been published in this website... Anyway. Free music is quite something and every two months roughly, I go, hunt, dig and pick some of the finest free music that's out there, and build a short story with it. I called it 'Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free', which is quite self-explanatory. Isn't it?

My first pick is the single extracted from Dokkerman and The Turkeying Fellaz's new album out on Tramp Records this month. Gritty deep funk from Budapest, Hungary, this is heavy shit from a badass nine piece band! I've stayed on the same spirit with Breakdown Brass, a masterful brass band from Brooklyn, NY, who've just released an essential Afro-funky 7 inch on Kept Records, which they also share for free in digital form on their bandcamp page. You're gonna love those cats...

Coming next are some friends/collaborators of Paris DJs, the Ancient Astronauts duo of Kabanjak and Dogu, two dope downbeat/hip hop/reggae producers from Cologne, Germany. They have a dub tune in the latest 'Bust Free' compilation from Cold Busted that I couldn't do without here.
Doctor Stereo from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is not that much of a collaborator of this little Paris DJs label, but he's been appearing in those pages quite repeatedly anyway. The man's got a knack for digging into the groovy obscure and he's often very on point.

Now let's get back to Europe with a hip hop producer from Bristol, UK, Frenic, who's released an elegant cinematic/downtempo/instrumental hip hop album for free on Bandcamp. Picking a tune out of it wasn't an easy treat since the album has really been conceived as a whole story but I did my best.

Italian Crime Funk masters Calibro 35 shouldn't be unknown to Paris DJs' readers and listeners. We invited them for a mix of Italian soundtracks, did an interview with them and featured the band quite prominently in these pages. To celebrate their current Euro tour, they've released a free mashup version of The Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' hit. Psych rock meets hip hop at its finest, it's just huge, don't pass on this one!

We then head back over the Altantic with DJ/turntablist, musician and beat maker from Palm Springs, California, DJ Day, and his latest edit, a disco/hip hop classic tune from 1982 for all the party b-boys out there. But the party doesn't stop here, and I'm glad to be able to featured some DJs from Paris, SLKT et Jodeli, better known as the Around The World duo. Their rework of 1970s Nigerian singer Mad Man Jaga builds a bridge between modern electronics and old school afrobeat. A heavy dancefloor tune for sure.

Also from Paris, French producer with roots in Chile Orlando Diaz Corvalan, better known as Medline, is present with an hybridation of latin and Kenyan music. Pure roots for the soul announcing the debut album of The West Bridge Band-Kibera Esbera on Electric Cowbell Records for Record Store Day 2015 - which I need to check asap!

A Paris DJs mix or compilation is always better with a track produced by Adrian Quesada in Austin, Texas, and this one isn't an exception. The 'Brownout presents Brown Sabbath' album released last year on Ubiquity is such a marvel of latin psych funk rock that I'm very enthousiastic about finding another free extract from this LP. You're gonna trip yourself out on this one that recalls the famous 'Maggot Brain' from Funkadelic. You should get that album if you haven't already...

Brooklyn, NY based producer, DJ and Musician Gramatik is one of the rising stars of the electro-soul hip hop scene. He puts out frenetically some free albums and EPS that generate millions of downloads and consequentely fills a crazy booking schedule. His latest release is a cool downtempo hip hop/soul crossover, the kind you play on repeat while waiting for a long-player in the same vein, featuring Raekwon of the iconic hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan and soul singer Orlando Napier.

Closing this selection is a track from 2013 by a band from Iceland I had never heard about before: Kaleo. Their blend of indie rock and blues is catchy and groovy, as opposed to other Icelandic bands, rather more focused on chilled electronics or ambient pop... I'd love to be able to check the album but I don't think it's been released outside of their homeland. Thankfully their appearance at the 2015 Bonnaroo festival might be a game-changer!

...And that's it for this mix, I'll be back in a month or so with my collegue Grant Phabao on the decks for a new volume of mixed music that you may download for free as a whole or separately, track by track (check the individual links in the tracklist below).

Tracklisting :
01. Dokkerman and Turkeying Fellaz - Snake Bite
(from 'Mango Season' 7 inch, 2015 / Tramp Records)
[free download on tramprecords.bandcamp.com]
02. Breakdown Brass - Monmouth
(from 'Monmouth' 7 inch, 2015 / Kept Records)
[free download on breakdownbrass.bandcamp.com]
03. Ancient Astronauts - Halfway Through
(from 'Bust Free 18' digital compilation, 2015 / Cold Busted)
[free download on shop.coldbusted.org]
04. Joe Tex - Give The Baby Anything The Baby Wants (Doctor Stereo Joe-Hop version)
(unreleased remix, 2015)
[free download on soundcloud.com/doctorstereo]
05. Frenic - Cut up Music
(from 'Monomyth: Separation' album, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on frenic.bandcamp.com]
06. Calibro 35 - Sabotaggio
(unreleased mashup, 2015 / Record Kicks)
[free download on soundcloud.com/recordkicks]
07. Super 3 - When You're Standing On The Top (DJ Day Edit)
(unreleased remix, 2015)
[free download on soundcloud.com/iamdjday]
08. Mad Man Jaga - Hankuri (ATW Rework)
(unreleased remix, 2015)
[free download on soundcloud.com/atw0rld]
09. West Bridge Band and Aillacara 2743 - Papa (Home Made Master)
(unreleased, 2015 / Electric Cowbell)
[free download on soundcloud.com/dimsum66]
10. Brown Sabbath - Planet Caravan
(from 'Brown Sabbath' album, 2014 / Ubiquity)
[free download on noisetrade.com/bonnaroonoisetradesampler]
11. Gramatik - Native Son feat. Raekwon and Orlando Napier
(from 'Epigram' upcoming EP, 2015 / Lowtemp)
[free download on soundcloud.com/gramatik]
12. Kaleo - Broken Bones
(from 'Kaleo' album, 2013 / Sena)
[free download on noisetrade.com/bonnaroonoisetradesampler]
Total time : 47mn 04s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free Vol.5
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-03-06

Some people just stream. Some take a subscription to a streaming service and they feel they have all the music they need at their disposal, anytime. One thing's for sure, they're passing on the cool free music downloads we're hunting for this series of selections. Those are often special tracks, mashups, remixes aiming towards DJs or to showcase some music skills; to which we try to add a vast batch of fresh new singles just coming out of the oven, and tracks picked for some cool festivals' mixtapes. The "free" music model is an ever-expanding business so this series of mixes is for the moment an ongoing, unlimited one, and, as usual, every one of the tunes played here is available separately on the web (check the links in the tracklisting), so we're proud to be able to say once more that some of the best things in life are free!

We open with a bootie from producer Sam Redmore (who's just liberated all his mashups on Bandcamp!), blending a classic hip hop tune from NYC duo Dead Prez with a roots reggae production from Israeli hip hop stars Subliminal & Chulu. A mashup by Birmingham DJ Sam Redmore, who's just put out a slew of free remixes on his bandcamp page. We checked all those and picked another bootleg that'll appear later on in this mix, with the a capella of a neo-standard from Missy Elliott over a cumbia groove by NYC producers/DJs Greenwood Rhythm Coalition (check their 2011 Paris DJs guest mix)…

Things then get trippy on a jazz tip, with Los Angeles band Buyepongo doing an interpretation and homage to Mulatu Astake, before going into deep hip hop beats from Belgian producer Poldoore, reworking Bill Withers' classic 'Ain't No Sunshine', and a reverse action turn, with rhymes from San Diego rapper Real J. Wallace over a Lee Fields & The Expressions instrumental.

A cut 'n'roll and starts the 3rd single from The Suffers, a ten-piece band from Houston, TX who are redefining the sound of Gulf Coast Soul, intertwining elements of classic American soul with pop and latin percussion. A cumbia/hip hop Sam Redmore mashup later and begins a new… Monophonics deep soul tune! The San Francisco psychedelic funk band is on fire on the web these days, with free singles on Bandcamp, live tunes on soundcloud and more… They have a new album coming out soon and it's cool to see them keeping on sharing and caring that much. Love this band.

Picking a tune from the just released 'Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space' blending 90s NYC hip hop with Beatles samples wasn't easy. The Edan one is heavy shit and quite respectful of the psychedelic hip hop master previous works. Things get even heavier right after, with some Afro-Balkanese funk from Brooklyn's Breakdown Brass band, recorded at Dunham Studios by Thomas Brenneck! Damn cool and a free download just like all the other tunes in this mix!!

Let's keep on getting nuts, with a mad disco rap from Gift of Gab and Raashan Ahmad, extracted from the just released Motown versus Quannum remix project 'MoQuannum: Soul To Sole'; with a funk rock cover of Babe Ruth's 'The Mexican' by the GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) and Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine); with a new latin dancefloor rework by Boston-based duo Whiskey Barons…

Tim Love Lee and Shawn Lee follow, with cinematic funk taken from their 'New York Trouble' project based on KPM 1970s LPs. We then take a stroll to one of our favorite Afro blogs, Orogod, with a 45 from Sierra Leone musician/singer/songwriter Bunny Mack, and his classic 1979 disco hit 'Let Me Love You'. This one's never gets old.

Finally, we close this show with some Canadian funk and a tune extracted from the gritty, live-recorded 'Dirt On The Floor EP' from The Soul Motivators in Toronto, Ontario. And we'll be back with a new eclectic selection of free tunes in a month or two, of course!

Tracklisting :
01. Dead Prez vs Chulu & Subliminal - Hip Hop (Sam Redmore Mashup)
(from 'All Tracks' compilation, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on samredmore.bandcamp.com]
02. Buyepongo - Mulatu Para Ti
(from 'Maestros' 7 inch, 2015 / Soul Fiesta)
[free download on soundcloud.com/buyepongo]
03. Poldoore - Ain't No Sunshine
(from 'Ain't No Sunshine' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on poldoore.bandcamp.com]
04. Real J Wallace vs. Lee Fields & The Expressions - King Jaffe
(from 'Martin Fields' EP, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on realjwallace.bandcamp.com]
05. The Suffers - Make Some Room
(from 'Make Some Room' EP, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on noisetrade.com]
06. Missy Elliott vs Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Work It En Cumbia (Sam Redmore Mashup)
(from 'All Tracks' compilation, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on samredmore.bandcamp.com]
07. Monophonics - My Heart Cries feat. Tiffany Austin
(from 'My Heart Cries' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on monophonics.bandcamp.com]
08. Edan vs The Beatles - Hello Hello
(from 'An Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space' mixtape, 2015 / self-released)
[free download link on parisdjs.com]
09. Breakdown Brass - The Horseman
(from 'The Horseman' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on breakdownbrass.bandcamp.com]
10. Gift Of Gab vs Jackson 5 - Fortitude Dancing Machine feat. Raashan Ahmad (Guillermo Chiapa Mashup)
(from 'MoQuannum: Soul To Sole' compilation, 2015 / The Goodwill Projects)
[free download on thegoodwillprojects.bandcamp.com]
11. The GZA - The Mexican feat. Tom Morello
(from 'The Mexican' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on soundcloud.com/therealgza]
12. Los Kenton - Triunfare (bogart's Whiskey Barons rework)
(from 'Triunfare' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on soundcloud.com/whiskeybarons]
13. Tim Love Lee/Shawn Lee - High Five Shake Down
(from 'Best Of 2014' compilation, 2015 / Tummy Touch)
[free download on tummytouchrecords.bandcamp.com]
14. Bunny Mack - Let Me Love You
(from 'Let Me Love You' 12 inch, 1979 / Rokel)
[free download on orogod.blogspot.fr]
15. The Soul Motivators - Aftermath
(from 'Aftermath' digital single, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on soulmotivators.bandcamp.com]
Total time : 59mn 32s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1967 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.8
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-02-10

1967 was the year of the summer of love and of The Beatles' masterpiece 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band' (and of course many other great records). With acid, musicians experienced what it took Tibetan monks 20 years to obtain, opening the doors of perception in 20 minutes. On the covers front, though, things just slowly started to venture into psychedelic waters, as you'll hear in this selection.

Opener is another surprising version of the 'Fever' classic. There's so many it's always very cool to stumble upon a very original one. Larry Williams & Johnny Watson's bluesy jazz guitar take with big band horns arrangements counts as one of those. Allen Toussaint's 'Get out Of My Life Woman' had been heavily covered too. Here's a Mike Bloomfield-ish version by US band The New Apocalypse, with nice horns, loud drums, clean bass, pulsating organ, breaks and a cool "funk-rock" appeal. We then go into the huge Bobby Hebb 'Sunny', and a previously unissued version from The Temptations' singer Dennis edwards, released last year through Ace Records.

Now let's talk a bit about The Sweet Inspirations, covering here the Wilson Pickett tune 'Don't Fight It'. The gospel-soul band sang backup for Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Esther Phillips and a few others. Their 1967 album is the shit, great tune after great tune, don't hesitate to go diggin' for this one. You can also grab 'The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus' compilation released last year on double CD for a more global overview… The 'Get Out Of My Way' by Joe Torres which follows isn't a cover, but its infectious Latin machismo is one we couldn't pass on.

Our love of Jamaica got us to pick the rocksteady gem 'Perfidia' by Phyllis Dillon, produced by Duke Reid at Treasure Isle, a perfect breather in the middle of this mix, before getting seriously funky once again with heavy soul from Etta James, covering Sonny & Cher's classic 'I Got You Babe', with the groovy combo from Cincinnati Dee Felice Trio, and their soulful pop rendition of The Lovin Spoonful's 'Summer In The City', or with a calypso take on the Jimmy Castor Bunch's 'Hey Leroy'!

A 1967 King Curtis original, 'Memphis soul Stew', is presented here in a totally different version, recorded live a few years later with a stellar crew of musicians. Because we like tweaking with our own concepts a bit… and felt the irresistible live version is superior than the original, despite what The Guardian says (see here). Not many people read the texts that go along with mp3s anyway, so whatever.

Getting back on the 1967 cover songs track, we've found a furious 'Uptight' (Stevie Wonder) by Jackie Wilson & Count Basie, and a tight and funky instrumental version of 'Unchain My Heart' by flutist Herbie Mann, to close this latest chapter in our big books of covers. See you soon for 1968?

Tracklisting :
01. Larry Williams and Johnny Watson - Fever
(from 'Two For The Price Of One' album, 1967 / Okeh)
EDDIE COOLEY/JOHN DAVENPORT cover, more info on wikipedia
02. The New Apocalypse - Get Outta' My Life Woman
(from' Stainless Soul' album, 1967 / MTA)
ALLEN TOUSSAINT cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Dennis Edwards - Sunny
(recorded 1967, from 'The Contours - Just a Little Misunderstanding Rare and Unissued Motown 1965-68' compilation, 2014)
BOBBY HEBB cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Sweet Inspirations - Don't Fight It
(from 'The Sweet inspirations' album, 1967 / Atlantic)
STEVE CROPPER/WILSON PICKET Pickett cover, more info on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Pickett
05. Joe Torres - Get Out Of My Way
(from 'Latino Con Soul' album, 1967 / World Pacific)
JOE TORRES/RIC DESILVA original, more info on allmusic
06. Phyllis Dillon - Perfidia
(from 'Perfidia' 7 inch, 1967 / Treasure Isle)
ALBERTO DOMÍNGUEZ/MILTON LEEDS cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Etta James - I Got You Babe
(from 'Call My Name' album, 1967 / Cadet)
SONNY and CHER cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Dee Felice Trio - Summer In The City
(from 'In Heat' album, 1967 / Bethlehem)
THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Honeyboy Martin - Hey Leroy
(from 'Hey Leroy' 7 inch, Treasure Isle, 1967; taken from 'Slates, Plates and Acetates' compilation, 2013)
JIMMY CASTOR cover, more info on wikipedia
10. King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew
(originally released in 1967, taken from 'Live At Fillmore West' album, 1971 / Atlantic)
KING CURTIS original, more info on wikipedia
11. Jackie Wilson And Count Basie - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
(from 'For Your Precious Love' 7 inch, 1967 / Brunswick)
STEVIE WONDER cover, more info on wikipedia
12. Herbie Mann - Unchain My Heart
(from 'Glory Of Love' album, 1967 / CTI)
BOBBY SHARP cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 40mn 02s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1966 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.7
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-02-04

1966 it is, there's war in Vietnam leading to inflation, race riots increasing in America's cities, a space race between the US and the USSR to be the first to step on the moon. Carnaby Street in London rules fashion, the swinging sixties start to be replaced by a growing flower power. Bands such as Beatles, Monkees, Beach Boys, Mamas and Papas, Rolling Stones or Simon and Garfunkel are among the most popular ones. Pop, jazz, soul, funk, reggae or latin music walk in one another's shoes without any hesitation anymore, as you'll hear in this 40mn mixed selection of covers released or recorded in 1966…

Tracklisting :
01. Georgie Fame - Sitting In The Park
(from 'Get Away' album, 1966 / Imperial)
BILLY STEWART cover, more info on wikipedia
02. The Soulful Strings - Paint It Black
(from 'Paint It Black' album, 1966 / Cadet)
THE ROLLING STONES cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Gabor Szabo - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
(from 'Spellbinder' album, 1966 / Verve)
SONNY BONO/CHER cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Esther Phillips - Fever
(from 'Try Me' 7 inch, 1966 / Atlantic, taken from the 1986 'Set Me Free' compilation)
EDDIE COOLEY/JOHN DAVENPORT cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Manfred Mann - I Got You Babe
(from 'Instrumental Asylum' 7 inch, 1966 / His Master's Voice)
SONNY and CHER cover, more info on wikipedia
06. John Schroeder And Orchestra - Get Out Of My Life Woman
(from 'Working In The Soul Mine' album, 1966 / Piccadilly)
ALLEN TOUSSAINT cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Prince Buster - My Girl
(from 'My Girl' 7 inch, 1966 / Blue Beat)
SMOKEY ROBINSON/RONALD WHITE cover, more info on wikipedia
08. The Otis And Carla Band - Tramp [Instrumental]
(recorded 1966, from 'Super Breaks' compilation, 1999 / BGP)
LOWELL FULSON cover, more info on wikipedia
09. The Gaylads - Stop Making Love
(from 'Stop Making Love' 7 inch, 1966 / Coxsone)
HOLLAND/DOZIER/HOLLAND cover ('It's the Same Old Song'), more info on wikipedia
10. The Dynatones - Hold On, I'm Coming
(from 'The Fife Piper' album, 1966 / Hanna-Barbera)
ISAAC HAYES/DAVID PORTER cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Joe Swift's Internationals - Boo-Ga-Loo Party
(from 'Boo-Ga-Loo Party' 7 inch, 1966 / Onacrest)
A tune sounding like a blend of 'Harlem Shuffle' with a James Brown song…
12. Sandy Nelson - Uptight
(from 'In Beat' album, 1966 / Imperial)
STEVIE WONDER cover, more info on wikipedia
13. Waltel Branco - Peter Gunn
(from 'Mancini Também É Samba' album, 1966 / Mocambo)
HENRI MANCINI cover, more info on wikipedia
14. The Soulsetters - Out Of Sight
(from 'Cecil, the Unwanted French Fry' 7 inch, 1966 / Onacrest)
JAMES BROWN cover, more info on wikipedia
15. Trax Four - I'm Coming Home Baby
(from 'Wingding Party!!!' album, 1966 / Ace Of Clubs)
BEN TUCKER cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 39mn 55s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1965 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.6
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-01-25

The year this time is 1965, we're right in the middle of the 1960s. Frank Herbert puts out the first volume of his 'Dune' masterpiece, the Mary Quant-designed Mini Skirt appears in London and will be the fashion statement of the decade, Beatles & Stones are so big, while The Grateful Dead with lead guitarist Jerry Garcia play their first concert, in San Francisco. On the covers front, we've picked a selection of a dozen tracks released or recorded during the year 1965 and you can expect jazz, beat, R&B, latin jazz, surf rock, blues and soul grooviness all along. We're only reaching the first 10% of this huge project (which consists in doing yearly mixes of covers songs, starting in 1960 and ending today), so stay connected for 1966 is coming soon!

Tracklisting :
01. Gary McFarland - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
(from 'The In Sound' album, 1966 / Verve, recorded august 1965)
THE ROLLING STONES cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Wild Bill Davis - Hit The Road Jack
(from 'Free, Frantic And Funky' album, 1965 / RCA)
PERCY MAYFIELD cover, more info on wikipedia
03. The Graham Bond Organisation - Wade In The Water
(from 'The Sound Of 65' album, 1965 / Columbia)
Traditional made famous by THE RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO, more info on wikipedia
04. The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running
(from 'Keep On Running' 7 inch, 1965 / Fontana)
JACKIE EDWARDS cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Ann Mason featuring Little Mac & The Boss Sounds - You Can't Love Me (In The Midnight Hour)
(from 'In The Midnight Hour' 7 inch, 1955 / Atlantic)
WILSON PICKETT/STEVE CROPPER cover, more info on wikipedia
06. The Animals - The Story of Bo Diddley
(from 'Animal Tracks' album, 1965 / MGM)
ERIC BURDON's humorous history of rock'n'roll from its humble beginnings up to mid-1964
07. Willie Mitchell - Twine Time
(from 'It's Dance-Time' album, 1965 / Hi Records)
ANDRE WILLIAMS/VERLIE RICE cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Herbie Mann - Jungle Fantasy
(from 'Latin Mann (Afro To Bossa To Blues)' album, 1965 / Columbia)
ESY MORALES cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Takeshi Terauchi & His Blue Jeans - Pipeline
(from 'Beat! Beat! Beat! Vol.2' album, 1965 / King)
THE CHANTAYS cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Mitty Collier - My Babe
(from 'Shades Of A Genius' album, 1965 / Chess)
WILLIE DIXON cover, more info on wikipedia
11. J. J. Johnson - No Particular Place To Go
(from 'Goodies' album, 1966 / RCA - recorded 1965)
CHUCK BERRY cover, more info on wikipedia
12. James Brown - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ?
(from 'Grits & Soul' album, 1965 / Smash)
JIMMY SMITH cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 35mn 12s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free Vol.4
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2014-10-16

Following a successful crowdfunding campaign where we raised nearly 4000€ to press a new vinyl LP, it was kinda obvious to balance our karma and offer a new mix in our series of eclectic selections of free tunes found on the web. So, what's the best way to start a mix or a compilation? A Brownout tune, of course! We've found a rare Rock-Funk-Latin-Psych cover of The Beatles by our friends from the Paris-Austin Connection, this just perfect. What else? Well there's plenty more… starting with onljoe, a dub/reggae act from the UK we discovered thanks to the Ghostwriterz guest mix last november, and a dub from their latest (free) single by pioneering UK dub producer/selector Nick Manasseh. More dub vibes are next with melodica specialist Art-X from Tours, France, soon followed by an extract from the latest Grant Phabao free EP, featuring Jamaican deejay Reggie Stepper - marvelous and with great dynamics! We then head towards South America, with the addictive Brazilian hip hop/folk from Lucas Santtana, trippy psychedelic cumbia from Bareto in Lima, Peru, and a cool remix of Seu Jorge by Captain Planet… before going geographically nuts in a La Sono Mondiale manner, with some afrobeat recorded in one day in Cologne, Germany by Shareholder Tom, with Los Angeles-based rapper Malkovich voicing the famous 'Make It Fast Make It Slow' from late 70s Ghanean artist Rob, with mashups of Orgone with Jay-Z or Rjd2 with Common!! Pfffeeeww what a trip. Third and final part of the mix is more roots, with some organ funk from Soule Monde, American soul from Monophonics, UK folk jazz from Sara Mitra and, to close this selection on a light note, some loveable pop/folk from Nashville combo Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors. Every one of those tunes is available separately on the web (check the links in the tracklisting), because some of the best things in life are free, right?

Tracklisting :
01. Brownout feat. Alex Marrero - Tomorrow Never Knows
(from 'All ATX Vol 2: British Invasion' compilation, 2014 / Waterloo)
[free download on kutx.org]
02. onlyjoe - Hold Me (Manasseh Dub)
(from 'Hold Me' digital single, 2014 / self-released)
[free download on onlyjoe.bandcamp.com]
03. Art-X - Melodica We Love
(from 'Style Ah Style' digital EP, 2014 / Brigante)
[free download on soundcloud.com/jeepman]
04. Grant Phabao & Reggie Stepper - I Came, I Saw, I Conquered
(from 'Reggae Specials Vol.6 - Jamaican Icons' digital EP, 2014 / Paris DJs)
[free download on parisdjs.bandcamp.com]
05. Lucas Santtana - Não Tenho Medo Não
(from 'Afrobrasilidades em 78 rpm' digital compilation, 2014 / Goma-Laca)
[free download on goma-laca.com]
06. Bareto - La Voz Del Sinchi
(from 'Untitled' upcoming album, 2015 / self-released)
[free download on bareto.net]
07. Seu Jorge - Mania de Peitão (Captain Planet Bootleg)
(from 'Mania de Peitão' free download, 2014 / self-released)
[free download on soundcloud.com/dj-captain-planet]
08. Shareholder Tom - African Beauty
(from 'One Day Songs (2014-2015)' album, 2015 / Büro.9 Music)
[free download on buero9.bandcamp.com]
09. Malkovich Music - Ambition
(from 'Pre-Boarding' album, 2014 / LABEL)
[free download on malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com]
10. Orgone - Nasty Hats vs. Jay Z - 99 Problems
[free download on soundcloud.com/templeofboon]
11. RJD2 - Ghostwriter vs. Common - The Light
[free download on soundcloud.com/templeofboon]
12. Soule Monde - Billy Martin
(from 'Soule Monde Free Download Sampler', 2014 / self-released)
[free download on soulemonde.com]
13. Monophonics - I'd Be Nowhere Today
(from 'I'd Be Nowhere Today' free download, 2014 / self-released)
[free download on monophonics.bandcamp.com]
14. Sara Mitra - The Secret Sorrow of a Travelling Man
(from 'Baltimore Oriole' digital EP, 2014 / Impossible Ark)
[free download on impossiblearkrecords.bandcamp.com]
15. Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors - I Love You I Do
(from 'Good Light' album, 2014 / Good Time)
[free download on noisetrade.com/drewholcomb]
Total time : 47mn 45s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Rob Luis - Electronic Deepness
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2015-01-08

Tru Thoughts Recordings A&R Robert Luis introduces this exclusive mix as "A deep selection of tunes on an electronic tip. One to zone out to."… This is the final chapter of Paris DJs' celebration of the Brighton label's 15th anniversary in four parts, after mixes from Ghost Writerz, Lost Midas, Nostalgia 77. We're very glad to invite Rob, the man's been an inspiration for many years, and his label has always been very supportive of our work for more than a decade. We wish him 15 more years of great music, Happy 15th anniversary Tru Thoughts!! (and thanks to Ben Hito for those cool artworks!)

Tracklisting :
01. The Seshen - The Fall
(from 'Unravel EP' digital single, 2014 / Tru Thoughts)
02. Polaroid 85 - Daydreamer
(from 'Fuzzy Mornings EP' free digital single, 2011 / Reel Me Records)
03. Jonny Faith - Zheng
(from 'Zheng' digital single, 2014 / Tru Thoughts)
04. Mala - Alicia
(from 'Alicia' 12 inch, 2014 / no label)
05. Dub Phizix and Skeptical - Deeper Love
(from 'Platinum Breakz 4' compilation, 2014 / Metalheadz)
06. Leon Vynehall - Inside The Deku Tree
(from 'Music For The Uninvited' album, 2014 / 3024 Records)
07. Lost Midas - Archetype Forgotten
(from 'Off The Course' album, 2014 / Tru Thoughts)
08. Gunjan - Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil feat. Bally Sagoo
(from 'Bindiya Chamke Gi' album, 2004 / Ishq Records)
Total time : 34mn55s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Rob Luis
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao
Artwork by Ben Hito

Links :
Rob Luis : official | discogs | facebook | juno | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Tru Thoughts : official | etchshop | facebook | juno | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Djouls - Sweet Little Paris DJs Boy
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2014-12-24

Christmas without a funky Paris DJs mix isn't the same. For this selection we've picked a few friends, of course: the eternal Shawn Lee, the unstoppable Laura Vane and the amazingly unique Super Hi-Fi, who all put out a groovy xmas album or single those last years. Then there's the annual Daptone Records holiday single, from Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings this year. We added two gems from The Blind Boys Of Alabama, one featuring the great Mavis Staples on guest vocals and the much-adored keybards king John Medeski on Hammond B3 organ, and another lifted from their recent xmas album with Taj Mahal. James Brown is here too. The man left us on a christmas day a few years back so we can't pass on having Papa James featured with a soulful xmas song. A surprising P-Funk soul/blues thang appears too, from Southern Soul artists Tyree Neal, Adrian Bagher and Pokey, under the Louisiana Soul Brothas guise, and we close the mix on a reggae tip… Happy holidays everyone!!

Tracklisting :
01. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Just Another Christmas Song
(from 'Just Another Christmas Song' 7 inch, 2014 / Daptone)
02. The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Born In Bethlehem feat. Mavis Staples
(from 'Go Tell It On The Mountain' album, 2003 / Real World)
03. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Little Town of Bethlehem
(from 'A Very Ping Pong Christmas' album, 2007 / Ubiquity)
04. James Brown - Believers Shall Enjoy (Non Believers Shall Suffer)
(from 'A Soulful Christmas' album, 1968 / King)
05. The BlueBeaters - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
(from 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' free download, 2014 / Record Kicks)
(Record Kicks, 2014)
06. Laura Vane and The Vipertones - Christmas Day with Me
(from 'A Very Unique Christmas' compilation, 2014 / Unique)
07. Blind Boys Of Alabama and Taj Mahal - Merry Christmas!
(from 'Talkin' Christmas' album, 2014 / Sony)
08. The Louisiana Blues Brothas - Santa Was a Freak Like Me
(from 'Yes This Is What I Call Southern Soul Xmas' compilation, 2014 / Music Access Inc)
09. Eek-A-Mouse - Christmas A Come
(from 'Christmas A Come' 12 inch, 2014 / VP Records)
10. Super Hi-Fi - Auld Lang Syne
(from 'Yule Analog, Vol.1' album, 2014 / self-released)
Total time : 31mn34s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls
Mix and audio mastering by Grant Phabao

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter

Nostalgia 77 - Jazz d'Outre-Manche
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2014-12-06

You've already heard him on this podcast. UK Jazz master Benedic Lamdin aka Nostalgia 77 is back with "a mixture of music from the Nostalgia 77 family", as he described it. This is the third volume of Paris DJs' celebration of Tru Thoughts' 15th anniversary in four parts - after Ghost Writerz 'Sharp And Ready Selection', Lost Midas 'Elysium Mix', and before an exclusive new mix from Rob Luis…

Don't forget to check Nostalgia 77' brand new album 'Measures' here...

Tracklisting :
01. Nostalgia 77 and The Monster - Thoughts For Geoff
(from 'Measures album, 2014 / Tru Thoughts)
02. Jamie Cullum and Nostalgia 77 - Out Of This World
(from 'Interlude' album, 2014 / Island)
03. Alex Hawkins Trio - One Tree
(unreleased? more info on the artist site)
04. Nostalgia 77 and The Monster - Skeletons (Prince Fatty Dub)
(from In The Kingdom Of Dub' album, 2014 / Tru Thoughts)
05. Sara Mitra - Baltimore Oriol
(from Losing You' album, 2015 / Impossible Ark)
06. Smokey Angle Shades - Mean to Me
(from 'Shades Of Joy album, 2015 / Impossible Ark)
Total time : 29mn46s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Nostalgia 77
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao
Artwork by Ben Hito

Links :
Nostalgia 77 : official | bandcamp | facebook | juno | junodownload | parisdjs | twitter
Tru Thoughts : official | etchshop | facebook | juno | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Lost Midas - Elysium Mix
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2014-12-06

'This mix consists of songs and bands I've been listening to while working on my next record, in addition to a few originals. The selections here emote a kind of melancholy nostalgia. I named it "Elysium" after a mural painting in my recording studio by LA artist Norman Zammitt. It's a beautiful gradient color spectrum that looks like an endless sunset and to me reflects the vibe of this mix.' - Jason Trikakis (aka Lost Midas)

This is the second volume of Paris DJs' celebration of Tru Thoughts' 15th anniversary in four parts - after Ghost Writerz 'Sharp And Ready Selection' and before exclusive new mixes from Nostalgia 77 and Rob Luis…

Don't forget to check Lost Midas' brand new single 'Dream Of Me' here...

Tracklisting :
01. Animal Collective - On a Highway
(from 'Fall Be Kind' EP, 2009 / Domino)
02. Lost Midas - Love Undone (feat. Taylor O'Donnell)
(from 'Off The Course' album, 2014 / Tru Thoughts)
03. Les Sins - Grind
(from 'Grind' 12 inch, 2013 / Jiaolong)
04. Chairlift - Amanaemonesia
(from 'Amanaemonesia' 7 inch, 2011 / Terrible)
05. Com Truise - Brokendate
(from 'Galactic Melt' album, 2013 / Ghostly International)
06. Lost Midas - Head Games (feat. Audris)
(from 'Head Games' single, 2014 / Tru Thoughts)
07. Neon Indian - Polish Girl
(from 'Era Extraña album, 2011 / Static Tongues)
08. Crystal Castles - Magic Spells
(from 'Crystal Castles album, 2008 / Different Recordings)
09. Washed Out - New Theory
(from 'Life Of Leisure album, 2009 / Mexican Summer)
10. Best Coast - Crazy for You
(from 'Crazy for You album, 2010 / Mexican Summer)
11. Caribou - Can't Do Without You
(from 'Our Love album, 2014 / City Slang)
12. Lost Midas - Dream Of Me
(from 'Dream Of Me' single, 2015 / Tru Thoughts)
Total time : 29mn43s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Lost Midas
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao
Artwork by Ben Hito

Links :
Lost Midas : official | bandcamp | facebook | soundcloud | twitter
Tru Thoughts : official | etchshop | facebook | juno | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Ghost Writerz - Sharp And Ready Selection
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2014-11-30

While a majority of labels shift their focus on reissues (with no production costs) and live bands (with a simple old school business model: touring and selling merch), there still are a few out there who do the real job: digging "in the now", finding, signing new artists and releasing new productions. Brighton's finest Tru Thoughts is one of those and it's already been going on for 15 years now… Reason enough for Paris DJs to celebrate the label's 15th anniversary, by inviting four of their artists to do an exclusive mix, starting with UK Sound System Culture sensation Ghost Writerz. The duo is the first signing of Tru Thoughts brand new sub-label Sharp and Ready, designed to spotlight the "new wave" of artists on the UK sound system scene...

"Sharp And Ready is the Sound System Culture arm of Tru Thoughts recordings. A platform for the New Wave of UK Sound System Culture, a coalescing of influences and heritage - from Reggae through Hip Hop and Jungle - and the distinct sonic and societal markers of our time, into something wholly new, carried forward by a growing contingent of passionate, talented artists and brought to you by one of the UK's most respected independent labels." (sharpandready.com)

Besides Quantic and DJ Vadim, this mix was for us a source of a lot of new discoveries. Paris DJs is, obviously, based in Paris, and we don't have any (other) media about groovy music over here in France so it's hard to find out about new bands. The reggae/dub/soundsystem scene has always been big in the UK, but it has been years if not decades since it started getting THAT interesting again. This mix sets things right. We've added many links (see below) for all the artists featured here, don't hesitate to go check their streams and social pages if you like what your hear… and be sure to be back next week for the second part of this quadrilogy of mixes celebrating Tru Thoughts' 15th anniversary!

Tracklisting :
01. Quantic - Spark It feat. Shinehead
(from 'Magnetica' album, 2014 / Tru Thoughts)
02. onlyjoe feat. Ghost Writerz - Forever More (Revolution Riddim)
(from 'Forever More' free download single, 2014 / Unit 137)
03. G.Corp - Money Friends (Dub)
(unreleased dubplate / 2014 / Unit 137)

04. DJ Vadim feat. YT, RTKAL, Jago, Kosher and G.O.L.D. - Nah Join (Ghost Writerz Remix)
(forthcoming on BBE Music)
05. Simian Frenzy - Ill Not Sick feat. Rodney P (Skitz and The Sea Refix)
(from 'Ill Not Sick' digital single, 2014 / Functional)
06. Ed West feat. RTKAL and Serocee - Frost
(forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)
07. Ghost Writerz - Back It Up feat. Shiffa Dan and G.O.L.D.
(from 'Back It Up' digital single, 2014/ Tru Thoughts)
08. G.O.L.D feat. Ghost Writerz - Slow Wind
(unreleased dubplate, 2014)

09. Ghost Writerz - Back It Up (Aries and Gold Dubs Remix)
(from 'Back It Up' digital single, 2014/ Tru Thoughts)
10. Pete Cannon feat. Ghost Writerz - How We Living
(forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)

11. Zico - Murder (prod. by Ghost Writerz)
(unreleased dubplate, 2014)
12. Sleepy Time Ghost feat. Bahia - Feel (Hylu Remix)
(forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)
Total time : 30mn

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected, mixed and mastered by Ghost Writerz
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
DJ Vadim : official | official | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Ed West : facebook | soundcloud
G.Corp : bandcamp | facebook | twitter
Ghost Writerz : official | facebook | soundcloud | tru-thoughts | twitter
G.O.L.D. : soundcloud | twitter
Lionbeat : facebook | soundcloud | twitter
onlyjoe : official | facebook | soundcloud | twitter
Pete Cannon : bandcamp | soundcloud | twitter
Quantic : official | bandcamp | facebook | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Sharp and Ready : official | twitter
Sleepy Time Ghost : facebook | twitter
Tru Thoughts : official | etchshop | facebook | juno | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Unit 137 : official | bandcamp | facebook | soundcloud | twitter
Zico : facebook | twitter
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1964 - Standards Versions and Revamps Vol.5
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2014-11-03

This idea of doing a loooong series of mixes covering half a century of music came to us more nearly two years ago. After so many 'Molesting Laura mixes and a blast of a dozen new mixes of covers at then end of 2012, we couldn't just stop there. Mixes of cover songs are cool by essence, since they're mostly made of familar tunes, but we thought of a twist: let's sort them out by year. Let's do a mix of cover songs for each year, starting in… ok let's say 1960. Now let's fast-forward to mid-november 2014 and we're already at the fifth volume in this Paris DJs series of selections of covers from the same year - this one from songs which happened in 1964.
As promised last week, we haven't forgotten to go dig into Jamaican releases this time, hence the appearance of Lee Perry, Prince Buster or Roland Alphonso backed by The Skatalites, and Carlos Malcolm with His Afro Jamaican Rhythms… tackling some classics into ska! You'll also get a heavy dose of soul with Alvin Robinson, Roosevelt Grier, Dusty Springfield, Quincy Jones, Shirley Ellis or Don Gardner (who's just made the news with a Tramp Records compilation!). Plus a bit of Serge Gainsbourg, who was borrowing from Nigerian percussion player Olatunji Babatunde at the time, with new lyrics… Of course this not the ultimate mix of cover songs from 1964, just a quick draw we made from the records in our vaults - which might explain the mostly soul & ska flavors in here!

Tracklisting :
01. Alvin Robinson - Fever
(from 'Fever' 7 inch, 1964 / Red Bird)
EDDIE COOLEY/JOHN DAVENPORT cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Roosevelt Grier - I (Who Have Nothing)
(from 'Soul City' album, 1964 / Recording Industries Corp.)
BEN E. KING cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Serge Gainsbourg - Joanna
(from 'Gainsbourg Percussions' album, 1964 / Philips)
BABATUNDE OLATUNJI cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Mother In Law
(from 'Ska Authentic' compilation, 1964 / ND Records)
ERNIE K-DOE cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Own Me (Original Mono Mix)
(from 'A Girl Called Dusty' album, 1964 / Philips)
JOHN MADARA/DAVID WHITE cover, more info on wikipedia
06. Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites - Christine Keeler
(from 'Christine Keeler' 7 inch, 1964 / C And N Records)
BEN TUCKER cover (Comin' Home Baby), more info on wikipedia
07. Quincy Jones & His Orchestra - Hard Day's Night
(from 'Golden Boy' album, 1964 / Mercury)
THE BEATLES cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Shirley Ellis - Bring It On Home To Me
(from 'Such A night' 7 inch, 1964 / Congress)
SAM COOKE cover, more info on wikipedia
09. The Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford Quintet - What'd I Say
(from 'In Sweden' album, 1964 / Sonet)
RAY CHARLES cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Prince Buster featuring The Skatalites) - Perhaps
(from 'Fly Flying Ska' compilation, 1964 / Soulsville Center)
OSVALDO FARRÉS/JOE DAVIS cover, more info on wikipedia
11. Carlos Malcolm And His Afro Jamaican Rhythms - Bonanza Ska
(from 'Bonanza Ska' 7 inch, 1964 / Up-Beat)
JAY LIVINGSTON/RAY EVANS cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 33mn 03s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1963 - Standards Versions and Revamps Vol.4
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2014-11-03

Fourth volume in our series of selections of covers from the same period, this mix focuses on the year 1963, gathering Jazz, Soul, Folk, Latin, French Chanson, and Rhythm and Blues interpretations of hits from the past of that time. Of course after 1960, 1961 and 1962, it's not a big big surprise to our listeners, and some cool versions of standards will give a feeling of a swim in charted waters: 'Hallelujah I Love Her So', 'Take Five', 'Comin Home Baby', 'Fever'… We tried our best to go diggin' further (without replaying tunes already aired on the Paris DJs podcast), and if this for sure is NOT a definitive statement of what a cover was then, this mix is at least a cool snapshot of some of that concept for the year 1963. The selection could have included one or two reggae/ska thingies though… we'll try not to forget the Jamaican island next time!

Tracklisting :
01. Terrell Prude Trio - Hallelujah I Love Her So
(from 'Princess' album, 1963 / Tangerine)
RAY CHARLES cover, more info on wikipedia
02. Pat Boone - All Shook Up
(from 'Pat Boone Sings Guess Who?' album, 1963 / Dot)
OTIS BLACKWELL/ELVIS PRESLEY cover, more info on wikipedia
03. Billie Poole with The Junior Mance Trio and Keny Burrell - Them Blues
(from 'Confessin The Blues' album, 1965 / Riverside)
OLLIE JONES cover, more info on wikipedia
04. Betty Everett - You're No Good
(from 'It's In Her Kiss' album, 1963 / Vee Jay)
CLINT BALLARD JR. cover, more info on wikipedia
05. Davy Graham - Don't Stop The Carnival
(from 'The Guitar Player' album, 1963 / Pye)
SONNY ROLLINS cover, more info on wikipedia
06. The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo (aka The Animals) - I Just Wanna Make Love to You
(from untitled private press EP, 1963 / Graphic Sound)
WILLIE DIXON cover, more info on wikipedia
07. Ike and Tina Turner - I Dig You
(from 'Dynamite' album, 1963 / Sue)
JOE SENACA/MAYNOR STEWARD cover, more info on wikipedia
08. Frank De Vol - Take Five
(from 'The New Sound of Frank De Vol's Rocking Big Band' album, 1963 / Columbia)
PAUL DESMOND cover, more info on wikipedia
09. Sylvie Vartan - Ne T'en Va Pas (Comin' Home Baby)
(from 'I'm Watching' EP, 1963 / RCA Victor)
BEN TUCKER cover, more info on wikipedia
10. Quincy Jones - Comin' Home Baby
(from 'Plays Hip Hits' album, 1963 / Mercury)
BEN TUCKER cover, more info on wikipedia
11. La Lupe - Fever
(from 'Fever' 7 inch, 1963 / Mercury)
EDDIE COOLEY/JOHN DAVENPORT cover, more info on wikipedia
12. Trini Lopez - Unchain My Heart
(from 'If I Had A Hammer' 7 inch, 1963 / Reprise)
BOBBY SHARP cover, more info on wikipedia
13. Solomon Burke - If You Need Me
(from ' If You Need Me' album, 1963 / Atlantic)
WILSON PICKETT cover, more info on wikipedia
Total time : 31mn 38s

All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)

Links :
Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free Vol.3
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2014-10-16

Already the third volume in our series of eclectic selections of free tunes found on the web, this mix is as eclectic as ever. Things start on a rather relaxed mood, with an electro-pop Serge Gainsbourg cover produced by Professor Oz for his wife Nelo, before some surprising deep funk dressing of Australian pop band Animaux by our regular collaborators The Cactus Channel, and an inspired Ethio-Jazz song recorded and produced in a day by Shareholder Tom. We then head into a more groovy/hip hop part, with a new DJ Vadim rework, a very cool and funky tune from Slimkid3 and DJ Nu-Mark's just released album (the former is from The Pharcyde and the latter from Jurassic 5 so get your ears on that LP asap!), a splendid rework/mashup of Jimmy Smith and Lou Reed by the one and only J-Rocc, and a new California-cool song from People Under The Stairs. The second half of this mix goes into rather unknown territories, starting with a song made famous by French singer Charles Aznavour, interpreted by Congolese band Orchestre Franco, and remixed by Greek producer Palov… The killer edit of The Emotions which follows (spotted by Oliver Wang on his Soul-Sides blog - thanks!) is quite a treat too, and we've also found a way to pick a second tune from the Golden Dawn Arkestra afro-psych-rock project from Austin, Texas - one you have to grab if you haven't already. 'Produced by Adrian Quesada' should be enough of an argument… The last quarter of this mix is rather on the afro-side, with a tune extracted from the just-released Orlando Julius and The Heliocentrics album. This amazing combination of artists resulted in a killer live show last year, I'm wondering how the album's sounding. Someone please tell Strut Records to send us a promo copy! UK Afrobeat band The Fontanelles are next. Their album released last year on First Word Records is a neo-classic of the genre and even if the song we found is not available for free anymore, we couldn't pass on playing it to remind you how cool that project is. The mix closes with two end-of-program selections: a soundtrack-ish surf tune by an Israeli band, and an astounding rework of Danny Elfman's 'Simpsons Theme' by German hip hop producer Dexter.

Tracklisting :
01. Nelo - Comment Te Dire Adieu
(from 'Touche' album, 2014 / Miam Records)
02. Animaux - Alaska (The Cactus Channel Sp00ky Remix)
03. Shareholder Tom - Ethiopian Girl
(from 'One Day Songs' EP, 2014 / Büro.9 Music)
04. Governor Tiggy x Mary J Blige x DJ Vadim - Tears On My Pillow
05. Slimkid3 and DJ Nu-Mark - Bouillon (feat. Del and Murs)
(from 'Slimkid3 and DJ Nu-Mark' album, 2014 / Delicious Vinyl)
06. Jimmy Smith x Lou Reed - Walk On The Spinning Wheel (J. Rocc Edit)
07. Kat O1O feat. People Under The Stairs - Summer Nights
08. Orchestre Franco - Je t Attends (Palov Bossanova Edit)
09. The Emotions - Blind Alley (Altered Tapes Remix)
10. Golden Dawn Arkestra - Masakayli
(from 'Golden Dawn Arkestra' EP, 2014)
11. Orlando Julius and The Heliocentrics - In The Middle
(from 'Jaiyede Afro' album, 2014 / Strut)
12. The Fontanelles - Afrocat
(from 'Horns Of Freedom' album, 2013 / First Word)
13. Monti Fiori - Cantare Surf (con Eyal Talmudi)
(from 'Cantare Surf' 7 inch, 2014 / self-released)
14. Dexter - Homer Flip
(from '10 YRS MPM x HHV.DE' compilation, 2012 / Melting Pot Music)
Total time : 51mn 22s

Links to access the free download for each track and original artworks of all the records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com

Credits :
Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com)
Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito)