Paris Djs Virtual Releases

Marco Benevento - Coffee Cold (Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-07-04 Amazing US keyboard player Marco Benevento is living up in the country with frogs and snakes and the Woodstock moon, workin' on a mad genius new studio album to be released sometime late next year!! In the meantime, lots of shows are on the horizon (check out the complete entry to this free track to access the full tour dates). Marco sent us this free track for the collaborative Paris DJs mix #300 but missed the spot by just a few days... It's a Galt McDermot cover, you've heard the original already in the 1968 movie The Thomas Crown Affair AND it's been sampled many times. It should get stuck in your head after just the first listen, and features Andrew Barr on drums and Dave Dreiwitz on bass. Well, that's what happened for me so I thought I couln't pass on sharing this one with everybody. His label The Royal Potato Faily agreed right away so here it is. Live and killer deep soul jazz recorded last april in Collinsville! Tracklist

In The Words of Gil Scott-Heron - A Tribute by Doctor L (Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-07-04 Gil Scott-Heron left us at the end of May. His bluesology, black American music and message marked us forever. Sandra Nkake and Ji Dru have written and recorded in one night an homage piece, A Place For You!, available here, as well as a bunch of remixes - including a nice one from Loik Dury and a cool one from Grant Phabao, check it and download it here. Better late than never, Doctor L also pays his dues, with his amazing remix/tribute featuring Allonymous and Sandra Nkake voicing words from Gil Scott-Heron with class and style. Production is 21st century soul jazz at its best, one the best Doctor L tracks we've heard in... well... weeks!! Allonymous is killing out there too, all in all it's another incredible Paris DJs virtual release!! The Man is gone, the message stays - Sandra Nkake and Ji Dru Tracklisting : 01. In The Words of Gil Scott-Heron - A Tribute by Doctor L featuring Allonymous and Sandra

Tribute To Gil Scott-Heron - A Place For You (Grant Phabao Remix) (Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-06-16 Gil Scott-Heron left us at the end of May. His bluesology, black American music and message marked us forever. Sandra Nkake and Ji Dru have wrote and recorded in one night an homage piece, A Place For You!. Joined by a bunch of friends who felt as much concerned as they were, on a riff from Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues, they sing a chorus tribute to Scott-Heron and borrow a text extracted from I Think I'll Call It Morning. The original track was mixed by Blackjoy, with remixes from Mark de Clive-Lowe, Doctor L, Loik Dury, Eric Legnini, Jeff Sharel feat. Karl The Voice, DJ Oil or Vadim Vernay (all available here). Oh! and of course from your favorite soundmaster and reggae producer Grant Phabao, who spectacularly manages to take the song to Kingston, Jamaica - but if you're a regular Paris DJs listener, you should be used to it by now... The Man is gone, the message stays - Sandra Nkake and Ji D

Versus - Mr Blue (Grant Phabao Remix) (Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-05-20 Our good ol' friend and doublebass player Lawkyz has just launched a new project, Versus, between hip hop, jazz, funk and blaxploitation. The band is playful and fun, sounding like early stuff from The Herbaliser with a distininguished French taste for Jazz musings. Their album will be out january 2012. Meanwhile, they've asked many of their friends for remixes and the n°1 reggae producer worldwide, Grant Phabao, who had already worked with Lawkyz in the past on some still unreleased tracks with Amayo from Antibalas, agreed to put his magic hands on the Mr Blue piece. The result is astounding as always, Versus are immediately transported to Jamaican coasts and you'll be breakin' to hip hop while bouncing to reggae at the same time with a big smile on your face!!! Tracklisting : 01. Versus - Mr Blue (Grant Phabao Remix) Links : Versus : official | facebook | myspace | twitter | bandcamp | soundcloud | youtube Grant Phabao

Doctor L - A Hole In Your Soul (Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-04-28 Open Window is a lifestyle, it is beyond category. The sources of its words and music span the centuries. Its concept and interpretations are timeless and boundless. If its contribution can be summarized in a phrase, Open Window is the sound of now, encompassing all the yesterdays and all the todays in the limitless cosmos of sound. Here's an exclusive free track extracted from Open >Window, the brand new album from Doctor L!! Tracklisting : 01. Doctor L - A Hole In Your Soul Links : colored-inc.com myspace.com/doctorlmind youtube.com/user/DoctorLMind parisdjs.com myspace.com/parisdjs facebook.com/parisdjs twitter.com/parisdjs

Ebo Taylor - Peace On Earth (Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-04-19 We've been spreading the gospel about Ghanean singer/guitarist Ebo Taylor for years now. Some lucky ones were there at the 2009 show we produced for Ebo at La Bellevilloise. The others should definitively check all the upcoming live dates in June... Ebo Taylor released at the end of 2010 a new album, Life And Death, and his label Strut Records followed this release with a double anthology of Highlife & Afrobeat Classics, covering the years from 1973 to 1980, Life Stories, which you absolutely NEED to get/buy/download/hear/etc!! Here's a track extracted from this compilation to download for free, Peace On Earth, for those who still don't believe in the emotional power of Ebo Taylor's music. Tracklisting : 01. Ebo Taylor - Peace On Earth On tour in France this summer : 04th June - Jazz Sous Les Pommiers, Coutances, FR 09th June - Festival Contretemps, Strasbourg, FR 10th June - Festival Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, FR 17th June - Festi

N.A.S.A. - Hip Hop feat. KRS-One, Fatlip and Slim Kid Tre (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-03-07 Gimme gimme gimme some o'that... Reggay reggay! The vibe he received from the fine people of N.A.S.A. (Squeak E. Clean + DJ Zegon), after sending them a skanking reggae remix of their Money< track, pushed Grant Phabao to rework another track from their Spirit of Apollo album. Hip Hop feat. KRS-One, Fatlip, Slim Kid Tre is one of the coolest tributes to real hip-hop from the last years. The trick was to add a full Jamaican dubby smile to the whole, upload the mp3... and let you enjoy this exclusive remix - straight from the vaults of Paris DJs! Tracklisting : 01. N.A.S.A. - Hip Hop feat. KRS-One, Fatlip and Slim Kid Tre (Grant Phabao Remix) Note : DJs may want to contact us for a 256k MP3 version Artwork by Djouls (djouls) using a photo by dalbera under a creative commons licence Links : About the Spirit of Apollo album by N.A.S.A. myspace.com/nasa squeakeclean.com squeakeclea

Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada - El Diablo Y El Nau Nau (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2010-08-16 Summer 2009 we got the visit of Martin Perna (Antibalas, Ocote Soul Sounds), 3 days of friendship and music that materialized in a new track with Doctor L ( Activista) and three Grant Phabao remixes of Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada!! The Doctor L and Martin Perna collaboration and one of those remixes - Vendende Saude E Fe feat. Tita Lima Grant Phabao Remix - have been released on The Black Cat's Hard 2 Find Vol.1, out on Colored-Inc.). A second remix - Tu Fin, Mi Comienzo Grant Phabao Remix - was released on the deluxe digital edition of Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada's Coconut Rock... The third one, El Diablo Y El Nau Nau Grant Phabao Remix, is exclusively available here on ParisDjs.com, for free!! Derived from Cuban children's rhymes about the boogyman, with Chico Mann on vocals, tripped-out dubby-style into some deep grooved reggae jam laid down by Grant Phab

Franck Biyong and Massak - U.P.C. (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2010-05-20 Recorded in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this brand new single by Franck Biyong and Massak is an honorary tribute to the great leaders of the African independences 50 years ago. On the musical point of view this is Franck Biyong's long awaited 'back to the roots' recording after years of musical search and explorations! Definitely one of the finest 21st century roots Afrobeat tracks out there these days, with great horn polyphony, complex polyrhythm and Franck's confident vocals and message, reminding you there still is a 'weapon of the future'... Taken from the forthcoming LP Visions Of Kamerun - out this summer on our brand new label Colored-Inc. Tracklisting : 01. Franck Biyong and Massak - U.P.C. Links : colored-inc.com myspace.com/franckbiyongandmassak parisdjs.com myspace.com/parisdjs facebook.com/parisdjs twitter.com/parisdjs

Doctor L - Vocal Kid-Napping (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2010-04-07 An exclusive track from Colored-Inc producer Doctor L, extracted from the recording sessions of his acoustico-ambient and vigorously trippy upcoming album Land Escape, out late May 2010 on Colored-Inc. The doc takes you here on a fantastic voyage into spiritual jazz & poetry slam to feed your soul & raise your mind up. Vocals are quite amazing, from an unknown file on the Internet... Well it's the 21st century and creation now goes many ways. Enjoy the vibe. Don't waste your time, open your ears, open your mind. Tracklisting : 01. Doctor L - Vocal Kid-Napping Links : colored-inc.com myspace.com/doctorlmind parisdjs.com

Kinny - Forgetting To Remember (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2010-03-07 Kinny – aka Caitlin Simpson – was born and raised in Canada and has a mixture of Jamaican, Native Canadian Indian, French and Swedish heritage. She sings jazz, reggae and soul for Brighton's Tru Thoughts label, on which she released two albums, Forgetting To Remember (2005, with Espen Horne), and Idle Forest of Chit Chat (2009, with Souldrop, TM Juke, Unforscene, Hint, Diesler, the Quantic Soul Orchestra and Nostalgia 77!). Her 2008 single Enough Said with the QSO was a huge hit in our books. Grant Phabao ranks among the greatest multi-instrumentists/producers of his time. After 2 dub albums (as Tnargoabapah), 4 thematic albums with the T.I.M.E.C. collective, and 4 reggae albums with Jamaican veterans The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston, The Jays and The Silvertones, he's now hard at work with fellow Paris-based musical genius Doctor L on a series of collaborative concept albums for the brand new Colored-

The Funkees - Slipping Into Darkness (MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2010-02-10 One of Superfly Records (our partner store) specialities is African records. 7 inches, long players, the rarest Afro vinyls are to be find at our Paris shop or on our online store. While preparing an African Special a few weeks ago, we stumbled upon a fantastic 45 from Nigerian band The Funkees, which included a superb cover of War, Slipping Into Darkness. We digitalized this beauty, had it mastered by our soundmaster Grant Phabao, and we're now sharing it with everyone as a free vitual release on ParisDJs.com. Don't say we don't love you! Tracklisting : 01. The Funkees - Slipping Into Darkness Links : Discogs - discogs.com/artist/Funkees,+The superflyrecords.com parisdjs.com myspace.com/parisdjs

Kologbo feat. The Deacon - Freedom Back (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) Kraked, 2009-12-06 Some of you discovered Kologbo on stage at the Afrofunk party we organized last summer with Ebo Taylor & The Poets Of Rhythm. Some others already knew he was the tenor guitar player from Fela Kuti's Afrika 70 and he now plays on stage with Tony Allen. Some of you might even have heard the Remember Fela Anikulapo Kuti album he released in 2007 with Berlin's heaviest afrobeat ensemble Afrobeat Academy... Well he's now preparing a new album called Africa is the Future, produced by Loik Dury and to be relased early 2010!! Here's a preview, with Freedom Back featuring The Deacon (from The Duke & The King) on guest vocals, a real phat vintage slice of Afrofunk! Tracklisting : 01. Kologbo feat. The Deacon - Freedom Back Links : MySpace - myspace.com/kologbo | myspace.com/erikrug FaceBook - Kologbo's profile parisdjs.com myspace.com/parisdjs

Le Damn Dog - Watch Out (Exclusive limited MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) Rprdkt, 2009-09-12 Rprdkt is home label of parisian band Le Damn Dog. LE DAMN DOG is a hellhound of a new project from top Parisian DJ-producer Erik Rug and DJ-MC Dynamax from the South Bronx. The surprise element is the musical tree on which the pair have chosen to cock their leg: a slavering mix of, hiphop and rock'n'roll delivered with pure punk attitude. Watch Out bangs together Erik's Stooges-style raw power guitar barrages with Dynamax's new-found 'Black John Wayne' persona, howling or panting to ram home the hard-hitting lyrics. Attention: The title has such an infectious hook that surely makes it an instant radio friendly number. Watch out is seriously getting attention from radio stations as it just been hammered on Radio Nova (France) this last summer, while it now also entered Couleur3's (CH) playlist since sept. Dont be surprised if you hear it on your favorite local radio station soon! Watch Out will also be available as

Lyrics Born - I Like It, I Love It (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-08-13 When Berkeley hip hop meets Jamaican reggae... Pressure keeps on rising for the upcoming releases of Grant Phabao's three (!) new albums with The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston and The Jays (on his own label T.I.M.E.C. co-run with Djouls and Captain Detendu)... The french dubmeister offers here a bouncy reggae rework of I Like It, I Love It, taken from last year's hit album Everywhere At Once (released on Quannum/ANTI). It's kind of a cousin of the N.A.S.A. remix he did earlier this year (featuring David Byrne and Chuck D.!) - all party-style with its rolling drum breaks and hookish chorus-like lyrics all along! A certified floor filler already tested and approved by fellow DJ Erik Rug at is famous WaxGroove nights. More Grant Phabao remixes to be released and/or podcasted soon for Tosca, Diesler feat. Laura Vane, Antipop Consortium, Le Damn Dog, Ocote Soul Sounds (all official ones!)... Tracklisti

Jurassic 5 - Gotta Understand (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-07-29 When L.A. hip hop meets Jamaican reggae... Heavyweight goodies keep on flowing on Paris DJs all summer long!! Boosting each other, both Doctor L and Grant Phabao are currently delivering an exclusive track every week - let's hope they'll maintain this creative and productive rhyhtm for a long time... The french dubmeister practices his chops here with a Jurassic 5 a capella taken from their latest album Feedback (from 2006 on Interscope), dressed with bubbling dub sounds, chugging reggae beats and soulful horn riffs. A perfect mixture of deep and funky, for heavy lounging! Tracklisting : 01. Jurassic 5 - Gotta Understand (Grant Phabao Remix) Note : DJs may want to contact us for a 256k MP3 version Links : jurassic5.com myspace.com/jurassic5 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_5 grantphabao.com myspace.com/grantphabao parisdjs.com

Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-07-21 Rockin' Robin is a 1958 song by Bobby Day. The single was Day's only hit single, becoming a No. 2 Billboard Hot 100 hit. The song was covered by The Hollies on their first album in 1964 and would be revived as a single again in 1972 by the teenaged Michael Jackson as his second single release on Motown. Jackson took his version to number two on the U.S. pop singles chart that year. The french dubmeister Grant Phabao pays here his due tribute to the king of pop, with a reggae remix of this pop/rhythm and blues cover of a fifties song - rockin' the dancehall and burnin' one for the man! Tracklisting : 01. Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin (Grant Phabao Remix) Note : DJs may want to contact us for a 256k MP3 version Links : michaeljackson.com en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson grantphabao.com myspace.com/grantphabao parisdjs.com Watch the original video of Rockin' Robin on youtube.com

Erykah Badu - Soldier (Grant Phabao remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-07-03 Grant Phabao's list of remixes is becoming months after months quite a treat, and we keep on feeding him with cool big hitters a cappelas to work his skank and dub magic on. George Clinton, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, AC/DC (!), Q-Tip and Cee-Lo all got their proper rework, offered for free in remixed form, here on Paris DJs. BUT Q-Tip got the exclusive Grant Phabao treatment twice and we didn't want Erykah Badu (one of the most wonderful American voices of our time) to be jealous, so here's a second reggae take on a track from the New AmErykah Part.1 album. As usual, our friend and neighbour Erik Rug tells us he successfully tested the track on the floor and 100 percent supports the roots Jamaican vibe coupled with the heavy boombastic production skills from the french dubmeister. Tracklisting : 01. Erykah Badu - Soldier (Grant Phabao Remix) Note : DJs may want to contact us for a 256k MP3 version Links : eryk

Big Daddy Kane vs Connie Price and The Keystones - Give A Demonstration Part.2 (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-06-19 Connie Price and the Keystones began as a recording project for Stones Throw's Now-Again label involving Dan Ubick (Breakestra, Madlib's Sound Directions) and Todd M. Simon (Macy Gray, Antibalas, El Michels Affair). Combining elements of soul, afro beat, dub reggae, late 60's/early 70's film scores, and psychedelic rock and jazz into a soundtrack for the best film you've never seen. After the superb Wildflowers album on Now-Again in 2004, Connie Price and the Keystones joined forces with Big Daddy Kane in 2007 for an exclusive 12-inch in the Scion A/V series, revisiting the classic Big Daddy Kane track Give A Demonstration with new vocals from the smooth operator himself, over some heavy badass funk. The vinyl is quite rare and you'll have to pay 40 Euros now to get it... You won't find this track on their Tell Me Something soundtrack-inspired hip hop album

Baby Charles - Hardman To Please (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-06-13 During the last two years Brighton based deep funk sensation Dionne Charles has risen to quite a cult status. Her first album with her band Baby Charles was among the finest things to happen in Funk in 2008, supported by the likes of Snowboy, Keb Darge, Jazzman Gerald, Monk One, Andy Smith and Mark Lamarr... we even managed to play their Artic Monkeys cover in an afro mix on the ParisDJs podcast! She also appeared, among others, on Black Grass' fantastic III album (Catskills Records), on The New Mastersounds instant classic LP Plug & Play (One Note Records) and more recently on Soopasoul's superb Twin Stix album (Japaleno Records). Simultaneously tight but loose, heavy but soulful and dirty, Baby Charles' funky music is indeed beautiful and thanks to Nick at Record Kicks we're proud to present this soulful ska dressing of Hardman to Please by the french dubmeister, Grant Phabao! Baby Charles are c