The Black Cat - Hard 2 Find Vol.1
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI001, 2009-02-24

The Black Cat's first album on the new Colored-Inc. label launched by Djouls and Doctor L is what some could say a 'world' album. Blending from Latin grooves with Afro rhythms, Reggae harmonies with American Jazz or Funk vibes, Saudade with Jamaican riddims, Psychedelic Funk with Electronic R&B, Psychedelia and Hip Hop, with some lusty doses of Rub-a-Dub , Afro, Soul and Reggae in between, this is indeed a kinda world tour.

All production duties and nearly all instruments by Doctor L & Grant Phabao with star guesting Martin Perna (from Brooklyn), Ocote Soul sounds & Adrian Quesada (from Nicaragua and Austin, Texas) Carlton Livingston, The Lone Ranger and The Jays (from Jamaica), Tita Lima (from Brazil), Allonymous (from Chicago), Roldan (from Cuba), Dom Farkas (from Paris) and Kiala (from Nigeria and Congo). Yep 'world' indeed.

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-Inc. label (The Black Cat, Down By The River Side, One Foot In Jail).

Here's Kinny and Grant Phabao virtual meeting, featuring the songstress' unique soulful vocals (taken from the a capella version of Forgetting To Remember), drenched into Jamaican roots grooves courtesy of the one and only french dubmeister. Play it... and then play it again - this is music that doesn't age!

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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with Nomadic Massive, DJs Scott C (The Goods), Paulo 'Superfly' (Superfly Records/Paris DJs)
Friday March 19, 2010 - le National - Montreal

Paulo 'Superfly' Goncalves is a relentless record-digging traveler who has spent the last 10 years on the road searching for unknown vinyl treasure across 4 continents. Through his Superfly Records store (online and in the center of Paris), he has supplied rare vinyl to the likes of Quantic, A Man Called Warwick, Miles Cleret, Gilles Peterson, DJ Spinna, Rich Medina and other influential figures of the Rare Groove scene. His sets are a unique mixture of Soulful Tropical music, the result of multiple excursions to Africa, Brasil and the Carribean region.

You might own a record or two from those guys already. The Whitefield Brothers just released a new album on Stones Throw/Now-Again, Earthology, and many others before that as The Poets of Rhythm, Karl Hector & The Malcouns. (check nearly all their releases listed here on Paris DJs).

They will be playing next Wednesday in Lille and next Tuesday in Paris, at La Bellevilloise, with Djouls (yours truly) for the warm-up. To celebrate those dates in France we're organising an impromptu drink party with JJ WHITEFIELD from the POETS OF RHYTHM at the Superfly Records store tomorrow tuesday march 9th 2010 - 18h/22h, 53 rue Notre Dame de Nazareth 75003 Paris (access).

Come and meet a Poet of Rhythm, a Whitefield Brothers, the producer for Poets, Whitefield and Karl Hector at the Superfly Records store!

Various - Nigeria Afrobeat Special - The New Explosive Sound in 1970's Nigeria
(CD/3xLP/Digital) Soundway Records SNDWCD021/SNDWLP021, 2010-02-22 (CD) / 2010-03-01 (vinyl)

Nigeria Afrobeat Special is the fourth addition to the Nigeria Special series, a project initiated by Miles Cleret, owner of the Soundway Records label back in 2004. The triple LP features five bonus tracks not available on the CD.... Reserve your vinyl copy today at the Superfly Records store!

Various - Tru Thoughts Funk
(CD) Unfold UNFOLDCD011, 2010-05-17

Surrounded by incredible music - on setting out to compile 'Tru Thoughts Funk', A&R Robert Luis was faced with a serious case of kid-in-a-candy-store syndrome; after all, how would you distil the dazzling collective back catalogue of The Quantic Soul Orchestra, The Bamboos, Alice Russell, TM Juke, Natural Self, Nostalgia 77 et al into just one CD's worth of tunes? It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it, and the end result is this essential, super heavyweight compilation showcasing a consistently sky-high level of quality and, perhaps surprisingly for a genre-based compilation, a fresh, eclectic platter of varied aesthetics and international flavours. Includes exclusive first CD release for Nostalgia 77's "Thing"; and two brand new tracks, hot off the press and signed exclusively for this project, from Beta Hector, the solo side project of Simon Hill from adored UK funk band Baby Charles. "Payback" and "Creepin'", featuring Baby Charles colleague Dionne Charles on guest vox, see multi-instrumentalist Hill putting his own live recordings through an experimental electronic mill, to create an unusual, rough edged, synth-infused brand of raw funk.