Various - Shapes 08:01
(CD) Tru Thoughts TRUCD164, 2008-06-02
Tracklisting :
01. Unforscene - Belly Full Of Lead
02. Me And You - Brown Paper Bag (Flowering Inferno Version)
03. Alice Russell - Humankind (Grant Phabao tuff 'n uff skank starring The Lone Ranger)
04. Up Hygh - Let Me Looz Feat Leafnuts
05. Milez Benjamin - Crazy Bout Ya
06. Up Hygh - Be Known Feat Eska (Owusu Remix)
07. Dirty Diggers - The Goodum Tune (Umod Bass Remix)
08. Belleruche - Itll Come (Yam Who Remix)
09. The Bamboos - Bring It Home Feat Alice Russell (Lanu Remix)
10. The Quantic Soul Orchestra - She Said What? (Version)
11. Kylie Audist - Community Service Announcement
12. Saravah Soul - Nao Posso Te Levar a Serio
13. Nostalgia 77 - Quiet Dawn (Bonobo Remix)
14. Kinny - Back Street Lust Feat Diesler
15. Hot 8 Brass Band - Fly Away
16. Natural Self - Feet Keep Moving
Nostalgia 77 - One-Offs, Remixes & B-Sides EP
(12") Tru Thoughts TRUEP146, 2008-03-10
Tracklisting :
A1. The New Mastersounds - Your Love Is Mine feat. Corinne Bailey Rae (Nostalgia 77 Remix)
A2. Nostalgia 77 feat. Capstone & Lizzy Parks - The Moon
B1. Bonobo - In Between The Lines (Nostalgia 77 Remix) (Alternate Unreleased Mix)
B2. Nostalgia 77 feat. Alice Russell - Seven Nation Army (Grant Phabao Remix)
Alice Russell - Humankind (Grant Phabao tuff 'n uff skank starring The Lone Ranger)
Coming in 2007 on Tru Thoughts Recordings... Alice in Jamaica !!
Tru Thoughts loved Djouls' Tru-Thoughts Obsession fanblog, they even used to say it was "better than the official site". Thankfully, the Tru-Thoughts website (tru-thoughts.co.uk) has been re-designed and is now quite the best I must admit. Hopefully, I've now started to integrate in this site (tru-thoughts.net) more content, announcing shows in Paris in collaboration with Paris DJs and 3eme Voie, adding new artists and labels in the scene musical universe as Brighton's finest...
The connection goes now even deeper now... Last year while legendary Studio One deejay The Lone Ranger (rangerstyle.com) was at TIMEC's studios in Paris, I had him listen to many new releases, I order to produce some cool bootlegs together. The Jamaican rub-a-dub master agreed immediatly to the idea, saying "we've been doing bootlegs in Jamaica for 30 years!"... The artist that knocked his ears was Alice Russell, of course: he loved "Humankind" and wanted to play around with this track.
French reggae dubmeister Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com) took the acapella from the 12 inch, built a new riddim just for it, while The Lone Ranger checked the lyrics in order to write a few new verses that wouldbe replying to Alice's ones. A few days later, the night before going back to Jamaica was the one, and Phabao and Ranger recorded their "Tuff n'Uff Skank" remix of Alice Russell's "Humankind"...
Rob Luis (A&R for Tru Thoughts) and TM Juke (producer of the original version of the track) loved it right away and soon started asking to release it themselves.... We were thrilled by the idea and started thinking of an "Alice In Jamaica" concept of bringing more Alice Russell songs into pure roots reggae territories.
Grant Phabao picked into my Tru Thoughts vinyls and found out more Alice Russell acapellas were available. Bim bam! Digitalized into WAV files, riddim-ized into skanking beats and one drop grooves, 3 more remixes happened quite fast.... The Tru Thoughts crew loved those too and I'm now please to announce they've scheduled an autumn release of those 4 Grant Phabao reggae remixes on a "Shapes EP" 12 inch and on a "Shapes compilation" CD! Can't wait to get your feedback on those... Djouls (TIMEC/Paris DJs)
The remixes are :
• Alice Russell - Humankind (Grant Phabao tuff 'n uff skank starring The Lone Ranger)
• The Quantic Soul Orchestra feat. Alice Russell - Pushin' On (Grant Phabao remix)
• Nostalgia 77 feat. Alice Russell - Seven Nation Army (Grant Phabao remix)
• Alice Russell - Fly In The Hand (Grant Phabao remix)
Grand Phabao (Timec) is joining the crew...
The french dub meister is actually remixing 'Storm' (LDT003).
His roots reggae version will be included on L'aroye & Ky 'Storm' Carribean remixes EP (LDT006 - scheduled for this autumn).
A L'Aroye & Ky 'Storm' latin boogaloo version is also part of this hot hot tropical vibe record.
Grand Phabao's participation to LDT006 remixes EP will announce the future release of his new single on LDT:
LDT007 - Grand Phabao feat. Carlton Livingston, Militant k & Aleena 'Baby i love u dearly'... including a remix by the Dreadless Soldier aka Erik Rug.
We are talking roots reggae and dub here. Fans of King Tubby, Lee Scratch Pervert Perry or The Scientist. This is for you.
Exclusive on Les Disques du Telegraphe.(later in 2007)
"...Roots Blog Reggae vous offre à l'écoute pour fêter cette fin d'année un album de circonstance: "Natty Christmas" de Jacob Miller et Ray I. Enregistré dans les 70's, l'album est pressé pour la première fois en 1978 sur Top Ranking sous le titre "Ital Christmas", crédité à Jacob 'Killer' Miller et à Ray 'Weatherman' I. Il ressort en 1980 sur le même label mais avec une pochette différente, puis sur RAS en 1987 toujours avec une illustration différente.
Indéniablement influencé par U-Roy, Ray I travaille au milieu des 70's pour Tantone et Virgo. Il enregistra avec le Fatman Riddim Section l'album "Vision" [Top Ranking]... C'est pour Derrick Harriot qu'il enregistre son album le plus connu en 1978 sur Move and Grove, "Rasta Revival". Il collabora avec King Tubby sur son célèbre 7" Weatherman Skank sorti en 1980 sur Black and White.
Retourné dans l'anonymat, on le retrouver se poser sur "Braeton Killings" (backé par Guillaume Méténier, de Seven Dub, au clavier sur un riddim de Grant Phabao) et "High Grade" au coté de Danny Dread et Lone Ranger dans la compilation Grant Phabao - "Kulchaklash starring Lone Ranger, Ray I, Danny Dread & Simon Diamond" chez TIMEC (2004)..."
Grant Phabao - Remixed And Remixes Vol.2
(Limited edition promotional CDR, 30 copies) T.I.M.E.C. TIMEC121, 2006-12-15
Tracklisting :
01. George Clinton - U Ain't Runnin Shit (Grant Phabao skank)* | MP3
02. LM (Grant Phabao remix)
03. Ty - Don't Watch That (Grant Phabao remix)*
04. The Procussions - Simple Song (Grant Phabao remix)* | MP3
05. Grant Phabao feat. Milytant'C & Aleena - Remember/Love You Dearly (Erik Rug Remix)*
06. Cee-Lo vs Grant Phabao - Natty One (Booty Smash Soundsystem Mix)**
07. Beenie Man vs Grant Phabao - Roots Dude (Booty Smash Soundsystem Mix)**
08. Mr Vegas vs Grant Phabao - Under Me Skank (The Flying Customs Mix)**
* exclusive unreleased remix formely available, available now, or available soon on www.parisdjs.com
** bootlegs from Grant Phabao riddims leaked on p2p networks - if you are 'the flying customs' or 'the booty smash soundsystem' contact us please!
DJ Butta - TOP 10 OF THE WEEK as of 12/14/06
Mixwell USA / Cerritos, CA US / Director of Sales (www.mixwellusa.com)
Cerritos All Stars / Cerritos, CA US / DJ Butta (www.cerritosallstars.com)
Let There Be Light - Nas feat Trey Williams Simple Song (Grant Phabao Remix) - The Procussions
Still Dreamin - Nas feat Kanye West
I Have A Dream - Common feat. Will.I.Am
King and Queen - Mary J Blige feat. John Legend
Clocks (Rhythms Del Mundo Version) - Coldplay
Ask Myself - Robin Thicke (feat Mary J Blige)
Look In The Mirror (Obatron Remix) - Native Guns
Wait A Minute - PCD's
Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
GrooveWize Playlist #8
10/12/06 (23H-00H30) RCR 88.4 FM
Dj Elwood in session
01) Surfin / Ernest Rangline (Studio One 7")
02) Fever / Susan Cadogan (Upsetter 12")
03) It’s gonna rain / Gentleman June Gardner (Soul Jazz lp)
04) The Sound Of Everything (Watch TV & Senorlobo reprise) / Quantic feat. Alice Russel (Marulasoulfood 7")
05) Free the Robot / Jazz Hole (Jazz and milk Breaks EP vol 1)
06) Sittin on the dock of the bay / Peggy Lee (Replay Rec 12")
07) I’ m a good man (Mousse t breakbeat mix)/ Martin Solveig (Defected 12")
08) Hook’n’Slide / Eddie Bo (Soul jazz Lp)
09) Simple Song (Grant Phabao Remix) / The Procussion (Virtual Released mp3)
10) Quality Control / Jurassic 5 (Upstate remixes 12")
The Patch in session
11) Funky Duke / Vikings de la Guadeloupe (A3 production LP)
12) Kind of Love / Freddy Kebano (Sonafric 7")
13) Thank You / Kashmere Stage Band (Now Again lp)
14) Headwiggle / Kashmere Stage Band (Now Again lp)
15) He’s the one / Marva Witney (King Rec 7")
16) Baby, don’t you know / Vicky Anderson (King Rec 7")
17) Stack & Billy / Fats Domino (Imperial LP)
18) Contact Blitz / KMD (Fondle Em Record 12")
19) Whenimondamic / Lootpack (Stone Trow 12")
20) Wildflowers / Connie Price & the keystone (Now Again lp)
21) The Horse / Cliff Nobles & Co (Phil L.A. of Soul 7")
22) Rock steady / Aretha Franklin (Atlantic lp)
23) Ooh-Ah-Ee / Vern Blair Debate (Funk 45 7")
24) Fit Dem Back / Linton Kwesi Johnson (Mango lp)
25) Tramp time / Jimmy Lynch (La Val lp)
26) The Hatch / The T.M G’s (Funk 45 7")
27) Soul Power pt1 and pt2 / James Brown (King 7")
28) Day Dreaming / Aretha Franklin (Atlantic lp)
Paul Gamblin - Heavy Mannas Radio Show - StraightUp.com.au
Classic jazz, funk, soul, hiphop, dub, rock steady rhythms, latin, afro-beat and brazilian grooves.
Playlist 30/11/06
01. Outlines - Listen To The Drums (Jazzanova Remix) [Sonar Kollektiv]
02. The Jazzinvaders - Up & Out (Tim Wood Remix) [Social Beats]
03. Beat Out Shrine - Pinkie [Schema]
04. Spiritual South & Sweet Talker - Sleep Walker Hullabaloo [Raw Fusion]
05. Spiritual South - Calypso Blues [Raw Fusion]
06. Manteca - Tremendo Boogaloo (Flow Dynamics Remix) [Freestyle]
07. Clarence Reid - Master Piece (K-Dope Remix) [Kay Dee]
08. AIFF - Akwaba [Unique]
09. The Procussions - Simple Song (Grant Phabao Remix) [T.I.M.E.C]
10. Steady Diggin' Workshop - Poolside Days [Carbon Imprints]
11. Marcina Arnold - Memory (Introducing EP) [Counterpoint]
12. Extended Spirit - Solid Water (Home Cooking Album) [Sonar Kollektiv]
13. Bajka - A Vision [Jazzman]
Review :
In those hard times when government individuals thrive more and more on the poor, it's really nice to meet educated and involved artists. The Procussions are that kind of people, nice, intelligent and with something to say, without ever losing their natural cool. This is rare enough to be pointed out...
Their latest album, "5 Sparrows For 3 Cents", was released earlier this year in the US but only in november 2006 in Europe. It's top-of-the-notch L.A. hip hop, funky, old school, with plenty of sunshine, so we thought at Paris DJs headquarters that it could be a good idea to try and do a collaboration with them, that could also help promote their french tour.
The band got into the idea right away and soon -thanks to the Internet- the french dubmeister Grant Phabao, who recently reworked some George Clinton, Ty or Alice Russell tracks, received some vocal parts to play with...
A few days later a new reggae instrumental was born, wonderfully gracing The Procussions' track with skanking riffs, heavy bass, clavinets chops, echo, reverb and lots of percussion - Phabao style.
This is hip hop/reggae mashing-up at his best, we're just plain proud to offer you this as a free download. Get it while it's hot and don't miss the rest of the tour (see dates below). from parisdjs.com website
Tracklisting :
A1. Simple Song (Grant Phabao Remix)
Feedback :
"An unexpected twist - very cool" (The Procussions)
"It's Fresh!" (Jalal, The Godfather of Rap/The Last Poets)
"Grant Phabao did it again! Killer stuff. French mashup master is in the place." (Manu Boubli/Comet Records)
Already supported by Erik Rug (Les Disques du Telegraphe/Radio FG), Loik Dury (Kraked/Paris DJs), Betino's Record Shop, Soul Stereo Sound System...
Credits :
Vocal written by N. Harvey, J. Medeiros, B. Roberson, produced by Stro // HNGR Music / Kings Son Music / Tnanoser Music.
Instrumental written by F. Préaux, produced by Grant Phabao // T.I.M.E.C.
The Procussions are still on tour in France :
11 nov 20006 Paris (75), La Maroquinerie (+ C2C)
15 nov 2006 Lille (59), RiF HiFi festival - www.rif-hifi.fr (+ Smooth)
16 nov 2006 Orléans (45), L'Astrolabe - www.lastrolabe.org
17 nov 2006 Agen (47), Le Florida - www.le-florida.org
18 nov 2006 Marmande (47), Le Petit Théâtre - www.garorock.com
24 nov 2006 Montreuil (93), La Pêche - www.lapechecafe.com
