Tosca - Pony - No Hassle Versions
(CD/Digital) G-Stone Recordings, 2010-03-26

If you’re looking for the meaning of it all, better not try to decode this record: "Somewhat absurd... like, Pony", says Richard Dorfmeister about the conceptual side of Pony - No Hassle Versions. No meaning might have a meaning here. (...) Pony brings the more club-oriented face of Tosca to the forefront. To put it simply, Tosca, the project of the two Austrians, Richard Dofmeister and Rupert Huber, combines bass-heavy downbeat music with abstract soundscapes of found sounds and material from numerous studio sessions. When these recordings are handed over to remixers, everything changes; texture, dynamics, structures. (...) Grant Phabao is a Parisian dj- and producer-legend, ever since first droppping his frenchified Rubba-Dub styles on the Pro-Zak Trax Label at the end of the 90's. When he's not doing Reggae takes on Tosca, he's busy mixing some riddims with the latest Q-Tip or the likes. His version of Birthday sounds like something hot off the press from Compass Point Studios in Nassau.

Tracklisting :
01. Springer (Smith & Mudd Version) (5:12)
02. Birthday (Grant Phabao Version) (5:41)
03. My First (Nicola Conte Version) (5:04)
04. Elitsa (Kotey Extra Band Disco Version) (6:27)
05. Rosa (Rodney Hunter Version) (6:56)
06. Elektra Bregenz (Bottin's Disco Spritzer Mix) (5:21)
07. Joe Si Ha (Spirit Catcher Version) (7:04)
08. Joe Si Ha (Reverso 68 Version) (5:52)
09. Oysters In May (Kalabrese Version) (5:33)
10. Rosa (K&K Streichquartett Version) (3:56)

Links :
myspace.com/toscak7
k7.com
myspace.com/grantphabao
grantphabao.com

Down By The River Side - Hard 2 Find Vol.2
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI002, 2009-03-21

Down By The River Side's first album on the new Colored-Inc. label (colored-inc.com) - launched by Djouls and Doctor L - is what some could call a 'jazz' album. Blending Jamaican harmonies with American Jazz or blaxploitation Funk, European folk & electronics with African percussions, Slam and Jazz with Hip Hop, Afrobeat with Gospel and Poetry, with some hefty doses of Reggae, Psychedelia and Soul in between, this is indeed a kind of a New Thing!

All production duties and nearly all instruments by Doctor L & Grant Phabao with star guesting Carlton Livingston, The Lone Ranger and The Jays (from Jamaica), Rare Moods and Kactus Hunters (from Paris), Allonymous (from Chicago) and Tony Allen (from Nigeria).

Zion Holy Place (jazz version) feat. Grant Phabao & The Jays by Colored-Inc.

Tracklisting :
01. Zion Holy Place (jazz version) - feat. Grant Phabao & The Jays
02. Speaking For Myself - feat. Rare Moods
03. Jackie Statement (rework) - feat. Grant Phabao & Carlton Livingston
04. Sweet Life (Grant Phabao Remix) - feat. Doctor L & Allonymous
05. Empty & Round - feat. Doctor L & Allonymous
06. Have You Got The Money Honey ? - feat. Doctor L
07. Runnin' For My Life - feat. Grant Phabao, The Lone Ranger & Carlton Livingston
08. Time To Take A Rest - feat. Psyco On Da Bus
09. Ethiopia - feat. Grant Phabao & The Lone Ranger
10. Perfect Monster - feat. Kactus Hunters


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Down By The River Side - Sweet Life (Grant Phabao Remix) feat. Doctor L & Allonymous (video by Doctor L)

Links :
Colored-Inc. : colored-inc.com | myspace.com/coloredinc
Grant Phabao : grantphabao.com | myspace.com/grantphabao
The Jays : myspace.com/thejays08
Rare Moods : myspace.com/raremoods
Carlton Livingston : myspace.com/carltonlivingston
Doctor L : myspace.com/doctorlmind | youtube.com/user/doctorlmind
Allonymous : allonymous.blogspot.com | myspace.com/allonymous
The Lone Ranger : myspace.com/djloneranger
Niktus : myspace.com/niktus4u
Kactus Hunters : djouls.com/kactus

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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Direct download : Kinny-Forgetting_To_Remember_Grant_Phabao_Remix.mp3

Tracklisting :
01. Kinny - Forgetting To Remember (Grant Phabao Remix)

Links :
tru-thoughts.co.uk/artists/Kinny
myspace.com/kinnytunes
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grantphabao.com
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