J-san And The Big Mean - Moving Too Fast (Grant Phabao Remix
(Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2012-05-09

Brooklyn-based soul, dub, electronic artist/producer Jay Spaker aka J-san's musical journey has been a shape shifting experience spanning 20 years of soul & roots music. Son of radical vietnam veteran father & Okinawan mother J-san was raised on the road, living with artists, musicians, ganja growers and hustlers. He was an original member of John Brown's Body in the 90s, then went on to form dub rock/jam band J-san & The Analogue Sons during the the next decade, a band described as Bob Marley meets M.I.A. produced by Manu Chao… After a few featurings, including vocalist on 10ft Ganja Plant's album Bush Rock released in 2009, J-san has launched two new bands, Double Tiger, an electronic dub / dubstep project who's just released the No Give Up single on Hydra Records Japan, and J-san and The Big Mean, a rock/reggae/afro project fusing the rhythms of Afrobeat and R&B with the sounds of Dub and Soul to make your body move. When their first afro-reggae single Moving Too Fast reached Paris DJs' shores, we contacted J-san right away, offering him to try and have Grant Phabao dress the song with pure Jamaican roots vibes. The man was already a Paris DJs follower and we hooked up instantly. This deadly rough & tough remix is the another step for Paris DJs in their ongoing collaborations with brothers from Brooklyn and we can hope that J-san and Grant Phabao will do a proper EP together at some point!

Links :
J-San And The Big Mean : official | facebook
Jason Spaker : behance | facebook | twitter
J-san & The Analogue Sons : bandcamp | facebook
Double Tiger : bandcamp | facebook
Grant Phabao : official | facebook | myspace | parisdjs | soundcloud
Paris DJs : official | facebook | myspace | soundcloud | twitter | youtube

Paris DJs are proud to announce a worldwide exclusive remix competition using the vocals of Studio One legend, one of Jamaica's most influential early dancehall DJs, The Lone Ranger. He was twice voted number 1 deejay on the island, in 1979 and 1980. He helped pioneer a newly rhythmic, on-the-beat rhyming style that led DJ toasting into the modern age, and punctuated his lyrics with bizarre exclamations and sound effects ('bim' and 'ribbit' were his favorites) that made him perhaps the most imaginative stylist of his time.

Paris DJs are giving you the opportunity to remix the Lone Ranger/Grant Phabao tribute to Steve Jobs track 'The Iphone Connection', the first single from the brand new Paris DJs label, available on iTunes.

The vocal acapella from the song is available to download below (the original version of the tune being available here). We want you to build your own unique track behind The Lone Ranger's amazing vocals and let his producer Grant Phabao decide who has created the best remix. Add you own beats, instrumentals, flip an old version/riddim or re-interpret the vocal below - whatever is clever, we want to hear how good you can make The Lone Ranger sound.  (We're looking for original, innovative remixes here and not a re-edit so get your thinking caps on…)

WHAT'S THE PRIZE ?

01. We'll press up an official, numbered limited edition run of your remix on 7 inch vinyl to be available in selected shops worldwide. No better way to get your name out there than to remix one of Reggae's true legends.

02. Grant Phabao will do an audio mastering of you remix. Your name will get out there and your music will sound as good as it can be.

03. You'll get a Lone Ranger signed copy of your own 7" for your collection.

04. Grant Phabao will play your remix on the Paris DJs podcast.

05. Your remix will be hosted for download on Paris DJs, along with a selection of the best remixes.

HOW DO I SUBMIT MY REMIX ?


Simple - just sendspace or mediafire or wetransfer (etc.) your MP3/WAV/AIF file to parisdjs@gmail.com.
We'll email you to let you know we received your remix and we'll announce the winners on the site in the coming weeks.

DOWNLOAD THE A CAPELLA & THE ORIGINAL SONG

Download 'The Iphone Connection (original)' (right-clic and save)
Download 'The iPhone Connection (a cappella)' right-clic and save)

Nostalgia 77 feat. Josa Peit - Simmerdown (Grant Phabao Remix feat. Marco Benevento)
(Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-07-26

Released early 2011, Simmerdown, featuring stunning vocals from Josa Peit, was the first single to be lifted from the latest Nostalgia 77 album, The Sleepwalking Society, released late March 2011. We've been active supporters of Nostalgia 77's measureless talent since day one and some of you might remember the reggae remix our resident producer Grant Phabao did on N77's Seven Nation Army cover with Alice Russell… It was high time to try and rework a new Nostalgia 77 track and we had the chance to get a visit from Marco Benevento, one of our favorite keyboards players along with John Medeski and Jackie Mittoo. Well you put musicians in a studio, what happens? They play together, so Marco ended playing organ and then clavinet for a reggae remix of Simmerdown Phabao was working on… This track was hidden in our closet for a year, and when we learned that Nostalgia 77 was coming on play in Paris on February 16th at La Bellevilloise, we offered his label, Tru Thoughts, to put it up for free as a virtual release on Paris DJs. You won't hear this kind of artists combination anywhere else so we hope you'll enjoy the unique groove and spirit in there. And we hope to see you tonite (feb 16) at la Bellevilloise!

This mp3 is offered with courtesy of Tru-Thoughts Recordings (Nostalgia 77, Josa Peit), The Royal Potato Family (Marco Benevento) and T.I.M.E.C./Paris DJs (Grant Phabao)

Links :
Nostalgia 77 : official | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | myspace | parisdjs | twitter | wikipedia
Josa Peit : discogs | facebook | myspace | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter
Tru Thoughts : official | discogs | etchshop | facebook | myspace | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Marco Benevento : official | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | forum | myspace | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Royal Potato Family : official | facebook | myspace | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Grant Phabao : official | facebook | myspace | parisdjs | soundcloud
Paris DJs : official | facebook | myspace | soundcloud | twitter | youtube

Lee Fields - You're The Kind Of Girl
(Digital Single/Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) Truth & Soul Records, 2011-12-14

The current superstar of Soul Lee Fields is back with a new track, You’re the Kind of Girl, the first single extracted from his upcoming new album A Faithful Man, to be released march 13th 2012 on Truth & Soul Records. Lee describes the bluesy and soulful You're The Kind of Girl as "a song that honors women because they should be honored. When a person meets that special someone, everything is easy from that point. True love is not a hard thing. When you meet the right person, it just happens."

Links :
Lee Fields : discogs | facebook | myspace | parisdjs
Truth & Soul Records : official | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | myspace | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter | wikipedia | youtube
Paris DJs : official | facebook | myspace | parisdjs | soundcloud | twitter | youtube

Grant Phabao presents The Lone Ranger - The Iphone Connection
(Digital Single/Free 128k MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) Paris DJs PARISDJS001-D, 2011-11-04

The Macintosh and its Finder application were revolutionnary for the way we create. Then one day Napster happened, soon followed by AudioGalaxy and many others. While the big music business was struggling with the limit of its ecosystem and the paradigm that had come with the use of mp3 files, Steve Jobs changed the way we consumed music with the iPod and the iTunes music store. Soon after that, he changed the way we consume information with the iPhone.

"The iPhone Connection" song is a tribute to the co-founder and CEO of Apple who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer this summer.
It was recorded at Paris DJs studios just a few days before Steve Jobs passed away.
Jamaican DJ The Lone Ranger is on vocal duties with French dubmeister Grant Phabao at the controls & playing all instruments.

The Lone Ranger is one of Jamaica's most influential early dancehall DJs. He was twice voted N°1 deejay on the island, in 1979 and 1980. He helped pioneer a newly rhythmic, on-the-beat rhyming style that led DJ toasting into the modern age, and punctuated his lyrics with bizarre exclamations and sound effects ("bim" and "ribbit" were his favorites) that made him perhaps the most imaginative stylist of his time.
He had originally recorded The Walkman Connection way back in 1984 (on "DJ Daddy" / Techniques), now fully updated to 2011 as The Iphone Connection ! This is not a remix of Steve Jobs' speeches or commercials, we did it our way, creating an original and uplifting song.

Take a listen and share with your friends. Buy it on iTunes. Play it on your iPhone.

RIP Steve Jobs.

Tracklisting :
01. Grant Phabao presents The Lone Ranger - The Iphone Connection
(Lyrics : The Lone Ranger, Music : Grant Phabao)
℗ + © 2011 T.I.M.E.C. / Paris DJs

Links :
BUY HI-RES AUDIO ON ITUNES, AMAZON.COM, AMAZON.FR, AMAZON.CO.UK, AMAZON.DE, AMAZON.CO.JP…
Watch the video on youtube.com/watch?v=IU3-1CDVsVw
Grant Phabao : official | facebook | myspace | parisdjs
The Lone Ranger : djouls.com/djloneranger | myspace.com/djloneranger | wikipedia
Paris DJs : official | myspace | facebook | | twitter | youtube
Artwork photo by Jean Saint Jean

Selah Sue - Crazy Vibes (Grant Phabao Remix)
(Free MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2011-07-26

22 years-old Selah Sue (real name Sanne Putseys) is a Belgian musician and songwriter you might have heard about already. She was featured on Cee-Lo's latest LP The Lady Killer, and released in march this year her first album, Selah Sue. She listened to a lot of ragga and reggae in high school and, together with soul, hip hop and some slower tunes, the style has become an essential part of her repertoire. She even wrote two ragga songs herself (Raggamuffin and Fyah Fyah)... She gets here the unique Grant Phabao Jamaican treatment, with this hip hop-ish roots reggae remix of Crazy Vibes.

Tracklisting :
01. Selah Sue - Crazy Vibes (Grant Phabao Remix)

Links :
Selah Sue : official | facebook | myspace | twitter wikipedia
Grant Phabao : official | facebook | myspace
Paris DJs : official | myspace | facebook | | twitter

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!

Tracklisting :
01. Marco Benevento - Coffee Cold

Check the Paris DJs blog for Marco's upcoming tour dates, videos and more...

Links :
official | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | forum | myspace | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
official | facebook | myspace | soundcloud | twitter | youtube
Paris DJs : official | myspace | facebook | twitter

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 Nkake

Links :
Get the original and all the remixes on enmemetemps.com/aplaceforyou
Doctor L : colored-inc. | discogs | facebook | myspace | soundcloud | wikipedia (fr) | twitter

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 Dru

Tracklisting :
01. Tribute To Gil Scott-Heron - A Place For You (Grant Phabao Remix)

Links :
Get the original and all the remixes on enmemetemps.com/aplaceforyou
Sandra Nkake : official | blogspot | facebook | myspace | twitter
Ji Dru : facebook | myspace
Grant Phabao : official | facebook | myspace
Paris DJs : official | myspace | facebook | twitter

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 : official | facebook | myspace
Paris DJs : official | myspace | facebook | twitter
Artwork by Djouls (djouls.com)