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...

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...

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 MoneyGrant 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

N.A.S.A. - Money feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge and Z-Trip (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-05-30 The mighty Grant Phabao, who's all about bringing back the original King Tubby sound with a modern twist, injects some perfect-for-a-Friday irie type of vibes into N.A.S.A.'s Money feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge and Z-Trip. In doing so, the dub master successfully turns this big big choon into a laid back, smooth grooving 100%...

The Herbaliser - Can't Help This Feeling (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-05-23 Thanks to our resident DJ Soulist who booked The Herbaliser recently at La Maroquinerie in Paris, I had the chance to meet Ollie Teeba in the backstage and tell him about an upcoming reggae remix of Can't Help This Feeling that we were preparing for the Paris DJs virtual releases collection. He was really enthousiastic about it, saying the track could really work well in reggae...

Q-Tip - Getting Up (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-05-01 Readers following the Paris DJs blog don't need a presentation for Q-Tip. We introduced the man a few weeks ago with the Grant Phabao remix of his "Work It Out" single and are more than proud to offer here this brand new remix, taking the former A Tribe Called Quest rapper into deep and skanking reggae territories. Already suported by Rob Luis (Tru Thoughts) and Erik Rug (Les Disques du Telegraphe),...

Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens - What Have You Done (Free MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) Daptone, 2009-04-24 Mixing obvious Gospel/church influence with New York Soul, Naomi Shelton 45s are highly sought-fter by funk diggers. She'll be releasing this spring her first album on Daptone Records, which promises to be one of the best Soul releases of the year. The stomping first single extracted from the album is "What Have You Done", available on a limited 45... and in our virtual releases...

Cee-Lo vs Grant Phabao - The One (Bootie Smash Soundsystem Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-04-19 An EXCLUSIVE bootie of Cee-Lo's 'The One' (of Gnarls Barkley fame - check our Cee-Lo mix) acapella over a Grant Phabao reggae instrumental. This has been sent to us through the p2p from the Booty Smash Soundsystem, who wish to keep their identity under wraps... They made the track available on a limited edition 7 inch pressed at 100 copies, instantly selling out, on Woo Roots...

Roots Manuva vs Serge Gainsbourg - Requiem For A Witness (Paris DJs Soundsystem Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-04-10 We played this bootleg so many times at parties (to the dancers' delight), that we decided to fully remaster the thing and share it with everyone. We took the instrumental version of 'Requiem Pour Un Con' from Serge Gainsbourg, and tweaked it with the a capella from Roots Manuva's 'Witness'. The resulting track is driven by its fat and funky groove,...

Beenie Man and Ms. Thing - Dude (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-04-03 Grant Phabao reworks 'Dude', Beenie Man and Ms. Thing's dancehall hit from 2003, into uptempo reggae with deep skanks. Erik Rug's been playing this one for more than a year at the WaxGroove party - "Typically the kind of music I play over and over in the beginning of my sets" says Erik visiting us today. Don't miss the show tomorrow where you'll be able to hear some new exclusive remixes...

Mr Vegas feat. Alozade and Hollow Point - Under Me Sensi (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-03-27 The Grant Phabao recipe : Take a smokin' dancehall hit, a true ganja song. Remove the instrumental crust, usually a digital riddim without much musicanship in it. Take the vocal part and dress it carefully with a brand new 70's reggae skanking riddim, with Jamaican heavy drumming and delicate percussions, guitar licks and melodious organ chords. Don't hesitate to...

Jon Kennedy - We Milk Life But Skank Smooth (Grant Phabao Remix) (Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDjs.com) 2009-03-06 Jon Kennedy learned to play the drums at the age of 12 or 13 and started to record his own crazy tracks on a 4 track straight away.. Before that he was listening to War Of The Worlds OST and my brothers rock music, strumming along to them on his guitar, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Kiss etc. After 3 really cool trip-hop-like albums on Tru Thoughts and Grand Central Records, he'll...