Today Tomorrow Now

Welcome to a little private showcase of past, present and future songs that are part of Waxploitation Artists / ZZK in 2012.   For more info, please visit www.zzkrecords.com and www.waxploitation.com.   Or check us out on Facebook or Twitter if you prefer.

Tremor "Caracol"

"Tightly thundering funk from the Oz scene" - DUSTY GROOVES, USA
"Infectiously funky sounds... Haptics is destined to be a horn-fuelled, butt-shaking affair" - triple j HOME & HOSED
"Dangerously funky" - INPRESS
"Super dope instrumental funk" - Chris Gill, NORTHSIDE RECORDS / 3RRR
"The soul revival is alive & well in Melbourne & The Cactus Channel are its newest, youngest champions" - BEAT

Hear that sound? Raw, loose and nasty funk, recorded straight to analog tape. It’s just like the old days, but so new it’s sporting a badass teenage moustache. Now that Melbourne funk sensation The Cactus Channel have graduated high school, they’re taking their own brand of high-octane, instrumental car chase funk and smooth soundtrack soul to the people with their debut, Haptics. On the road and on the airwaves, 2012 is the year The Cactus Channel come of age. 

Back in 2009, the founding members of The Cactus Channel were already jamming on some classic soul feels, tripping on Eddie Bo, James Brown and their contemporaries, and using words like “Boss” and “Cat” while trying make it through year 10 in 21st Century Australia. What began as experimentation in Junior Stage Band developed into outright insubordination in Senior Jazz Ensemble and by 2011 The Cactus Channel were an out of control ten piece funk orchestra with the momentum of a runaway train who could count The Dap Kings’ Tom Brenneck and soul legend Charles Walker as fans. 

How did members of the iTunes generation get on to those rare and deep seventies sounds at the age of 14? The internet, of course! Also, who really cares? It works! No matter what year it is, or sounds like it is, these records are great. From triple j Unearthed to FatBeats Records in NYC, people all over the place love this band.  

The Cactus Channel deliver on all their precocious promise with this super heavy full length debut LP. Haptics is chock full of deep funk, jazzed-up soul and boogaloo hits, all informed by a canny sense of soundtrack-ready drama, loaded with tight, hard grooves and one strong track after another. The Cactus Channel is ready to roll! 

Melbourne launch party: Saturday Aug 4 @ The Toff w/ The PutBacks + DJ Chris Gill. Tickets $12+BF.
The Cactus Channel touring nationally September / October.


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The Cactus Channel - The Colour of Don Don

Released in november 2009 on badass45 records

Freaky Grapevine

Stay On Point

The Jungle Fire band digs deep into afro/latin funk with an approach that is both authentic and highly explosive! Comprised of musicians from the Los Angeles region, Jungle Fire pulls from only those who are dedicated to preserving, protecting and progressing LA’s funk and latin scenes. Members have performed with Stevie Wonder, Joe Bataan, Breakestra, Ozomatli, Quantic, Alice Russell, Celia Cruz, Orgone, The Greyboy Allstars and the list goes on. Summer of 2012 saw the release of Jungle Fire's debut vinyl 45 released on indie label Colemine Records, making big waves worldwide, to be followed by a second 7 inch this spring...

Grant Phabao is an amazing producer and multi-instrumentalist, recognized by many as 'the best sound engineer in Paris'. Backed by underground networker/A&R Djouls and designer Ben Hito, in the footsteps of his regular mixes on Paris DJs he's been putting out release after release every week for months already, relentlessly. A steady flow of singles and albums including collaborations with the most gifted musicians from the Afro/Reggae/Funk scene, including, Ebo Taylor, George Clinton, The Cactus Channel, Alice Russell, Shawn Lee, Franck Biyong, Lee Fields, Antibalas, The Souljazz Orchestra, The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston, Echo Minott, The Jays, The Silvertones and the list goes on. Summer 2013 should see the release of the Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra album, following up on reggae albums from The Silvertones (feb 2013) The Jays (march 2013)…

Jungle Fire and Grant Phabao's musical universes collide with style & fashion on this brand new Paris DJs single featuring the magical keys of Guillaume Méténier aka Soul Sugar. The resulting combination is a unique 'Afrobeat meets Ska' concept, a blend of styles from L.A. to Paris creating a bridge between South America, Nigeria and Jamaica! An explosive dancefloor filler for sure.

"Love it, terribly effective, hope you'll press it on vinyl!" - Betino's Record Shop (Paris)

Credits
Remix, additional production and audio mastering by Grant Phabao
Organ by Guillaume Méténier aka Soul Sugar
© 2013 Jungle Fire / T.I.M.E.C. / Paris DJs

Released by:
Paris DJs
Release/catalogue number:
PARISDJS019-D
Release date:
20/2/2013
ISRC:
FR-2PK-13-00150

Original artwork by Ben Hito

Jungle Fire "Tokuta" (Grant Phabao Paris DJ's Remix)

NEW 2013 Jungle Fire- Firewalker: Afro disco fuzzrock. Released on Colemine Records 

Download!
http://junglefiremusic.bandcamp.com/track/firewalker

Download Itunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/firewalker-single/id635017125


BUY VINYL LINK
https://www.facebook.com/Colemine45?fref=ts

NEW 2013 Jungle Fire- Firewalker: Afro disco fuzzrock. Released on Colemine Records

DIRECT VINYL BUY LINK
www.facebook.com/Colemine45?fref=ts

500 PRESSING 100 limited edition RED vinyl 45 rpm

2012 saw the release of JUNGLE FIRE's debut vinyl 45 released on indie label Colemine Records, and has been lauded by the likes of DJ Gilles Peterson Worldwide BBC 1 radio, Dj Rich Medina, Dj Bobbito Garcia, Dj Spinna, Jeremy Sole KCRW, DJ, Mark NuMark, DJ Cut Chemist,and many others worldwide!

The JUNGLE FIRE sound digs deep and resurrects classic afro/latin funk music with an approach that is both authentic and highly explosive!. Members have performed with Stevie Wonder, Joe Bataan, Breakestra, Ozomatli, Quantic, Alice Russell, MDCL, Simple Citizens, Celia Cruz, Orgone, The Greyboy Allstars and the list goes on. Keep a watchful eye out as JUNGLE FIRE continues to scorch dance floors and heat up clubs across the nation!

Recorded at Killion Sound by Sergio Rios via Tascam 388
Members	The JUNGLE FIRE family:

Steve Haney - Congas, Bata 
Alberto Lopez - Timbales,Bongo
Sam Halterman - Drums 
Judson McDaniel - Guitar 
Joey Reina - Bass 
Sean Billings -Trumpet 
Sam Robles - Baritone Sax 
Otto Granillo- Trombone

Jungle Fire - Firewalker

Paris DJs and Kept Records are proud to gather their mutual friends from Texas, Germany and France in the form of an exclusive joint-release of a two-track digital single.&#13;
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Brownout is the band. Grant Phabao is the reggae/dub remixer. Renegades Of Jazz are the Bboy Editors. Ben Hito is the illustrator. Paris DJs and Kept Records are the label. &#13;
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Listen/buy on Paris DJs' <a href="http://parisdjs.bandcamp.com/album/grant-phabao-renegades-of-jazz-remixes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> bandcamp page</a>.&#13;
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<a href="http://http://brownoutmusic.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Brownout</a>&#13;
<a href="http://www.parisdjs.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Paris DJs</a>&#13;
<a href="http://soundcloud.com/renegadesofjazz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Renegades Of Jazz</a>&#13;
<a href="https://www.grantphabao.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Grant Phabao</a>

Today Tomorrow Now

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