HEAVY ROTATION

eyk, i need you to elevate. - youniverse

father

SSSuave

RAGGAmuffin

soul shakin

Chill

The Inversions 45s

Blues

Kelela's debut mixtape CUT 4 ME out October 1st on Fade to Mind

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Track listing:
01. Guns & Synths [Prod. Bok Bok, Napolian, Tariq & Garfield]
02. Enemy [Prod. Nguzunguzu]
03. Floor Show [Prod. Girl Unit]
04. Do It Again [Prod. NA]
05. Go All Night (Let Me Roll) [Prod. Morri$]
06. Bank Head (Extended) [Prod. Kingdom]
07. Cut 4 Me [Prod. Kingdom]
08. Keep It Cool [Prod. Jam City]
09. Send Me Out [Prod. Kingdom]
10. Go All Night (Let it Burn) [Prod. Morri$]
11. Something Else [Prod. Nguzunguzu]
12. A Lie [Prod. Bok Bok]
13. Cherry Coffee [Prod. Jam City]

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Kelela - Bank Head (Extended) [Prod. Kingdom]

I Feel Good - James Brown

Escondida

Old Fashioned Morphine

Jolie Holland - Old Fashioned Morphine

Moanin'

Can't Lose You

Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown

There will never be a single word to identify this music. 'Oh how the gods look down and frown, At those who never stood and said, My name is no-one’, And went a little mad...'

The Cat Empire - Song For Elias

Enjoy Pete Rock’s “James Brown Tribute” Mix and be sure to visit peterock.com for your Soul Brother Logo Tee. #JamesBrown #PeteRock #HipHop #GetOnUp #Soul #Mixtape #GOAT #SoulBrother1 #Legend 


Pete Rock Tribute Mix: James Brown

After Laughter (boombap delight)

C G Q ft Camilla George- sax/Sarah Tandy- piano/Daniel Casimir-bass/Femi Koleoso-drums

01 Caravan

Little summer gift...a track I made with the bro @tom-bailey . Grab your free download, Love


FKJ feat. Tom Bailey - Drops

My remix for Galimatias and Alina Baraz 's "Pretty Thoughts" 

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Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Pretty Thoughts (FKJ Remix)

Deep of the Week - August 2015

Giving this one away for free, comments are welcome!


DJ Kid Stretch - California Squid

A big thank you to everyone who has shared and played this track, here's another 1k downloads!



Tall Black Guy - Sade's Taboo(Sweetest Taboo Blap-Up)

"Better Give U Up", taken from my upcoming album French Kiwi Juice. I sing on this one

Released on: Roche Musique 
Order on itunes: http://apple.co/1O74e1f
Listen on spotify: http://bit.ly/1SpaOB9
Wav : https://pro.beatport.com/track/better-give-u-up-original-mix/7271215

LYRICS by Guillaume Héritier & Fkj :

You my obsession
Ocean and lover 
You my old passion
Patience was over

I was looking for another challenge 
This huge ambition  
I needed a change
Revenge, creation
 
Your eyes look like a mirror
And no more a spell 
Our minds were in a row
But look now unwell

Love is not enough
In order to last
Remember your laugh 
Is part of my past

‘Better give u up now somehow
But I’ll never never never stop thinking of you' x2 

Never, never, in the right place
For us to stand by each other 
You'll have, you'll have, you'll have to replace 
My face, my goodbye and find another

My heart was like a stone 
When we stopped in pain 
I felt like a clone
Cold blood in my veins

Forgive my silence
This absence of time
The crime of distance
Deception was prime 
 
I keep a secret
Our great adventure
A kind of regret
Could it have been future?

Now going ahead
My hands play your touch
I'm taking this new gate
you bring me so much

‘Better give u up now somehow
But I’ll never never never stop thinking of you ' x4

French Kiwi Juice

Buy on iTunes

FKJ - Better Give U Up

All Rise: Movement 8 - The Halls Of Erudition & Scholarship

Superb Starling

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2016/02/premiere-hear-a-new-remix-from-mad-professor/

More info

Premiere: Invisible Cities Feat. Ali Love - Sunkissed Memory (Mad Professor - Kiss My Dub)

Get it in the Daptone Shop now!
http://daptonerecords.myshopify.com/products/i-can-be-cool-version

Producer extraordinaire Victor "Ticklah" Axelrod is back in the saddle, serving up two sides of sublime Island Soul - "I Can Be Cool" b/w "Version". As with his last single for Daptone, Axelrod effortlessly blends the ethereal vocals of our beloved boys from Buffalo, Bob & Gene, with the undeniable feel-good instrumentation of reggae stalwarts, The Inversions. 

The original Bob & Gene version of "I Can Be Cool" is a bonafide classic on the West Coast low-rider/sweet-soul scene and a staff favorite here at Daptone HQ. Its reggae-charged reboot that we so humbly offer up is sure to take you and the one you love to dizzying, uncharted, slow-dancing heights!

Bob & Gene "I Can Be Cool"

@jkriv snubs his usual disco flavours for a beautiful piano-led musing, with grainy female jazz vocals that combines the woozy Groove Armada feel and the moody depths of Portishead. Out on @razor-n-tape. 

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/05/13/premiere-j-kriv-free-magic-eleonora/

JKriv & Free Magic - Eleanora (STW Premiere)

Tam Tam Tam Reimagined is the second album to come from Gilles Peterson’s Sonzeira project. Overseen by the DJ and record collector of 30-years, this second album picks up where the first one left off. Where Brasil Bam Bam Bam brought together the all-stars of Brazilian music, this album focuses on a key moment in the country’s history; a record made at a crucial moment serves as the jumping off point for an open-ended project of musical reimagining.

Sonzeira - Nós Precisamos De Você (feat. Moses Boyd)

Mebusas inna bboy style beefed up for the dancefloor. more drums!

lost & unreleased bosq reworks from the great beyond.

Mebusas - Mr Bulldog (bosq Rework)

LÉON - Tired of talking (A-Trak & Cory Enemy Remix)
Download here: smarturl.it/TiredofTalkingAtrak 

check out Cory Enemy: https://soundcloud.com/cory-enemy
check out A-Trak: https://soundcloud.com/a-trak

Tired of talking (A-Trak & Cory Enemy Remix)

Man On Fire

There are few producers in the world of underground bass and dubwise music working today with the breadth, depth, and genre-busting powers of Ognjen Zecevic, the man called Egoless.  From post-everything blasts of wonky crunch & bass, to the most sparkling, orthodox reggae, his mastery of analog and digital production, and his free-roaming imagination and intuition make every Egoless plate a special, surprising, and rewarding experience.  

We’ve been holding this tune for some time… we kept it back as we knew right away it was fully deserving of the #50 spot in our catalog, a release we’ve been steadily working towards for a full 5 years.  It exemplifies what we have tried to build with ZamZam - a body of forward thinking heart and soul music, message music, physical music, sound system music.

For "Non-Immigrant Song” the Croatian Gorgon linked with rising sing-jay star Tenor Youthman (virtually unknown outside of his native Russia when the tune was recorded).  Egoless says "It was one of those moments when I received a message and some tunes from a guy in Russia, expecting the worst English ever... Oh how I was wrong, this guy blew me away with the natural organic quality of his voice and we did this tune shortly afterward.”

The lyric was extremely relevant when we first heard it, but we could not have imagined how relevance would turn to urgency with the rise of anti-immigrant extremism, Brexit, Trumpism and full-blown fascist infections spreading in so many parts of the world.  A plea to all those who lose touch with our humanity when we treat anyone as ‘other’ - native-born as immigrants, immigrants as refugees, refugees as less than human.

As for the music… an effortlessly swinging, massive rub-a-dub riddim in classic formation.  Buttery bass and thick kick hitting hard in unison.  Sparse and spare. Strictly analog effects and flawless instrumentation.  We asked Egoless for a truly OUT dub version to back the vocal, and he obviously didn’t disappoint - absolute desk & tape madness in the tradition of the most dub-me-crazy Ariwa or Black Ark meltdowns.

We couldn’t be more thrilled with this record and this milestone arrived at through so much work and so much support from our worldwide community. 

****As a special gift to celebrate ZamZam 50 we are including a full color poster documenting the art of ZamZam 01-49 folded into every copy.****  

Mastered by Egoless himself, cut by Lewis at Stardelta.  

Released late February, 2017. Limited to 800 7" vinyl copies for the world. Design & 2-color screen print by Polygon Press.  No repress, no digital.

Egoless feat. Tenor Youthman "Non-Immigrant Song" b/w "Non-Immigrant Dub" ZamZam 50 vinyl rip blend

Roots meets R&B vibes. Free download. "Rocky Point" riddim by French & The Maximum Sound Crew.

Passing Thru

Support artists in this set, they are awesome!

Set list: Enjoy!

1) iorie - Love
2)Sam Goku - Sam Goku - Kami (Original Mix)
3)TArmen Miran - For Eternity (Love Over Entropy Remix) 
4)Suprematic Sounds — Lean (Fake Mood Sleepless Mix)
5)Viken Arman - Here Today Gone Tomorrow (All Day I Dream)
6)Second State - Clint Stewart - Throwing Stones
7)i-D - Premiere. Chaos In The CBD - Global Erosion
8)Shanti Moscow Radio - Sketch Three by Gorje Hewek & Izhevski
9)Alvaro Suarez - Hermanos (Original Mix)  NachtEinTagAus 
10)Mentol - Acid Pauli - Jamie & Selda (Mentol x PaulB Bootleg)
11) Fatoumata Diawara - Kanou (FatouMata Revision)
12)trndmsk - Viken Arman - Rainbow
13)KingStreetSounds - 01 Samul - Bella Mattina (Pavel Petrov remix)
14)Premiere. Nuno Dos Santos - Dust In Your Eyes SoHaSo
15)Hidden Vibes - FREED — Thinking Fast & Slow (Original Mix)
16)Debal Sommer - Herbie (Breger & Timboletti Remix) Copycow
17)Suol - Daniel Bortz - Boyz 2 Men

Deep of the Week - May 2017 - Rebirth Session

"The Complete Albums Collection" is available now! Click for details http://myplay.me/fvr


Dexter Gordon - Blues Up And Down

Producer Victor “Ticklah” Axelrod is back with another supple Reggae delight. After the success of The Inversions' last collaboration with Bob & Gene, Axelrod once again takes a seat in the Producer’s chair, this time with a tune a little deeper in the catalogue. Originally tweezed from the beautiful MO DO tape boondoggle, back in ‘05 - ‘06, this single has been a long-time favorite of the Daptone family.

One night in 1971, frustrated by their lack of the success, Bobby Nunn and Gene Coplin sat in the basement of 50 Orange Street and put together a record expressing said frustration. Equipped with only a guitar, bass, and piano - no drums (though you don’t even notice) - the two crafted an immaculate slice of Soul, aptly titled “It’s Not What You Know (It’s Who You Know)”. Fast forward 46 years, and now accompanied by the rocksteady rhythms of The Inversions - the vocal stylings and poignant lyrics are reborn, sounding as fresh today as it did when it was crafted down in that magical basement. The VERSION flip is a delay laden masterpiece produced and arranged by Axelrod. A must for fans of Dub and Reggae alike. A truly gorgeous record!

Get yours at http://dapt.one/shop

Bob & Gene ft. The Inversions - It's Not What You Know (Its Who You Know)

Bob & Gene ft. The Inversions - It's Not What You Know (Version)

Support artists in this mix, they are awesome!!! Enjoy.

1) Amentia - Amentia - Sintra (Original Mix)  Rituel Recordings
2)Deep House Amsterdam - Premiere. Viken Arman - Aragatz
3)Salvador Araguaya † - Caetano Veloso - Mora Na Filosofia
4)Keinemusik - Keinemusik (Rampa Adam Port &ME) - Muyè
5)Silk Music - Marsh - Belle
6)Ash - Una Mattina
7)When We Dip - Premiere. Jeremy Olander- Araoz Anjunadeep
8)Mixmag Adria - Premiere. DRNDY - Soulmates
9)Einmusika Recordings - Philipp Kempnich - Golden Meadow
10)HEINZ MUSIC - Christopher Schwarzwalder - Magma 
11)Alkalino - Moondog - Birds Lament (Alkalino reform)
12)Alkalino - Moondog - Birds Lament (Alkalino reform)
13)Leveldva - Just Emma - Black Raven
14)Funky Judge - Ana Tijoux - 1977 (Funky Judge Rmx)
15)Yuksek - Bertrand Burgalat - Etranges Nuages (Yuksek Remix)
16)Deep House Amsterdam - Premiere. Be Svendsen - Nabia
17) Souq Records - Tarek El Hout Feat Raymond Boulos - Midaq Alley

Deep of the Week - January 2018

Earliest musical influence:
JK: Listening to Hall & Oates “Maneater” in the back seat of my mom’s car.

Ideal setting to listen to this?
JK: Rooftop. Poolside. Deserted beach.

File it next to?
JK: Right between a disco ball and a coconut.

For Record Store Day 2018 Brooklyn based RNT ushers in the springtime sunshine with Férias ’77 Reworks, a collection of Brazilian revisions from label co-head JKriv. A longtime lover of Brazilian sounds, this 8 song double 12” compiles reworks he created over nearly a decade, drawing from some of his most revered and respected sources. From the upfront boogie of 'Relaxa', to the stomping 'Babaluae', the tropical funk of 'Rainha do Mar', the downtempo sway of 'Era Um Era', to the almost balearic-leaning 'Dotô' and more, this mini-album contains a wide swath of Brasilian styles and flavours. With suitably vibrant artwork on the sleeve, a free download card, and a cheeky sticker pack included, this one is an absolute RSD essential!

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JKriv: https://soundcloud.com/jkriv
Razor-N-Tape: https://soundcloud.com/razor-n-tape
www.youngonesuk.com

Ferias '77 - JKriv Reworks

Premiere: Luana E (JKriv Rework) [Razor-N-Tape]

Victor "Ticklah" Axelrod presents: Charles Bradley featuring The Inversions - "Whatcha Doing (To Me)" b/w "Strike Three"
http://dapt.one/1115

Originally a stand-out album track from Charles Bradley's “Changes” long player - then titled "You Think I Don't Know (But I Know)" - Axelrod & Co. artfully transform the Soul groover into an early '70s reggae stroller, with Charles' signature plaintive vocals providing a beautiful juxtaposition to the lighthearted bounce of the Inversion's Island beat. Thankfully CB was able to hear this version before he passed, to which he said "Ooooooo! I LOVE IT!" We think you will too!

Whatcha Doing (To Me) b/w Strike Three

The Inversions featuring Charles Bradley - Strike Three

Charles Bradley ft. The Inversions - Whatcha Doing (To Me)

Support artists in this mix, they are awesome!!!

1)derrok - Derrok - Larva De Araucaria (Para Mía)
2)LIQUID YOUTH - Premiere. Mehmet Aslan - Alysha Dischi Autunno
3)KARLK - Andy Palacio - Watina (KARLK Edit)
4)zine - Oceanvs Orientalis Tarlabasi Be SVENSEN remix
5)Zwillingsmann - Der Schamane (128kbit Version) 
6)Afterhour Sounds - PREMIERE. Rodrigo Gallardo - Minero
7)derrok - Dueños De La Cima (con Rodrigo Gallardo) Cara Sur 2017
8)EXZ - Cacimba
9)Geplantes Nichtstun - Zapjevala - Bakasch Gode 
10)Yusuf ÖNER - FEDER Ft KYS - Cest Lundi
11)Betelgeize - Kamping Dub - Rainmaker Dance (Betelgeize Remix)
12)Eli Light - Luz Del Monte ( Oceanvs Orientalis - Eli Light Remix)
13)coconutindustry - Bonga - mona ki ngi xica (Synapson remix)
14)timboletti - chancha & jose Larralde - quime(y) neuquen 
15)❋ Cosmic Awakenings ❋ - Mercedes Sosa - Balderrama 
16)Afterhour Sounds - PREMIERE. Sous Sol - Gyaan Plötzlich Music
17)Billy Caso - Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (Billy Casos Flying Edit)
18)NU - RENU - SER DE LUZ
19)❋ Cosmic Awakenings ❋ - Atahualpa Yupanqui 
20)Merick - Voyage Pour Sigiriya

Deep of the Week June 2018

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Skratch Bastid & The Gaff Present:
"SOUL SISTERS, STAND UP!" (PART 2/2)
"This Is A Journey Into Sound: Listen! Love! Learn! A NonStop 80 minute mix From 2 of Canada's Most Sanctified Selectors"

**100% female Funk, Soul, R&amp;B &amp; Breaks**

Presented in 2 parts online:

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Skratch Bastid & The Gaff - SOUL SISTERS, STAND UP! (Part 2 - Good Old Days)

Deep of the Week - February 2019

James Brown - This Is A Man's World

James Brown influenced Michael Jackson, Prince, Mick Jagger, music producers & dancers worldwide. I've been collecting his unique, eclectic records since the 90's, so here's my dedication to The Godfather Of Soul. 50 tracks in 60 minutes.

Charles Bradley ft. The Inversions - Whatcha Doing (To Me)

Daptone Records