Remixes and Reloaded

Move On Up CURTIS MAYFIELD

Hard Times -Danger Blues

DOWNLOAD HERE: https://thedecoders.bandcamp.com/album/revisited-reworked-vol-2

I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Ohmega Watts Remix)

Grant Green & Dianne Reeves - Down Here On The Ground - (funky mix)

Ursula Rucker - Supernatural -  (Chill satisfied mix) -

Lowrell - mellow mellow right on (micamino dub on edit)

BELLA-FIND A WAY(BOSSA EDIT) METROPOLITAN JAZZ AFFAIR visit djfunk80.com in london 

BELLA-FIND A WAY(BOSSA EDIT) METROPOLITAN JAZZ AFFAIR

Gregory Isaacs - My only lover (deep cover mix) - feat: Angelique Wilkie

Gregory Isaacs - My only lover (Cool Ruler mix) - feat: Angelique Wilkie

sparse vocals, extended beats.. you know the drill.


lizzy mercier descloux - fire (tape dub edit)

DOWNLOAD HERE: www.thedecoders.bandcamp.com/track/walk-on-by-feat-noelle-scaggs

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the first single from Vol. 2, featuring one of our favorite singers from Los Angeles,  Noelle Scaggs ( of the band FItz & The Tantrums).  

This isn't our first collaboration with Noelle... 

Our very own Todd M. Simon inked a new Rock Steady arrangement of James Brown's "Think (About It)" for The Lions back in 2007, which featured Noelle on vocals.  Noelle has also graced many other collaborations on her own, including Quantic (aka Will Holland) and Dilated Peoples, as well as being the featured lead female vocalist in the L.A. funk and soul outift The Rebirth .

This version of "Walk On By" is an extrapolation of the original Dionne Warwick version, mutated with the stylings of Isaac Hayes rendition and finally given a "decoded" Lovers Rock backbeat.  This was quite the undertaking, and Noelle did a great job invoking the classic women of soul from the 60's era to give this version a refreshing-yet old school feel.

Burt Bacharach and Hal David (R.I.P) were a great composer team, penning many a classic hit including "I Say A Little Prayer For You" which is also slated for a Decoders vol. 2 release later this year.  We hope that we did justice to their vision with our version of "Walk On By".

The strings were recorded by San Diego native, Thomas Lea.  Thomas is the latest addition to the Decoders production team, and you can hear his lush string arrangements on upcoming releases from Rhye & Quadron.

The official release date for the single is tuesday, October 16th.  It will be made available on itunes, amazon and bandcamp for download.

We hope you enjoy it and please share if you feel it!

The Decoders


Also, in case you haven't seen it, please check out our new EPK, which is an introduction to the project and gives a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes in the studio!  View it here on our new website (www.thedecodersmusic.com), where you can also purchase exclusive T-Shirts via our Insteegram store!

CREDITS:

Produced by The Decoders

Noelle Scaggs 
Lead Vocals, Background Vocals & Vocal Arrangements

Itai Shapira 
Bass, Guitars, Dub FX, Keys, Timpani, Additional Vocal Arrangements

Todd M. Simon 
Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Dub FX, Horn Arrangements

Adam Berg
Rhodes, B3, Additional Vocal Arrangements

Tracy Wannomae
Tenor, Alto Sax, Flute

Thomas Lea
Violin, Viola

Blake Colie 
Drums

Engineered by Itai Shapira and Adam Berg at Manifest Music 
Additional engineering by David Burris at Manifest Music
Mixed by Adam Berg at Manifest Music 
Mastered by Adam Berg at Manifest Music

Originally Written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David.  Originally recorded by Dionne Warwick (1964)

Farah Sosa: Photography • Anthony Valadez: Cover Art Design



BIOGRAPHY:

The Decoders are Los Angeles-based production team Itai Shapira (producer/engineer & studio/live musician) Todd M. Simon (trumpeter/arranger for Mayer Hawthorne, TV On The Radio, The Lions, Quantic, etc.) and Adam Berg (Grammy nominated producer/engineer), with heavy contributions from Quincy McCrary on keys (Mayer Hawthorne) and Blake Colie on drums (The Lions of Stones Throw Records) . They just released their first installment of modern-Jamaican Lovers Rock-inspired versions of soul classics they dug up from the vaults of the Music Sales publishing catalogue.

In this first batch, Shapira and Simon have deciphered some Earth, Wind and Fire, Minnie Riperton and even one from Ruby and the Romantics! The project is overseen by the songwriter and producer behind many of Minnie Riperton’s hits - Richard Rudolph.

The Decoders have enlisted the help of vocalists Sy Smith (Macy Gray, Foreign Exchange) original “Baby This Love I Have" songwriter and legendary producer Leon Ware (Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Maxwell), Coco Owino (of Quadron), Kevin Sandbloom and Boston Fielder (of Muthawit).  Miguel Atwood Ferguson (Suite For Ma Dukes, Brainfeeder) also makes a guest appearance on the new single "Les Fleurs"

Volume 2 features guest vocalists Noelle Scaggs (of Fitz & The Tantrums), Raul Midon, Alex Isley and many more... 


Walk On By featuring Noelle Scaggs

22 (VA 'Sampled vol.3 - 40 Original Soul Jazz Funk & Disco Tracks' cd1 (Virgin) - 15 - Quincy Jones – Summer In the City [Nightmares on Wax - Les Nuits])

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uploaded  "Private Life".
It's a "Pretenders" cover from their first album (1980)

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Vocal : "Caroline Nin" 
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Xtra Fly Clavinet : Guillaume Metenier

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The Pretenders - Private Life - featuring "Caroline Nin"

So happy to post my Tribute to this "musical warrior" !
R I P Pandit Ravi Shankar, and say hello to George and John ...
It's time now to give thanks and praises.
Peace and Love
Enjoy

Dear Prudence - The Beatles sitar cover - (Pandit Ravi Shankar tribute mix)

A exclusive remix from Albertina Passage resident HENRY

Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On - Henry`s Albertina Passage Retouch

Ladies - Lee Fields (Apollo Edit)

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uploaded: Dis Poem (remix) - (Uhuru afrika Ashanti mix)
 Backing track : "DoubleByl"
Poet & Lyrics  : Mutabaruka   
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Dis poem,
Dis poem  Shall speak of the wretched sea  That washed ships to these shores  Of mothers cryin for their young  Swallowed up by the sea  Dis poem shall say nothin new  Dis poem shall speak of time  Time unlimited time undefined  Dis poem shall call names  Names like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah  Hannibal akenaton malcolm garvey  Haile selassie  Dis poem is vexed about apartheid rascism fascism  The klu klux klan riots in brixton atlanta  Jim jones  Dis poem is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world  3rd world division man made decision  Dis poem is like all the rest Dis poem will not be amongst great literary works  Will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts  Will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion  Dis poem s knives bombs guns blood fire  Blazin for freedom  Yes dis poem is a drum  Ashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriors  Uhuru uhuru  Uhuru namibia  Uhuru soweto  Uhuru afrika  Dis poem will not change things  Dis poem need to be changed  Dis poem is a rebirth of a peopl  Arizin awaking understandin  Dis poem speak is speakin have spoken  Dis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writin  Dis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in history  In your mind  In time forever  Dis poem is time only time will tell  Dis poem is still not written  Dis poem has no poet  Dis poem is just a part of the story  His-story her-story our-story the story still untold  Dis poem is now ringin talkin irritatin  Makin u want to stop it  But dis poem will not stop  Dis poem is long cannot be short  Dis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamed  The story is still not told about dis poem  Dis poem is old new  Dis poem was copied from the bible your prayer book  Playboy magazine the n.y. times readers digest  The c.I.a. files the k.g.b. files  Dis poem is no secret  Dis poem shall be called boring stupid senseless  Dis poem is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis poem  Dis poem is messin up your brains  Makin u want to stop listenin to dis poem  But u shall not stop listenin to dis poem  U need to know what will be said next in dis poem  Dis poem shall disappoint u  Because  Dis poem is to be continued in your mind in your mind  In your mind your mind

Mutabaruka - Dis Poem -  (Uhuru afrika Ashanti mix)

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The Pretenders - Private Life - featuring "Caroline Nin"

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