This 12-minute ‘Battle Suite’, composed and arranged by The Souljazz Orchestra, was commissioned by the House of PainT Festival for its 10th anniversary Main EvenT. 

The piece was performed and recorded live during the Bboy Battle Final on September 14th, 2013. Mixed and mastered at Metropolitan Studios.

Full audio and video of the event can be viewed here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-31RvtyxsDo

Track listing:
Let Me Clear My Throat – DJ Kool
Mother Popcorn - James Brown
The Champ – The Mohawks
Apache – Incredible Bongo Band
Don’t Sweat The Technique – Eric B & Rakim
African Battle – Manu Dibango
Organ Donor – DJ Shadow
Underdog – Sly & The Family Stone
Scorpio – Dennis Coffey
Agoya – The Souljazz Orchestra
Yegelle Tezeta – Mulatu Astatke
Police Woman Theme – Henry Mancini
Funky Nassau – Beginning of the End
24 Carat Black – 24 Carat Black
Shaft In Africa – Johnny Pate
Resurrection – The Souljazz Orchestra

www.houseofpaint.ca 

The Souljazz Orchestra Battle Suite

Back in September 2007, Freestyle Records released ´Black Feeling´ an album project brought to life by Australian musical supremo Lance Ferguson (The Bamboos, Cookin´ On 3 Burners, Lanu) 

Each track was presented under a pseudonym to give the impression of an album you would find whilst digging in a Caribbean record shop or American thrift store. As a collection of reworked classics, the album set dance floors alight across the world, indeed, the single ´Hippy Skippy Moon Strut´ by The Mighty Show-Stoppers became a huge selling 12 inch, and also notched up well over 350,000 individual viewings on You Tube to date!

Now in 2011, Freestyle Records is pleased as punch to be releasing this teaser 45 single that features 2 cuts from the forthcoming follow up album ´Black Feeling: Volume Two´ (FSRCD/LP090) and what total corkers they are too!

The A side is Lance & Co´s fantastic reworking of the anthemic ´Burning Spear´ under the moniker of The Poly-Tones, an intense and driving piece of soulful funk, and what could possibly equal that for the flip side? The Mighty Show-Stoppers giving Johnnie Pate´s blaxploitation soundtrack classic ´Shaft In Africa´ such a convincing and wonderful re-working, you will think you are back in time, on the film set whilst Richard Roundtree (that's John Shaft to you sucker!) kicks some serious ass!   
 

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The Mighty Show-Stoppers - Shaft In Africa

Here few "Gentle Reedit".
You may find them quite similar to the original versions, because my only goal was to make them easier for me to play during gigs, with an outro beat replacing the 
fade-out ending typical in this kind of music.
Sometimes, these edits can be quite simple to make, but other times, they can easily become a headache when the original song does not include all the elements necessary for the edited version. 
In some cases, I had to reconstruct the beat, using sounds and effect from software.
I also worked on the tempos of the old songs to make the beat more regular, but I always tried to make these changes as gentle as possible, as if the song has been recorded that way.

Coke Escovedo - I Wouldn't Change A Thing (Florent F Gentle Edit)

Space Traveler by smokethatdank

This is one heavy slab of dirty funk.

The a-side is an absolute BRASS monster of a track titled "Harrow."  A cut that gallops from the first hits of the snare drum to the blaring sounds of horns, ultimately making our aural universe a better place.  The b-side, titled "Nautilus (Hijacked)," is an instrumental cover of sorts, containing recreated hooks from "Nautilus" (Bob James) and "Hijack" (Enoch Light), which were famously sampled by Slick Rick (Children's Story) and The Beatnuts (Watch Out Now) among others.  

BAND INFO:  This is the second 45 on the Kept Records label by Breakdown Brass, young veterans of Brooklyn’s soul and funk scene — its members tour and record with Antibalas, Sharon Jones & the Dap‐Kings,Charles Bradley, Lee Fields, Monophonics, Ikebe Shakedown, Slavic Soul Party & many others



Nautilus (Hijacked)

Brooklyn's Breakdown Brass dropped yet another killer 45! They've unleashed an original juggernaut entitled "Harrow", a follow-up to their smash debut 45 "Monmouth b/w Next Episode" (Kept Records) and sophomore 45 "The Horseman b/w Mary Jane" (Mixto Music). Driving, dirty horns are punctuated by intense trombone and baritone sax solos - prepare your stank face.

The B-side "Nautilus (Hijacked)" is a dance-floor burner that pays homage to Bob James, whose track Nautilus has been heavily sampled by Slick Rick, Eric B & Rakim, Run-DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Onyx, Wu Tang Clan, Big L, Pete Rock and about 300 others. Throw in some Herbie Mann/Beatnuts and you got yourself a hit!

The members of Breakdown Brass stay busy - touring and recording with Ikebe Shakedown, Antibalas, Lee Fields, Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, Monophonics and many others. Led by Nadav Nirenberg on trombone, their unique combination of heavy Afro-Funk with the sizzle of Balkan Brass has caught the eye of Gilles Peterson, NPR, BBC and more.

Mike Buckley - Tenor Sax, Flute
Ray Cetta - Sousaphone
Vince Chiarito - Bass
Jason Colby - Trumpet
Sam Hoyt - Trumpet
Raja Kassis - Guitar
Kevin Moehringer - Trombone
Nadav Nirenberg - Trombone, Percussion
Morgan Price - Baritone Sax
Chauncey Yearwood - Drumset, Congas

Written by Nadav Nirenberg

Produced by Nadav Nirenberg
Recorded by Vince Chiarito in Brooklyn NY
Mixed by Jim Bertini at Galaxy Smith Studios, Brooklyn NY
Mastered by Steve Berson at Total Sonic Media

Nautilus (Hijacked) *Slick Rick, Beatnuts, Bob James, Herbie Mann cover*

Choi Records second installment of funk is ready.  The Traffic is a group of guys who were more than happy to record at Choi productions to help bring this together and without them there would be no recording so a big shout out to
Yuri Pavlinov- Bass, Kumar Shome- guitars, Alex Howroyd- Trumpet/flute, Jimmy bowman- Trombone, Brett Evans- Baritone Sax, Ivan Khatchoyan- drums/percussion/wurli/production.
https://thetraffic.bandcamp.com/album/white-lines-smack-my-pitch-up-rprs-4

 Side A: White Lines - Grandmaster Flash

The Traffic - White Lines - Grandmaster Flash

Sounds From The Soul Underground draws together tracks by some of the greatest contemporary acts from all over the globe and working within the genres of soul, funk, afrobeat, latin and jazz today. With a hard to find rarity from Ray Camacho & The Tear Drops, a DJ Format remix of a Speedometer single, brand new, previously unheard material from Nick Van Gelder, Jessica Lauren Four, and The Andy Tolman Cartel as well as a smattering of recent dance floor destroyers from established Freestyle acts and like minded artists and record labels across the globe, Sounds From The Soul Underground provides an eclectic snapshot of the magnificently healthy international underground music scene. 

Whilst the variety of genres included is varied in feel and styles, all the featured artists share a common love of, and are rooted in soulful black music and typify an organic approach to modern music making. 

Many of these tracks have become essential and reliable crowd pleasers in my DJ sets, from Brighton to Barcelona, Lausanne to New York, when open minded people hear these quality grooves it's always the same result, jam packed dance floors, happy faces and weary, tired legs come closing time. Massive thanks to all the contributing artists, labels, and the clubs, DJ's, promoters and radio shows right across the planet who continue to fly the flag for underground music made with heart, soul and simply for the love of the music.

Greg Boraman
Freestyle Records


Shaft In Africa – The Mighty Showstoppers

Keep Me In Mind feat. Kylie Auldist

Taken from RKX043 VA - RECORD KICKS 10th CD | Digital. 21 tracks compilation with all RK hits, new singles and many exclusive brand new tracks.

http://www.recordkicks.com/index.php?/news/VA-Record-Kicks-10th
http://recordkicks.bandcamp.com/album/record-kicks-10th

Nick Pride & The Pimptones - Everything's Better in the Summertime

Uptempo Funk/Soul banger from UK heavyweights FUNKSHONE. Contact mbandoni@hotmail.com for more info regarding the music, band, bookings etc
Buy it on 7" vinyl here: http://www.jazzmanrecords.co.uk/funkshone-aint-never-gonna-work-aberlday-fry

It Aint Never Gonna Work

"The pirate radios were broadcasted by DJ's who are risking a lot.
If a station gets raided by the authorities, its dj can face up to six months in jail.
Worse, he could have his records confiscated."
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Extract from the book
"LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE" p.515


I use Soundcloud to show my skills as a Dj/Remixer.
Jazz/Soul/Funk/Bresilian/Disco... It can be anything as long as there is groove and soul.
I usually open the download for 24 hours when I put a new edit and do some "special days" with all the downloads open, so you should follow me on Facebook (Florent F Musik) and Twitter (djflorentf) to be informed.
If you are the artist of one of the song and you feel that your music shouldn't be here, just let me know and I will remove it.

Infos/Booking : djflorentf@hotmail.fr

