Artistic Direction, samples  Concept : DJ Ness 
Samples : A Tall Black Guy /Funkomunity
Mix, record et arrangements :  
Percussions / basse (bongos, tablas, cuica, cymbales, shakers): Thibaut Gaurois / WAP & Cie copyright  2016

FAIRUZ Ouverture 83  DJ Ness rework

Diggin In The Past Episode 30 With Dj Ness - By Dipiz

Hear, hear, this is Betino's Records third release.
Buy it  here http://www.betinos.com/disque/7525 
It is a 12 inch E.P by the very sharp collective "The Big Hustle". The band founded in 2014 by
bass player and composer Sébastien Levanneur, brings together 70's old school funk with 
the hippest actual sound with influences spanning from Steely Dan to Snarky Puppy, from 
Mandrill to Lettuce and from Herbie Hancock (Manchild era) to Soulive. 	
With mighty horn 
players, a rock and funky rhythm section with percussions added to it, the Big Hustle’s 
music 
has a very large variety of sound landscapes, from quiet and groovy moods to 
moments of furious soundblasts.	
Still, the music never loses the groove and always stays 
true to the funk.
The A side opens with "Afrorever",  a tribute to African culture and African music.
The guest of honour on this song is the legendary Malian musician Cheick Tidiane Seck, 
longtime partner of Salif Keita, and collaborator of Joe Zawinul, Carlos Santana and Damon 
Albarn to name but a few. After Cheick’s introduction, the song jumps into a typical afrobeat 
vibe featuring a tight and powerful horn section, suddenly breaks into an electro funk groove 
and ends in a furious percussive party. 
Second track on the A side is "Faure is the magic number". It is dedicated to Thomas Faure 
(co-composer of the track) and François Faure (both featured on this song on tenor sax and 
keyboards respectively). This piece displays the band’s ability to merge jazz/funk groove with
a heavy hip hop beat. Kind of DJ Premier meets Steely Dan. After the melody is played, the 
track bounces from New Orleans rhythms to some wide opened lyrical soundscapes with the 
addition of a string quartet, and unusual instruments like harpsichord and glockenspiel!. 
The B side starts with "Afrorever Sun's up mix". Through this mix, one can aknowledge 
instantly Olivier Portal's touch. From the very first chords, he conveys us into his realm 
blending warm and melancholy keyboards with an old school deep house rhythm pattern. 
You can feel the piece sliding  and taking shape, drenched with sun and groove. The original 
percussions and  brass find their way and the vibe becomes haunting, airy and emotional.   
And finally, like a long awaited guest, the voice of Cheick Tidiane Seck fills the tune and 
settles on a beat that reminds us so much of the spirit of the Parisian label Straight Up 
Records.
The fourth piece is called 1, 2, 1, 2. It is a purely improvised moment in the studio while the 
band (actually some members were still in the control booth, as you can hear the instruments
coming up one by one) was soundchecking before recording with special guest rapper 
Raashan Ahmad. 
Nicolas Gueguen had the good idea to press the R button and what you hear is basically 
what happened afterwards. 
Enjoy !
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The Big Hustle 12 inch E.P "Afrorever"

Keep us posted to hear more of 'The super Heavy Soundz of DJ Ness and his Afro Barrio Soundz : Maestro Musicians from Brasil ' Bertrand Doussain' (Flute) & 'Boca Rum' (Percussions) 'Reworks' Part II

Bertrand Doussain, flûtiste musiques afro

Bertrand a commencé dans les années 90 en participant à l'aventure 
"Tarace Boulba" (fanfare ethnofunk créée par des anciens des négresses 
vertes) à Paris. 
Il a joué dans les milieux du jazz, funk et brésilien puis part à Rio 
de Janeiro en 1995 o'u il fonde le groupe "Farofa Carioca" en 1997, et 
enregistre sur plusieurs albums et musiques de film. 
De retour à Paris en 2001 il joue dans le milieu brésilien et fonde un 
groupe de samba (Paris Samba Clube), joue avec Seu Jorge en 2005 pour 
l'année du Brésil en France, participe au projet Jazzdub "Jamaican 
Cotton Club", et vient à devenir "selector" pour les soirées Bmundo à 
l'Alimentation Générale. 
Il fonde son studio d'enregistrement en 2011. 
Spécialiste du Brésil et amoureux de la black music il se sent chez 
lui au son de DJ Ness!

Boca Rum, percussions

Vagner Bezerra est né à Rio de Janeiro au sein d'une famille baignée 
dans le Candomble (la religion du synchrétisme Afro brésilien), 
l'équivalent de la Santeria à Cuba. Fils de Jorge Alabe, 
percussionniste mondialement connu qui vit aujourd'hui aux Etats Unis, 
il a commencé sa carrière très jeune au seins des Ecoles de Samba 
prestigieuses de Rio comme Mocidade Independente et Mangueira. Il 
participe ensuite aux samba shows de Plataforma (un grand cabaret de 
Rio) puis part en tournées à l'étranger: au Japon, en Europe, et aux 
Etats Unis où il passe 3 ans avant de venir à Paris où depuis quelques 
années on peut le voir au sein de Roda do cavaco, Frapadingos avec de 
très grands percussionnistes cubains, Chiliens et brésiliens dirigés 
par Minimo Garay, le groupe banda love, et Favel'Arte son nouveau 
projet avec son frêre Jorge Bezerra, percussionniste du Joe Zawinul 
Band et Saint-Germain. 
Musicien virtuose, il est dépositaire de la culture musicale populaire 
du Samba qu'il peut mixer avec la musique Afro-mondiale. 
Attention son jeu provoque la transe !

Dj Ness & The Afro Soundz   'Reworks' Part II

Backing Vocals – Petique Sisters, The
Engineer – Dave Kent -Watson
Producer – Olu Olu Adegunle
Infos : Mid September 2012  on Get Up and think records  for the very first time since 34 Years ago and  fully remastered from the Original Master tapes in Liverpool.  
Recorded at : Indigo Studios Manchester England.
Black music rules ok but never before has there been a thrilling music in the arabic idiom. 
Black Music International is fortunate in producing this Afro Express recordings in that it reflects these unusual exponents of contemporary black music to cater for the muslim world and be exciting for the music lover at large. The cool slow stuff in the lp will cause quite a stir among the older music lovers. 
This album should become a milestone in contemporary music

Afro Express 'Wahala'

Hear, hear, this is Betino's Records fourth release.
Buy it here www.betinos.com/disque/9557
Word of advice to funk lovers. There is not a minute to lose. Get on board the Big Hustle spaceship, Captain Levanneur and his elite crew are ready to take you on a trip through sound and time going back and forth between today’s sharpest sound and the golden era of funk.
Before we take off, let's do a little history. The band was founded in 2014 by bass player and composer Sébastien Levanneur and its aim is to bring together 70's old school funk with the hippest actual sound laced with influences spanning from Steely Dan to Snarky Puppy, from The Crusaders to Lettuce and from Headhunters to Soulive. With mighty horn players, a rock and funky rhythm section with percussions added to it, the Big Hustle's music has a very large variety of soundscapes, from quiet and groovy moods to moments of furious soundblasts. Still, the music never loses the pace­ and always stays true to the funk.

The first destination takes us to the Washington, D.C. area with « Turn up ». The song is a tribute to friendship and the fun real friends can bring. The groove is clearly go-go music flavored with the trademark sound of cowbells and of course it reminds us of Zapp by the use of the talk box on lead vocals, performed here by Saad El Garrab. And don't miss out Shaun Martin (Snarky Puppy, Erykah Badu, Kirk Franklin amongst others) as a very special guest performing the talk box solo !
Second stop is « A curse a blessing ». It is an instrumental very much in the Freddie Hubbard vein during his CTI years. The band puts the light on its horn section with the very inventive Olivier Bridot on trumpet solo and shows its ability to develop its music and play as a live band.
The last leg of the A side ends with an instrumental interlude titled « Flying donut ». Double tribute to Jay Dee (J-Dilla) and Flying Lotus, the music is a simple hip hop loop based on samples. The drums and bass bring you heavily on the ground but the airy and bright sounds on top lift you up higher and higher.
The B side takes us back into the past with two brilliant covers. Incidentally, both tracks involve Mr. Rod Temperton the late great British songwriter who scored some of Michael Jackson's biggest hits. Now the idea for this B side is to do the opposite approach from the A side. Taking 70's and 80's original music and make them travel into time to 2018.
We first land with a Heatwave song named « The star of a story » from their 1976 Central Heating album. The original version was a sweet and mellow ballad. It's now a tight and ferocious instrumental featuring Fred Dupont on synthesizers and Cedric Ricard on flute solo.
Track 2 is a Herbie Hancock song named « Gettin' to the good part » from his 1982 Lite me up LP. Here, the song is arranged in a slow groove with a lush instrumentation (percussions, keyboards, vocals, wah wah guitar) grounded with a strong beat. The vocoder used in Herbie's version is replaced by a talk box performed once more by Saad El Garrab.
This Time Traveler EP journey ends with an interlude. Called « Gimme dat », the song deals with the need of new music, new sound. One can think of Dr Dre and Nate Dogg as an influence. And they might be right. 
Again, this blend of deep rooted funk laced with a contemporary edge is to be consumed without moderation. And do not forget that E.P. also stands for extended pleasure.
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The Big Hustle "Time Traveler" Mini LP BR04

A combination of Ron Trent and Miles Bonny fantastic voice live in the mix , this remix was an accident at first and became my Antem

DJ Ness  'Message to the World' (Ron Trent Vs Miles Bonny edit)

Produced & arranged by Yog & DJ Ness 
Artistic Direction : DJ Ness & Yog 
Guitar, Bass & Keys by Yog
Oud by Yanis Belaïd
Drums by Arthur M'project
Percussions by Thibaut Gaurois / WAP & Cie copyright

Amina Fakhet 'Malawi' DJ Ness remix

Back by Popular demand this  Incredible song is on  the super rare  album for you to Discover for the very First time , mastered from the cleanest copy we could Find !!!!

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Afo Express 'Asalam Aleikum'

first track togetha... and not the LAST!!!!

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