Can't believe I never noticed this diamond at the time? Retro thanks!

As played on Kev beadle's Legendary Mind Fluid show 3/7/14

http://kevbeadle.podomatic.com/entry/2014-06-27T09_54_55-07_00

Jon Lucien  - "would you believe in me" ( Glenn Davis extended edit) 98kbps

Jill Scott vs Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love Rains Down On Me (DJ Blue Glue) (172)

Original version appears on his 1971 album "Pieces of a Man"

This is my small tribute to a mighty force in music who is sadly not with us any more.

I haven't done too much to this, just extended the intro from 4 to 16 bars and extended three sections later in the song from 2 to 4 bars. From those sections I've taken three different piano refrains and used them in the intro so that it isn't just a loop.

Enjoy!

Gil Scott Heron (R.I.P.) - I Think I'll Call It Morning (Ole Smokey's Extended Sunshine Edit)

A rework of one of my favorite Curtis Mayfield tracks inspired by one of my favorite Gang Starr tracks 'Take a rest'.  RIP Curtis / RIP Guru.

7" vinyl coming soon. Grab wav file here: https://sergegamesbourg1.bandcamp.com/track/curtis-mayfield-right-on-for-the-darkness-serge-gamesbourg-rework

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CURTIS MAYFIELD 'RIGHT ON FOR THE DARKNESS' (SERGE GAMESBOURG REWORK)

Another in a series of slow groovers. This one by Barry White's girl group...the incredible *Love Unlimited*. The Barry White Orchestra is highlighted here making it more of an instrumental groove. Late night sultry goodness with strings.... Hope you enjoy.

Love Unlimited - Move Me No Mountain (bydesign rework)

Kellee Patterson - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby

Fred Wesley - Funk for your Ass

Another addition to this series of edits. I was looping the start of Golden Lady at a gig recently and mixing it with something off Keep Up and it seemed like the right thing to do.

I love this track deeply so I hope you will forgive me chopping it - it is honestly done with love. Nothing could improve the original - I was simply taking it somewhere else for DJing purposes. x
Check out my other edits on soundcloud - two Merry Claytons to bag...

Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady (Scrimshire 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

Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up • Wonderlove's Re-edit

Wav-file available here:  https://editsfromthevaults.bandcamp.com/album/edits-from-the-vaults-vol-10

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What Does It Take - Isaac Hayes (Jam Master SloMo Soul re-edit)

Welcome. 

For lots more edits that are not on Soundcloud please visit https://ole-smokey.bandcamp.com

I spent the four decades that I’ve waffled on about below, soaking up all the musical goodness that informs my sets today. I was always record collecting, but never thought about DJing, but that would all change when I visited San Francisco in 92. Little did I know that I wouldn’t be coming back for 11 glorious years. There I met Eddie O’Callaghan (former co-promoter of the Garden Festival in Croatia) and together we put on many club nights and events, the flagship being the Bulletproof Boat Parties. 

During those years Bulletproof welcomed countless DJ’s and bands to it’s parties including Mark Farina - DJ Shadow – Galliano - DIY – Gilles Peterson – Marquess Wyatt - Rockers HiFi - Derek Carter – Coldcut - Wicked – DJ Food – Frankie Feliciano – Greyboy and the Greyboy Allstars to name a few. I also had a residency at Mushroom Jazz playing alongside Mark Farina, DJ Is, Thomas (Then Wicked, now Rub n Tug) and George (Behind the Post Office)

When I returned to the UK in 2003 I pretty much retired from DJing, but worked for Eddie at the Magnet nightclub in Liverpool Booking the DJ and Band nights. When Eddie moved out to Croatia in 2005 to plant the seeds for the Garden Festival with Nick Colgan I went out to give them a hand and became a Resident DJ at the Garden Festival for many years. I have also been a guest at various gigs around the UK including Mr Scruff’s Tea Tent, The Devil’s Jukebox and The One Deck Sessions at Electrik 

If music be the food of love... play on brother!

Some of the ingredients along the way that have inspired and influenced the recipe.... 1970 - 1990

Led Zep 3 (first album I bought 1970) - Ziggy Stardust (first 45 I bought 1972) – David Bowie and Roxy Music on Top of the Pops 1972 - James Brown’s “The Payback” (first James Brown album I bought 1973) – Kool and the Gangs Wild & Peaceful (the second funk album I bought 1973) - Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon tour (Empire Liverpool 1974) - Bowie’s Station to Station tour (Earls Court 1976) – The Sex Pistols’ Never Mind The Bollocks, The Clash’ White Riot, the Stranglers’ Rattus Norvegicus and The Damneds’ New Rose in 1977 –Iggy Pop Live at Colston Hall Bristol 1977 – Ian Durys live at the ? 1978 - The Blitz club 1979 - Buying Planet Rock, Walking on Sunshine and The Message from Groove Records in Soho 1982 – Art Blakey, Airto and Roy Ayers live at Ronnie Scotts - Grandmaster Flash perforforming Adventures on the Wheels of Steel at the Venue London 1984 – Flim Flam v Meltdown (later Coldcut) at the Harp Club New Cross 1984 - Afrikaa Bambaataa at the Hacienda 1984 – Gil Scott Heron at the South Bank - Monday Jazz night and Black Market Fridays at the Wag Club (‘81-‘86) - Tom Waits at the Apollo (1981) The Dominion (1985) Hammersmith Odeon (1987) – The JB’s at the Town and Country Club London 1988 - Dirtbox and many, many warehouse “raves” (’81-’86) at places like Battlebridge Rd and Clink St years before the House music phenomenom arrived with a bang with the likes of Shoom – Norman Jay’s High on Hope and Shake and Fingerpop nights - Soul II Soul DJing at the Africa Centre – Sonny Rollins at the Royal Festival Hall 1989 - Tribe Called Quest, Pharoah Sanders, Roy ayers, Galliano, Brand New Heavies and Steve Williamson at the Jazz Weekender Camber Sands 1990 - Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge at the legendary Talkin’ Loud Sunday sessions at Dingwalls (‘87-’90) where you could hear Tribe Called Quest followed by Yusef Lateef’s Brother John and no one would leave the dancefloor! 

“What a Long Strange Trip It's Been”

I’m just glad I was along for the ride!

Gil Scott Heron (R.I.P.) - I Think I'll Call It Morning (Ole Smokey's Extended Sunshine Edit)

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