A huge moment from 2021. After 4 years of working together with the Dames, this was their debut solo single on Defected, which was produced by Detroit legends Amp Fiddler and Andrés.
 
Supported heavily by @louievega and @natashadiggs, with remixes from @folamour and Louie & Josh Milan… this is a record that will still be getting played in 20 years from now.
 
Featured in our Defected Classics playlist - link in bio. 🔗
 
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What Would You Do?

What Would You Do? (Feat. Amp Fiddler & Andrés)

Dames Brown 'What Would You Do?' (Feat. Amp Fiddler & Andrés)

When I listen back at this, i realize how heavy and deep my spirit was. i was very sad and needed a light to lift me up and out of my depression.  i jotted down on paper exactly what i was feeling and it became the words of this song. i closed my eyes and cried inside so loud that i felt like i had an outer body experience recording this. kerri and i met for the first time that day. i never heard the track before nor he knew of my lyrics.  He played live as i recorded the vocals. his spirit and energy ignited this performance. We recorded it in one take.  INSPIRATION! WOW!

Inspiration (Bassapella)  Kerri Chandler & Arnold Jarvis

Straight From The Heart

Straight From The Heart (Moplen Remix)

Dusk Sunkissed Echoes (CBV9)

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Manuel Costela & Sauco - Are We Ready (original mix)

Love's Been Right Here

Love's Been Right Here (DJ Spen & Gary Hudgins Remix)

In Time

In Time (feat. Erik Dillard & Roy Ayers)

Nova Fronteira - Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Sean McCabe Remix)

Named King of the Edit since the 1980’s, pioneering Manhattan DJ Danny Krivit’s (aka Mr K) latest delivery instils the title bestowed upon him some 30 years ago. An esteemed selector Danny’s prolific remixing and production capabilities have touched hundreds of records – with his signature flare shaping the New York City sound. Opening the two-track release is Danny edit this summer’s seminal track The Vision’s ‘Heaven’, interweaving a gloriously groovy bassline with Andreya Triana’s vocal to produce an extended, DJ friendly mix that he sent crowds wild with at Dekmental Festival. Up next, Mr K delves a little deeper into the Defected catalogue, trying his hand at The DangerFeel Newbies’ ‘What Am I Here For (Original NDATL Vocal)’. Danny’s stripped back version extends the jazzy, percussive original, as velvety smooth vocals and elegant keys bring this expressive and sophisticated release to a close.

Heaven (Danny Krivit Edit)

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The Vision featuring Andreya Triana 'Heaven' (Danny Krivit Edit)

Vince Montana Jr left us on April 13, he was 85 years. 

He spent most of them writing, playing and arranging beautiful music. You can hear playing vibraphone (or vibes for short) on pretty much EVERY recording that came out of Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studio from the late 60s to the mid 80's.

He was playing the vibes with MFSB, composers Gamble & Huff's studio supergroup, the core of what is known as the Philly Sound. He conducted the same musicians as his own Salsoul Orchestra giving them many classic Disco songs, amongst them the infamous Runaway with Loleatta Holloway on vocals on which you can clearly hear Vince's trademark vibes licks. 

In the 90's newer school House producers got him back in the studio and he arranged strings for Mousse T, DJ Meme and most notably for MAW collaborating on the Braxton's cover of the Boss and remaking his own classic Runaway.  

When I first heard "The Way U Love Me" I immediately asked to remix it and a budget to be able to get Vince to score the strings and vibes in Philadelphia. I was certain the song could be turned into a Philly Sound classic. Despite suffering with major illness at the time Vince enthusiastically accepted and made my dream come true.

The T.S.O.P. version of "The Way U Love Me" is the remix I'm the most proud of. It features a cast of more than 30 people, each one of them putting a part of their soul in the recording.
The mix you can hear on this page is an unreleased instrumental edit where the forefront is taken by the string orchestra and vibraphone solos.

As India was saying in the NuYorican Soul remake of Runaway:
"Vince, play them vibes for us just one more time"

Full credits below: 

Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz Feat. Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me (Dim’s T.S.O.P. Version) Unreleased Dubstrumental
Written by Gary Ahrens, Marc Evans, Gary Hudgins, Irvin Madden, Sean Spencer & Dimitri Yerasimos
Original Produced by DJ Spen & The MuthaFunkaz

Lead Vocals by Marc Evans
Background Vocals by Marc Evans, Jada Davis & KT Spencer

Original Keyboards by Gary Hudgins
Original Bass by Irvin Madden
Original Programming by Ron Hall & DJ Spen
Originally Mastered By Gary Deane @ Code Red Recording Studios Baltimore MD
Executive Producers: DJ Leo & Neil Pierce

T.S.O.P. Remix Exclusively Produced & Arranged by Dimitri from Paris for La French House of Entertainment
New Rhythm Section by Los Amigos Invisibles
New Drums by Juan Manuel Roura
New Bass by Jose Rafael Torres
New Keyboards by Armando Figueredo
New Guitar by Jose Luis Pardo
Congas by Mauricio Arcas
New Strings Arranged & Conducted by Vincent Montana, Jr.
New Violins by Igor Szwec, Diane Barnett, Gloria Justen, Louigi Mazzoechi, Olga Konopelsky & Elizabeth Kaderaback
New Violas by Davis Barnett & Nina Cottman
New Cello by Anthony Pirollo
New Vibraharp by Vincent Montana, Jr.
New Rhythm Section recorded at Tu Casa New York City & Casa del rhythmo, Brooklyn
New Strings recorded at The Studio, Philadelphia
New PA engineered by Jeff Chestek
New Vibraharp recorded at Philly Sound Works
Vibraphone recorded by Louis Benedetti

New Mix by Dimitri from Paris
Additional engineering by Julien Jabre at La French House Studio, Paris

Published by Defected Music Ltd & Blonde Music
P 2006 Defected Records
C 2008 Defected Records


Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz Ft. Marc Evans-The Way You Love Me (Dim’s T.S.O.P. Version) Dubstrumental

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In Time (feat. Erik Dillard & Roy Ayers)

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