Cover version in fine style of the 77' Augustus Pablo's classic "East of the river Nile"

Thomas Naim : Guitar
 Yvo Abadi : Drum
Guillaume "Gee" Metenier : Organ, Piano, Melodica, Bass, String ensemble, Rythm Ace

Recorded, produced & mixed by Mr Gee
Mastered by Miles Newbold. smiles@thechickenshackstudio.com
Digital & vinyl mastering by Mr Claude at studio Bounce
Artwork by Pete Isaacs

available at http://soulsugar.bandcamp.com/ and all good record stores

East of the river Nile (Rodigan BBC 1xtra)

SOUL SUGAR c taken from the Sugarshack 7" and debut album "Nothing but the truth" out on Freestyle records



Nothing but the truth

new single by Soul Sugar featuring Shniece Mcmenamin
championed by David Rodigan on BBC1 Xtra

Soul Sugar featuring Shniece "Top of my list" David Rodigan BBC1 XTRA

Soul Sugar featuring Courtney John "All I know"  
as played by David Rodigan on BBC1 xtra on oct 4th 2015

Available on vinyl 7" & digital at :
https://soulsugar.bandcamp.com/album/...
and in the best record shops around the world

Superb new single from French band Soul Sugar featuring Jamaican reggae singer Courtney John. 
A killer crossover mix of reggae funk & soul with a blissed out dub version on the flip.
Highly recommended (Sounds of the universe)

released September 15, 2015 

"All I know" (David Rodigan - BBC1 xtra)

Soul Sugar featuring Courtney John "All I know - version"
as played by David Rodigan on BBC1 xtra on oct 11th 2015
listen to the full show here 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06gr6j3

Available on vinyl 7" & digital at :
soulsugar.bandcamp.com/album/...
and your local record dealer ...

Very cool, unique-sounding dub-funk-synth-reggae-soul with delicious vocals - yes it's all that and more! One to get those sub woofers shakin', turn it up! (Jazzman Records)



"All I know DUB" (Rodigan BBC1 xtra)

SOUL SUGAR featuring Leonardo Carmichael
"WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER" 
(written by Thomas Timothy E) 
 published by Longitude music (Sherlyn) via Peermusic LTD (UK)


i tunes link : 
http://snip.ftpromo.net/soulsugarwhycantwelivetogether
Spotify link : https://play.spotify.com/album/4ZtGJmEPvjiuzZkwvzrWHB
Deezer link : http://www.deezer.com/album/14333796
Bandcamp link : https://soulsugar.bandcamp.com/album/why-cant-we-live-together

Label Gee Recordings
Label info : https://www.facebook.com/geerecordings/
Connect with Soul Sugar
https://www.facebook.com/SOUL-SUGAR-116663440929/
Connect with Leonardo Carmichael
https://www.facebook.com/LC143

Everyone loves "Why can't we live together" by Timmy Thomas : how could one resist such a strong music vibe coming with a message more relevant today than ever! It has been covered by the most creative artists more than a few times... The Soul Sugar crew & Leonardo Carmichael make it their own with a sultry reggae groove. Jahno on drums and syndrums Thomas Naim on guitar and Guillaume "Gee" Metenier on keyboards and production duties are delivering the classic hit in all its majesty in the superior categories of both extended Discomix and Dub version under the spell of Dubmaster extraordinaire Dennis Bovell. What to say about the breathtaking interpretation of Leonardo Carmichael Growing up in Jamaica Leonardo learnt many a song from his father Glendon Joseph McFarlane who would sing to his mother Geraldine who sang in a choir. Leonardo grew up as a drummer and a singer in churches. Through a mutual friend he met Nastassja Hammond daughter of Beres Hammond with whom he started writing and releasing music for various artists including Courtney John and Kreesha Turner. He can still be found performing in the best venues & festivals in Jamaica. Leonardo has a wide appreciation for diverse genres but keep an International Reggae and Dancehall feel at the core of his music. It can be said Leonardo has faith & soul to the bone...

Soul Sugar featuring Leonardo Carmichael "Why can't we live together" (Rodigan on BBC radio 2)

Listen back to "19 Miles To Kingston" (Jahno Dub Mix)from Soul Sugar new album "Chase the light-Excursions in reggae soul funk & dub" as played by legendary Dubmaster Dennis Bovell on his "Dub on air" show on Soho Radio!

connect with Jahno https://soundcloud.com/j-a-h-n-o

"19 Miles To Kingston" (Jahno Dub Mix)

Listen back to the dub mixes of "Why can't we live together" featuring Leonardo Carmichael, and "Take a chance" featuring courtney John, as played by David Rodigan on BBC1 X-tra!

Label: Gee Recordings
Cat#: GEELP001
Formats: CD Album/ Vinyl LP
Distributed by the Pusher Distribution https://goo.gl/rsTnRI
Digital Release: 26th May 2017
Physical Release: 26th May 2017

AMAZON https://goo.gl/BSgkNu
BANDCAMP https://soulsugar.bandcamp.com/album/...
ITUNES : https://goo.gl/Dl67Nw
DEEZER : http://www.deezer.com/album/40626521
SPOTIFY : https://goo.gl/87ngfG

"Why can't we live together" / "Take a chance" Dub mixes (David Rodigan on BBC1 X-tra)

SOUL SUGAR meets JAHNO @ NOF STUDIO
PABLO MOSES "MURDER" REMIX

original takes 
Lead vocals : Pablo Moses
Background vocals : Sherida Sharpe, Nicole Burt, Roslyn Williams
Sax : Dean Fraser 
Trombone : Ronald "Nambo" Robinson
Trumpet : Dwight Richards
Guitar : Dalton Browne
Bass : Danny "Axeman" Thompson
Recorded by Hasani "Snysh" Williams @ Mixing Lab (Kingston, Jamaica)

additional takes
Drums, syndrums & percussions : Jahno
Organ, piano & clavinet : Guillaume "Gee" Metenier
recorded & (re)mixed by Jahno @ NOF studio (Beaumont, France)

STAR WAX X PABLO MOSES X SOUL SUGAR meets JAHNO @ NOF STUDIO - "MURDER" REMIX

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SOUL SUGAR / BIG CAR E.P. (7inch)
フランスのソウル・レゲエの名手SOUL SUGARによるメローレゲエ最高峰、ジャッキー・ミットゥ & アーネスト・ラングリン「Big Car」傑作カバーが7インチ・カット！

“Big Car” one of the best instrumental soulful reggae tunes, based on the Philly Soul / Rare Groove classic “Be Thankful For What You Got” by Willam DeVaughn, originally performed by Jackie Mittoo & Ernest Ranglin and released on Studio One, has been reinterpreted masterfully by French Soul Reggae Ace band “Soul Sugar” and finally sees the light as a limited 7-inch vinyl, thru HMV record shop and label out of Tokyo, Japan!

“Soul Sugar”, has continuously released masterpiece vintage reggae tunes, such as the 7" vinyl of “East of the River Nile” by Augustus Pablo, followed by the 7" vinyl of “All I Know” with guest vocals by Courtney John, and the 12" vinyl of “Why Can’t We Live Together”originally by Timmy Thomas with guest vocalist Leonardo Carmichael, including a Dub Mix by legendary producer Dennis Bovell.

"Big car" is is the 4th single extracted from "Soul Sugar" long awaited album “Chase The Light",available on vinyl, cd and digital, and features Guillaume "Gee" Metenier on organ and production duties, Thomas Naim on guitar and Jahno on drums. The B side includes a chilled cosmic dub version with spacey drums vintage rhythm box along with Minimoog, which is to be pressed for the first time ever on vinyl!

"Big car" written by Jackie Mittoo, published by Sparta Florida music group LTD via Campbell Connelly France

"Big car" vinyl 7"- on David Rogigan BBC1 X-tra

French outfit Soul Sugar – the brainchild of Guillaume “Gee” Metenier – deliver yet another soulful reggae 12”, this time a cover version of Marvin Gaye’s 1976 classic "I Want You"

Credits : 
Leonardo Carmichael, vocals 
Carl Lee Sharshmidt, Karene Brown, backing vocals 
Thomas Naim, guitars
Guillaume Metenier, keyboards, drum programming

"I Want You" DISCOMIX

taken from the - Soul Sugar "Hands on" EP -
available at http://soulsugar.bandcamp.com/

Theme From King Heroin (J.Brown/D.Matthews)

Thomas Naim : guitar 
Yvo Abadi : drum 
Guillaume Metenier : Hammond organ

Etienne de la Sayette : baritone saxophone / flute 
Sylvain Gontard : trumpet 
Georges Philippe : trombone 


Theme From King Heroin

"Drum song" as played by Dennis Bovell on Dub on air - Soho Radio

Drum song

Booker Gee "Greedy G" as played by Dennis Bovell on Dub on Air / Soho Radio

Booker Gee - debut 45!  produced by Gee & Tim 
out now on Iroko records
Vinyl 7 inch limited edition 300 copies!
Pre Order here https://www.iroko-records.com/shop/bb97/
Release date: May 30th 2019

Booker Gee - Greedy G

Soul Sugar feat. Leo Carmichael "Never too much" as played by Gilles Peterson on BBC6

Soul Sugar and Leo Carmichael are back with another massive Soul-Reggae version, this time taking on Luther Vandross' "Never Too Much"

Including an extended discomix version plus exclusive remixes by
Sly & Robbie and Adam Prescott.

Recorded in Paris, Kingston, Miami and London, the resulting blend of Soul and Reggae riddims simply rocks!
Highest level of cool for impeccable taste...Grab it and chill

OUT NOW ON VINYL 12" & DIGITAL

get the vinyl from the label here 
https://soulsugar.bandcamp.com/album/never-too-much-2

Never too much (Gilles Peterson BBC6)

Soul Sugar and Leo Carmichael are back with another massive Soul-Reggae version, this time taking on Luther Vandross' "Never Too Much"

Including an extended discomix version plus exclusive remixes by
Sly & Robbie and Adam Prescott.

Recorded in Paris, Kingston, Miami and London, the resulting blend of Soul and Reggae riddims simply rocks!
Highest level of cool for impeccable taste...Grab it and chill

OUT NOW ON VINYL 12" & DIGITAL

Never too much -Discomix (Craig Charles House Party BBC2)

Booker Gee "Pop corn / Granny scratch scratch"
- new single - produced by Gee & Tim
Vinyl 7 inch limited edition 350 copies - Release date: November 3rd 2020
Record Store Day Japan exclusive 

Pre Order here https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/search/keyword_Booker+Gee/target_ALL/type_sr/

Booker Gee "Pop corn / Granny scratch scratch"

SOUL SUGAR – COOL DOWN
Gee Recordings

To celebrate the forthcoming release of their new album, Excursions in Soul, Reggae, Funk & Dub, Guillaume Metenier’s Soul Sugar collective has offered up a brand-new, digital-only single, ‘Cool Down’.

Co-produced by Metenier with fellow French artists Blundetto and Blackjoy, the track is a sun-kissed slab of 21st century dub built around a typically weighty rhythm and joyous, afternoon-bright instrumentation. Underpinned by hazy bass, authentically shuffling reggae-style drums and echoing effects, ‘Cool Down’ boasts some superb guitar licks courtesy of Blundetto, as well as inspired synthesizer and organ motifs provided by Metenier under his now familiar Booker Gee alias.

‘Cool Down’ is one of a handful of previously unheard tracks on Excursions in Soul, Reggae, Funk & Dub, Soul Sugar’s fourth album. The set gathers together previously released but now hard-to-find tracks that the collective has released on different formats over the last few years, including inspired reggae cover versions of Luther Vandross favourite ‘Never Too Much’ and Marvin Gaye classic ‘I Want You’. It will be released by Gee Recordings later this Spring.

Soul Sugar "Cool down"

Cool down

COOL DOWN feat. Booker Gee & Blundetto

Paris-based Soul Sugar is a musician collective led by Guillaume Metenier (organist/keyboard player/producer/arranger-studio/live musician) 
mixing psychedelic soul jazz funk and early reggae with a touch of déjà vu, bubbling under a spooky groove ... satisfaction guaranteed !

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