We are very proud to reveal a mixed soundclip of our new OFFICIAL fully licensed compilation  "KOUTÉ JAZZ" to be released on Heavenly sweetness​ ! 

Official Release date : 25/09/2015 

You can pre order the record here :
(Liens de pré commande)
Itunes : http://apple.co/1EQIV2W
CD / Vinyl : http://bit.ly/1M7Fms4
Deezer : http://bit.ly/1Ou19r6


I particulary want to thanks the great artist  Michel Buret​ who designed  35 years ago the cover of the Synchro Eclectic Music Language : Lambi by Louis Xavier. We loved so much this Lambi artwork that we asked Michel to paint the cover of our new release ! Many thanks for this beautiful painting ! 

Go to check his work on http://www.urban-graff.com/

KOUTÉ JAZZ - A COLLECTION OF JAZZ TRACKS FROM THE FRENCH WEST INDIES SELECTED BY DIGGER'S DIGEST

I was lucky to be invited by Radio Nova to play at the NOVA MIX CLUB to present KOUTÉ JAZZ and play some records from the West Indies. You can hear the quick mix here 

 

KOUTÉ JAZZ for NOVA MIX CLUB Live DJ set by DIGGER'S DIGEST @Badaboum

Ti Jan Pou Velo is a stellar gwo ka jazz fusion masterpiece recorded in 1988 by Edmony Krater, a former member of Gwakasonné (one of the most famous Gwo Ka modern group from Guadeloupe) with the help of the group Zepiss. Through this long time underrated album, Edmony pays a tribute to the heroes of traditional music from Guadeloupe, starting with Marcel Lollia better known as Vélo. With 3 tracks on each side this album strikes by the originality of the compositions, Tijan Pou Vélo the eponymous opening track is a soulful version of traditional song played in toumblak. Gwadeloup we compiled on Kouté Jazz is a uptempo groovy ballad transended by electric jazz arrangement. Crépuscule last track of side one is a kaladja (a slow rhythm) with Edmony Krater, strongly inspired by Don Cherry and Miles Davis, playing trumpet. On the B-side Chimin Spirit offers a lighter, more danceable view of the world led by the boulagyel (the traditional mouth drum that ka singers use to mark the rhythm) and silky arpeggios on the guitar, singing a message that couldn’t be any simpler: “Let’s follow nature; she will guide us!” In West Indies, Edmony Krater mixes a variety of Caribbean rhythms in with the lewoz rhythm, which is so warlike and mystical, tough and courageous. “We are all children of a common, shared history.” And this history even contains a sense of “terroir” or place, a notion that the Guadeloupian found in the work of Bernard Lubat. “That’s why I wanted to call this piece Occitan Dance. It’s a fusion based on my encounters with Bernard Lubat, with whom I share a common vision of music and its relationship to creation.” Like Lubat, Edmony Krater is incredibly open-minded to a variety of influences as well as a masterful player of numerous instruments (trumpet and drums as well as guitar and keyboards). He has managed to surround himself with a group of musicians who are well in sync with his vision: Eddy Lebouin, bassist and guitarist from Gwokasonné, the guitarist Freddy Tisseur, a childhood friend, the saxophonist Filip Augusty, the drum major Roger Raspail, the drummer Jean-Pierre Coco, the flutist Roseline Pougeol, whose brother played with Konket, and Jean-Claude Predantos on keyboards.

Reissued produced by Digger's Digest and Les Mains Noires. CD version available on Heavenly Sweetness with 2 exclusives tracks. Limited to 500 copies. Full liners note included. Pre-order now here : http://diggersdigest.com/shop/product/edmony-krater-ti-jan-pou-velo-official-reissue-1/

EDMONY KRATER & ZEPISS : OFFICIAL LIMITED REISSUE OUT 01/02/2016

Here is our new mixtape, we mean our new mix on ACTUAL cassette tape as in the good old days ... 
the 44' 03 SIDE A will be available for free download and streaming on Soundcloud.
SIDE B, lasting 41 : 44 and featuring unreleased tracks will ONLY be available on this tape released at 50 COPIES ONLY. SO SET UP YOUR BOOM BOX / WALKMAN / TAPE PLAYERS to embark in our new journey into the vast caribbean music world. This time we explored proto zouk tracks ! Mixed and selected by Digger's Digest and DR.NICO (Skliris). 

This tape is a promotional mixtape to announce our forthcoming official fully licensed compilation to be released on Heavenly Sweetness. 


DIGITAL ZANDOLI : THE MIXTAPE by DIGGER'S DIGEST & NICO SKLIRIS

First track of our official compilation DIGITAL ZANDOLI selected by Digger's Digest & Nico Skliris to be released on HeavenlySweetness. 

O.R.E.A : Biguine Inferno with Erick Orville / Wally Badarou / Michel Alibo / Claude Vamur / Julien Constance. Composed by Erick Orville. Arranged by Wally Badarou. 

All Right Reserved-  Under licence Heavenly Sweetness 2016

OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE 8th July / PRE ORDER HERE 

http://diggersdigest.com/shop/product/digital-zandoli-zouk-synthetic-grooves-from-the-west-indies-selected-by-diggers-digest-nico-skliris/



DIGITAL ZANDOLI  "Biguine Inferno" by O.R.E.A

Official Release Date 8 July 2016

PRE ORDER NOW !

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Following the acclaimed Kouté jazz, we are glad to announce our new project compilation with parisian label Heavenly Sweetness in collaboration with afro/antilles record expert Nicolas Skliris. This project, that we introduced in mid February as Digital Zandoli with a limited mixtape, aimed to gather a wide spectrum of tracks from pre zouk era in the french West Indies. We picked 12 slept on tracks amongst piles of obscure caribbean records to show a broader spectrum to the Zouk music style that is poorly defined.  These tracks reveal the merger between traditional and other rhythmic genres (funk, disco, afro-beat, Latin Brazilian …), with the addition of synthesizers and drums machine to the creative process. Original, magnetic and highly danceable.



DIGITAL ZANDOLI - Zouk & Synthetic Funk from the French West Indies - The Official Compilation

PRE ORDER Here http://diggersdigest.com/shop/product/digital-zandoli-mixtape-volume-2-by-diggers-digest-dr-nico-skliris/

Available for shipping 15 september 2016

After the release of DIGITAL ZANDOLI our critically acclaimed new compilation/project in collaboration with Heavenly Sweetness, we are really proud to announce the released of the 2nd volume of  DIGITAL ZANDOLI THE MIXTAPE by Digger's Digest & Dr. Nico Skliris. Another 85 minutes of boogie-zouk, carribean funk, tropical synth music. 

As on the first volume SIDE A is available for free streaming on our soundcloud. B side and full tracklist will be only available on this actual tape (Means you have to spend a few €, dig out your vintage Walkman or Ghetto Blaster to enjoy the B side). Tapes collectors be quick ! This time it is limited to 75 copies.

Artwork by Nico Motte from Check Morris

Digital Zandoli The Mixtape Volume 2

DIGITAL ZANDOLI : THE MIXTAPE Volume 2 by DIGGER'S DIGEST & NICO SKLIRIS

We recorded this 14 tracks Live mix for the Valentine's Day Special Mix for Radio Meuh. 
Mixed Selected and mixed by Digital Zandoli  Aka Nicolas Skliris and Digger's Digest.
Enjoy our freshly picked up Zouk and Caribbean Loves Songs selection of tracks
and Happy Valentine's Day with your lover. 
Tracklist soon ...

DIGITAL ZANDOLI - ZOUK & CARIBBEAN LOVE SONGS (RADIO MEUH Valentine's Day exclusive mix)

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