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The Bahama Soul Club - Bossa Bop feat Pat Appleton

Cymande Bra Dance Ritual Session

Wah Wah 45s celebrate the joy of the cover version! The label has always had a keen ear for a re-working of a classic piece of music, whether it be an unexpected brass take of a soft rock or hip hop cut from Hackney Colliery Band, or a sultry rendition of a soul nugget from Stac, with the only conditions being that the cover takes the original piece of music somewhere new, fresh and exciting.

The label's 15thanniversary seemed like a good time to not only re-visit a number of very canny covers from over the years, but to throw in a couple of new and exclusive ones for good measure too and as a way of saying thank you for all your support over the last decade and a half. So, as well as well loved renditions of Bill Withers' The Same Love That Made Me Laugh from Ashley Thomas and Part-Time Heroes' gorgeous re-imagining of The Boss' Dancing In The Dark, you get a spine-tingling, pitch shifting, electronica flavoured take of Rose Royce's ballad Wishing On A Star from Stac x Blue Daisy and The Gene Dudley Group's fierce dance floor funk version of Richard "Groove" Holmes No Trouble On The Mountain (itself a Wah Wah 45s release back in the day!) featuring the rasping vocals of Annie Frankenstein.

Add to that Lea Lea's recent cover of Talking Heads' Psycho Killer, Scrimshire's updating of Tammi Terrell's version of All I Do, with Stac on vocal duties, as well as club classics from Henri-Pierre Noel, Bev Lee Harling, Alister Johnson and a couple of big hitters from Hackney Colliery Band and you've got one heavyweight haul of version excursions on your hands.

Henri-Pierre Noël - A Fifth Of Beethoven (The Wah Wah Version out July 14th 2014)

Title track from the 2011 album Mondo Beyondo from Ursula 1000

Ursula 1000-Mondo Beyondo

"Breakbeat Paradise Recordings is very proud to finally drop a full 4-track EP with one of our favorite producers in the funky breaks scene: Mr. Rory Hoy. Rory has strong roots in the sounds from the bigbeat era, but on the Funktopia EP he is showing a new side to him by dropping some more bass heavy ghetto funk type jams. To embrace this more club oriented sound he’s brought along some fellow ghetto funk producers such as the upcoming ghetto funk wonderboys: Phibes as well as a true legend in the funky breaks scene: Skeewiff. Finally he has teamed up with funk producer PulpFusion on the final cut on this EP.

Rory has been successful in reaching outside the nu funk scene to a wider audience and has even had tunes getting picked up by Disney and has featured on British and American TV several times and his tunes are played on some American TV Shows and in stores like Macy's and on internal Airlines. Rory have had 5 albums released on Freddy Fresh’s Howlin’ Records label and has had support from people like Fatboy Slim and Mr. Scruff. Rory has been bringing his funky sounds all over Europe including doing an opening act at the Official Tour De France Fan Park in Harrogate. Rory approach to music being in a fun and vibrate form seems to have a broad appeal across the board and here at BBP we have been loving what he does from the get-go.

So get ready to get your boogie on, cuz this release is all about having fun and getting down to the funk grooves.

The EP kicks off with the bass heavy Ass Shakers Song, which shows the ghetto funk style that Rory has adapted on this particular release. This jam has everything we love here at BBP: from the oldskool funky breaks to the crisp ghetto funk basslines – all beatifully arranged for dancefloor destruction. 
Phibes follows up with their remix of the Ass Shakers Song by capturing the essense of the samples from the original track and adding some of their signiture ghetto funk beats and wobble basslines. This remix is a sure shot for any funky dj and it will blend in perfectly in any ghetto funk DJ-set. 
On the flip side we see legendary funky breaks producer Skeewiff picking up samples from one of Rory’s album tunes and turning it into a disco inferno. Classic funky breaks at it’s best. 
Finally Rory teams up with PulpFusion to drop a bigbeat inspired jam to set things in perspective as the EP is running out. Look out for PulpFusion’s upcoming Funk Never Sleeps 12” vinyl – which also includes a remix by Rory Hoy – coming soon on BBP."

Rory Hoy - Party On This Side - Skeewiff's Disco Party Remix

AFRO LATIN VINTAGE ORCHESTRA - Ayodei
ITUNES : https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/ayodegi/id414296150

AFRO LATIN VINTAGE ORCHESTRA - Ayodegi

"Since his 2014 debut album ‘Low-Fi Classics’, Lisbon-based producer Mr Bird has been going from strength to strength, with the 12″ release of Ashley Beedle & Tom Moulton’s remixes of ‘Over Again feat. Greg Blackman’ making serious waves across the planet. Having produced a very special remix of ‘Rhythm Of Kallio’ taken from Finnish surf-jazzers Dalindèo’s first appearance on BBE, he’s done the same with a track from their follow up ‘Slavic Souls’. Originally a moody, faintly melancholic jazz-tango number, Mr Bird raises the tempo and rebuilds the track into an irrepressible, horn-laden, skankin’ dancefloor stepper. A deftly produced and fun party tune, Mr Bird’s take on ‘Slavic Souls’ is sure to provoke more than its fair share of dance-floor mayhem."

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Slavic Souls

Slavic Souls (Mr Bird Remix)

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Dalindeo - Slavic Souls (Mr Bird Remix)

Ree Keen steams into Beatnik Station driving a train made out of screaming trumpets! He leans out of the window and greets us with a sly grin and a tip of the cap as his team of oiled gladiators shovel more haribo into the engine, Paaaarp Paaaarp! Of course it’s right on time, everything Ree Keen does is to the metronome of tight, fatback drums and trouser shaking percussion. The train screeches to a halt in clouds of sweet smelling rainbows, immaculately attired Mary Poppins style penguins spill out to carry our luggage aboard, Ladies, Gentlemen, you are now boarding the Ree Keen express, next stop, Love island Fernando!

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Ree Keen - I Say I Love You (CLIP)

Co-produced by Crazy P (UK). New album to be released March 2013.

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Tahuna Breaks - Moves

Second album release from multi talented Italian producer and instrumentalist, boasting an international roster of featured artists, retracing the concept of breaking cultural boundaries, and remarking the important role of music - according to Fab it reunites people from all over the world!Featuring artists are from Italy, UK, France, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Germany. With Music Styles of Funk, Soul, Blues Latin, Pop, Electro, Jazz and Rock influences can be heard throughout the album. OUT NOW on ChinChin Records

Please Don't Call (feat Monsieur Blumenberg) [Clip]

Skeewiff.. Re-wiffed & Skeemixed by... Skeewiff

Alex Rizzo - Drums, Percussion, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards & Programming 
Andrew Linham - Baritone Sax & Alto Sax 
Ryan Linham - Trumpet 
Adam Stockbridge - Trumpet 
Gordon MacLachlan - Trombone 
Chris Neill - Tenor Sax
Charlotte Glasson - Flute 
Elliot Ireland - Recording Engineer

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Skeewiff - I Got Soul - Skeemix Re-Wiff

NEW ALBUM 'SHADOW LIGHT' OUT NOW!!

Tahuna Breaks have always encompassed a rich diversity of musical genres and styles.

With six members, the group’s live act is energetic, raw and large. It combines aspects of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and is influenced by artists as varied as James Brown to Daft Punk. The band are well known for mixing genres and have honed their sound on the live stage that encompasses funk, disco, soul, live electronics and roots.

Since inception over six years ago, the band have gained momentum, focusing more and more on addictive rhythms that get audiences moving. They have an appetite for continuously progressing and pushing boundaries in their live performance, and audiences have already begun taking note of the band’s shift towards a sound that is bigger, darker and heavier.

Regulars at major events, the band have performed at The Big Day Out, Homegrown, Highlife NYE, Rhythm & Vines and many other major festivals across both New Zealand and Australia, along with countless tours and sold out performances.

In 2007 they released their debut album Reflections which was followed closely by their highly anticipated second album Black Brown & White in 2009. Both records charted strongly, won awards and have firmly cemented Tahuna Breaks’ place on the New Zealand and Australasian music scenes.

Tahuna Breaks have entered the new decade with a fresh focus and a new challenge. March 2013 saw the Auckland-based group release their third major release ‘Shadow Light’ under the guidance of UK producers ‘Crazy P’. Featuring original and remixed tracks, this album reflects the band’s progression and focus toward the more dance-orientated funk sound that they’ve been so well renown for.

Singles ‘Moves‘,  ’Smooth‘, and ‘Fearless‘ and 'Stars' have all received considerable airplay and have been regulars on the weekly George FM Top 5 chart. 

2014 has seen the band busy in the studio writing and recording new material with the first single ready to drop in May. Stay tuned...

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