The Staple Singers - Slippery People (Olivier Boogie & Halve Soul Edit)

Ronnie Foster - On The Avenue (Rare Funk Edit)

Patti Jo - Make Me Believe In You (A Tom Moulton Mix)

The Turkish alt version of "Come and Find Me" i.e. "Bul Beni." I treasure this version of the song because Come and Find Me is the first (and so far only) song of mine I felt called to translate into my mother tongue. It was a mammoth challenge, because I wanted to remain true to the meaning and spirit of the original song while making sure that it sounded authentic in a completely different language. Let's just say there were many drafts of the lyrics, and I had to abandon the idea of perfection... Anyways, I hope you love it as much as I do, and I hope either version of the song feels like a warm hug on a chilly December day. 

Bul Beni (Come and Find Me)

Funk Groove Edit

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Laura Lee - Crumbs Off The Table (Lego ReFunk)

Disco Soul Edit

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George Benson - The Ghetto (Lego Retouch)

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Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Pecoe 2016 Flip)

Whaddup people! Finally back on my feet and settled into my new home, which means I've been working on all kinds of treats for you! First up is my edit of Sivuca's version of the Bill Withers classic "Ain't No Sunshine"

Hope you enjoy the edit, there's more to come soon!

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Sivuca - Ain't No Sunshine (X - Ray Tedit)

Quannum - I Changed My Mind 
Stereo MCs Remix. Extended Edit By Mr. Turner
DL >> https://hypeddit.com/track/ap1023

Quannum Projects (also known as Quannum MCs) is a hip hop collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been active since 1992, when it was formed at UC Davis under the moniker Solesides Records. It is also the name of the independent record label that releases their records, as well as those of a number of other artists. The label continues to be 100% independently owned and operated.

Artist roster
Apsci (Dana Diaz-Tutaan & Raphael LaMotta – Brooklyn, New York)
Blackalicious (Gift of Gab & Chief Xcel – Sacramento, California)
Curumin (Luciano Nakata Albuquerque – Brazil)
General Elektriks (Hervé Salters – Paris, France)
Tommy Guerrero (San Francisco, California)
Honeycut (San Francisco, California)
Lateef and the Chief a.k.a. Maroons (Lateef & Chief Xcel – Oakland, California)
Latyrx (Lateef & Lyrics Born – Oakland, California)
Lifesavas (Jumbo, Vursatyl, Rev. Shines – Portland, Oregon)
Lyrics Born (Berkeley, California)
Pieces of Peace (Chicago, Illinois)
Pigeon John (Hawthorne, California)
Poets of Rhythm (Whitefield Brothers & Boris Borale – Munich, Germany)
DJ Shadow (Joshua Davis – Mill Valley, California)
Joyo Velarde (Berkeley, California)

Petko Turner Edit

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I Changed My Mind (Petko Turner's Stereo MCs Edit)

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Straight up this has got to be one of my all-time favourite tracks, Been playing this out ever since I started DJing. The original version is a massive tease only goes for only a few minutes. It's super raw and wonky so I wanted to keep this edit that way -  it was a mofo extend so gave it a bit of shuffle up -  it's all kinds of funky with the bone, trumpet then keys parts. If you're not familiar with this gem, you'll be hooked as soon as that bass line comes in ....  so hypnotic you never want it to end! 
Intros and outros created but not over warped so take a little caution if you are massively sync happy.
Hope you enjoy
CMAN
more over at www.djcman.com

https://djcmanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/roy-porter-sound-machine-party-time-cman-edit

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Roy Porter Sound Machine - Party Time! (CMAN Edit) | Free Download💥

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

In only a couple of years, Los Angeles production trio (Todd M. Simon, Itai Shapira and Adam Berg) have cemented their reputation in the studio and on stage as the premiere production team and live band for artists like Rhye, Kelis, and Hollie Cook.

They have also garnered the attention of great worldwide tastemakers such as KCRW music director Jason Bentley, the legendary Gilles Peterson of the BBC, Jaime Cullum, Okayplayer, Saint Heron, Wax Poetics, Bandcamp and many more.

Rarely emerging from behind closed studio doors, The Decoders love combining their specialized brand of "decoded" classics from the 60's and 70's soul movement with an excitingly new blend of genres ranging from Lovers Rock to Dub, Brazilian Music to Psychadelic Soul.

Coco O. (of Quadron), Noelle Scaggs (of Fitz & the Tantrums), Leon Ware, Raul Midon and many others have lended their vocal talents to this special project with more to surely come for each new volume.

In a live setting, The Decoders are 10 to 20 piece ensemble featuring LA's top musicians and session players.  Thus far, they have released 2 volumes and a dub remix EP, including a few tunes from their upcoming LP, Adventures From Paradise: A Tribute To Minnie Riperton (vol 3), which will be completed in the summer of 2014 and features special guest vocalists and musicians including Bilal, Van Hunt, Mara Hruby, Andreya Triana, Alice Russell, Jimetta Rose, Niki Randa, and many more.


"This is not music, its chemistry. Get into the science." -Okayplayer.com

For more info, check out their website at www.thedecodersmusic.com or go to www.thedecoders.bandcamp.com to listen and purchase their music.
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