Lil Bit of Funk

I really liked the version of this track I used in my "Slow Soul Flow" mix, teasing out the intro bars of "Inner City Blues" to a few minutes. And using that to build to the next track. But I thought for other people it may be more useful to have a version that teases, then actually drops into the full "Inner City Blues". 
I added a few dubs and changed the ending, because I can't stand ending an edit with a straight fade out.

Shoes - Inner City Blues (Extended Slow Flow Edit)

Rare Afro Disco/Boogie joint recorded 1981 at  Decca Studios, Lagos | Nigeria

Edited, Extended & Re-Arranged by SoulBrigada

Mansour - Love And Happiness (SoulBrigada Edit)

Taken from RKX020 - Baby Charles.

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Baby Charles - Treading Water

Release Date (12inch Single on White-Colored Vinyl): 02/24/2015

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Bosq returns with none other than songstress extraordinaire Nicole Willis on the single “Bad For Me” with a killer house remix on the flip by the infamous Soul Clap crew.

Tracklist
A1. Bad For Me
A2. Bad For Me (Late Night Dub)
B1. Bad For Me (Soul Clap Remix)

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Bosq ft. Nicole Willis "Bad For Me (Late Night Dub)"

My latest tinker... 
Available here: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/scrimshire-margie-moves-mountains/574620-01/

I LOVE Margie, so very much. And only just stumbled upon this track from her self title Margie LP a couple of months back. Some lovely production but not quite what it takes for most dance floors and NOWHERE NEAR LONG ENOUGH.

As always I've tried to show maximum love for the original, just wanted to toughen up those beats and hear that insanely good chorus a few more times. I hope you enjoy! 

Expect to see vinyl... 
ALL my other edits are available to download FREE in high quality here: https://scrimshire.bandcamp.com/

Margie Joseph - I Can't Move No Mountains (Scrimshire Edit)

MY LIL FLIP OF "RE RUN HOME" WHICH IS ORIGINALLY 14:07 MINUTES LONG.  

FROM KAMASI WASHINGTON'S LP " THE EPIC" 

RE RUN HOME ~ KON REWORK

A SNEAK PEAK OF A NEW TWIST ON A CLASSIC..... STAY TUNED ! 

THE BOTTLE ~ KON REWORK  ( MIXED & MASTERED BY CASERTA )

SINCE HE'S BEEN ON A ROLL MIXING & MASTERING RECORDS FOR THE LIKES SOUL CLAP, RAZOR N TAPE, BOSQ, SERGE GAMESBOURGH AND YOURS TRULY,  I COERCED CASERTA INTO DOING A NEW MIXDOWN OF MY "EVERYBODY DANCE" REWORK. 
WE WERE QUITE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS AND FIGURED WE SHOULD SHARE IT.... ENJOY !

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Shiek - Everybody Dance ~ KON REWORK (Caserta Remaster)

Released alongside many other top dollar tunes on the Melting pot Compilation.

It's Got Me (Released On Situationism "Melting Pot" Compilation) (Preview)

HB016: Funk Hunk - Je Taime EP

Denver's Funk Hunk brings some heaters on this EP with a Labor of Love dub to boot!

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Funk Hunk - Heaven (Labor of Love dub) HB016

Kellee Patterson - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby

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

Bobby Caldwell - Down For The Third Time (Joey Negro Down For The Fourth Time Edit)

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Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love [The Reflex Revision]

I got this rare Original gem from Marks Records...
http://soundcloud.com/hartleys - "It's where the Soul Comes From"!!
All warped in 120 Bpm for your mixing and listening pleasure.
I hope the Dub Intro is not too much for you !!

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Curtis Mayfield - Get Down (Ramsey Hercules Edit)

Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die [LNTG Capricorn High Remix]

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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Walk On By featuring Noelle Scaggs

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