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The Smoker's Club - OIL:710 _ Norwegian Breakfast Prod By Bagir

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What do you get when you cross the legendary group harmony of the Impressions, with the savvy production stylings of Daptone’s very own master of ceremonies and guitar dynamo, Binky Griptite?  Easy, you get one of the finest collaborations that has ever been realized onto 7 inches of high quality vinyl. Ladies and gentlemen we present to the greater Daptone Universe, the first single by The Impressions in over 30 Years.  Featuring original members, Fred Cash, Sam Gooden, as well as Reggie Torrian, who has been singing with the group since the early ‘70s – this single is the sweet soulful beauty you’d expect from the Impressions. No cheesy synthetic instruments or tryin-to-stay-contemporary 'beats' here. This is real soul music played by a real band and how sweet it is!

 "Rhythm" the aptly titled A-Side, is a Curtis Mayfield penned tune that was a big hit for Major Lance in the Mid-Sixties. The Impressions revive this classic with their iconic sophisticated harmonies and a new horn arrangement by "The 4th Impression", Johnny Pate himself, that moves the song along at a laid back, yet dance friendly pace. This track is Soul of the highest order.  Get the 45 at www.shopdaptonerecords.com/

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The Impressions - Rhythm!

Pimps of Joytime new Single "Booty Text" Club Mix and Dubby Mix

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Booty Text (CLUBBY MIX)

Booty Text (DUBBY MIX)

Take The L Train

Thas The Way We Do

Keep That Music Playin' - Pimps Of Joytime

Janxta Funk! Pimps Of Joytime

Saun & Starr's debut album, Look Closer, is out now!

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Recorded with The Dap-Kings, the highly anticipated album was produced by Daptone's Gabriel Roth and features ten original tracks by the duo, including the hit “Hot Shot." The album was recorded at Daptone Records’ House of Soul studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn in 2014.

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Saun & Starr - Hot Shot

"Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches" by Son Little from the self-titled debut album, available now

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Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches

Son Little - Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches

The heavy - Coleen (feat The Dap-Kings Horns)

Marissa Nadler - Baby I Will Leave You in the Morning

Charles Bradley and The Menahan Street Band's rendition of Neil Young's classic "Heart of Gold" is out now as a single on Daptone Records. 

Charles Bradley - Heart of Gold (Neil Young cover)

Jukestone Paradise is the third studio album from Pimps of Joytime out on Write Home Records, April 7th 2015

LYRICS:
close your eyes and drop your hair
and let your body pull you
something strange in the air
a blurry kinda cosmic truth  

we move from wrong to left to right and on
dance with tongues and tie our knees beyond
dance on the heart of the floor inside
your moving like a butterfly
grab my hand and we catch your vibe
this fire will electrify

CHORUS
never let me go
never stop the music
spinning down the road
its a magical flow
when our stars collide
you just have to believe
you and me will 
shine a blazing light

(Horn Interlude)

Verse 2:
i cross my heart and i hope to die
y'all know why you better keep up
ya know what it is then you don't, and it ain’t
when you shoot me that lovers look

we move from wrong to left to right and on
dance on the heart  of the floor inside
this fire will electrify

CHORUS
never let me go
never stop the music
spinning down the road
its a magical flow
when our stars collide
you just have to believe
you and me will 
shine a blazing light

(Horn Interlude)

Percussion Break

Oo’s

CHORUS x2
never let me go
never stop the music
spinning down the road
its a magical flow
when our stars collide
you just have to believe
you and me will 
shine a blazing light







Dance Cardia featuring Rubblebucket

This version of Cisco Kid is from The National in Richmond, VA on  12/29/11.  Keller is joined onstage by The Pimps of Joytime, Jay Starling and Mark D.

The Cisco Kid - Pimps of Joytime w/ KDubalicious - Richmond, VA 12/29/2011

Funk Fixes and Remixes

Street Sound (Nickodemus Remix)

The Pimps Of Joytime - Street Sound (Nickodemus Remix)

Walkin feat Roy Ayers

Logic - We Get High Instrumental

BRUNCH - La compilation hipster pop electro pour les dimanches entre amis

Katherine

Rugged, raspy, and roaring with charisma, Halifax’s Ben Caplan is to folklore what smoke is to bourbon. Perfectly coupled. Ben’s songwriting is as bold in range as it is in ferocity. Fuelled by a quality of melodrama and powerful lyricism, it’s the romance and the manhood crashing with his voice that gives Caplan a truly innovative and experimental artistry. A sound that bridges the gap between controlled composition and unruly passion.

Striding in pace with gypsy-inspired strings amid the sultry tones of clarinet and saxophone, Caplan has marked his place in the Canadian music landscape with a growling spirit similar to that of Tom Waits. Caplan’s tours have extended throughout the Commonwealth, the rhapsodic energy in his live show an elegant cacophony gaining attention around the world. Breaking between guitar, banjo, piano, and melodica, Caplan’s stage show is almost reminiscent of a burly and bearded Freddy Mercury; a raging, strong, and exploratory songwriter, it’s the blues in his soul, and the heart in your chest pounding as one that makes Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers an unmissable act.

The music of Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers is diverse, ranging from poetic ballads to frenetic gypsy anthems, but even when the band delivers the roughest of bar room stomps, there is a surprising depth and musicianship to the songs. Expressive percussion, upright bass, violin, sax, clarinet, flute, and terrific use of call and response sing-along choruses all help Caplan & The Casual Smokers stand out from the masses influenced by the same sounds.



Ben Caplan - Beautiful

Original Song by Dillon, this is only a edit. I love the original song and her vocals.

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Dillon - Thirteen Thirtyfive (Thomas Lizzara EDIT)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - This Land is your Land

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Feist - Caught a Long Wind (Lexer's Little Bird Remake)

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way

Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings - Better Things To Do

The Glorious Dead present "Palm Trees" an advance from BetterOffDEAD. Produced by Erick Arc Elliott.

Flatbush ZOMBiES - Palm Trees

J. Cole - Let Nas Down (REMIX) feat. Nas

Our new album ‘Reachin’ Up’ is OUT NOW! Listen here 👇
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Let’s take this thing it higher. 

Anyone familiar with the Pimps of Joytime live experience knows the feeling—it’s that moment when a deep bluesy groove morphs into a full-on EDM explosion, or the sensation when the wide-eyed audience collectively elevates in sync with the band’s irresistible energy.

On Jukestone Paradise, the Pimps of Joytime raise the bar with swagger to spare, crafting ten cohesive songs that ring out like the soundtrack for a ride through the diverse Brooklyn neighborhood where their sound materialized.  Pulling from lead guitarist and singer Brian J’s deep discography of influences, the creation of Jukestone Paradise began a decade ago, when he penned anthems like “Sky” and “Freedom Dancer,” all the way up to the album’s studio recording sessions.

You might accurately call the Pimps of Joytime a ‘post-genre’ band; they’re a group whose sound—even within a single song—mirrors the diversity of our era’s musical tastes. “It’s a sonic tapestry that’s representative of this time and place that we live in,” says Brian J. 

That’s where the Pimps excel, by mashing up ‘70s funk tones with modern dance beats, mixed with original samples creating their mosaic sound. For listeners weary of today’s DJ culture but eager to dance with abandon, the Pimps of Joytime are the antidote. 

“At our core, the Pimps of Joytime are not just dance music,” says Brian J of the band’s three-part harmony attack. “My first vocal mentor was a doo-wop singer, so I have a long-time love affair with vocal harmonies.”

With the release of Jukestone Paradise, the band makes official their solid touring lineup, featuring dual female vocalists and percussionists Mayteana Morales and Cole WilliamsX. And they’re hitting the road hard, continuing a constant touring schedule that’s already left prominent sets at festivals like Voodoo, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo and High Sierra in their wake.

Behind the frontlines are bassist/keyboardist David Bailis and drummer John Staten, forming the rhythmic backbone of the Pimps’ audible collage. And for Jukestone Paradise, they called in a few friends to lend their talents, including Ivan Neville, who lends New Orleans flavor to “Sky,” and Rubblebucket’s Alex Toth, who co-wrote the quirky and infectious “Dance Cardia.” 

Just as Brooklyn has changed since the Pimps started, so has the band’s sound. But as Williamsburg gentrifies, the Pimps of Joytime’s diverse evolution keeps the neighborhood’s spirit alive. That spirit goes into the Pimps’ pot, over a soulful roux of rhythm and groove.