Lil Bit of Funk

Surface- Falling In Love

1999. The jazzy detroit masta… Needs no more. This will always go off.

Moodyman - Shades Of Jae

A slightly dubbed, extended version of a funk killer!!!

(Anti) Love Song (Free Association Edit)

"Cookie Dough" Ultra-crisp productions, sophisticated synthline melodies and pitch perfect vocals from Freddie Cruger and Anthony Mills. 

Serious Drug

NZ を代表する2人のプロデューサーによるスペシャルユニット誕生!

LORD ECHO x JULIEN DYNE = LORD JULIEN

いまやニュージーランドを代表するプロデューサーに成長したジュリアン・ ダインと、先日、全国 4 カ所で行われた2度目の来日ツアーも各会場とも大 盛況、デビューアルバム「Melodies」発表以降、瞬く間に今の地位を築き、 国内において絶大な人気を得るマイク・ファブラウスこと LORD ECHO、 このワンダフルノイズには欠かせないこの二人によるスペシャルユニットが 誕生! 二人が織りなす独特の宇宙感的なシンセが駆け巡り、テイストに満ちた 珠玉ディープハウス。エレクトロニックのテンションと、Polydor 後期のロ イ・エアーズを彷彿とさせる走るベースライン、スペーシーなシンセとが舞 うジャジー&フュージョン & ブギーな、現行ブギー・ディスコ。

ARTIST : LORD JULIEN
TITLE : Shades c/w Tennis
Under File : Houce,Techno,Disco and Beat Down
LABEL : WONDERFUL NOISE 
Cat Number : WN12042
Format : 12 inch with Sleeve 
Release : 2015年3月中〜下旬(予定)/ Mid March 2015
※The schedule is subject to change.
※初回出荷分は完全受注生産になります。

【収録曲】 12”vinyl 45RPM
A.Shades
B.Tennis

Produced by Lord Echo & Julien Dyne 
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert
A&R Kenji Sakajiri

LORD JULIEN - Shades (WN12042) *taken from LORD JULIEN's E.P.

Chris Joss - Tune Down

Theme

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 )

LOL001: Labor of Love edits

We are proud to introduce our limited edition vinyl releases! 

Our fist record is due out February 2016. Look for it at your favorite record store or you can purchase it here...

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/labor-of-love-edits-vol-1/600201-01/

As always, thank you for your support!

Labor of Love - Shoot Me - LOL001 A 1

Sam Cooke - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (panthurr's Flip)

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 !

FREE DL

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!

Check out the full release here:
http://www.junodownload.com/products/funk-hunk-je-taime/3035597-02/


Funk Hunk - Heaven (Labor of Love dub) HB016

LOL002: Featuring Sleazy McQueen, Dicky Trisco, Labor of Love

the Labor Of Love series continues with more dubbed out disco made with love. Volume 2 sees the label enlist a couple of edit heroes in the form of Sleazy McQueen & Dicky Trisco, as well as serving up a speaker freaking spectacular all of their own. Whiskey Disco head honcho Sleazy McQueen soars in from his Orlando home to take control of the A-side here, making expert use of EQ and filtering to take the horn led hustle of "The Wrong Virrey" to the next level. Over the corner UK edit maestro Dicky Trisco gets slow and low with "And The Groove Goes On And On", treating us to the sleaziest joint this side of the old town. Wonky white-funk guitars ride the titular groove while that buzzing bassline and monosyllabic vocal slip something under your tongue. The label heads themselves take over edit duties on the last track, hitting us with sweeping strings, summery filters and snapping percussion on the low slung disco of "After Dark".

Available here: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/sleazy-mcqueen-dicky-trisco-labor-of-lol002/610996-01/

Dicky Trisco - And The Groove Goes On And On - LOL002 B 1

Fresh remixes of Fingerman's Title track from his last Hot Digits EP from some big players! Dr Packer adds his signature vibes to his version, Hot Groovy Records boss LTJ brings the chug and Martin Hayes add's some a deep jackin' twist to his. Also features Mainliner (Bonus Tool) from Fingerman to compete the package!

HOTDIGIT026 Fingerman - Button Pusher (LTJ Remix) Preview

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://hypeddit.com/xzjhew

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Free Download

James Brown - I Feel Good (Sam Redmore's Afromix)

Here's a free download of my Lover's Holiday edit by Change. 

Re-post and share a comment. Happy Holidays!

DL Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10784214/A%20Labor%20of%20Lover%27s%20Holiday%20dub.mp3

A Labor Of Lover's Holiday Dub (Free Download)

Andy Bey - Hibiscus Nikodeamus Rework

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... 


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