Paris DJs Soundsystem - Dis Is Reggae Soul Vol.1 - Jamaican Grooves (2014)

Paris DJs is a young label launched in 2012, who's already put out no less than 4 Reggae albums, 5 Afro/Tropical compilations, 2 Hip Hop compilations and 50 singles of Reggae, Ska, Afro, Latin, Jazz, Soul, etc. The productions come from all over the world, mastered with a vintage, warm and ideally spatialized sound. You can find those releases on the digital platforms, Bandcamp, JunoDownload, iTunes, Amazon, etc.

Now Paris DJs starts doing vinyl releases, with many collectable pressings, a six 45s boxset named "VINYL IS GOOD FOR YOU", and this a double vinyl LP compilation "DIS IS REGGAE SOUL VOL.1", all about Jamaican grooves - Reggae, Rub-a-Dub and Ska!!

Featuring Afrodyete (The Breakestra), Carlton Livingston, Grant Phabao, Jungle Fire, Leroy Gibbon, Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada, Suzanna Choffel, The Cactus Channel (courtesy of HopeStreet Recordings), The Grits (courtesy of Hamhock Records), The Jays, The Lone Ranger, and The Silvertones, this selection gathers the coolest tunes from Paris DJs' digital releases.

The multicolored 12 inches center artworks, the LP sleeve and the insert have all been conceived and illustrated by graphic designer Ben Hito, "the only French artist who achieved the perfect alchemy between the hippie psychedelism from San Francisco 1967 et the Foucray wallpapers design from the Seventies" (Rock'n'Folk magazine - Dec 2013).

This double LP is strictly limited, no re-press, a true collector's item. It was crowdfunded through a campaign of pre-orders which happened in June 2014 on the French Kiss Kiss Bank Bank website. Only 500 copies of that album are being printed, and already 135 have been pre-ordered...

Tracklisting:
01. Jungle Fire - Firewalker (Grant Phabao Remix) (4:26)
02. The Grits - Make A Sound (Like James Brown) (Grant Phabao Remix) (4:14)
03. Grant Phabao & The Jays - Stepping Up In Time (5:07)
04. Grant Phabao & AFRODYETE - Itchin' For Your Love (3:56)
05. Suzanna Choffel - Guardians (Grant Phabao Remix) (3:57)
06. Grant Phabao & The Lone Ranger - Fever (5:32)
07. Ocote Soul Sounds - Vendendo Saúde e Fé feat. Tita Lima (Grant Phabao Remix) (5:03)
08. The Cactus Channel - Budokan (Grant Phabao Remix) (3:23)
09. Grant Phabao & The Silvertones - Old Man River (4:12)
10. Grant Phabao, The Lone Ranger & Carlton Livingston - Weh Reggae Come From (3:54)
11. Grant Phabao & Leroy Gibbon - Wipe The Tear From Your Eye (4:36)
12. Grant Phabao & Carlton Livingston - Cramp & Paralyse (4:27)