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The Music & The Rhythm 1997-2003 +++ NEW COPIES!!!!! RESTOCK

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It’s been now 25 years that Olivier Portal has been Playin’ 4 the City.Very versatile in the beginning, he has nurtured his productions while doing club residencies in Paris and Chicago, making his music all the more dancing and developing a very original touch drawing near to the sounds of Chi -Town and New Jersey. By the end of the 90’s, he collaborated with many DJ’s and producers such as DJ Deep, Julien Jabre and Franck Roger among others, thus gaining a real credibility and much respect from the underground Parisian house scene and the world at large.The Music & The Rhythm 1997-2003 brings back to the forefront some of the most anthemic tracks reflecting a very creative period in which Olivier Portal hooked up with great vocalists and players to produce his own style of deep house rich in soulful vocals, jazzy harmonies, funky bass lines and his trademark keyboard layers. This triple LP brings back to light some of the most emblematic tracks reflecting a very creative period during which Olivier Portal teamed up with excellent vocalists and instrumentalists to produce.This compilation, besides offering the best of the Straight Up era with some great classics like the smooth "Music and the Rhythm", the seminal "More Than Ever" and crucial tracks like "The Shore" and "Deep Inside", also entitles us to retrieve very in demand gems like "Atmosfear’s Vibe", "Spirits" and "My City Life" that now fetch hefty prices in the 12” market.Limited edition of 500 copies.More good news:P4TC will put out a new album early next year.Enjoy the Music and the Rhythm!

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1. The Music & The Rhythm Feat. Electra Weston
2. My City LIfe Feat. The Deep
3. Soufflé
Side 2
1. The Shore Feat. Loic Gayot
2. Moonlightin'
Side 3
1. Spirits
2. From Chicago To Paris Feat. DJ Mel Hammond
Side 4
1. Backfire
Side 5
1. Deep Inside Feat. Mandel Turner
2. Hall 3
3. More Than Ever Feat. Karl The Voice
Side 6
1. Atmosfear's Vibe
2. Chicago Nights

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Afrorever

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Betino's Records proudly presents its third release: an EP by the very sharp collective The Big Hustle. The band founded in 2014 by bass player and composer Sébastien Levanneur, brings together 70's old school funk with the hippest actual sound with influences spanning from Steely Dan to Snarky Puppy, from Mandrill to Lettuce and from Herbie Hancock (Manchild era) to Soulive. With mighty horn players, a rock and funky rhythm section, and percussions added to it, The Big Hustle’s music has a very large variety of sound landscapes. Still, the music never loses the groove and always stays close to the funk.The A side opens with "Afrorever", a tribute to African culture and music. The guest of honor on this song is legendary Malian musician Cheick Tidiane Seck, longtime partner of Salif Keita, and collaborator of Joe Zawinul, Carlos Santana and Damon Albarn to name a few. After Cheick’s introduction, the songs jumps into a typical afrobeat vibe featuring a tight and powerful horn section, suddenly breaks into an electro funk groove and ends in a furious percussive party.Second track on the A side is "Faure is the Magic Number". It is dedicated to Thomas Faure (co-composer of the track) and François Faure (both featured on this song on tenor sax and keyboards respectively). This piece displays the band’s ability to blend jazz-funk groove with a heavy hip-hop beat. Kind of DJ Premier meets Steely Dan.The B side starts with "Afrorever (Sun's Up Mix)". Through this mix, one can acknowledge instantly Olivier Portal's touch. From the very first chords, he conveys us into his realm blending warm and melancholy keyboards with an old school deep-house rhythm pattern.The fourth track is called “1, 2, 1, 2”. It is a purely improvised moment in the studio while the band was sound checking before recording with special guest rapper Raashan Ahmad. Nicolas Gueguen had the good idea to press the R button and what you hear is basically what happened afterwards.Enjoy!

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1. Afrorever (feat. Cheick Tidiane Seck)
2. Faure is the Magic Number
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1. Afrorever (Sun’s Up Mix)
2. 1, 2, 1, 2 (feat. Raashan Ahmad)

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For Life

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++++++++++++++PREORDER NOW!+++++++++++++++Limited edition 300 copiesBonus 7" vinyl "78 Funk (Full Mix)" + posterComes with digital download card including 4 exclusive tracks unreleased on vinyl:"Too Good" / "6020" / "Free Rider" / "I Thought It Was You"PS:The digital download is unfortunatly not active..We will send you by wetransfer automaticely the files (mp3 or Wave)Sorry!!BétinoRelease:February 11th 2021Parisian jazz/funk collective The Big Hustle returns to the spotlight with the release of its 3rd LP titled For Life on Betino’s records, the label run by the famous parisian Betino’s Record Shop.The collaboration is renewed after releasing two EPs in 2017 and 2018, both well received by the critics.Like the art work chosen for the album cover, an original creation by artist Anthony Caseiro, The Big Hustle definitively asserts (For Life!) its identity, its values, demonstrating once again the strength of the collective, and more than ever, in this uncertain 21st century, as being custodians of the true organic music of the 70’s jazz/funk US tradition.After Live large published in 2018, an album that featured many prestigious vocalists (Shaun Martin, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Julie Erikssen, Mike « Maz » Maher, Electro Deluxe, Kohndo, Raashan Ahmad, the band has chosen for this new opus to focus on the core of the group : Sébastien Levanneur (bass), Bruno Pimienta (drums), François Faure (keyboards), Benjamin Delarue, Jo Champ (guitar), Jérome Cornelis (alto sax, guitar) and Sylvain Fetis (tenor sax).However a few special guests are present, including virtuoso saxophonist Baptiste Herbin (Ed Motta, Roy Hargrove...) who offers us a magical solo on Ultimate Hustle. Marie Sané, rising star of the Parisian soul scene, lays her velvet voice to give life to the afro pop Worldwide boy. Fred Dupont (Paco Sery, Dam'n'co, Angèle), a keyboard sorcerer, brings his touch and sensitivity to the organ and the clavinet. Other players include Adrian Edeline (Clara Luciani), Rémy Béesau (Seal), Claude Egea (Ray Charles, Michel Legrand) and Evan Weiss and Ben Bohorquez from the Texas jazz funk band The Funky Knuckles.Funk in all its shades and hues remains more than ever the essence of this album especially on tracks like 78 Funk and Detroit Girl Remix. We can however note big band jazz influences in Ultimate Hustle with its fair share of brass, afro pop in Worldwide boy, hip hop in For life, psychedelic in GAB, modern gospel in Krispy and So far so good, or rock in Detroit Girl Remix. For the album For Life, a special attention was paid to the production.The band that had been recording in live condition up to now has this time opted for track by track. Hence the global sound of the group benefits from a more advanced and elaborate production. We can discover new sounds brought by the post-production with effects such as delay, compression adressing dub, hip hop and other current musical trends. The artistic orientation has been to privilege mastery and precision over spontaneity and the raw side of the beginnings.Nicolas Gueguen (Union Analogtronics, Beat Assailant, NTM, Booster …) is once again at the control, bringing his know-how to reveal the best of each track and highlighting all the subtleties of the arrangements and interpretation.The Big Hustle is decidedly ready to evolve in today's musical world and far beyond.For Life!

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1. Krispy
2. 78 Funk (Short Mix)
3. GAB
4. Ultimate Hustle
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1. So Far So Good
2. Worldwide Boy Featuring Mary Sané
3. For Life
4. Detroit Girl (Nakiea's Omelette Remix)

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1. 78 Funk (Full Mix)

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Sekele I Like It

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A couple of years back, Rafael Top Secret - a selector known for digging deep for inspiration - delivered a tidy re-edit of "Sekele I Like It", a previously little-known Afro-boogie cut by French artist Robert "Bobby" Helms. Copies of the 1980 album it came from, Lay Down, Girl, now go for serious money, prompting this licensed reissue. Helms' brilliant, horn-totin' original is accompanied by another cut from that album, "Feet On The Ground" - a straight-up disco affair - and two new flipside remixes. Baptman and Betino's "Philly Vibe" mix of "Sekele I Like" is a largely instrumental interpretation that includes some killer electric piano solos, with Vas Moody's "Feet On The Ground" remix taking that track in a tightly-wound dub disco direction.

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1. Sekele I Like It
2. Feet On The Ground
Side 2
1. Sekele I Like It (Baptman & Betino Philly Vibe mix)
2. Feet On The Ground (Vas Moody rework)

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Time Traveler

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Word of advice to funk lovers; there is not a minute to lose. Get on board of the Big Hustle’s spaceship. Before we take off, let's do a little history. The band was founded in 2014 by bass player and composer Sébastien Levanneur and its aim is to bring together 70's old school funk with the hippest actual sound laced with influences spanning from Steely Dan and Headhunters, to Snarky Puppy and Soulive. With mighty horn players, a rock and funky rhythm section, the Big Hustle's music has a very large variety of soundscapes.The first destination takes us to the Washington, D.C. area with “Turn Up”. The groove is clearly go-go music flavored with the trademark sound of cowbells and of course it reminds us of Zapp by the use of the talk box on lead vocals, performed here by Saad El Garrab. And don't miss out Shaun Martin (Snarky Puppy, Erykah Badu, Kirk Franklin amongst others) as a very special guest performing the talk box solo! Second stop is “A Curse, A Blessing”. It’s an instrumental very much in the Freddie Hubbard vein during his CTI years. The last leg of the A side ends with an instrumental interlude titled “Flying Donut”. Double tribute to Jay Dee and Flying Lotus, the music is a simple hip hop loop based on samples.The B side takes us back into the past with two brilliant covers, involving Rod Temperton the late great British songwriter who scored some of Michael Jackson's biggest hits. Now the idea for this B side is to do the opposite approach from the A side. Taking 70's and 80's original music and make them travel into time to 2018. We first land with a Heatwave song named “The Star Of A Story” from their 1976 Central Heating album. Track 2 is a Herbie Hancock song named “Gettin' To The Good Part” from his 1982 Lite Me Up LP. This Time Traveler EP journey ends with an interlude. Called “Gimme Dat”, the song deals with the need of new music, new sound.Again, this blend of deep rooted funk laced with a contemporary edge is to be consumed without moderation. And do not forget that E.P. also stands for extended pleasure.

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1. Turn Uo
2. A Curse, A Blessing
3. Flying Donut
Side 2
1. The Star Of A Story
2. Gettin” To The Good Part
3. Gimme Dat

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Sekele I Like It

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Exhumé par l'archéologue du groove Betino Errera, ce bijou noir gravé à Paris en 1980 est l'œuvre du chanteur Américain Robert Helms. Celui-ci fit en France une carrière plutôt confidentielle avec quelques sorties tant sous son nom que celui de Bobby Helms ou encore Bobby. L'album " Lay down girl" est resté un secret bien gardé en dépit du fait qu'il contienne deux puissants morceaux de disco funk façonnés par des pointures de studio dont Donny Donable, pilier du Lafayette Afro Rock Band à la batterie, Christophe Zadire de Zulu Gang à la basse and Beckie Bell dans les choeurs. Les séances furent dirigées par le grand Jacob Desvarieux aux guitares, piano et synthés , qui était déjà à l'époque un des fondateurs de Kassav. Ces enregistrements ont été réalisés sous la supervision de Pierre Jaubert, producteur majeur du circuit indépendant à partir de la fin des années soixante, à la tête de son propre studio, lequel était un lieu de rencontre très prisé des musiciens. Il est a l'origine de disques de maitres du blues tels que John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, Roosevelt Sykes et de grands du jazz comme Mal Waldron, Archie Shepp and Charlie Mingus. Mais pour les amateurs de funk, Pierre Jaubert est surtout reconnu pour son travail avec le groupe légendaire Lafayette Afro Rock Band dont les breaks et les riffs exceptionnels ont été samplés par les plus célèbres rappeurs dont Public Enemy, De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, Digital Underground, Wu Tang Clan et Ice Cube pour n'en citer que quelques uns.Aujourd'hui, Betino's Records réédite les deux morceaux les plus recherchés de l'album original : "Feet on the ground" coécrit par Desvarieux et Helms et "Sekele I like it" de Desvarieux et Pasteur Lappe, ce dernier, originaire du Cameroun, étant le premier à enregistrer le morceau en 1979.En prime, les deux morceaux sont retravaillés dans la veine actuelle. Baptman et Betino abandonnent les parties chantées de "Sekele I like it" pour le transformer en un dub d'inspiration "Philly" ultra dansant.De son coté, DJ Vas creuse la veine afrobeat pour "Feet on the ground", épaissit la sauce avec des lignes de basse qui claquent et lui donne une touche à la "Earth Wind & Fire" en magnifiant la section de cuivres.Dernier point, le pressage de ce maxi est limité à 700 exemplaires.Unearthed by groove archeologist Betino Errera, this black gem was cut in Paris in 1980 by American vocalist Robert Helms. His French career being rather confidential with releases under his own name as well as Bobby Helms or simply Bobby, the "Lay down girl" album remained a well-kept secret for decades despite the fact that it contained two very strong disco funk tunes. Helms was backed by a seasoned studio band including Donny Donable of Lafayette Afro Rock Band on drums, Christophe Zadire of Zulu Gang fame on bass and Beckie Bell on backing vocals. The session was led by master musician Jacob Desvarieux on guitar, piano and synths , who was already at that time, one of the founders of Kassav. These recordings were made under the supervision of Pierre Jaubert who was a major player on the independent French production scene from the late sixties onward, operating his own studio, famous for also being a much appreciated meeting point for musicians. He is responsible for bringing forth works from legendary bluesmen like John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, Roosevelt Sykes and jazz greats including Mal Waldron, Archie Shepp and Charlie Mingus. But to funk lovers, Pierre Jaubert is mostly known for his involvement with the mythical Lafayette Afro Rock Band whose prominent breaks and riffs have been sampled by the most illustrious rappers including Public Enemy, De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, Digital Underground, Wu Tang Clan and Ice Cube to name but a few.Today, Betino's Records reissues two very sought after tracks from the original album : "Feet on the ground" cowritten by Desvarieux and Helms and "Sekele I like it" written by Desvarieux and Pasteur Lappe , the latter hailing from Cameroon, was the first one to record the song in 1979.In addition , both tunes get the contemporary rework treatment. Baptman and Betino editing the vocals out of "Sekele I like it" then turning it into a very danceable Philly- inspired dub.For his part, DJ Vas digs the Afrobeat seam on "Feet on the ground" , thickens the sauce with thumping bass lines and adds an "Earth Wind & Fire " feel by putting the emphasis on the horn section.And last but not least, this 12 inch pressing is limited to 700 copies worldwide.

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1. Sekele I Like It (Original Version)
2. Feet On The Ground (Original Version)
Side 2
1. Sekele I Like It
(Baptman & Betino Philly Vibe Mix)
2. Feet On The Ground (Vas Moody Rework)

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Wellborn EP

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Betino’s Records proudly presents three revisited extracts from the 1981 “We Gonna Do It” L.P, revealing the true identity of this album by Togolese guitarist and producer “Wellborn”, aka Ayawo Attivor. From the boogie-blues “We Gonna Do It” reworked by Lord Funk, which reminds of Fatback Band and other U.S funk bands, moving to "Tetemalima", where Baptman retains the original afro-roots colour of the song yet developing a repetitive African trance dimension, or on "Aluwasio", which inspired Mitsu the Beats to create a deep-house balearic high-life rendition, every version leads the three tracks towards new dimensions, while finely preserving their essence and soul. The captivating original version of “We Gonna Do It” is also included on this 4 tracks EP. This first output from Betino’s Records’ label is the expression of a long and genuine passion for Wellborn Attivor’s music and the fruit of some inspired collaborations with these three gifted remixers/producers.

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1. We Gonna Do It (original version)
2. We Gonna Do It (Lord Funk rework)
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1. Tetemalima (Baptman edit)
2. Aluwasio (Mitsu Deep Break mix)

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