Versatile Records

Out now on Beatport : Ark – Street House EP (incl Pit Spector remix) – supported by Carl Craig, Raresh, Dixon, Busy P…

versatilerecords — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:40:02 +0000

“lovely dub mix” Carl Craig

“super . merci beaucoup” Raresh

“Dankeschön” Dixon

“TRANKILOU à l’ancienne, mortel, je le fous dans ma playlist Tsugi” Busy P

“missed ark. love it!” Optimo

“FANTASTIC RECORD, will play and support, love the original” Catz N Dogz

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Sat 18/05 : Zombie Zombie – Lune Argent Ensemble live : an original creation for the Villette Sonique Festival in Paris

versatilerecords — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:11:43 +0000

If you’re in Paris and you are a Zombie Zombie fan, this is not to be missed. For the opening slot of the Villette Sonique Festival, Zombie Zombie team up with other musicians coming from varied backgrounds in order to perform as an eleven musical ensemble the original musical creation called “Lune Argent Ensemble”.

PERSONNEL

ETIENNE JAUMET (synths)
COSMIC NEMAN (drums /percussions)
Dr. SCHONBERG (drums /percussions)
JOAKIM (synths)
YAYA HERMAN DUNE (guitar)
ROMAIN TURZI (guitar /effects)
EMMANUELLE PARRENIN (vocal /”vielle à roue” / harp)
FLOP (brazil percussions)
VINCENT MOUGEL (bass)
LOUIS LAURAIN (trumpet)
PIERRE BOREL (baryton saxophone)

BUY : Presales tickets on Villette Sonique website

READ : Facebook event

Sat 11/05 : Italojohnson, Alden Tyrell live & Gilb’R @ Rex Club, Paris

versatilerecords — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:43:27 +0000

The new Versatile residency at Rex Club in Paris will take place next Saturday May 11th. Label boss Gilb’R will be joined at the legendary club by the Italojohnson trio (for their first performance in Paris) and Alden Tyrell – the man behind the underground hit Disco Lunar Module on Clone – for a live performance.

READ : Facebook event

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Versatile Records present Acid Arab Collections EP01

versatilerecords — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:43:59 +0000

Acid Arab is a duet from Paris whose goal is to mix all kind of Eastern music (North Africa, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkeyor… Mumbai) with electronic sounds, from pioneering acid house to today’s powerful techno. Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho, both djs for many years and residents of infamous Parisian club Chez Moune, have fallen in love with this music after a trip to Tunisia with Dj Gilb’R. They’ve managed to convince a lot of producers to come along with them on this fantastic voyage and create a track for their ‘Acid Arab Collections‘, which are naturally released by Gilb’R’s label, Versatile Records.

READ : tracklisting and more info on the artists of the release

Various Artists – Acid Arab Collections EP01

versatilerecords — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:24 +0000

Acid Arab is a duet from Paris whose goal is to mix all kind of Eastern music (North Africa, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey or… Mumbai) with electronic sounds, from pioneering acid house to today’s powerful techno. Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho, both djs for many years and residents of infamous Parisian club Chez Moune, have fallen in love with this music after a trip to Tunisia with Dj Gilb’R. They’ve managed to convince a lot of producers to come along with them on this fantastic voyage and create a track for their ‘Acid Arab Collections‘, which are naturally released by Gilb’R’s label, Versatile Records.

On this first EP you will hear the French dance master I:Cube giving his own definition of an Arabic acid track. Inspired by some old guys talking in an Algerian café, he called it “Le bon vieux temps” (‘Good old days’). The Syrian star Omar Souleyman has accepted to let Crackboy (from Tigersushi and I’m A Cliché) remix one of his famous hits ‘Shift Al Mani‘. It’s acid at its best, empowered by Souleyman’s vocals. Acid Arab organized a live session at Versatile studio with keyboardist / guitarist Turzi (Record Makers), keyboardist / bassist Judah Warsky (Pan European Recordings) and a very special guest : Adnan Mohamed, aged 60, who’s played traditional oud guitar all his life in Kurdistan and France. Dj Gilb’R, the brain behind the muscles, has mixed these sounds to create an epic cosmic symphony that the team called ‘Cosmique Arabe‘ by Boyz In The Oud. Lastly, Acid Arab themselves deliver their ‘Theme‘, a journey through beats and a Persian melody that has already got support from Gilles Peterson, Lovefingers, TLR, Skudge, Tim Sweeney and Radio Nova (Paris).

“We are fascinated by eastern music and its codes, such as complex rhythmic structures (binary and ternary superimposing upon each other), which drive dancers to trance just like acid house does. We’d like to take these codes and use analog techno devices (beatboxes, bassline machines) to create something new : an oriental acid music which combines the coldness of techno and the emotional and dramatic power of the East. Our knowledge of the dancefloor is now digested and we have spent night after night digging records and files to know more about arabic music. We don’t want to be standardbearers of mixing whatever, we just want to be of our days. talking about mixing means there’s a split, a binary vision of an occidental vs oriental world – this is has-been. We don’t paste oriental sounds on occidental beats, we want to embody both cultures without pretending to reinvent oriental music or fooling ourselves by believing we’re inventing eastern dance music. We just want to be part of it, and contribute to this brilliant and enormous masterpiece that this music is, and has been for thousands of years.” Acid Arab aka Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho.

VER083 : Acid Arab Collections EP01

1 – I:Cube – ﻡﺍﻱﺃ ﻥﺍﻡﺯ (Le Bon Vieux Temps)
2 – Omar Souleyman – Shift Al Mani (Crackboy remix)
3 – Boys In The Oud aka Turzi, Judah Warsky, Dj Gilb’R & Adnan Mohamed – Cosmique Arabe
4 - Acid Arab – Theme

DJS & MEDIA

crazy!!! Carl Craig - love it Seth Troxler - wonderful! James Holden - SOOOO GOOOD!!! Eric Duncan - A M A Z I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Trevor Jackson - The I:Cube track is insane! Deetron - wonderful! track 2 and 3 solid favourites Prins Thomas - would give this 6 stars if i could. exactly the kind of release i spend my life looking for. all 4 tracks rule. cannot wait to play them out Optimo - Whole release is stunning .. and the lead track is TOTAL Cube Class!! Danny Howells - Hey!  The  Acid  Arab  Theme  is  really  great! :) Skudge – wicked , really  good,  love  this  acid  arab  Theme Gilles  Peterson - I’m  loving t hat  Acid  Arab  EP.  Especially  the  Crackboy  and I:Cube  mixes. So good!!  Tim Sweeney - pretty  fuckin g out  there  stuff!  Justin  Miller - wow  Omar  Souleyman  “Shift al mani”  Crackboy  remix  is  some  sick disorienting  sandstorm  action!  Will  definitely  play  this!  Acid Arab Theme cool  as  well,  really  nice  release Dj  TLR – Full throttle Jacques Renault – Sick Man ! Really cool shit : sounds tight Alixcander III – One of the best eps I have heard in a while. This is great ! Dinamo Azari – My favorite is the song “Theme”. Sounds greeeat !! Xosar – Theme is dope Basic Soul Unit - yallah! Joakim - cosmique arab rock like this Gerardo Niva - comisque Arabe is great Alain Ho - Absolutely amazing and fresh ep Drumpoet Community - Cosmique Arabe is fantastic !! Great EP, refreshing sound Llorca - Oh man – this is serious! Acid F$$KING ARAB!!! LOVE EVERY TRACK!!! Silicone Soul - DOPE release! You’ve honed in on my vibe here. All in favor of Multi Culti acid say AYAYAYAAYAYAYY Thomas Von Party - yeah – love this, wish i’d picked it up on Saturday Justin Harris - Really nice fusion of styles and sounds.Superb music again from Versatile Willie Graff - Beautiful voyage Rodriguez Jr - Some fantastic ideas going down here. Cosmique Arabe is great Rob Mello - not sure I would play this…but I really dig it…. super good Luke Solomon - Very interesting combination Dairmount - like the concept, supporting Jerry Bouthier - WOW le genre de promo qui illumine une journée! Balaise de A à Z, petite préférence pour les 2 premiers tracks. Definitely Will Play Crabbe - classy Tim Paris - Le 303 chante ! On arrive encore à innover avec ce vieux machin, incroyable !! Fabrice Lig - Beautifully strange and Unique!!! Just the way I like it! Doc Martin - love it Michael Ruetten - Versatile is still just as fresh as on day one! thats what I love so much about them. Le bon vieux temps and cosmique arabe are a-fucking-mazing! Trickski - I first saw Omar Souleyman at Sonar Fest couple uears ago, good to see some interpretations of his material! all tracks and concept are very interesting! quality package And.Id - I’m really into the idea here, but “Theme” seems to be the best execution of the four tracks, though all are cool Qburn Abstract Message - especially liked tracks 3 & 4, fun project! Amir Egozy - so good! love ‘le bon vieux temps’ and ‘theme’ but my favourite is crackboy’s remix of ‘shift al mani’. great idea for a project! Alex Egan - Tres bon! En trance sur mon balcon. Funky et cosmique comme j’aime beaucoup. It’s FRESH! Alex From Tokyo - Acid arab theme for me thanx ! Great project Master H - cool !! i want more , crackboy why didn’t you kept the 160 tempo Feadz - It’s  amazing  Doesn’t  sound  like  2013  Which  is  DOPE  Marc  Pinol  - LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! ONE OF MY FAVORITE RELEASE OF 2013.IT WILL BE HEARD IN NYC Max Pask – Mais ca tue, je suis tellement content de votre demarche. La musique du moyen orient c’est tellement adictif Blackjoy – Ca déchire ! Surement des tracks que je jouerais en dj set. Top tracks A1, A2 et B2. Well done guys Gazza djs – wow  man  this  is  bonkers !! i  love  it!!!! i really  love  this  stuff.  Lovefingers. i  definitely  love  ’Theme’  the  best  and  I:Cube’s  too .  ESP  Institute - Love this project !!!!! Thanks Melle Caro – This is really innovative stuff man, I have not heard any innovative electronic arabian music now for almost 6 years… I have not heard anything like this before, except of course on your mixes… The fusion of arabic with acid is a first in my book in this style… you are def leading the way for the new Electronic Arabic Revolution… Damn impressed… you’re killing it Dj UMB – c’est cool ! J’ai surtout aimé le krikor et le acid arab. Ca fait très dans la lignée de Versatile première période en fait et ca me fait penser aussi à un Superdiscount / sourcelab qui serait sorti de Versailles, il y a un coté boogie et groove poilu que j’entend plus trop en ce moment In Paradisum – Le Theme tue bravo ce coté acid mercenaries orientaux c’est top Geena – Last track is dope, old school and raw Jahcoozi – FAT and Solid Release !!! Terence - really interesting stuff Charles Webster - sounds  wicked  man! Baris K - In my Spin column Philip Sherburne - excellent Tsugi - Crackboy Remix is nice Groove - Pure madness! I:Cube and Boys In The Oud are killing it! Nu Sound website France - Cool EP Trax France - All killer no filler! Great EP guys, super into the I:Cube and Acid Arab cuts Beg To Differ - le bon vieux temps and shift al mani both put a smile on my face, killer tracks.. looking forward to hearing more from this project A Made Up Sound - good track Sixty Mag - considering for review De:Bug

Out soon vinyl & digital

I:Cube snippets 2013

versatilerecords — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:32:32 +0000

“ Well, I can announce loads of new music from I:Cube. And it sounds quite different from the previous stuff. The track I chose is more club orientated, but there is also some beautiful electronica/pop stuff, as well as some club stompers. Release in September, maybe even a new album ! Stay tuned ! ” Gilb’R

Versatile future releases 2013

versatilerecords — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:25:42 +0000

I:CUBE/UNTITLED/MINI ALBUM/AUTUMN 2013
DJ SOTOFETT VS DJ GILB-R/UNTITLED/(DJ SOTOFETT VERSION)/AUTUMN 2013
DJ GREGORY/UNTITLE/ACID ARAB COLLECTIONS 002/JUNE
DANY MAHBOUNE/OUZOU MNEHA/ACID ARAB ALBUM/SEPTEMBER 2013
I:CUBE/UNTITLED/FROM MINI ALBUM/AUTUMN 2013
SOCIETY OF SILENCE/UNI/JUNE 2013
ETIENNE JAUMET/RICHARD PINHAS/VENTS SOLAIRES PT2/AUTUMN
I:CUBE/LE BON VIEUX TEMPS/FROM ACID ARAB COLLECTIONS 002/6 MAY
DJ SOTOFETT VS DJ GILB-R/UNTITLED/(DJ GILB-R VERSION)/AUTUMN 2013

Out now on Beatport : Zombie Zombie – Illuminations EP (incl Discodeine & Dj Sotofett remixes)

versatilerecords — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:41:03 +0000

Here is the second excerpt of the Zombie Zombie new LP “Rituels d’un Nouveau Monde“. In addition of the original mix, we asked a few friends to take care of the remixes. Dj Sotofett, the man behind the great Sex Tags Mania label, delivers 14 mn of pleasure, in a Moodymann fashion. Funk break, deep chords, amazing break using the synths of the original. On the other side, the french blocks from Discodeine are giving other vision of a club orientated mix. Strange delays heavy beats and tropical stabs.

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Out now on vinyl : Ark – Street House EP (incl Pit Spector remix)

versatilerecords — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:12:11 +0000

We’ve been waiting a release on Versatile from our long time friend Ark. It’s now done with this “Street House EP“, an ode to B-Boy house. Emba Anthem, with its samples from a cult west coast 90′s hip hop band, and the bewitchingNuark, which mixes deepness, sensuality and odd funky groove, but inna Ark unique fashion. Big shout outs Paris kids!

“super . merci beaucoup “ Raresh

“Dankeschön” Dixon

“TRANKILOU à l’ancienne, mortel, je le fous dans ma playlist Tsugi” Busy P

“missed ark. love it!” Optimo

“FANTASTIC RECORD, will play and support, love the original” Catz N Dogz

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Sat 6/4 : Versatile presents Les Edits Du Golem vs Salon Des Amateurs @ Batofar, Paris (+ many downloads)

versatilerecords — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:13:56 +0000

Versatile gave a hand to this reunion between Duesseldorf best little club Salon Des Amateurs and killer edit label Les Edits Du Golem at the parisian Batofar with a lineup to die for : Eric Ducan (of Rub’N'Tug fame), Lena Willikens (Salon Des Amateurs residents and dj for the Versatile podcast series), Stabil Elite live and Vladimir Ivkovic. Beyond the requisite Facebook event link and the pre sales tickets website, you’ll find below some cool music from the djs of the night to delight for.