JFC Recordings

King Daddy Yod revient !!!

Avec son style et sa technique inimitables, ses paroles conscientes et son humour, ses registres vocaux et musicaux très larges, Daddy Yod s’est imposé dès les années 80 comme le père du reggae dance hall à la française, inspirant plusieurs générations de jeunes artistes.

Depuis des dizaines de milliers de disques vendus, Daddy Yod a continué à produire et diffuser ses disques, mixtapes et dubplates, à tourner sans arrêt sur toute la France et les Antilles avec son sound system ‘Lion’s Light’, à partager des titres, des compilations ou des scènes avec le ban et l’arrière-ban du reggae, du ragga, du zouk ou du hip hop. Résultat, King Daddy Yod a affûté sa technique, approfondi son inspiration et renforcé son équipe.

"Fraîche" King Daddy Yod

This debut album is in a class of its own, taking the listener on a musical journey from blissful dubbed-out soulful grooves to more cinematic scores.

Having met through mutual friends in their native Hornchurch, Jointventure’s Mat Hoxby and Mark Crooks found common ground with their interests and musical backgrounds (both having been reared on a stable diet of Reggae and Ska), it was only a matter of time before they ventured into the studio.

Their first joint project was the cult underground six-piece band Sound Cartel – fusing electronic funk and punk with a touch of psychedelia or to quote Mark’s “skunkdupgangsterpunkfunk”. Eventually the members of the band started to drift; yet Mat & Mark decided to continue as a duo and Jointventure was born.

This debut album ‘Headshop’ is in a class of its own, taking the listener on a musical journey from blissful dubbed-out soulful grooves to more cinematic scores. The name ‘Headshop’ was inspired by the 1960’s term ‘heads’ which was used to describe people who shared similar
recreational activities and also from “these mad headshops in Amsterdam that display an amazing array of goodies, everything from crisps to crack pipes.

Things you’ve never seen before and things that you can’t do without, so we thought it would be a great name for the album as it isn’t just one style of music – it’s an array of Joint venture’s musical influences and inspirations”. The Dam theme even made its way into the music itself from a genuine Customs Officer who attempted to bust Mat on his way back to the UK, “You’re not under arrest and you are free to leave at any time!” Let that be a warning to you!

Thierno is a saxophonist with a career stretching well over three decades – half of that time with Youssou Ndour’s band ‘Le Super Etoile de Dakar’.

Their many hits include ‘7 seconds’, the well known duet with Neneh Cherry.During that period Thierno also joined the James Brown Senegalese tour and jammed with Maceo Parker. He went on recording two albums with another great Senelgalese artist: Cheikh Lo.

His hits compromise of ‘Ne la Thiasse’ and ‘Bambay Guedj’ on which Thierno plays a duet with saxophonist Pewee Elis.At the dawn of the new Millenium, Thierno decided to give the world a brand new insight into Senegalese music. For this, he gathered musicians and artists from every part of Senegal and formed a new band ‘Toxoro’.

As well as their musical experience (some have played with Manu Dibango, Cesaria Evora, Toure Kounda…) each of these artists put his own ethnic style into the album.As a result, it is the first time ever that an album features all the different Senegalese musical styles along with a balanced mix of traditional and contemporary songs.

It is not surprising, therefore, that Thierno was nominated at the World Music Awards, in London in February 2002, for his part in the Orchestra Baobab.

The Orchestra Baobab went on to win two World Music Awards in March 2003: the Africa category and the critics’ award for the album of the year.This is a live studio performance that will take you on a journey through Senegal, starting with the name of the album ‘Teranga’, which means ‘Welcome’.

SYKLONE PRODUCTIONS consists of Wayne Lawes & Rickardo Reid, formerly of Kreuz, and the urban collective, Full Crew Productions. Wayne, a bass player par excellence with in excess of 15 years engineering experience and Rickardo a classically trained pianist and midi technician, have developed from being both live and session musicians, to a dynamic writing and production duo. Their musicianship has constantly stood them in good stead when working for the likes of Mariah Carey, George Michael, and Mary J Blige. Their writing and production skills resulted in what became the uniquely identifiable first single “Fill Me In”, by Craig David in the US.