NEW
YORK (Yellow Productions) - In a move that inspires a reflexive Lady
Miss Kier "Ooh, la-la la la-la-la-la-la!" reaction, popping New York
indie, Tommy Boy Records will release four albums from the very hip
French record label, Yellow Productions.
The four albums to be
released as a result of the Yellow Productions � Tommy Boy Records deal
are "Africanism" by The
Africanism Allstars, "
Brasil" by South American
chanteuse,
Salome de Bahia, "Antigua" by bosa nova duo, Tom & Joy
and the new, as yet untitled�and top secret�album from label honcho Bob
Sinclar. All will be released, respectively, simultaneously on both
continents. (In the UK, "Africanism" will be released on the hot
Defected Records label.)
"Africanism III" by The Africanism
Allstars, tentatively scheduled to be released on May 10, is the first
of the exotic "Africanism" album series to be released in the U.S. On
it fans will find a sunny signature
Bob Sinclar mix of over sixteen
Afro-House tracks produced exclusively for this compilation by some of
the best in the biz including Lady Smith
Black Mambazo, Shinishi Osawa
for Mondo Grosso,
David Guetta, Tim Deluxe, Joachim Garraud, Ben Onono,
Bon Sinclar, Malinga Five, Jeff Kellner, Nassau, KC Flightt, Yves
LaRock, Lecan, Osibiza. The first single from the album, "Summer Moon,"
was a hit at the recent Winter
Music Conference in Miami.
Yellow
Productions was conceived in 1994 after a chance meeting between jazz,
funk, Brazilian music collector DJ Yellow (aka Alain Ho) and popular
club DJ Chris The French Kiss (aka Bob Sinclar; ne� Chris
LeFriant)�then the resident DJ at the famous Parisian club, "La
Palace." Yellow's roster reflects Chris and DJ Yellow's enlightened
sound�a fusion of love of hip hop, acid jazz, bosa nova samba,
Afro-beat and house, however the label is best known as the home of the
wildly popular French House sound.