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artist · grant phabao
release · jus play my mind
year · 2001
genre · house
label · pro-zak trax
catalogue · pzt 10107
website · www.pro-zak.com
date · 30-jul-2004
quality · 221kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a1 jus play my mind 9:25
b1 we shall overcome 10:44
playtime · 00h 20m 09s
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grant phabao grant phabao meets the still young pro-zak trax label
just when their first ep is issued, and quickly becomes the
label's sound engineer. he takes part in the recording of aleδm,
stephane malca and seven dub's albums, before releasing, in 1998,
his first single, "tub".
the a-side, a real "tub" indeed, will be played in all the clubs
of the planet by the biggest djs in the world. erik morillo even
played it for more than one year at the climax of his set, looping
three times in a row the famous and massive rush/break of the
track! "andub head yudu", the b-side, will directly place him at
the pantheon of the masters of dub, beside lee perry, king tubby
and the others... guidance, one of chicago most illustrious record
labels, will not be mistaken and immediately chooses the track to
close its "hi-fidelity dub sessions" compilation.
his second ep, "cannonbutt", is released the following year. its
a-side is frighteningly effective on a dancefloor too, but it's
the b-side that especially enables him to present henchy, one of
the crazy guys with which he launches his own record label,
t.i.m.e.c..
grant phabao shares then the production duties with professor oz
for the prof's first album, "one", and does some remixes with a
"110% rate of reggae in it" (2 versions of "stupid jack" for kojak
and "waves & skunk" for professor oz). pro-zak trax's studios in
bagnolet, near paris, are bubbling with creative power.
in 2001 he releases his third ep, a very classy one, "jus' play my
mind", whose b-side with its martin luther king speech, "we shall
overcome", still warms with sense the best chillouts today.
advertising then starts to get more and more interested in his
works and grant phabao starts to produce music for hugo boss,
metropolitan, passoa... but clearly, he spends most his time
producing and collaborating with the most crazy artists of the
french musical landscape: captain dΘtendu, chuck moe reece,
djouls, funky frenchman, john dvdr, mister k, popof, professor oz,
the mighty blunts... who all regroup in the form of a collective
of the same name as his own label: t.i.m.e.c. (for the incredible
melting entertainment compagnons).
"tub" is issued again in 2002 as a 12" of remixes by antoine
clamaran and j. graⁿ. in 2003 things go the next level with the
production of 3 concept-albums from t.i.m.e.c. (the collective),
"time(c) to relax", "tear the latin roof off" and "noδlectro", but
also the production of grant phabao's first album, recorded
between paris and kingston, all this to be released very soon.
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