A lil’ somethin’ to help you ride into the weekend, our new single feat. Kevin Sandbloom. Enjoy!
The Decoders
The Decoders are Los Angeles-based producer duo Itai Shapira (producer/engineer & studio/live musician) and Todd Simon (trumpeter/arranger for Mayer Hawthorne, TV On The Radio, The Lions, Quantic, etc.), with heavy contributions from Quincy McCrary on keys (Mayer Hawthorne) and Blake Colie on drums (The Lions) . The Decoders have just released their first installment of modern-Jamaican Lovers Rock-inspired versions of soul classics they dug up from the vaults of the Music Sales publishing catalogue. In this first batch, Shapira and Simon have deciphered some Earth, Wind and Fire, Minnie Riperton and even one from Ruby and the Romantics! The project is overseen by the songwriter and producer behind many of Minnie Riperton’s hits - Richard Rudolph. The Decoders have enlisted the help of vocalists Sy Smith; original “Baby This Love I Have" songwriter and legendary producer Leon Ware; Coco Owino; Kevin Sandbloom and Boston Fielder.
What is next on the decoding list? Here’s a hint …
Figuring out Vintage organ parts for new Decoders music at Todd M. Simon’s Nu Fi Studios
Blake Colie (of Stones Throws’ The Lions) in the studio recording drums for The Decoders Vol 2 coming out this summer 2012!!!
Itai Shapira and Adam Berg hanging after a Decoders session with Noelle Scaggs of Fitz & The Tantrums at Manifest Music.
