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Strange Fruit feat. Raul Midon

by The Decoders

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Fresh of the press and following the release of "Walk On By" and "I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun", we are proud to offer up another gem reworked from the Music Sales catalog, this time digging even deeper into our cultural history with the haunting poetic verses of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" sung beautifully by our friend and comrade, soul crooner Raul Midon!

In honor of Black History Month, we have to decided to release the single on Feb 1st (on band camp and iTunes), but will stream it on sound cloud this week leading up to the release date.

In classic Decoders fashion, we decided to flip the arrangement into a St. James Infirmary Jazz style with dub and cumbia undertones...Raul's amazing vocal delivery and masterful guitar work is heavily featured in the song. This particular version is also inspired by Jeff Buckley's cover of the tune, which was recorded in the early 90's by Liza Richardson at Santa Monica's KCRW studios. Check out the link here: www.kcrw.com/music/programs/td/…om_the_archives_je

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released February 1, 2013
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Produced by The Decoders

Raul Midon
Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Itai Shapira
Bass, Guitars, Dub FX

Todd M. Simon
Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Horn Arrangements

Adam Berg
Yamaha CP 35

Tracy Wannomae
Clarinet

Richi Panta
Guiro, Congas

Engineered by Itai Shapira and Adam Berg at Manifest Music
Additional engineering by David Burris at Manifest Music
Mixed by Adam Berg at Manifest Music
Mastered by Adam Berg at Manifest Music

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The Decoders Los Angeles, California

In only a couple of years, Los Angeles production trio (Todd M. Simon, Itai Shapira and Adam Berg) have cemented their reputation in the studio and on stage as the premiere production team and live band for the likes of artists like Rhye, Kelis, and Hollie Cook. They have garnered the attention of KCRW music director Jason Bentley, Gilles Peterson (BBC), Okayplayer, Wax Poetics, Bandcamp and more ... more

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