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Zo! – ‘ManMade’ SAMPLER

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Well, you all have heard me talk about this ManMade album for MONTHS… Now it is simply time for me to let the music speak for itself. Enjoy the official ManMade sampler… The album is due out on May 21, 2013.

ManMade Sampler: DOWNLOAD

a. ManMade Intro
b. Count To Five feat. Gwen Bunn
c. Making Time feat. Phonte & Choklate
d. Out In The World feat. Choklate & Phonte
e. Tell Me Something New feat. Jeanne Jolly
f. We Are On The Move feat. Eric Roberson
g. ManMade Outro
Produced by Zo & Phonte for Chapter 3hree, Verse 5ive/The Foreign Exchange Music, LLC

PRE-ORDER your signed copy of ManMade HERE

PRE-ORDER your SIGNED copy of ‘ManMade’!!!!

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Zo!’s upcoming album ManMade will hit stores May 21. If you pre-order your copy NOW from the +FE Music Store, not only will you be the first to receive the album, but your copy will be SIGNED by Zo!

CLICK HERE TO PREORDER MANMADE

1. The Train feat. Sy Smith
2. Count To Five feat. Gwen Bunn
3. New In Town (Happy) feat. 1-O.A.K. & Carlitta Durand
4. Making Time feat. Phonte & Choklate
5. Tell Me Something New feat. Jeanne Jolly
6. ManMade feat. Phonte
7. We Are On The Move feat. Eric Roberson
8. Show Me The Way feat. Anthony David & Carmen Rodgers
9. For Tina
10. Out In The World feat. Choklate & Phonte
11. Body Rock feat. Sy Smith

+FE Music: The Reworks – Now Available!!

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+FE Music: The Reworks – On iTunes

The remix compilation that you have been hearing piece-by-piece via leaks and snippets within the last month has been released and is now available!

I have one remix on the album – Put my spin on Phonte’s “Gonna Be A Beautiful Night”.

You all enjoy!!

The Foreign Exchange Presents +FE Music: The Reworks

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I have been hinting at the fact that I have something on the upcoming +FE Remix project, well… the official announcement has been made. There’s a helluva line-up of music here as you read through the tracklisting AND the lead single “So What If It Is” is available for free download. This double-disc is available for pre-order NOW and will be released on February 26, 2013.

Aaaaand 2013 is OFFICIALLY underway…

Taken from The Foreign Exchange’s Site:

Selections from The Foreign Exchange’s +FE Music catalog as remixed by Nicolay, Zo!, 4hero, The Randy Watson Experience (?uestlove & James Poyser), Focus…, Tall Black Guy, Pirahnahead, and more. Includes three new studio tracks. In stores February 26 on +FE Music.

Tracklisting:

Disc 01:

01. The Foreign Exchange- So What If It Is
02. The Foreign Exchange- The Last Fall (Focus… +FE Experience Remix)
03. Zo! feat. Phonte- Flight of the Blackbyrd (4hero Remix)
04. The Foreign Exchange- Fight For Love (Nicky Mendes and Brasil ’66 Remix)
05. Deborah Bond- Say It (Nicolay Remix)
06. The Foreign Exchange feat. Paris & Amber Strother of KING- All The Kisses (Ahmed Sirour Remix)
07. The Foreign Exchange feat. YahZarah- If She Breaks Your Heart (The Randy Watson Experience Remix)
08. The Foreign Exchange feat. Darien Brockington & Median- Maybe She’ll Dream of Me (Pure P’s Sky Hygh Remix)
09. The Foreign Exchange feat. YahZarah- If This Is Love (Nicky Buckingham’s Fleetwood Remix)
10. Vikter Duplaix- Electric Love (Nicolay Remix)
11. Zo! feat. Chantae Cann- All Is Well With Love (Pirahnahead Remix)

Disc 02:

01. Phonte feat. Focus… & Sy Smith- Love Songs
02. The Foreign Exchange feat. Darien Brockington- All or Nothing/Coming Home To You (Pure P’s Midsommarkransen Night’s Dream Remix)
03. RJD2 feat. Kenna- Games You Can Win (Nicolay Remix)
04. Phonte feat. Carlitta Durand- Gonna Be A Beautiful Night (Zo’s Legendary Story of a Star Remix)
05. Jeanne Jolly- Sweet Love (Nicolay Remix)
06. The Foreign Exchange- Don’t Let It Be So
07. Zo! feat. Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington & Phonte- This Could Be The Night (Tall Black Guy Remix)
08. Sy Smith- The Art Of You (Nicolay Remix)
09. Phonte- Ball and Chain (Sheldon Williams Remix)
10. The Hot At Nights- ACSlater (Nicolay Remix)

New Album Gets the First of Many “Car Tests”

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The first of MANY rough draft CDs for the new album...

Well… You are looking at the first of MANY CDs that will go through the intense editing and tweaking process I and many others like to call: “The Car Test”. I always want my music to sound great while riding… So I burn what I have from the studio onto a CD because the equalizer is flat and the volume remains consistent (unlike an mp3 player for example). This process repeats itself continuously until the day I get that mastered copy in my hands for one final playback. When it gets Car Test approval, my work is finally done. Because of this, the Car Test is a necessary and very essential piece in my creative process.

Zo! – …just visiting three (2011) | FREE DOWNLOAD + Full Credits

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…just visiting three
FREE DOWNLOAD

**Click the song titles to read the stories behind the making of each**
01. Black Cow featuring Phonte & Sy Smith
Lead Vocals by Phonte
Background Vocals by Sy Smith & Phonte
All Instruments by Zo!
Guitar by Chris Boerner
Trumpet by Stan Graham
Trombone by Andrew Kleindienst
Saxophone by Matt Douglas
 
02. Let It Go featuring Nicholas Ryan Gant
Lead Vocals by Nicholas Ryan Gant
Background Vocals by Nicholas Ryan Gant & Phonte
All Instruments by Zo!
 
03. Driving featuring Sy Smith
Lead Vocals by Sy Smith
Background Vocals by Sy Smith & Phonte
All Instruments by Zo!
Flute by Claudia Hayden
 
04.Marzipan featuring Eric Roberson & Phonte
Lead Vocals by Eric Roberson
Background Vocals by Phonte
All Instruments by Zo!
Guitar by Chris Boerner
Trumpet by Stan Graham
 
05. Everything She Wants featuring Phonte
All Vocals by Phonte
All Instruments by Zo!
 
06. Same Ole Love featuring Jeanne Jolly
Lead Vocals by Jeanne Jolly
Background Vocals by Jeanne Jolly and Phonte
All Instruments by Zo!
Acoustic Guitar by Chris Boerner
Pedal Steel by Allyn Love
 
07. Playing Your Game, Baby featuring Anthony David
Lead Vocals by Anthony David
All Instruments by Zo!
Trumpet by Stan Graham
Trombone by Andrew Kleindienst
Saxophone by Matt Douglas

Produced by Zo! and Phonte for Chapter 3hree, Verse 5ive Music, LLC/The Foreign Exchange Music, LLC
Recorded and Mixed by Zo! at East Wing Studios, Silver Spring, MD and by Phonte at The Peanut Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Additional Recording and Mixing by Chris Boerner at The Burlap Palace, Raleigh, NC
Mastering by Soiree Records
Cover Photography by Keith Estep of Keith Estep Photography
 
 
…just visiting three: THE ORIGINALS
 
01. Black Cow
Written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
Originally Performed by Steely Dan
From the Album “Aja” (ABC, 1977) 
 
02. Let It Go
Written by John Lang, Richard Page, and Steve George
Originally Performed by Pages
From the Album “Pages” (Epic, 1978)
 
03. Driving
Written by Ben Watt
Originally Performed by Everything But The Girl
From the Album “The Language Of Life” (Atlantic, 1990)
 
04. Marzipan
Written and Originally Performed by Eric Tagg
From the Album “Dreamwalkin'” (EMI, 1982)
 
05. Everything She Wants
Written by George Michael
Originally Performed by Wham!
From the Album “Make It Big” (CBS, 1985)
 
06. Same Ole Love
Written by Marilyn McLeod and Darryl K. Roberts
Originally Performed by Anita Baker
From the Album “Rapture” (Elektra, 1986)
 
07. Playing Your Game, Baby
Written and Originally Performed by Barry White
From the Album “Barry White Sings For Someone You Love” (20th Century, 1977)
 
© 2011 Chapter 3hree, Verse 5ive Music, LLC/The Foreign Exchange Music, LLC