A little background on The Decoders courtesy of their bandcamp page. Peep who they have played for and where they come from. As I have always tried to tell you, it the folks BEHIND your favorite musicians that you should be checking for AS WELL because they are JUST AS TALENTED.
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; Nia Andrews; Coco Owino; Kevin Sandbloom and Boston Fielder.
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