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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasure: WAR “Flying Machine” (1973)

This is one of the ultimate forgotten jams from California’s premier funk/jazz/latin fusion band WAR; one of the biggest selling groups of the 70’s. 50 million records son! The track is from a 70’s Blaxsploitation era mov...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Video Digs
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Bobby Womack – The Making of “The Bravest Man In The Universe”

I’m a huge fan of music documentaries, no matter who the artist of group it’s focused on. I can watch countless hours of documentaries, even bands I don’t event like… There’s just something about s...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Future Classics
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Future Classic: HW&W Vol. 1 (Free Compilation)

The trend continues. So far more than half of our favorite record projects in 2012 have been free releases / compilations / mixtapes. This one comes from the good folks at HW&W home to amazing producers like Koen, Elaquent...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Features
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MIMS x The Goods

For those of you in Montreal it’s no secret that The Goods is our favorite monthly night and has been for a long time now. Everytime I get asked or interviewed for something I always say that it’s the one night that...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Guest Mixes
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Guest Mix: Poirier “Masala Mix” (2005)

Brand new old mix by POIRIER, good homie of the extended MIMS family and creator of very influential nights in recent years : “Bounce Le Gros” at Zoo Bizarre and “Karnival” at Belmont. Although Poirier i...
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Guest Mixes
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Classic Mixes: Flying Lotus in Montreal @ Mutek (2008)

Download Live recorded set from FLYLO in Montreal at the Mutek festival in 2008
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Features
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The History of WARP Records

The following is an extract from How Soon Is Now? The Madmen and Mavericks Who Made Independent Music 1975-2005, a new book by Richard King. Reprinted with the kind permission of Faber and Faber Limited. All rights reserved ...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Video Digs
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Dilla Dilla Breaks

Just when you thought all the Dilla bases had been covered, the good folks at Bling47.com (Wajeed and fam) come out with an absolutely great look into some of the greatest sample flips by James Yancey aka Jay Dee. The reason th...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasure: Akhenaton “J’ai Pas De Face” (1997)

Ahh I totally forgot about this one until my good friend and talented producer Dr. MaD was talking about it this morning. For those who don’t know, Akhenaton is a founding member of French rap group IAM which is pretty mu...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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