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Rap & Beats Best of 2018 Tracks
What a year it’s been! An absolutely incredible one filled with new talents and musical forms as well as older voices and musical nods to previous musical movements. We picked through some of our highlights of the year, hopefully you discover a few artists that might have slipped past your …
Soul & Funk – The Best Tracks of 2018
What a year it’s been! An absolutely incredible one filled with new talents and musical forms as well as older voices and musical nods to previous musical movements. We picked through some of our highlights of the year, hopefully you discover a few artists that might have slipped past your …
Announcing Our JAM BOXES 2019 Calendar
Our very first calendar is here! One of our favourite visual artists in Montreal, Mathieu Dionne, has done a calendar project for the past five years, and so after a couple emails back and forth we came up with a collaborative idea that combines a love for things that are …
Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (December 7th, 2018)
Is it new music you are looking for? Even with the end of the year approaching faster and faster, new and excellent release are still popping up all over the place. So, like every week we’ve listened to billions and billions of new things and distilled it down. Here we …
Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (November 30th, 2018)
Is it new music you are looking for? Even with the end of the year approaching faster and faster, new and excellent release are still popping up all over the place. So, like every week we’ve listened to billions and billions of new things and distilled it down. Here we …
TEMPO – December 2nd 2018 (Event Preview Playlist)
TEMPO is a new Montreal-based event series paying close attention to the venue, sound, and visual quality to create a space for a positive and inclusive audience. The DJs from Oasis MTL, T.G.V, Music Is My Sanctuary and Bar à Vinyle will unite to bring eclectic and uplifting music for …
Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (November 23rd, 2018)
Good music just keeps coming out! Some important releases and reissues this week from all across the map (physically and stylistically speaking). As always we listened to hundreds of releases and have selected our favourites. Let’s get into it! NEW ALBUMS & EPs Hazards of Prophecy “Minnie & Marcos” Hazards …
Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (November 16th, 2018)
New music! Get yer new music! From Jazz to Hip Hop, Soul to House, Funk to Psych Rock, Experimental and beyond. Allow us to listen to the hundreds of brand new releases and distill them to the best. Let’s get into it! NEW ALBUMS & EPs Insólito UniVerso “La Candela …
Crucial Material – Best Releases of the Week (November 9th, 2018)
A fruitful week indeed! As always, you can trust us to listen to the hundreds of weekly new releases and boil them down to the best. Looking for a new favourite album? Try one of these… NEW ALBUMS & EPs Waajeed “From The Dirt” From the Dirt by Waajeed Genres: …
MAC (Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal) x MIMS Exclusive Playlist
On November 9th, Music Is My Sanctuary will be collaborating with the MAC (Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal) for the musical programming of their Nocturnes du MAC event. DJing from 5pm to 2am will be Loum, Scott C and Lexis who have prepared a musical selection as diverse and modern …
MIMS Guest Mix: CLAUDE (La Freund / Musique Large, France)
Shortly following the release of his latest 12″ on La Freund Recordings, CLAUDE (aka Fulgeance) has graced us with this fantastic mix of uptempo grooves new and old, showcasing music he’s made himself under various aliases as well as music by others. “Here are some new and classic tunes I’ve …
Crucial Material – Best Releases of the Week (November 2nd, 2018)
Every single week our minds are blown at the number of good releases that get put out. As always, you can trust us to distill the hundreds of weekly new releases and boil them down to the best. So here you go, another serving of Crucial Material. Open your ears, …