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MIMS Forgotten Treasures

Hand picked gems by the MIMS team rescued from dusty record bins.

 
MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasure: Sun Ra “The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra” (1965)

Heliocentrism is the astronomical model where all planets revolve around the sun and was a moment in history where the world shifted from a vision of Earth as the center of the universe. The same can be said for multi-instrumen...
by DJ Asma
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MIMS Future Classics
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Future Classic: Hawk House “Tidal Tendencies”

Wow, talk about love at first listen. If you’re anything like us you’ll be hooked as first as you hear the jazzy keys, crisp drums and first couple bars. We have to give props to our good friend Lefto for turning us on to t...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasures: Romanthony “The Wanderer” (1993)

Romanthony has always been one of my favorite old school house artists, very original and instantly recognizable on any track. He is known for mid-90′s classics like “Let me show you love” and “Bring U U...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures Compilations
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MIMS “Forgotten Treasures Compilation #5″

Here is fifth compilation of ”forgotten treasures” which is – if you’re new here – one of the pillars of this website. The idea is usally to ask our DJ and Producer and all around Music Junky friends to pick one track...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Guest Mixes
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Mix of the day: Eric The Tutor: “Untitled D’Angelo Mix” (How Does It Feel?)

For those of you who don’t live in Montreal, I need to preface this by explaining that Montreal only really has two seasons: Winter, where artists hibernate and create the most insane material you have ever seen and Summer, w...
by MF Gold
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MIMS Interviews
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MIMS Talks with: SARD BOOGIE (Australia)

B-Dub – I first came across you via Myspace about ’08/09 (remember that?!) and the 1st track I heard was Muthafunkagetsbeatdown, and that one still does it for me. That’s a solid Hip-Hop style banger, which is...
by B-Dub
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Guest Mixes
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Mix of the Day: DJ Luv “luv173″

From DJ Luv: This is a trip through the history of techno. Starting in 1978 I mix in one record per year, in chronological order, all the way to 2013. 36 years of man made machine music + 36 records + 3 Technics 1200s + 1 mixer...
by Philippe Sawicki
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasure: Pattie Blingh “Brother: The Point” 2562 Remix (2008)

What with Mr Huismans (aka A Made Up Sound / 2562) taking us on a tour of his favourite record stores (link to article), now seems like a good time to drop this Forgotten Treasure. Dubstep happened to me when I started uni in 2...
by Cal
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MIMS Lists
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“My Favorite Record Stores” by A MADE UP SOUND / 2562 (Holland)

In honor of all the great record stores in the world still doing their (essential!) thing. We asked some of our favorite artists out there to give us a little run down of their personal favorites. Here are some of A MADE UP SO...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Chubb Rock “The Chubbster” – Clark Kent Remix

Forgotten Treasure: Chubb Rock “The Chubbster” – Clark Kent Remix (1991)

Since it’s my first take here, I decided to talk about a little something that both combines House music & Hip Hop elements from the early 90′s, a musical era that’s the closest to my heart. There was a ti...
by The RawSoul
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MIMS Future Classics
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Future Classic: Vox Sambou “Dyasporafriken”

For those of you who don’t know, I’m a child from the Haitian Diaspora and though there is a strong delegation of Haitians in my city it was still hard to keep the connection between the culture I was being taught at school...
by MF Gold
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Three Chairs: Demigods (Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr, Rick Wilhite And Marcellus Pittman) EP

via TurntableLab: Detroit is in the house! What more can you say when 3 Chairs are on deck? The quartet of seasoned producers is back with the four track Demigods EP. It’s interesting because you can hear the touch of The...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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