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Artists & DJ's let us in on their favorites based on different themes

 
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“My Favorite Record Stores” by QUANTIC (Columbia / UK)

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 QUANTIC‘...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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“My Favorite Record Stores” by EVO (Vancouver)

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 EVO‘s pers...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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An Introduction to WAAJEED (Bling47, Detroit)

Waajeed is a jack of all trades as a graphic artist, labelhead and producer. The latter is his most prolific persona and his dazzling array of futuristic boombap soundscapes will be on display on april 19th as part of the Artbe...
by DJ Asma
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TA-KU presents “My Favorite DILLA Tracks”

Australia’s TA-KU, one of our favorite beats producers out there, is a pretty huge fan of the late J Dilla‘s work but where most of us spot at posting Jay Dee videos on Facebook and twitter… the Australian pro...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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DJ VADIM presents “My 10 Dancefloor Starters”

Once again instead of asking one of the artists we’re playing with the same old Q & A you’ve heard a million times, we thought we’d ask if they’d be part of that little something we like to call MIMS...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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JACQUES GREENE presents “My Most Influencial Tracks”

We asked our good friend Jacques Greene to give us a little look into some of his personal influences. We like asking artists about their influences because you sometimes find out more than a standard Q&A. On top of being...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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SEVDEE presents “My 7 Favorite Posse Tracks”

When Sevdee, my long time homie and prominent Montreal hip-hop figure, told me he wanted to do one of my MIMS Lists themes based on his favorite posse tracks of all-time I was really up for it! Then 4 months passed and voilà. ...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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10 Radio Shows you need in your life

Radio has always been one of my first loves. Certain key radio shows have provided a huge influence in my approach as a DJ, music lover and is still the foundation of the whole Music Is My Sanctuary website after 5 years. We ma...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Wot U Call ESKI?

Have you ever suddenly had a hand gripping at your throat while DJing out in a club? A death threat in your ear? All that for playing out a specific record? The record in question was Igloo by Wiley, the instrumental version of...
by The Elusive
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DOC’TRIN presents “Top 10 For Lonely Lovers II”

If you’re in the mood to drift away for a while… Here are ten more jams with themes of loneliness, heartbreak, hopeless romance, delusion and sad memories. It’s O.K to wallow, just as long as you get it out of your sy...
by Doc'trin
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2012 Best Of – MIMS Writers

Best of lists are always quite the daunting task but as music lovers it’s one of the best times to the year to super charge your music discoveries by reading tips from some of the best music heads out there. So, without f...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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EVO presents “My Top of Albums & Tracks of 2012″

When Lexis sent out an email to all the MIMS contributors, asking for everyone’s “best of” lists, I was inflicted with mixed emotions. On one hand, I was pretty excited to get the opportunity to share my top p...
by DJ EVO
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