Thelonious Monk “Straight No Chaser” (Live in London 1965)
Thelonious Monk Quartet performing Straight No Chaser in televised performance at the Marquee Club, London, 1965. Personnel: Charlie Rouse (ts), Thelonious Monk (p), Larry Gales (b), Ben Riley (d)
Future Classic: Owiny Sigoma Band “Power Punch” (Brownswood Recordings)
Usually when I say that a record or a song is “interesting”, it’s a polite way of saying it’s not really my thing or doesn’t inspire any sort of overly positive or negative reaction. But when it comes to the Owiny Sig...
Mix of the day: “Cultures of Soul” (Laidback Radio)
Deano Sounds has been DJing and collecting vintage records for over a decade now. In 2008 he started DJing for Viva Radio and created his Cultures of Soul Radio Show which features eclectic vintage music for the dancefloor from...
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...
Tribute to PEPE BRADOCK mix by Lexis
Originally recorded & released in 2009. A little tribute mix to one of my favorite house music producers ever, the criminally underrated PEPE BRADOCK! Here’s one of the true house heads! A little mix I put together o...
Future Classic: Boundary “Boundary”
Breaking away from what had become so familiar with his name during the last few years, Montreal producer Poirier revealed today a new identity alongside a new self-titled and self-released record, Boundary. As Boundary, Poirie...
Mix of the day: DJ Finesse “B.I.G. Over Premier Mixtape”
via DJ Finesse: “This month [March] marks the passing of the lauded rapper Notorious B.I.G. and to honor his legacy, New York resident DJ Finesse debuted a special tribute during DJ Premier’s Sirius/XM show “Live From...
Jazz Amnesty Sound System (PEEPS Mini-Documentary)
As part of the PEEPS Series here is a Mini Doc on two Montreal DJs who although they are recognized as some of the most eclectic out there decided to form a duo / side project focusing only on their love of JAZZ music. Jazz Amn...
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...
Future Classic: Istolethesoul “Around Sounds”
Koray Ozel, Toronto-based DJ and lover of all music, is pleased to announce the launch of his new label, Istolethesoul Records, and the release of its inaugural compilation simply titled, Around Sounds. A self-described “musi...
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. ...
Mix of the day: Dope Folks Records “Sampler #2″
Just when you thought you knew everything about the golden era of rap music people like Dope Folks Records come along with tons of stuff you’ve never heard of. The label specializes in uber rare of even unreleased gems fr...
Kaytranada “Juniper”
via HW&W: Got to hear a lot of new music from Kaytranada while he was in LA this past week.. Here’s an unreleased banger from the man himself. #HWW #SQUAD
Future Classic: Black Milk “Sunday’s Best / Monday’s Worse”
Really great to hear Detroit’s Black Milk get back to what he does best as one of the best producers in hip-hop. Crisp drums and soulful samples. In this case, a great Gospel choir hook and a bit of piano does the trick. Unfo...
Future Classic: Unknown Mortal Orchestra “So Good At Being In Trouble”
I was in deep deep music research mode for a music documentary project. Digging in styles I wouldn’t necessarily naturally do research in. Stuff like Tropical, Indie, Pop… and strangely enough the same ratio of awfu...
