- Mix Of The Day: DJ Manifest “Trapaholiks Vol. 1″
- Forgotten Treasure: Azucar de Caña “Eva Ayllón”
- Future Classic: King Most – Edits & Remixes
- 101 Apparel: Lefto & Kutmah “Symbiosis”
- Future Classic: High Klassified “Palindroma”
- STONES THROW “Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton” Montreal Contest
- Forgotten Treasure NYC Peech Boys “Come On, Come On” (1984)
- Music Is My Sanctuary – Show #66
- Stones Throw Records – 18 Years x 18 Picks from (some of) the Finest Music Heads
- Guest Mix #21: WAXIST (Lyon, Red Stripe Disco)
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Mix Of The Day: DJ Manifest “Trapaholiks Vol. 1″
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Forgotten Treasure: Azucar de Caña “Eva Ayllón”
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Future Classic: King Most – Edits & Remixes
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Future Classic: High Klassified “Palindroma”
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Forgotten Treasure NYC Peech Boys “Come On, Come On” (1984)
Mix Of The Day
Mix Of The Day: DJ Manifest “Trapaholiks Vol. 1″
Presented by the cheeky bastards at 10kilos.us, Gusti Mane dips his hand in the cookie jar with Trapaholiks Vol.1, an hour of turnt-and-burnt for when you’re getting ready to go wild for the night. Featuring local heroes like Shash’U, J.u.D. (who also designed the cover) Tommy Kruise and High Klassified, play this while you pre-party […]
MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Azucar de Caña “Eva Ayllón”
Oh nostalgic Montreal winters. Every year I fear your bitter cold days but revel in the knowledge and experiences you bring me. Think what you may of Black History Month, it does have a way of bringing our attention the beautiful and intricate Afro-tapestry. The legacy of African culture and its diaspora is an endless […]
MIMS Future Classics
Future Classic: King Most – Edits & Remixes
I was checking out the recent charts post and I noticed SanFran’s King Most added his suggestions. That’s when I realized that MIMS’ fam expanded wide and that good taste was only a few degrees of separation apart. The homie Most has been putting together stellar mixes with partner in crime MorseCode for awhile but […]
MIMS Future Classics
Future Classic: High Klassified “Palindroma”
Kevin “High Klassified” Vincent is exactly what’s right with the current generation of kids out there really getting it: Smart enough to embrace technology at an early age, humble enough to keep it a buck with the people and places that first saw him come up. His Fool’s Gold debut is an ode to his […]
MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure NYC Peech Boys “Come On, Come On” (1984)
I was introduced to this song a few months ago on a trip to my favorite records store. When the co-owner saw me grabbing that 12″, he looked at me dead in the eye and said “This is the best Larry Levan production ever made”. I wasn’t familiar with it and I was thinking to […]
Forgotten Treasure: Mulatu Astatke Ethiopian Quintet “Afro-Latin Soul” (1966)
A few years ago, a friend of mine bought me this record for my birthday. My friend knew I had never heard of Mulatu Astatke and his Ethiopian Quintet, but because she used to live with me, knew all about my love for Jazz, Mexic...
Forgotten Treasure: Joe Townsend & Bill Barth “Take Your Burdens To The Lord” (1972)
Sometimes it is impossible not to judge an album by its cover. During one of my spontaneous record store adventures in December, I happened to pull out an LP entitled Wolf’s At The Door: Lost Recordings From The Spirits ...
Future Classic: Souleance “La Beat Tape”
The difference between an album and a “beat tape” is very open to interpretation, everyone has their own definition. In this case, the new offering by French duo Souleance (DJ Soulist and Fulgeance) called La Beat ...
Forgotten Treasure: Seven Grand Housing Authority “Jessica” (1994)
This records had many life and it’s still around 19 years after it was originally released. A new very limited re-issue is just about to drop on My Love Is Underground. But if you’re a die hard digger, you’ll ...
UKG Takeover @ Montreal Igloofest
It’s really pretty incredible that after almost 20 years, the influence of the UK Garage genre is still very present. From its early incarnations around 1994, British Garage has had a huge impact over urban music in the U...
Photos: Igloofest 2013 – Week 2
It’s already been 6 nights of snow under freezing temperatures, but we’re only halfway through this year’s Igloofest festival. Our picture recap of the previous weekend include BPitch Control head Ellen Allien...
Dom Servini “Forgotten Treasures Mix #06″
We are really happy to present the sixth instalment of our MIMS forgotten treasure mix series. After great mixes from Zed Bias, Taku, Fred Everything, Tall Black Guy and Jesse Futureman our 6th mix comes from none other tha...
The History of the UK Garage and its Family Tree
Words by: Lexis & Dr.Love It’s really pretty incredible that after almost 20 years, the influence of the UK Garage genre is still very present. From its early incarnations around 1994, British Garage has had a huge impa...
MIMS Guide to Igloofest 2013 – Week 3
This upcoming Igloofest weekend might very well be the one we here at Music Is My Sanctuary, are the most excited about. Not only will we have another opportunity to enjoy the festival with the many thousands of people who gath...
Future Classic: Bennetrhodes “Tenderness”
I came across Kan Sano’s album Fantastic Farewell in 2011 and have been a fan of his ever since. I was so enthused by his music that I actually sent him an email to tell him so (my level of enthusiasm was matched in his...
Marcos Valle Reissues : “Self Titled” + “Garra”
via TurntableLab: ”CLASSIC BRAZILIAN SINGER, SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER MARCOS VALLE CATALOG REISSUES. Light In The Attic is no stranger to digging up obscure pieces and shedding some much needed light on them (see Rodrigu...
Kaytranada “LFTF Guest Mix”
via LiveForTheFunk.com: “As much as it feels weird to even use the phrase “beat scene” in 2013, you’d be hard pressed to find something more representative of this archaic term than what’s going on...
MOOVMNT “The Future of Funk 3″
via Moovmnt: “Back in 2011 we brought you the last Future of Funk mix and I’m sorry we left you funkless for such a long time. With the new website online, we thought it was about time we picked up were we left off ...
Guest Mix #10: DOC’TRIN (Montreal)
It’s really a pleasure for us to present a brand new guest mix from none other than DOC’TRIN. Many of you here at MIMS will know him because he’s written tons of amazing pieces for us. Some of you in Montreal ...
Karriem Riggins “Chopped Worm”
Karriem Riggins tribute to Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner (1943-2013) “My idea was to chop a song that is so important to hip hop and also pay homage to 1 of the funkiest groups from one of the funkiest states. Ohio...