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Music Is My Sanctuary – Show #62

Finally, after 5 long months of winter, the sun is back! So I decided to make this edition of the Music Is My Sanctuary show full of sunshine vibes. 30 nuggets ranging from soul, beats, latin, house, and hip-hop. Hope you discover some great tracks & artists. For those of you in Europe be on [...]

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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 they’d like to share with you. The fifth volume however is a “MIMS [...]

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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, where we all bask in that artistic glory and invite people from around the world to [...]

Sard-Boogie MIMS Interviews

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 what your roots are. How’d it all start, Sard? SARD BOOGIE - Yes I do, and you had that [...]

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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 2005. It involved spending hours in a grubby room under Brighton [...]


 
 
 

 
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Future Classic: Maya Jane Coles “Hummingbird EP” (Vinyl w/ remixes)

Whether it be with her multi-faceted forays into the realms of house music , or the dub-wise concoctions she wields under the guise of Nocturnal Sunshine, Maya Jane Coles has made an astounding mark on the UK dance scene. The r...
by River Lance

 
 
Music Is My Sanctuary – Show #52

Music Is My Sanctuary – Show #52

Here is over an hour and a half of the best of our musical discoveries. In this edition it is mostly about new tracks but there are a few disco, rare groove and northern soul classics hidden in there! Big big thanks to everyone...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)

 
 
Forgotten Treasure: Shades of Culture “Mindstate”

Forgotten Treasure: Shades of Culture “Mindstate” (1998)

So I went to the 2nd edition of the Montreal Hip Hop Awards last night and found myself feeling pretty confused about the Montreal Hip Hop scene. It seems we all have our own definition of what Hip Hop is, which is to be expect...
by MF Gold

 

 
Future Classic: Lecrae “Long Time Coming”

Future Classic: Lecrae “Long Time Coming”

I spent the first 25 years of my life as a devout Christian, and the first 17 years growing up in a household that didnʼt let me listen to anything but “praise music” (and Lorrrrrrrrd knows it wasnʼt the “exciting” ki...
by Doc'trin

 
 
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Future Classic: LTJ X-Perience “Cry” (LTJ Rework)

A few weeks ago, I was on the hunt for a song I heard on a house mix, and all I had to go on was the artist name, LTJ (and not LTJ Bukem the British Drum n’ Bass artist I used to bump to in grade 9). This was some soulful dis...
by Devon Eve

 
 
Forgotten Treasure: Musiq Soulchild “Just Friends” E-Smoove Remix

Forgotten Treasure: Musiq Soulchild “Just Friends” E-Smoove Remix (2000)

One of my favorite albums of this year (don’t worry, there won’t be a list) is undoubtedly Black Radio by Robert Glasper Experiment. I remember being stuck at the halfway mark because once I heard Ah Yeah (Feat. Musiq Soulc...
by Doc'trin

 

 
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24 HOURS OF VINYL #6 : VANCOUVER

After a short hiatus, the 24 Hours Of Vinyl project is back in full force. The 6th Edition will be live from Vancouver! In a celebration of the first anniversary of the 24 Hours of Vinyl project, the fine people from Music I...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)

 
 
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Music Is My Sanctuary – #Show 03

Back from Vacation. Third edition of the podcast already. This week with a 80s boogie disco funk mini-set, a couple tracks for the scortching summer heat! Thanks for the support! Tracklisting 01. Madlib – Movie Scene Fina...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)

 
 
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Music Is My Sanctuary – Show #15

Nuff’ Goodies… Show #15 is packed of new stuff cause I haven’t played a “new music” pod since #11 (#12 was the 1993 Hip-Hop Special, #13 never existed in order to not bring bad mojo to my site, #14...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)

 

 
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Music Is My Sanctuary – Show #24

Really sorry for the delay but my “offline” life (the one that actually pays the bills) has been pretty crazy lately. Took a new job and had to travel quite a bit these last couple weeks. Sooo… just want to le...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)

 
 
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Future Classic: Cooly G “Narst”

Get a load of this UK FUNKY bomb that came out a few weeks ago on pretty much the most important Dubstep label, Hyperdub is home to Kode9, Burial and so on… and when a Dubstep label comes out with a UK FUNKY 12′, it...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)

 
 
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Miguel Atwood-Ferguson ft. Flying Lotus “Drips/Take Notice”

Three weeks from now, I’ve posted a live performance from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Bilal recorded live in LA at Grand Performances, California Plaza July 23, 2010. Here another beautiful orchestral performance which feature...
by Fullrange

 

 
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Live House Music: Tortured Soul & Peven Everett

Has anyone ever been to a live house show (not a DJ set) ? I mean have you ever seen a live house band ? About 4 years from now at the ‘Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire’, I went to this crazy Red Bull Music Academy Party or...
by Fullrange

 
 
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Future Classic: Letherette “EP 002″

Wow. This is a must buy / download for all the beat heads out there. I should be keeping this to myself as a secret weapon for my Dj sets but being the nice guy that I am, I had to share this with you all. Ok, well first off th...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)

 
 
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How I Feel about Kanye

I like to take my time whenever I have to listen / watch something that has been talked about a lot. I like to let the first wave of tweets / posts / opinions pass by… Obviously Kanye realsing a new record is one of those...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)