Tribute to Herbie Hancock – Selected & Mixed by Jonny Drop of The Expansions
Where to start? Herbie Hancock is a living icon, not just in Jazz music, but also as a cultural personality. His musical cannon spans 60 years and surpasses nearly all benchmarks. In-fact, he sets the benchmarks. Delving into his discography suddenly makes one realize how incredibly versatile and prolific he …
Mildlife “Phase” (Research Records)
On their début album “Phase”, the four-piece band Mildlife combines Jazz and Post-Disco along with kaleidoscopic atmospherics to form a modern reading on krautrock and its progressive fusion configurations. Formed in 2010, this Melbourne-based band comes off as daring musical gamblers who are forever determined to steer a composition into …
Seventeen Years In The Making, Dabrye Completes His Trilogy With Three/Three
For the casual music listener, the name Dabrye might not ring any immediate bells. But for someone who enjoys Experimental Hip Hop, left-field instrumentals, or is a fan of the early-2000s Beat Scene, they’ll tell you that Tadd Mullinix aka Dabrye is the one of the original pioneers of approaching …
Win A Copy Of Magic In Threes’ “Finnish Funk / Shot Through The Grease”
Meet Magic In Threes – one of Nashville’s best kept secrets when it comes to stoney Soul grooves that sound straight from the 1970s. It would come at no surprise to find one of their various 7-inches tucked away in a 45 box simply marked “Soul” in sharpie at an …
MIMS Guest Mix: Ash Walker (Deepheads, London)
This mix was inspired by Reggae and Jazz that you can shake a leg to in the dance. I was blown away by seeing Anderson .Paak perform last year in Finsbury Park, and love Kaytranada’s sound. There’s also some other big inspirations of mine in there including Azymuth, Parliament, and …
MIMS Guest Mix: Andrea Dallera (Dualismo Sound, Italy)
Dualismo Sound Records is an independent vinyl-only label started in August 2017 specializing in reissuing forgotten Italian Funk jams. For this mix, Andrea digs into the period from 1975 to around 1981, one of the funkiest times in Italy’s music history where Italian Disco became a solid reality. “I’ve selected …
Tribute to Cal Tjader – Selected & Mixed by DJ ASMA
Cal Tjader was one of the hardest working musicians in Jazz who mastered countless instruments and rose through the ranks working with Verdadero Cuban and Afro-Latin musicians, deviating from the popular Exotica style of the times. When he finally came into his own in the Verve/Fantasy years, his creative talent …
MIMS Guest Mix: YOka (SDB Discos, Sao Paulo)
This is a short mixtape of Brazilian Boogie jams from the 1980s. These are the tracks that inspired the compilation “As 10 Mais Boogie” which was compiled by YOka, who is the head of the SDB Discos label, DJ, and researcher of the Boogie genre in Brazil. Hope you like …
BALANCE – Best of 2017 (Hosted by Spacewalker)
Here it is, the annual breakdown of some of my favorite music released this year! And just like last time round, instead of doing a traditional countdown of the top albums, EPs and singles, I’ve compiled them into a 90 minute Best of 2017 mix… Featuring music from Hypnotic Brass …
Jazz Amnesty Sound System – #11 “J.A.S.S. POPS!”
J.A.S.S. goes POP! with this mix of Jazz musicians getting creative with songs that originated in the world of Pop music. As this is vast and varied genre there are tunes lifted from Soul music, Rock’n’Roll, Folk, Burt Bacharach, TV and movie themes, Country music, and of course a couple …
Tribute to Leroy Hutson – Selected & Mixed by Russ Ryan
“Leroy’s hands down one of my favourite producers, arrangers and recording artists of all time it was a real pleasure to put together some of his known and lesser heard records for MIMS. From sweet gospel laced ballads to killer boogie steppers, I’ve tried to cover all bases possible in …
MIMS Guest Mix: Henry Keen (Maddjazz, London)
“I wanted to come up with a theme relating to my recent ’70’s Baby’ release on Maddjazz Recordings.” “Initially I thought to do a mix of some of my favourite tunes from the 1970s, but in the end decided that was such a wide scope to pick from and wanted …