JAZZ AMNESTY SOUND SYSTEM #03 – Ellington Disguises
Duke Ellington is jazz royalty. He has released too many records to count, had innumerable jazz greats pass through his orchestra, and he performed constantly from the 1920s to the early 1970s, an unstoppable touring machine that played the world over. During this fifty year burst of creativity Duke also …
Gilles Peterson Interview – Still Searching for the Perfect Beat
‘Searching for the Perfect beat’ Anyone familiar with this phrase or a regular visitor to MIMS knows who Gilles Peterson is. For those from other planets dropping by to acquire an insight into ‘the perfect beat’ Gilles is an archetype: DJ, radio host, producer, label owner, collector, curator. The King and …
90’s GARAGE – The US & UK Connection
By: The Rawsoul, Dr.Love & Lexis A few years ago we wrote a feature on the history of UK Garage, from its foundation to the family tree of sub-genres. (Link) Since Lexis & Dr.Love have been doing UK Garage Forever nights in Montreal these past few years we thought an …
Discussion with Azymuth on the making of the seminal 1980 “Outubro” record
FarOut recordings’ mission is to bring to light all the diversity and vibrance of Brazilian music past and present. In doing so they have rereleased a number of seminal albums from renowned artists such Marcos Valle, Arthur Verocai and legendary supergroup Azymuth. They have recently released the group’s Outubro LP …
Forgotten Treasure: The Poets “Emotion” (1993)
The origin of this track is a bit strange. Taken from an obscure Italo House EP from 1993, “Emotion” definitely has more of a New-Jersey House feel than a sun drenched mediterranean piano house song you’d hear coming out of Italy in the mid 90’s. In fact, it sounds like …
JAZZ AMNESTY SOUND SYSTEM #01 – Jass 2 Drive 2
We are extremely proud to present a new partnership with one of the finest jazz DJ projects in the world. We will be presenting these fantastic vinyl-only, themed mixes every month. For this first edition of J.A.S.S. the boys put together a selection of hand-picked jazz gems 2 Drive 2. …
Forgotten Treasure: Fertile Ground “Black Is…” (2004, Counterpoint Records)
It still seems like yesterday, and I still find it hard to believe, but it’s been more than a decade since Fertile Ground released this amazing record which has aged gracefully into our “forgotten treasures” section. Originating from Baltimore, but based in Atlanta, the soul-jazz sextet found great success in …
Future Classic: Nite-Funk “Nite-Funk EP”
The 1st of July usually marks the celebration of Canada for many folks living in this country, but for me, it signifies the 1st release of DâM-FunK‘s newest label, Glydezone Recordings. What better way to launch your label than with the extremely talented Nite Jewel, with who DâM collaborated back …
Guest Mix: PHIL GERUS (Moscow, Russia)
We are thrilled to welcome Moscow’s PHIL GERUS to our ever growing list of awesome exclusive guest mixes. We’ve been fans of this young producer’s music ever since we heard one of his first projects “Based On Misunderstandings 5” released on the mighty Sonar Kollektiv in 2012. Since then he …
Forgotten Treasure: The Prunes “Tracks From The Darkside” (1995)
Post from Lexis: “Whenever I’m invited to do a guest session on the great WEFUNK radio show I try to put together a selection that probably hasn’t been done before. And when you’re talking about a show that’s been going strong since 1996 it’s not easy to do something new. …
Mixes Worth Your Time – June 2016
The amount of DJ Mixes, podcasts and compilations that comes out every single day is absolutely enormous. Even to the most insatiable diggers like us it can be a bit dizzying sometimes. Since you probably have better things to do with your time than digging through 20 hours of music …
Forgotten Treasure: Freddie Roach “All That’s Good” (Blue Note, 1965)
Christmas Day, 2016 By the time you read this the holiday season will have passed. Today is the day that people around the globe celebrate Isā’s birth and Philadelphia, like much of the region, is experiencing terribly warm weather. This unseasonal climate has really got a lot of people thrown …