Future Classic: Moonstarr “Mount Real EP” (New Kanada Records)
We’ve been playing these three tracks for a couple weeks now in clubs and radio shows and loved this new EP so much that we asked our good friend Moonstarr to share the backstory on his fantastic new EP out now on New Kanada Records. Moonstarr: “Took me a couple …
Future Classic: M.M (Mat/Matix) “Loon Squad”
Back at it from a long hiatus, I’ve noticed that I haven’t wrote an article since the show was blessed by a new intro, custom made by my homie Temu. It’s an ode to Lakeside’s fabulous “Fantastic Voyage” with Temu’s special spices sprinkled all over. Now, for this week’s featured …
Forgotten Treasure: Numonics “You Lied” (1982)
I’ve always had a soft spot for Soul songs with a very senstive subject matter yet an undeniable funky melody and instrumentation. Despite the song being about heartbreak, being deceived and cheated on you’ll find yourself two stepping to this beautiful midtempo soulful tune. Not much is known about Oakland’s …
Guest Mix #48: ADNANA SUN (Bucharest, On The Vibe Side)
Adnana Sun is a Bucharest, Romania based DJ and Radio Show Host. Born (Peia Alexandra) in June of 1988, Adnana grew up in the Resita area where electronic music festivals are often held. As a young girl she had always been in search of great new music on formats ranging …
2015 Record Store Day – The MIMS Guide
It’s almost that time of the year again. On April 18th the madness that surrounds the Record Store Day event hits your local store with hundreds of limited releases. We’re not the biggest fans of RSD in the world because of all the hype that surrounds it, especially since this …
Future Classic: Sam Irl “Free Two Grow EP” (Jazz & Milk Records)
Exquisite new three track EP from veteran Austrian producer SAM IRL who returns to German label Jazz & Milk for his second release called the “Free Two Grow” EP. I first heard Sam Irl’s work on Pulver records in the mid-2000’s at a time when the Broken Beat and Nu-Jazz …
Dimensions Festival 2015 – Line-up & Informations
We can’t tell you how excited we are to share the great news that we will be taking part in this year’s edition of the Dimensions Festival in Croatia at the end of August. It’s an honor to be part of a line-up filled with artists we love and support. …
Future Classic: Makaya McCraven “In the Moment” (International Anthem)
Guest post courtesy of CUERATORS (Chicago / Seattle) Over the course of one year, drummer Makaya McCraven played 28 improvisational shows at one venue with incredibly talented collaborators. He called this night, “Spontaneous Composition”. In The Moment, Makaya’s debut LP, is the result of that year. The concept was to …
SLOW TO SPEAK – in 10 Records
The owners of the Dope Jams record store located in Catskills, NY are the perfect example of DJ’s who live up to their reputation. Francis Englehardt and Paul Nickerson, known as the DJing duo Slow To Speak bring that same infectious energy whether they are DJing in a club, illegal …
Future Classic: Omar “Dancing” (K15 Remix)
There are tons of reasons why this is an easy choice for our Future Classics section. Here are a few. 1) When an up and coming producer tackles a classic it usually leaves us a bit unimpressed. But not in this case. London’s K15 takes Omar’s carnival anthem “Dancing” (originally produced …
Forgotten Treasure: Quintonal ”Quintonal” (1976)
Quebec has produced many vinyl gems in various musical genres that have, for the most part, significantly outshone the other provinces output. It seems, however, that when it come to Jazz, our province is not the best in the country. Well the Quintonal reissue (released this month by Jazzagression records) …
LEXIS’ Best of 2014 (Parts 1 & 2)
I do the same insane amount of music research every year but it truly feels like 2014 was a very memorable one. It may sound silly to say but even in doing a 5 hour best of the year selection I had to leave out a ton of outstanding tracks. …